America's
Fastest
ISPs &
Mobile Networks
2015
Buffalo, New York
Fastest ISP Verizon
The original large scale fiber-to-the-home ISP still offers very high speed tiers, up to 500Mbps. But it didn't win many metro areas in our tests for two reasons. First, its major advantage is on uploads, which don't factor into our Speedtest.net score. Second, its high tiers can be astronomically expensive, preventing many home users from signing up. It's still a terrific service for content creators and gamers.
| 1. | Verizon | 81.23 | / | 73.21 | Mbps |
| 2. | Time Warner Cable | 46.97 | / | 5.76 | Mbps |
| 3. | Verizon Internet Services | 10.08 | / | 0.89 | Mbps |
Fastest Mobile Network T-Mobile
T-Mobile has poured money into LTE network upgrades recently, and the work shows. Its "wideband LTE," which improves LTE speeds without requiring new handsets, now covers 185 markets. The carrier is strongest in the urban Northeast and in Western cities.
| 1. | T-Mobile | 21.78 | / | 10.04 | Mbps |
| 2. | AT&T | 12.90 | / | 6.41 | Mbps |
| 3. | Verizon Wireless | 12.89 | / | 5.38 | Mbps |
| 4. | Sprint | 7.68 | / | 3.96 | Mbps |