Akamai does a “State of the Internet” report every quarter. They just released Q1 2011. In January, we reported that Minnesota made some of Akamai’s Top 10 Rankings for Q4 2010. So, I was excited to see how we did this time around. Spoiler Alert – we don’t show up at all!!

The Akamai looks at:

• Attack traffic (which countries are origins for the most attacks)
• Internet and Broadband Adoption they report (a 5.2% increase globally in the number of unique IPv4 addresses connecting to Akamai’s network)
• Mobile Connectivity (Average peak connection speeds on mobile providers around the world ranged from 22.7 Mbps to just over 1 Mbps.)

Here’s how the US ranked…

Areas you don’t want to rank:

• Attack Traffic, Top Originating Countries/Regions – US comes in #2
• Attack Traffic from Mobile Networks, Top Originating Countries/Regions – US is #7

Areas you do want to rank:

• Unique IPv4 Addresses Seen By Akamai – US comes in #1
• Average Measured Connection Speed by Country/Region – US comes in #14 (which means we don’t rank since the report really only looks at Top Ten)
• Average Connection Speed, Top 100 Global Cities – US has 18 cities; top ranked is Riverside CA at #39; Fond Du Lac WI is #89
• Average Peak Connection Speed by Country/Region – US is #13
• Average Peak Connection Speed, Top Global Cities – US has 23 cities
• High Broadband Connectivity, Fastest Countries/Regions – US is #12
• Broadband Connectivity, Fast Countries/Regions – US is #32
• Narrowband Connectivity, Slowest Countries/Regions – US is 28

There’s a whole section on the US – again here’s my take – not a sign of MN! I suppose the good news is that we didn’t make the slowest state list.