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Internet providers measured in Minnesota, ranked by speed
Median real-world speeds for the 6 fixed home internet providers with at least 100 distinct connections in Minnesota, 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 | USI Fiber | 270.6 | 225.1 | 13 ms | 100+ |
| 2 | Midco | 237.8 | 55.4 | 22 ms | 100+ |
| 3 | Spectrum | 213.8 | 25.0 | 29 ms | 500+ |
| 4 | Comcast | 182.3 | 43.8 | 30 ms | 1k+ |
| 5 | Arvig | 141.9 | 101.2 | 16 ms | 100+ |
| 6 | CenturyLink | 140.4 | 120.9 | 12 ms | 500+ |
Measured in Minnesota and named rather than ranked: AT&T, T-Mobile US, Verizon. In Minnesota 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: Bluepeak, Frontier, Metronet.
Internet in Minnesota: what the data shows
In Minnesota, the median real-world download speed is 136.3 Mbps, 6% below the median published state of 145.6 Mbps, ranking #27 of the 39 states and districts with enough data to publish.
Minnesota is led by USI Fiber, a Minneapolis fibre network, ahead of both the regional and the national cable operators.
Uploads median 42.2 Mbps and latency 30 ms.
Desktop tests run about 1.1× faster than mobile, and mobile is 30% of tests.
Across the 6 fixed providers with enough connections to rank here, medians run from 270.6 Mbps (USI Fiber) down to 140.4 Mbps (CenturyLink), a 1.9× spread inside one state. Which network reaches an address matters more here than which state the address is in.
The Minnesota sample carries enough tests to name 12 providers, 10 counties and 13 cities and localities.
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 Minnesota data comes from
10 counties with enough tests to name:
13 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 Minnesota?
The median real-world download speed in Minnesota is 136.3 Mbps, with 42.2 Mbps upload and 30 ms latency, measured from 10k+ browser-based speed tests on SpeedOf.Me.
Where does Minnesota rank among US states?
Minnesota ranks #27 of the 39 states and districts we publish, 6% below 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 Minnesota?
Of the fixed home internet providers with at least 100 distinct connections in Minnesota, USI Fiber has the highest median real-world download speed at 270.6 Mbps, ahead of Midco at 237.8 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 Minnesota?
12 providers had enough tests in Minnesota to name: Arvig, AT&T, Bluepeak, CenturyLink, Comcast, Frontier, Metronet, Midco, Spectrum, T-Mobile US, USI Fiber, Verizon. 6 of them carry a ranked median speed on this page: the rest are either a carrier's mobile network in Minnesota 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 Minnesota?
Tests run on phones and tablets, over home Wi-Fi or a cellular connection, are 30% of the Minnesota sample and median 124.5 Mbps. Tests run on desktops and laptops, which are almost always on a fixed line's Wi-Fi, median 142.8 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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