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Suburban sprawl puts Atlanta at the top
(old news - 04:28PM Thursday Aug 31 2006)
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Forbes offers up their list of the most wired cities based on factors such as the number of Wi-Fi hotspots, broadband penetration, and the number of companies there offering broadband service. Atlanta comes in at number one, thanks to its vast stretching horizons filled with "suburban sprawl", according to the report. Also in the top five: Orlando, Seattle, San Francisco, and Raleigh.

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e_dub
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Is so much...... too much?

Here in the ATL there are a lot of broadband providers, but a big issue is the hot spots. I can sit at just about any corner from downtown, to mid-town to Buckhead and pick at least 5-10 providers.
permalink · 2006-08-31 17:46:52 · Reply to this

hep cat
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Re: Is so much...... too much?

Hey kewl we are #1 in something other than commute times and crime.
permalink · 2006-08-31 22:51:35 · Reply to this

dervari

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Atlanta, GA
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Starbucks - TMobile

Now if only Starbucks would see the light and ditch T-Mobile for a free solution. They are the only public hotspot in Atlanta that I know of (besides the airport) that require you to pay for usage.
permalink · 2006-08-31 17:55:00 · Reply to this

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The full list of top 30



1. Atlanta
2. Orlando
3. Seattle
4. San Francisco
5. Raleigh
6. Miami
7. (tie) Tampa
7. (tie) San Diego
7. (tie) Phoenix
10. Charlotte
11. Los Angeles
12. New York
13. Boston
14. Washington, D.C.
15. Portland
16. Baltimore
17. (tie) Sacramento
17. (tie) Chicago
19. Dallas
20. Columbus
21. Nashville
22. Houston
23. Cincinnati
24. Cleveland
25. Minneapolis
26. Pittsburgh
27. (tie) St. Louis
27. (tie) Philadelphia
29. Kansas City
30. Detroit

I was surprised Florida(#'s 2,6,& 7) was represented so well on the list. Must be Jeb Bush's influence.

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permalink · 2006-08-31 17:58:20 · Print · Reply to this

odreian615

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Re: The full list of top 30

Detroit is more wired than Tallahasee WTF
permalink · 2006-08-31 18:53:30 · Reply to this
mumixam

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Re: The full list of top 30

ok.
permalink · 2006-08-31 19:21:52 · Reply to this

AB
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 I'm kind of surprised we're not a bit higher. Oh well, I got mine! LOL!
And #30 seems a bit out of place on this list, doesn't it?
Guess crackheads are big consumers of broadband. Who knew?
(Just kidding, Motown, just kidding!)
permalink · 2006-08-31 19:04:28 · Reply to this
HardDriver

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London, KY		 What is that random line going through Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee?
permalink · 2006-08-31 19:51:09 · Reply to this

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Re: The full list of top 30

said by HardDriver See Profile :

What is that random line going through Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee?
Yes, I see there is another one going thru the Dakotas. The web site from the story makes no mention of what they are. Maybe just a sloppy drawing by the page designer.
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permalink · 2006-08-31 19:55:45 · Print · Reply to this
DannyZ
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Re: The full list of top 30

Time zones.
permalink · 2006-08-31 20:15:14 · Reply to this

roamer1
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Re: The full list of top 30

The line going through TN/KY is too far east -- Chattanooga is in the Eastern time zone, not the Central. (the TZ line meets more or less where TN, GA, and AL intersect)

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permalink · 2006-09-01 01:08:03 · Reply to this

cdru
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Re: The full list of top 30

They are time zones, but are just very poorly done. I'm not real sure why you would even have time zones on such a graphic. My guess is that they had stock images and the one they started out with just had time zones on it already.
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permalink · 2006-09-01 12:59:14 · Reply to this

footballdude
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Imperial, MO		 Fairly well spread among the major telcos. If I've done the math correctly that's thirteen cities for AT&T, seven for Bell South (soon to be ATT South), four for Qwest, and six for Verizon.
permalink · 2006-09-01 09:14:15 · Reply to this

CO_Chris
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what about denver?

WTF I would think Denver would be on that list.
permalink · 2006-08-31 19:50:37 · Reply to this

Orwell1984

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Cause

I see two contributing factors for Orlando. Most of the city is fairly new(less than 30 yrs) and we also have an incredibly high concentration of hotels , almost all of them with high speed internet. I suspect that some of these other high rated cities may be like Orlando in that as soon as you move out into the suburbs your choices rapidly thin out. Less than 10mi outside the city limits I have 1 hot spot (Starbucks) within 5 mi and my choice of cable or telco high speed internet. It is not bad but definitely no nirvana.
permalink · 2006-08-31 21:10:23 · Print · Reply to this

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No surprise to me

Like I've said before, Atlanta is the silicon valley of the East. New York has a lot of technology, but NYC has a lot of everything. You can afford to when your MSA population is pushing beyond the 20 million mark. Atlanta on the other hand is technology specific and 5 million strong.
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permalink · 2006-08-31 22:02:30 · Reply to this

macrospect
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Doylestown, PA

Go Philly!

Yeah, go philly! #27.
permalink · 2006-08-31 22:34:30 · Reply to this

Geminimind
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Sacramento, CA

Re: Go Philly!

number 17 is not bad at all for Sac
permalink · 2006-08-31 23:39:55 · Reply to this

RCaugh

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San Francisco, CA
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Weather a factor?

Interesting that the cities at the top mainly have more temperate climates which one might think would have more people outside than inside on the computer. I would have thought that the colder climates would have been heavier. Or maybe it's the techs feel more like getting out and doing some serious wiring in a warmer climate.
permalink · 2006-09-01 00:30:44 · Reply to this

roamer1
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Atlanta, GA
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A little surprising, really

Residential broadband certainly is ubiquitous around here -- much of Atlanta's business base revolves around tech and telecom, and more and more people telecommute because of the notorious traffic congestion. The choice of providers is actually rather limited OTP (outside the Perimeter), though, mostly because of the sprawl that has led BellSouth to extensively use RTs and FTTC. Most people OTP and many ITP have a choice of only BellSouth.net, Earthlink, and just two smaller local ISPs (SF, AtNex) for DSL, and save for a few apartment complexes with oddball crap, either Comcast or Charter for cable; availability of Covad and other ISPs that use them is pretty much limited to areas ITP and some small pockets of Dunwoody, Lilburn, central Marietta, etc. WISPs are all but nonexistent, largely because of the terrain and heavy foliage.

As for Wi-Fi, Atlanta has never struck me as a city that's big into it, probably because of the heavily car-centric commuter culture. That said, hotspots seem to be popping up at places I'd never expect them lately, so maybe that's starting to change now that people are moving back intown.

-SC (who's lived in metro Atlanta since '97)
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permalink · 2006-09-01 01:21:09 · Print · Reply to this

fuziwuzi
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Atlanta, GA

Re: A little surprising, really

I live in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, one of the more densely populated for residential and business use. I've experimented with "wi-fi" here but the only signals I could see are from unprotected private-user routers. Sure, I could walk down the street to Borders, Barns&Noble, or Starbucks and use the wi-fi there, but I'm talking for home use there is nothing other than DSL or Cable, and you're pretty much limited to the telco (Bellsouth)or Comcast for those.
permalink · 2006-09-01 09:27:51 · Reply to this
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