Maryland home to some of the fastest Internet service nationwide
Want fast Internet service? Move to Maryland.
According to PC magazine, Maryland has the country's 10th fastest Internet service, behind states such as Nevada, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Who would have thought?
Apparently, cable Internet service has also far surpassed DSL in terms of speed --- averaging about 565 kbps with Earthlink to 839 kbps nationwide for Cablevision's Optimum Online, compared to DSL connections ranging from 357 to 520 kbps.
See the full list below the jump:
The PCMag Fastest ISPs in America 2008 - State Ranking:
| Ranking | State | SurfSpeed (Kbps) |
| 1 | Nevada | 781 |
| 2 | Virginia | 765 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | 747 |
| 4 | New Jersey | 727 |
| 5 | Connecticut | 716 |
| 6 | New York | 714 |
| 7 | Nebraska | 707 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 695 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | 695 |
| 10 | Maryland | 691 |
| 11 | Illinois | 681 |
| 12 | Georgia | 679 |
| 13 | California | 666 |
| 14 | Oregon | 665 |
| 15 | Delaware | 646 |
| 16 | Washington | 625 |
| 17 | New Hampshire | 615 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 609 |
| 19 | Texas | 605 |
| 20 | Ohio | 600 |
| 21 | North Dakota | 593 |
| 22 | Colorado | 564 |
| 23 | Florida | 562 |
| 24 | South Dakota | 560 |
| 25 | Alabama | 556 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 547 |
| 27 | Michigan | 544 |
| 28 | Missouri | 539 |
| 29 | North Carolina | 534 |
| 30 | Kansas | 528 |
| 31 | Indiana | 524 |
| 32 | Utah | 517 |
| 33 | Rhode Island | 516 |
| 34 | Arizona | 505 |
| 35 | Tennessee | 474 |
| 36 | Louisiana | 470 |
| 37 | Idaho | 461 |
| 38 | South Carolina | 457 |
| 39 | Montana | 455 |
| 40 | Maine | 427 |
| 41 | West Virginia | 417 |
| 42 | Mississippi | 413 |
| 43 | Alaska | 402 |
| 44 | Arkansas | 402 |
| 45 | Wisconsin | 402 |
| 46 | Iowa | 398 |
| 47 | Vermont | 391 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 379 |
| 49 | Hawaii | 378 |
| 50 | New Mexico | 322 |
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| National avg | 557 |
Comments
I'd be curious to know the conditions under which the cable was tested, since most home consumers wind up sharing a connection with their neighbors. Also, service tends to slow down at the top and bottom of the hour, when people are most likely to be accessing cable TV menus, thus eating up bandwidth. Cable internet was nothing but grief for me.
In the meantime, I have always had a fast, stable connection with DSL. I'm willing to trade a little speed for reliability.
Posted by: Claude | December 3, 2008 12:34 PM