West Virginia’s internet is among the most overpriced in the country - WVNS-TV

CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) – According to a survey by online VPN (Virtual Private Network) Surfshark, Southern and Western states thin to overpay for their internet, with West Virginia among the astir overpriced net successful the country.

Most Northeastern states bask just net prices successful comparison.

Surfshark precocious released the U.S. Internet Value Index (IVi), which is calculated by dividing each state’s net velocity by net affordability to find which states are overpaying for their net connections. The supra array shows that confederate and occidental states are paying acold much than the Northeast and the westbound coast.

West Virginia is 1 of the worst-performing states, ranking 5th from the bottommost successful the U.S by net value. In states similar Vermont (45th) and New Mexico (44th), radical are treated to overmuch fairer net prices. The survey chiefly reveals a ample disparity betwixt agrarian and municipality states successful presumption of net value, highlighting the country’s integer divide.

“Affordable and accelerated net is important these days – schoolchildren request it to support up with their homework and instrumentality portion successful online classes, and distant workers request it to execute their enactment effectively. However, 3 retired of 4 agrarian states are astatine a disadvantage erstwhile it comes to getting just net prices, further isolating them from the opportunities that wealthier and much municipality states have.”

Below is simply a representation of U.S. net pricing, compiled by Surfshark’s Internet Value Index (IVi).

The South has the astir overpriced net successful the country. West Virginia is among the worst-performing states successful the portion with an Internet Value Index of 0.38 (28% little than the region’s mean and 35% little than the U.S. average). Neighboring Virginia outranks West Virginia by 14 places:

• Virginians person to enactment 1 infinitesimal to spend 3.5 Mbps of mobile internet. Meanwhile, West Virginians enactment 1 infinitesimal 48 seconds (80% more) for the aforesaid prime internet.
• Luckily, West Virginians execute amended than Virginia successful broadband: West Virginians person to enactment 1 hr to spend 18.5 Mbps of broadband internet. Meanwhile, Virginians enactment 1 hr 9 minutes (15% more) for the aforesaid prime internet.

New Jersey has the champion net worth retired of each U.S. states. New Jerseyans person to enactment lone 1 infinitesimal to spend 5.5 Mbps of mobile internet, and 1 hr to spend 45 Mbps of broadband internet.

West Virginia’s scale is 61.9% little than New Jersey’s – West Virginians enactment 185% much for the aforesaid prime of mobile internet, and 143% much for broadband.

A state’s Internet Value Index is influenced by galore factors, specified arsenic economical position, colonisation density, percent of municipality area, and whether a authorities is landlocked oregon not.

Out of 4 U.S. regions, the South performs the worst successful presumption of net worth — 3 of the bottommost 5 states are successful the South. The West and Midwest execute somewhat amended but are inactive beneath the U.S. average. Meanwhile, Northeastern states get the champion net value, with an mean scale 30% higher than the U.S. average.