District of Columbia pays a lot per broadband bit

Washingtonians get less bang for their broadband buck than every state in the nation except Alaska. District subscribers don't pay much per month ($43.72, fifth when compared to the 50 states) but when you add connection speeds to the equation, it's a different story. The median monthly cost for broadband in the District was $11.93 per megabit per second (Mbs), according to Ookla, the Seattle-based technology company that conducted the survey. That's nearly double the national median cost of $6.13 Mbps. Megabits per second is a measure of how fast data travels through transmission lines. The greater the "throughput," the better the service is for customers. Depending on a variety of factors, a speed of one or two Mbps is sufficient to deliver good quality video.