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FCC Releases Broadband Report, Interactive Tool

July 31, 2014

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released its latest broadband report. The report provides summarized data on Internet access connections in the U.S. (over 200 kilobits per second in at least one direction). Key findings include the number of broadband connections with downstream speeds of at least 10 Mbps increased by 118% in the U.S. between June 2012 and June 2013. Users also may access the data sets presented in the report via tables and maps hosted on the FCC website.

The FCC also released a web-based tool that allows users to interact with the broadband data by changing geography, managing metrics, and ranking their state/region on select broadband characteristics. The report, data tables, maps and interactive tool includes data collected by the FCC through June 30, 2013. Access the report…

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