Ookla: US Broadband Performance Improving
U.S. broadband speeds continue to increase, Ookla said Monday. In the first half of 2025, 60% or more of Speedtest users in 38 states and the District of Columbia saw at least 100/20 Mbps service, up from 22 states and…
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D.C. in the second half of 2024, it said. The states that had the best results, with 70% or more of fixed users getting at least 100/20 service, were Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, North Dakota and Rhode Island. Ookla also said that when it specifically looked at Starlink subscribers, rural users got better speeds than their urban counterparts in 26 out of 50 states. South Dakota fared best for Starlink service, with 37.1% of those users getting at least 100/20 Mbps speeds, followed by Maine with 35.3%.