There is one paragraph in this Forbes article about America's Most Wired Cities that I really did not like:
North Carolina suffered the biggest drop, with Raleigh declining to No. 15 from No. 3 and Charlotte dropping to No. 20 from No. 7.
That is really bad news and we need to do something about it. And while the list only looks at big cities, getting wired is much easier to implement in smaller places, for instance, we can do it in Carrboro if we work on it together.
Then, with the example of small places to look at (and perhaps shamed by them), the big cities will follow.
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Hey, thanks for the bragging opp! As a former Raleigh-ite who now lives in Seattle (that most Emerald of livable cities!), I want to gloat over the byline of the Forbes article:
Seattle takes the lead in our annual list of the most broadband-connected U.S. cities.
and
it was Seattle's increased use of broadband that powered it up Forbes' annual list of the 30 most broadband-connected cities in the U.S. High marks in two other wired city categories--broadband access and wi-fi hot spots--helped Seattle clinch the top spot.
w00t!
(OK, I know we got snowed under this year and it's still cold, dark and wet as hell up here, but hey, we'll take the kudos wherever they come form, even Forbes.com!).
So, how is WiFi usage factored? Is it a lost element in the broadband universe? There are a lot of us under the antenna at Open Eye, at Weaver Street, etc.