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[SECTION] 3<br />
GEOGRAPHY<br />
UNITED STATES<br />
The metrics presented here for the United States are based on<br />
a subset of data used for Section 2 and are subject to the same<br />
thresholds and filters discussed within that section. The subset<br />
used for this section includes connections identified as coming from<br />
the United States, based on classification by Akamai’s EdgeScape<br />
geolocation tool. For the purposes of this section, the District of<br />
Columbia is treated as a state.<br />
3.1 United States Average Connection Speeds (IPv4) / In the<br />
second quarter of 2016, average connection speeds among the top 10<br />
states reversed the positive trend from the last few quarters with 7 of<br />
the 10 states showing quarterly declines, one remaining unchanged,<br />
and two showing small positive gains. As seen in Figure 12, the District<br />
of Columbia held on to the top spot in the country and posted the<br />
largest quarterly gain among the top 10 with an increase of 1.5% while<br />
Maryland posted the only other quarterly gain at 1.1%. Losses ranged<br />
from 0.7% in New Jersey to 7.8% in Delaware, while Virginia’s average<br />
connection speed remained unchanged from the first quarter. Like<br />
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