OHIO IS 29TH IN STATEWIDE BROADBAND PENETRATION

This article in Crain's Chicago Business makes me wonder how much of Cleveland still has no broadband access for small business.

But it also turned me on to the FCC's twice-a-year reports on high-speed Internet penetration by state and technology. I downloaded the most recent spreadsheet (it's the "zip files" of the June 2005 report) and did my own version of the chart in the Crain's article, including all fifty states and the District of Columbia, using 2004 Census population numbers. (My spreadsheet is posted here if you want it.)

The bottom line: With a broadband line for every 7.61 persons, Ohio ranks 29th among the fifty states -- 30th if you add the District of Columbia to the list, which you should, because it has the highest per capita broadband penetration in the country.