Ookla Releases 1H State-by-State Broadband Speeds Findings
Connecticut, North Dakota and Delaware are among the top performing states for the percentage of households receiving at least 100/20 Mbps fixed broadband service, Ookla said Tuesday. At least 60% of Speedtest users in those states and six other states…
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receive 100/20 Mbps service or better. Conversely, fewer than 40% of Ookla's Speedtest users in Alaska, Montana and Wyoming are receiving 100/20 Mbps service, it said. It called that unsurprising, as those states are the least densely populated. Ookla said New Mexico, Arizona and Minnesota saw the biggest improvement in the percentage of residents getting 100/20 Mbps service between the first half of 2023 and the first half of 2024. It said Washington, Alaska, Illinois and Oregon have the biggest percentage difference between urban and rural residents receiving 100/20 Mbps fixed service. Ookla said its data came from Speedtest use in the first half of 2024.