State Broadband Speeds Compared > Washington State has always seemed a bit backwards

Washington State has always seemed a bit backwards

I'm willing to bet that the climb in dial up was from people getting more PC's and finding out that the major ISP's think that they are not profitable to serve. The people are out there in droves that have no broadband. Please don't respond back if you are going to preach about sat. broadband or move to the city you hillbilly's .

I'm sure you're right. I guess I'm surprise because Washington is above the U.S. average in population density, and twenty-fifth overall. More surprising, however, are District of Columbia (tops in population density) and Illinois (eleventh in population density)! The only thing I can figure is that both DC and Chicago (which is where I'm from originally) have many poor people who can't afford broadband. States like Wyoming, the Dakota's, New Mexico and Idaho surprise me because they are at the bottom in terms of population density, but didn't make the list of the slowest states.
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reply to damox
The thing is, Qwest offers the lowest cost high speed net connection in this state...at 256kbs. Since a lot people use Qwest as their phone service, and if they want an internet connection, they just go with the best priced option offered by the company.
Also, I think it's the cheapest option available if you want a high speed connection without having to bundle it with other services and you aren't a Qwest customer...