> However, it's also worth keeping in mind that this is a map of commercial availability, not market penetration. Hypothetically, you could get the average speed of a US residential internet connection, but the FCC doesn't make such a statistic available.
It's actually worse than this. Companies will claim they offer gigabit within a zip code if there's a single gigabit connection, but they will not actually offer gigabit lines at any other addresses in the zip code.
it's worse than this; you can't get grants for deploying a wireless ISP if there's any provider in a gerrymandered area if that provider provides ~1.5mbit, as "that area is served" by "broadband."
It's actually worse than this. Companies will claim they offer gigabit within a zip code if there's a single gigabit connection, but they will not actually offer gigabit lines at any other addresses in the zip code.