Broadband Now reports…
Every year, our team analyzes broadband access, affordability, performance, and competition across all 50 states and Washington D.C. to determine which states are leading and lagging in closing the digital divide.
Minnesota ranked 40 based on the following categories and scores:
- Access to Wired or Fixed Wireless Broadband: 93.2%
- Access to Wired Low-Priced Broadband: 80.3%
- Median Download Speed: 99.6 Mbps
- Median Upload Speed: 23.9 Mbps
- Median Round Trip Time: 31.4 ms
- Internet Providers in Minnesota: 115
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