America's
Fastest
ISPs &
Mobile Networks
2015
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fastest ISP Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable made some major network upgrades in 2014, tripling its top Internet speeds in some markets from a 100Mbps download tier to 300Mbps. As with all the major cable ISPs, this high-speed coverage is very uneven, but it's clearly the way the industry is going - especially in places where TWC sees competitors like RCN and FiOS able to steal customers. TWC is also now trying to merge with competitors Charter and Bright House.
| 1. | Time Warner Cable | 51.89 | / | 5.70 | Mbps |
| 2. | CenturyLink | 23.17 | / | 3.01 | 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 | 21.06 | / | 11.08 | Mbps |
| 2. | AT&T | 17.62 | / | 8.68 | Mbps |
| 3. | Verizon Wireless | 14.22 | / | 6.12 | Mbps |
| 4. | Sprint | 6.30 | / | 2.52 | Mbps |