Internet speed-test company HighSpeedInternet just hit three million tests across the US, and have reported back on the ten fastest Internet speeds – and the ten slowest – across both states and cities.

It also revealed the average speeds across the whole of the US by different providers …

The company split the 3M tests by state and city, and calculated an average for each.

The ten fastest states are:

  • Maryland – 84.1 Mbps
  • Delaware – 80.9 Mbps
  • New Jersey – 76.3 Mbps
  • D.C. – 75.2 Mbps
  • Virginia – 74.5 Mbps
  • Rhode Island – 74.5 Mbps
  • Massachusetts – 73.6 Mbps
  • Colorado – 70.9 Mbps
  • Washington – 67.3 Mbps
  • California – 67.2 Mbps

The ten slowest:

  • Alaska – 20.6 Mbps

  • Montana – 30.1 Mbps

  • Maine – 30.8 Mbps

  • Idaho – 30.9 Mbps

  • Wyoming – 33.3 Mbps

  • South Dakota – 33.3 Mbps

  • Iowa – 35.8 Mbps

  • Arkansas – 37.3 Mbps

  • Mississippi – 37.9 Mbps

  • Hawaii – 38.1 Mbps

  • Whitestone, NY – 138.4 Mbps

  • Elkridge, MD – 114.0 Mbps

  • Merrick, NY – 112.0 Mbps

  • Odenton, MD – 109.9 Mbps

  • Halethorpe, MD – 109.0 Mbps

  • Pasadena, MD – 108.3 Mbps

  • Somerset, NJ – 107.8 Mbps

  • Pacifica, CA – 106.5 Mbps

  • Merchantville, NJ – 106.4 Mbps

  • Long Island City, NY – 105.8 Mbps

  • Stowe, VT – 7.3 Mbps

  • Española, NM – 7.7 Mbps

  • Ville Platte, LA – 7.8 Mbps

  • Oneonta, AL – 8.6 Mbps

  • Kingston, WA – 9.2 Mbps

  • Elko, NV – 9.5 Mbps

  • Foley, AL – 10.1 Mbps

  • New Richmond, WI – 10.2 Mbps

  • Wasilla, AK – 10.4 Mbps

  • Vashon, WA – 10.9 Mbps

The best provider was Xfinity, worst was CenturyLink.

Average speeds across both fixed-line and mobile Internet are likely to increase as 5G takes off, but it’s likely to be several years before we see anything approaching blanket coverage across populated areas of the US, and gigabit 5G is only supported by mmWave, which is extremely short-range and likely to be limited to heavily-trafficked locations for a long time.