Access to High Speed Internet Service for Business & Residents
Current Year Regional

Detailed Data

A summary graph and description of the trends for all regional geographies (county and regional areas) is shown on the Regional Trends page along with all other regional trend graphs. More detailed trends are shown below by region.

Description:

To measure high speed internet access, municipalities are broken down into three levels of available service which are those where 0% of households have broadband access, towns and cities where 50% or less of households have broadband access, and those places where greater than 50% of households have broadband access. Progress is measured by the number of municipalities that increased their access enough to be categorized at least one level higher. The graphs below show the number of municipalities that fell within each category in 2008 and 2009.

Data Source: Western MA Connect, Inc. and Massachusetts Broadband Institute