America's
Fastest
ISPs &
Mobile Networks
2015
Knoxville, Tennessee
Fastest ISP TDS
Sprawling cable firm TDS turned Knoxville into a "fiberville" by offering 100Mbps fiber to the home service, which we found on average to be faster than Comcast XFINITY's service, although XFINITY has similar speed claims.
| 1. | TDS | 76.96 | / | 38.13 | Mbps |
| 2. | Charter Communications | 65.63 | / | 5.21 | Mbps |
| 3. | XFINITY | 55.16 | / | 21.26 | Mbps |
| 4. | WOW! | 32.24 | / | 9.22 | Mbps |
| 5. | AT&T U-verse | 20.62 | / | 4.45 | 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 | 22.31 | / | 9.51 | Mbps |
| 2. | AT&T | 16.44 | / | 10.20 | Mbps |
| 3. | Verizon Wireless | 15.49 | / | 7.58 | Mbps |
| 4. | Sprint | 8.35 | / | 4.49 | Mbps |