Thanks to a measurable increase in high speed Internet users, Seattle managed to pull off an upset victory over Atlanta (2-time champion) for the top spot in Forbes annual look at America’s most wired cities.  With a slap to the face from our anti-static gloves, the ATL has been put in their place… for now.

Sadly, our neighbors to the south got booted from the top 10 by Minneapolis of all places.  I can just see Nelson popping out from behind a corner, his stubby finger pointed at Portland with a “Ha-ha!” sure to follow.

Excerpt from the story at Forbes.com:

…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.

Since 2007, Forbes has measured cities’ wired quotient by computing the percentage of Internet users with high-speed connections and the number of companies providing high-speed Internet. Since many urban residents access the Internet by wi-fi, we also measure the number of public wireless Internet hot spots in a particular city

Now if only my dreams of a (functioning) citywide wi-fi ever come to fruition, I can die a happy geek.