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Making Montana Wired – Sluggish Internet speed a hinderance to statewide economy

January 24, 2014 /

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On the information super highway, Montana remains in the slow lane.

According to a recent analysis of national broadband rankings, conducted by a Kalispell-based software and broadband testing company, Montana is lagging behind in its Internet speed, which, once considered a convenience, is now increasingly viewed as an essential medium for delivering services like education and health care, and for promoting economic development.

The ranking is according to Ookla’s Net Index http://www.netindex.com/ , a measure of Internet speed maintained by a company formed in Kalispell in 2006, and which now has offices in Seattle. Ookla’s software, available at http://www.Speedtest.net, allows users across the country to test Internet download speeds.

By Tristan Scot

Full Story: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/making_montana_wired/37496/

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