Broadband Quality Score New

The Broadband Quality Score (BQS) is a normalized measure of internet performance that combines download speed, upload speed, and latency into a quintile index. It builds on a 2010 framework arguing that the digital divide is not just about access, but about the quality and capacity of that access. For Indiana’s Census tracts, the score is calculated using weighted averages of download and upload speeds and latency, based on Speedtest by Ookla data from areas with at least 50 tests. After applying the formula, scores are scaled so that 100 represents the best broadband quality observed in the state and 0 the worst. Learn more about the BQS