You can never phrase anything too simplistically for my mind. It seems that this Akamai data is becoming a bit of a benchmark of sorts. It's as good a place for anyone to start when researching regional broadband performance, although this is such an inexact science.
Exactly , and until we have an easy exact science , this can be taken with a grain of salt.
Relying on one companies benchmarks, no matter how big the company is in the internet world is a big mistake. -- "It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!"