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Internet providers measured in Maryland, ranked by speed
Median real-world speeds for the 3 fixed home internet providers with at least 100 distinct connections in Maryland, 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 | Verizon | 213.7 | 94.2 | 21 ms | 1k+ |
| 2 | Comcast | 187.1 | 45.0 | 23 ms | 2.5k+ |
| 3 | Breezeline | 158.4 | 24.9 | 26 ms | 100+ |
Measured in Maryland and named rather than ranked: AT&T, T-Mobile US. In Maryland 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: Antietam Broadband.
Internet in Maryland: what the data shows
In Maryland, the median real-world download speed is 160.0 Mbps, 10% above the median published state of 145.6 Mbps, ranking #10 of the 39 states and districts with enough data to publish.
Maryland sits tenth on only three ranked providers, and just 55 Mbps separates the fastest from the slowest of them.
Uploads median 44.9 Mbps and latency 25 ms.
Desktop and mobile tests run at about the same median speed, with mobile making up 33% of tests.
Across the 3 fixed providers with enough connections to rank here, medians run from 213.7 Mbps (Verizon) down to 158.4 Mbps (Breezeline), a 1.3× spread inside one state. Which network reaches an address matters more here than which state the address is in.
The Maryland sample carries enough tests to name 6 providers, 12 counties and 17 cities and localities. Ashburn was its most-used test server, taking 84% of the tests among the five busiest.
Figures are medians of 5k+ browser-based tests from 5k+ 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 Maryland data comes from
12 counties with enough tests to name:
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17 cities and localities with enough tests to name:
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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 Maryland?
The median real-world download speed in Maryland is 160.0 Mbps, with 44.9 Mbps upload and 25 ms latency, measured from 5k+ browser-based speed tests on SpeedOf.Me.
Where does Maryland rank among US states?
Maryland ranks #10 of the 39 states and districts we publish, 10% above 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 Maryland?
Of the fixed home internet providers with at least 100 distinct connections in Maryland, Verizon has the highest median real-world download speed at 213.7 Mbps, ahead of Comcast at 187.1 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 Maryland?
6 providers had enough tests in Maryland to name: Antietam Broadband, AT&T, Breezeline, Comcast, T-Mobile US, Verizon. 3 of them carry a ranked median speed on this page: the rest are either a carrier's mobile network in Maryland 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 Maryland?
Tests run on phones and tablets, over home Wi-Fi or a cellular connection, are 33% of the Maryland sample and median 165.1 Mbps. Tests run on desktops and laptops, which are almost always on a fixed line's Wi-Fi, median 159.3 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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