The fastest and slowest Internet speeds in the U.S.

[JaneyVee]

Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/01/09/the-fastest-and-slowest-internet-speeds-in-america/

[msongs]

1. make internet access a public utility and watch speeds go up and costs go down nt

[onehandle]

5. Amen. nt

[BlueToTheBone]

13. +1

[adirondacker]

27. +++++! nt

[Bandit]

2. Mine is so slow it isn't even on the map

I guess where I live is not part of America...

[adirondacker]

29. 1.0 - 1.5. mbps. here. Decade behind.

[tridim]

3. I have 1000 Mbps in Kansas City.

Old map.

[LittleBlue]

9. Google fiber?

I'm so envious

[RC]

30. Yeah, Google Fiber here.

It really does make a difference. AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Verizon and everyone else, upped their speeds and even lowered their prices somewhat. Amazing that.

[onehandle]

4. Solid blue FiOS here. nt

[NoGOPZone]

6. Maybe this explains why it takes our NC office forever to get anything done. nt

[Vashta Nerada]

7. I was happy earlier today because I was getting 9 Mbps download speed in the lab on campus.

On a normal school day, I'll get 1-2 Mbps download speeds.



I really believe the internet should be available to everybody and the government should control it, like a utility. It should be free.

[Jenoch]

15. "It should be free."

Do you mean like other public utility services are free?

[Vashta Nerada]

16. Taxpayer funded.

You know, like how roads are "free".

[2naSalit]

8. Montana

we don't have the best cell service coverage here either, especially in the mountains. And it was a mess trying to get triangulation with those GPS units we used for Census mapping a few years ago. Tourists have a hard time finding their destinations around here because the GPS data gets messed up and gives them really bogus info.

[GeorgeGist]

18. satellite sucks

[2naSalit]

19. So does T-1.

[Go Vols]

10. Speedtest

http://www.speedtest.net/

Not to bad for the middle of no where Tenn.

[liberal N proud]

11. Might explain why I can't do streaming worth a shit on a PC.

[Scuba]

12. I wish. The pale blue zone I'm in should be 18.2Mbps per the map. I'm getting 1.5 on a good day.

[Shandris]

14. I'm advertised as 12 Mbps.

I get about a fourth of that consistently. And it's my single largest non-healthcare bill per month. Or as I call it, 'pathetic'.

[Orrex]

17. Wow--my connection is every bit as fast as southeastern Kentucky.

Wonderful thing, this technology.

[pokerfan]

20. Washington State!

Fast Internet and legal pot!

[MicaelS]

21. I have 32 Mbps Down / 4 Mbps Up in Ft Worth on Charter Cable.

So I'm pretty happy. No bandwidth caps either.

[Barack_America]

22. Why the frick is the UP getting faster speeds than SE Michigan?

[B Calm]

23. It's shameful compared to the rest of the world!

[lumberjack_jeff]

24. Those dark blue spots in Washington are because of public utlities.

http://www.chelanpud.org/fiber-optics.html

Public Utility Districts rock.

[OregonBlue]

25. Not accurate at all. All of Eastern Oregon is portrayed in light blue. That's only in cities. In the

rural areas you're really lucky to get 5.0 Mbps. In fact, 5.0 is lightning fast compared to what it used to be.

Seems that the internet companies supplied these numbers.

[Blue Owl]

26. According to the latest traffic study New Jersey looks slow

n/t

[laundry_queen]

28. Here in Canada...

This is what I got:

[URL=http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3220270315][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

I pay for middle of the road internet speeds. And apparently that's what I get.

[n2doc]

31. Savannah is way down in the red

ATT phone or Comcast cable only. Both suck and are $$$. So much for competition.

[A Little Weird]

32. Wow

I had no idea how far behind I was. I really can't even imagine how fast 20+ mbps would be.