New Hampshire does reasonably well in a new state-by-state survey of high-speed Internet access, ranking 14th on a list compiled the industry group TechNet, but it’s way behind Massachusetts, which came in at No. 2.
The index ranked states based on broadband adoption, network quality and economic structure.
New Hampshire was a little below average for states in percentage of households that subscribe to broadband Internet, usually via cable modem or the telephone-based system called DSL, but well above average on network speeds and a pair of economic indices.
The economic figure was partly based on the percentage of jobs counted as being part of “information and communications technology” and partly based on an estimate of jobs involved in developing apps, the small software modules that have become wildly popular thanks to smartphones and wireless tablets.
TechNet is a nonprofit network consisting of CEOs of technology firms who lobby for government policies to support the various industries. The report, State Broadband Index 2012, advocates state actions such as subsidies, tariffs, loan guarantees and various public-private partnerships to increase deployment of broadband wires and improve conditions for broadband companies.
“Massachusetts is a world leader in the innovation economy because of our infrastructure investments and broadband expansion is a key part of that strategy.![]()
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