These test what users subscribe to not what they can subscribe to. Therefore these "state of the internet" reports are BS.
That cannot be used as a valid way of measuring HD capability. It is impossible to know who can and cannot receive HD if they don't already. And technically if it defines 2mbps as the minimum, all states should be bright green because they can all get Exede which is fast enough to stream HD. You just could never watch it.
Their state by state data is flawed as well. There is no way to accurately pinpoint a users location because there is not a public database that will allow them to pinpoint an IP Address to a specific location. For example a residential customer in North Georgia may get logged as a Tennessee user because the Whois data would list the providers address and not the end users address. -- I do not, have not, and will not work for AT&T/Comcast/Verizon/Charter or similar sized company.
