The broadband availability gap in Michigan is decreasing,...
The broadband availability gap in Michigan is decreasing, with 98.37 percent of residents now having access to broadband speeds of at least 10 Mbps download/1.5 Mbps upload, compared to 95.89 percent last April, said Connect Michigan in a new data…
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release Wednesday (http://bit.ly/I6A6q3). This availability includes mobile wireless speeds, but excludes satellite services, said Connect Michigan. Fixed broadband speeds of 3 Mbps download/768 Kbps upload or higher, a different gauge, yet the relevant metric for FCC Connect America Fund subsidy eligibility, have reached 97.73 percent of households in the state, said the new data. Households with fixed wireless broadband service have increased 37 percentage points from October 2011 to 68.35 percent, said Connect Michigan. Availability of broadband service speeds of at least 50 Mbps download/1.5 Mbps upload have increased to 83.33 percent, a 34-percentage-point increase from October 2011, said the data.