Atlanta is No. 2 on Forbes' list of "Most Wired Cities" for the second year in a row.
Being second shouldn’t really be seen as a downer, Forbes said. Atlanta still has the highest number of people who use broadband Internet, for example.
But, Forbes, which released the rankings on Tuesday, said the surprise is which city is at the top: Raleigh.
Raleigh, the largest city in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle, rocketed up to No. 1 from 15 last year. It’s ahead of Seattle, Washington, Orlando and Boston.
Forbes said it’s the large number of technology companies, research universities and state government offices outfitted with high-end technology that put the city at the top of the list.
Forbes said it put together the list by computing the percentage of Internet users that had high-speed connections as well as the number of companies that provide broadband Internet. Forbes also added up the number of public wireless Internet hot spots.
Data came from Scarborough Research, the Federal Communications Commission and JiWire, a San Fransicso-based wi-fi advertising network, Forbes said.
The results actually may mean a little bit more this year, Forbes said. Since there’s been a nationwide push to get the entire United States connected to high-speed Internet that is also affordable, the cities at the top could serve as models for how to do that.
The FCC is scheduled to present its national broadband plan to Congress on March 17, Forbes said.
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