The Fastest ISPs In the US

Posted by samzenpus on Monday October 1, 2012 @07:16AM from the greased-lightning dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "For a second year in a row PCMag partnered with Speedtest to find out the fastest ISPs in the U.S. The results were a product of 110,000 tests ran between January 1, 2012 and September 19, 2012. Collecting data for both download and upload speeds for each test, Speednet was able to calculate an index score for a better one-to-one comparison, where downloads counted for 80 percent and uploads 20 percent. Moreover, rather than testing the upload and download speed of a single file, the tests used multiple broadband threads to measure the total capacity of the 'pipe.' While the results at the nationwide level were fairly obvious with Verizon FiOS crushing its opposition, the results at regional level were a lot more interesting and competitive."

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From What I've seen... by MilwaukeeMadAss · 2012-10-01 07:20 · Score: 5, Funny

I at least think my ISP sends their bills the fastest. Not sure about the "pipe" speed though.
CHecking In from AOL over Cable (AoC) by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-01 07:29 · Score: 5, Funny

FIRST POST, CHECK It BItCHES
Re:meanwhile, in Germany by RichMan · 2012-10-01 07:35 · Score: 5, Funny

In response all websites should have their pages below a /speedtest/ toplevel directory
Doesn't really help me. by skine · 2012-10-01 07:39 · Score: 2, Funny

Where I live, I have two main options:
1) Verizon DSL at 768kbps
3) Time Warner at 3Mbps, 10Mbps, 20Mbps or 50Mbps
You can see why I'm happy that Verizon has the fastest internet in my region.
First Post by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-01 07:42 · Score: 2, Funny

If this damn page would load fast enough...
Re:If you don't mind paying through the nose by Rob+the+Bold · 2012-10-01 08:44 · Score: 2, Funny

I think you forgot your Prozac.
There's only so much it can do.

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