Quarterly speed report
Fastest ISP 2026
The US internet provider leaderboard, ranked by median real-world download across FCC BDC filings, Ookla open-data, and editor field tests. Updated quarterly.
By Jordan Reyes · Edited by Editorial · Last updated
Sample window
Q1 2026 (Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2026)
Total tests
42,180
Minimum per provider
50 tests
The ranking
- 1
Google Fiber
Highest median download in the report. Symmetrical, low latency, consistent throughout the window.
- Down
- 872 Mbps
- Up
- 841 Mbps
- Ping
- 6 ms
Based on 1,240 tests.
- 2
AT&T Fiber
Largest sample across fiber ISPs. Real-world throughput tracks advertised tier closely.
- Down
- 734 Mbps
- Up
- 716 Mbps
- Ping
- 7 ms
Based on 8,412 tests.
- 3
Verizon Fios
Lowest median latency in the report (4-6 ms), which matters more than raw Mbps for most workloads.
- Down
- 688 Mbps
- Up
- 672 Mbps
- Ping
- 5 ms
Based on 5,018 tests.
- 4
Frontier Fiber
Sample skewed toward the 500/500 tier, which is their flat-rate anchor plan.
- Down
- 612 Mbps
- Up
- 598 Mbps
- Ping
- 9 ms
Based on 1,844 tests.
- 5
Quantum Fiber
Performance lines up with AT&T Fiber; pricing sits a step below.
- Down
- 580 Mbps
- Up
- 562 Mbps
- Ping
- 10 ms
Based on 930 tests.
- 6
Xfinity
DOCSIS 4.0 markets lifted median upload meaningfully vs 2025. Download trails fiber but matches advertised tier.
- Down
- 441 Mbps
- Up
- 82 Mbps
- Ping
- 14 ms
Based on 9,876 tests.
- 7
Verizon 5G Home
5G Home Plus in mmWave markets drives the median. Non-mmWave addresses sit closer to 150 Mbps median.
- Down
- 312 Mbps
- Up
- 41 Mbps
- Ping
- 28 ms
Based on 1,520 tests.
- 8
Spectrum
Download tracks advertised tier tightly. Upload limit of 35 Mbps on Gig shows as a hard ceiling.
- Down
- 305 Mbps
- Up
- 21 Mbps
- Ping
- 16 ms
Based on 8,104 tests.
- 9
Cox
Cox Go Beyond in upgraded markets pulls the median up. Older markets still cluster around 200 Mbps.
- Down
- 289 Mbps
- Up
- 31 Mbps
- Ping
- 18 ms
Based on 2,312 tests.
- 10
T-Mobile Home Internet
The 2.5 GHz capacity expansion moved the median from 205 in Q4 2025 to 253 this quarter.
- Down
- 253 Mbps
- Up
- 45 Mbps
- Ping
- 22 ms
Based on 2,204 tests.
- 11
Starlink
Rural sample. Median latency from satellite is ~30 ms higher than fiber but steady.
- Down
- 194 Mbps
- Up
- 22 Mbps
- Ping
- 34 ms
Based on 720 tests.
Methodology
The leaderboard ranks US internet providers by median real-world downloadcompiled by the CableCanyon editorial team. We use median (not mean) so a handful of outlier gigabit fiber tests can’t drag everything up, and we apply a minimum sample of 50 per provider so small regional ISPs don’t swing the ranking on a dozen enthusiasts.
Source data is a blend of FCC Broadband Data Collection filings, Ookla open-data quarterly reports, and editor-run field tests across our coverage cities. Results are normalized to median download in Mbps over the trailing 90-day window.
Median latency is the trailing round-trip to the nearest measurement point of presence. It isn’t a substitute for game-server ping but it’s a consistent cross-ISP measure of first-hop latency.
See the full methodology at our editorial policy.