Broadband for America

A new report from ID Insight finds that states with the lowest average income actually in fact have the greatest broadband competition. Leading the pack are Arkansas, North Dakota and South Carolina. From the report: "We see that the five states with the lowest income have the most competition, while the five states with the highest income have the least competition.”

The report also finds that states with larger populations do not necessarily have the best access to service providers. For instance, Nebraska was found to have greater consumer choice than New York. “It very well may be that specifically because less affluent states did not attract one of the largest providers (at least for a while), several smaller regional or local providers were able to establish stronger market positions," the report concludes.

You can read the full ID Insight report here and read the Ars Technica story here.