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The US internet provider leaderboard, ranked by estimated median download. These are CableCanyon editorial estimates built from published provider specifications and public broadband data — not first-hand speed tests. Updated quarterly.
By Jordan Reyes · Edited by Editorial · Last updated
Basis
Editorial estimates
Providers ranked
11
Last updated
April 20, 2026
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 5
Quantum Fiber
Performance lines up with AT&T Fiber; pricing sits a step below.
- Down
- 580 Mbps
- Up
- 562 Mbps
- Ping
- 10 ms
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Methodology
This leaderboard ranks US internet providers by estimated median download. The figures are CableCanyon editorial estimatesassembled by our team from each provider’s published plan specifications and publicly available broadband data — they are not first-hand speed-test measurements, and the per-provider figures should be read as directional, not as a measured benchmark.
We use median rather than mean so a handful of outlier gigabit fiber plans can’t drag a provider’s typical number up. Download and upload are in Mbps; latency is a directional first-hop estimate, not game-server ping.
As reader-contributed speed-test data accumulates, we’ll replace these estimates with measured results and label the sample size and sources on each row.
See the full methodology at our editorial policy.