The Hopkinsville-Clarksville metropolitan area, which straddles the Tennessee-Kentucky border, now has the fastest median download speed in the country at 189 megabytes per second, according to a recent comprehensive report from highspeedinternet.com. I am.
Currently, this is more than 83 megabytes per second faster than media internet speeds in the entire U.S. metropolitan area.
This same area was also the 21st most improved subway in the country from 2022 to 2023, with median download speeds increasing by 86.4% from 101.4 megabytes per second.
Meanwhile, Hopkinsville Electric Systems has established itself as the third-fastest internet provider in the Commonwealth behind XFINITY and DUO Broadband. According to metrics, HES maintains an average download speed of 178.3 MB/s, an average upload speed of 138.4 MB/s, and more than 85% availability to potential and current customers.
Other important findings:
— Median download speeds in U.S. metropolitan areas are 105.8 megabytes per second, an increase of 38.3% from 2022.
— Difference between fastest and slowest metros: 167.7 MB/s.
— Median internet speeds increased by 50% or more from 2022 to 2023 in more than 120 cities, and by 100% or more in more than 10 cities.
— Only four subways in the country had a speed increase of less than zero, meaning at least 270 more subways improved in the last year.
Out of more than 270 metro areas, only 160 had media download speeds above 100 megabytes per second. This is considered the standard speed for downloading large files, streaming high-definition audio and video on multiple devices, and for online gaming services.
