Internet providers
Real speed and lag, by provider and city
These pages show what people on each internet provider typically get: median download and upload speed and the lag added when the line is busy, by city and by hour of the day. The figures come only from Net Fix Lag Checks that people chose to share, never from adverts or the speeds a plan promises.
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How to read a provider page
- Median download and upload: the middle result, so half the shared tests were above it and half below. One very fast or very slow line doesn't move it.
- Lag under load: how many milliseconds ping rises while the line is busy (bufferbloat). It decides how games and calls feel far more than download speed does.
- By hour: the same figures for each hour of the day, to show whether a network slows in the evening. An hour appears once it has 5 tests.
- Tests: how many shared results the page is built from, over the last 90 days. More tests make a steadier figure; a group needs 20 before it is published at all.
What the figures can't tell you
People test on different plans, over Wi-Fi as well as cable, and with their own routers, so a low figure can be a cheap plan or a weak signal and not the network. Lag under load in particular is often fixable at home with Smart Queue. Use the pages to compare networks in one place and to see when they slow down, then check your own line with the Lag Check.
How these numbers are made
- From Net Fix Lag Checks that people chose to share over the last 90 days, grouped by the network and city Cloudflare sees for each test.
- We only publish a group once it has 20 tests, and an hour of the day once it has 5. No IP addresses are stored, and times are kept to the hour.
- Results depend on each tester's plan, Wi-Fi and devices, so they show what people on this network typically get, not what any one plan promises.
Questions about the provider pages
Where do these provider figures come from?
From Lag Checks that people chose to share after running one on this site. Nothing is shared unless the person asks for it, no IP address is kept, and a provider or city only appears once it has enough tests to give a fair median.
Why isn't my provider or city listed?
Not enough people on that network have shared a result yet. Run a Lag Check and choose to add yours; the page appears once the group reaches the minimum.
Is lag under load the provider's fault?
Often not. It usually builds in the queue of the router or modem at home, and Smart Queue on your own router fixes it on almost any line. A network where most people see it does suggest the supplied equipment handles a busy line badly. See fix lag under load.
How should I use this to choose a provider?
Compare the hours you are online, not the best hour, and look at lag under load as well as download speed. The figures show what people on each network typically get with their own plans, Wi-Fi and devices, so they are a guide and not a promise for any one address.