How Massachusetts compares
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Internet providers measured in Massachusetts, ranked by speed
Median real-world speeds for the 4 fixed home internet providers with at least 100 distinct connections in Massachusetts, 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 | Comcast | 196.0 | 44.4 | 23 ms | 2.5k+ |
| 2 | Spectrum | 190.1 | 23.9 | 39 ms | 250+ |
| 3 | Verizon | 155.3 | 39.7 | 28 ms | 2.5k+ |
| 4 | Astound Broadband | 140.7 | 26.5 | 19 ms | 100+ |
Measured in Massachusetts and named rather than ranked: AT&T, T-Mobile US. In Massachusetts 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.
Internet in Massachusetts: what the data shows
In Massachusetts, the median real-world download speed is 151.6 Mbps, 4% above the median published state of 145.6 Mbps, ranking #13 of the 39 states and districts with enough data to publish.
Massachusetts is one of the few states where no fibre network tops the table. Cable leads it, and Verizon's fibre sits third.
Uploads median 40.9 Mbps and latency 26 ms.
Desktop tests run about 1.1× faster than mobile, and mobile is 32% of tests.
Across the 4 fixed providers with enough connections to rank here, medians run from 196.0 Mbps (Comcast) down to 140.7 Mbps (Astound Broadband), a 1.4× spread inside one state. Which network reaches an address matters more here than which state the address is in.
The Massachusetts sample carries enough tests to name 6 providers, 10 counties and 18 cities and localities. Boston was its most-used test server, taking 55% of the tests among the five busiest.
Figures are medians of 10k+ 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 Massachusetts data comes from
10 counties with enough tests to name:
18 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 Massachusetts?
The median real-world download speed in Massachusetts is 151.6 Mbps, with 40.9 Mbps upload and 26 ms latency, measured from 10k+ browser-based speed tests on SpeedOf.Me.
Where does Massachusetts rank among US states?
Massachusetts ranks #13 of the 39 states and districts we publish, 4% 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 Massachusetts?
Of the fixed home internet providers with at least 100 distinct connections in Massachusetts, Comcast has the highest median real-world download speed at 196.0 Mbps, ahead of Spectrum at 190.1 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 Massachusetts?
6 providers had enough tests in Massachusetts to name: Astound Broadband, AT&T, Comcast, Spectrum, T-Mobile US, Verizon. 4 of them carry a ranked median speed on this page: the rest are either a carrier's mobile network in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts?
Tests run on phones and tablets, over home Wi-Fi or a cellular connection, are 32% of the Massachusetts sample and median 144.2 Mbps. Tests run on desktops and laptops, which are almost always on a fixed line's Wi-Fi, median 155.4 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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