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Additional Broadband Availability Data In addition to measuring broadband availability at the statutory speed goal, the latest availability data show the following key findings13: • 86.81 percent of Minnesota households can access fixed broadband at advertised speeds of 6 Mbps download/1.5 Mbps upload, meaning that 275,000 households are in areas that may be eligible for Connect America Fund Phase II broadband deployment subsidies; • 81.97 percent of Minnesota households can access broadband at speeds of at least 10 Mbps download/3 Mbps upload, indicating that upload speeds are significantly reducing the availability percentage toward the minimum speed threshold for Minnesota's goal of ubiquitous broadband availability(excludes mobile and satellite services); • Broadband at the 4 Mbps/1 Mbps speed defined by the Federal Communications Commission in the National Broadband Plan is available to 97.44 percent of Minnesota households (includes mobile and satellite services). The full data set, including complete county-level availability analysis is available on the Connect Minnesota web site: www.connectmn.orq With regard to the state broadband leadership position for broadband speed, Minnesota's standing has generally been measured using Akamai's State of the Internet report which is issued quarterly. The most recent report available is from second quarter 2012. With regard to the goal that Minnesota be in the top five states for broadband speed universally accessible to residents and businesses, Minnesota's average connection speed was 6.7 Mbps(up from 6.0 Mbps in first quarter 2012), placing the state in 25th place amongst the states. For the second quarter of 2011, Minnesota ranked 24th with an average connection speed of 5.7 Mbps. Thus while the average connection speed has increased, that increase is not at a rate greater than other states which would enable Minnesota to move up in the rankings. Top Ten States 2Q2012 in Average Broadband Connection Speed i�xw�k +1�. xy j 4 ` ,y,°`��. iR R H,.�':3 ^Ns„�+. u"x 8_ " t` a" ,t14* V ; i i `� 'b't. "+ '.- .,,,�pi, �, -y'' r a 4 , �,nR�t �M�as �,S".4�' �°' �'6`.r,z i 4� ,,.e 4 w roe '�.`�`�.«�"�st� n,... x � , tF '3k �''a "�' �' a e�* 1 Delaware 12.1 2 New Hampshire 10.1 3 District of Columbia 9.7 4 Vermont 9.7 5 Rhode Island 9.0 6 Massachusetts 8.8 7 Connecticut 8.7 8 Virginia 8.3 9 Washington 8.3 10 Utah 8.1 25 Minnesota 6.7 Figure 2: States with Highest Average Broadband Speed (Source: Akamai) 13 Broadband at the basic 768 kbps download/200 kbps upload tier is available to 99.92%of Minnesota households but the Task Force believes that service at this level is inadequate. �., 12