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Internet providers measured in Kansas, ranked by speed
Median real-world speeds for the 6 fixed home internet providers with at least 100 distinct connections in Kansas, fastest first. These are the speeds their customers measured, not advertised plan speeds, and not a statement of who can be bought at a given address.
| # | Provider | Download | Upload | Latency | Connections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metronet | 287.5 | 149.5 | 22 ms | 250+ |
| 2 | Google Fiber | 241.1 | 153.6 | 10 ms | 100+ |
| 3 | IdeaTek | 235.0 | 147.6 | 17 ms | 100+ |
| 4 | AT&T | 230.8 | 137.0 | 25 ms | 500+ |
| 5 | Cox | 177.1 | 36.6 | 27 ms | 500+ |
| 6 | Spectrum | 159.4 | 25.1 | 42 ms | 250+ |
Measured in Kansas and named rather than ranked: T-Mobile US, Verizon. In Kansas each of these is the operator's mobile network rather than a wired home line, and a browser test cannot tell a phone from a 5G home gateway on the same network. Ranking them beside fibre and cable would compare two different products.
Also measured, with too few connections for a median we would stand behind: Midco, Starlink.
Internet in Kansas: what the data shows
In Kansas, the median real-world download speed is 145.8 Mbps, level with the median published state, ranking #19 of the 39 states and districts with enough data to publish.
Kansas has three separate fibre networks at 235 Mbps or better, including IdeaTek, a Kansas company, in a state whose median is 145.8.
Uploads median 45.8 Mbps and latency 31 ms.
Desktop tests run about 1.1× faster than mobile, and mobile is 34% of tests.
Across the 6 fixed providers with enough connections to rank here, medians run from 287.5 Mbps (Metronet) down to 159.4 Mbps (Spectrum), a 1.8× spread inside one state. Which network reaches an address matters more here than which state the address is in.
The Kansas sample carries enough tests to name 10 providers, 8 counties and 8 cities and localities.
Figures are medians of 5k+ browser-based tests from 2k+ distinct connections, first half of 2026. Each connection counts at most three times, third-party sources are capped, and datacenter networks are excluded, so one busy line cannot move a state. That makes these numbers a different series from the national figure on the United States page, and they are not directly comparable to it.
Where the Kansas data comes from
8 counties with enough tests to name:
8 cities and localities with enough tests to name:
Counties, cities and localities are named, never numbered, and listed alphabetically. Speeds below state level are part of the licensed dataset.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the average internet speed in Kansas?
The median real-world download speed in Kansas is 145.8 Mbps, with 45.8 Mbps upload and 31 ms latency, measured from 5k+ browser-based speed tests on SpeedOf.Me.
Where does Kansas rank among US states?
Kansas ranks #19 of the 39 states and districts we publish, level with the median published state. We publish a state only where at least 2,000 distinct connections back the number, so 12 of the 51 are not listed at all.
Why is this lower than the speed my provider advertises?
An advertised speed is the maximum the line can carry. This is a real-world measurement through a browser to neutral servers on the open internet, which is what a video call, a download or a game actually gets. Wi-Fi, the device and time of day all sit between the two.
Which internet provider is fastest in Kansas?
Of the fixed home internet providers with at least 100 distinct connections in Kansas, Metronet has the highest median real-world download speed at 287.5 Mbps, ahead of Google Fiber at 241.1 Mbps. That is the median its customers measured here, not an advertised plan speed, and a provider is only as fast as the line that reaches your address.
Which internet providers were measured in Kansas?
10 providers had enough tests in Kansas to name: AT&T, Cox, Google Fiber, IdeaTek, Metronet, Midco, Spectrum, Starlink, T-Mobile US, Verizon. 6 of them carry a ranked median speed on this page: the rest are either a carrier's mobile network in Kansas rather than a wired home line, or below the 100 distinct connections we require before publishing a median. That list is not a market-share estimate or a statement of who can be bought at a given address.
Are speeds on phones lower than on computers in Kansas?
Tests run on phones and tablets, over home Wi-Fi or a cellular connection, are 34% of the Kansas sample and median 139.8 Mbps. Tests run on desktops and laptops, which are almost always on a fixed line's Wi-Fi, median 148.4 Mbps. This is a device comparison, not a comparison of providers.
How current is this data?
It covers first half of 2026 and was last updated on 2026-09-05. The dataset is free to reuse with attribution under CC BY 4.0.
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