Overview
This reference page for Measuring Broadband America provides convenient access to the Report's charts and chart data.
- Chart 1: Average peak period and 24-hour download speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
- Chart 2: Average peak period and 24-hour upload speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
- Chart 3: Average peak period download and upload speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
- Chart 4: Average peak period download and upload speeds as a percentage of advertised, by technology
- Chart 5: Average peak period download speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
- Chart 6: Average peak period upload speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
- Chart 7: Average peak period burst download speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
- Chart 8: Average peak period burst upload speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
- Chart 9: Average peak period latency in milliseconds by technology
- Chart 10: Web loading time by advertised speed by technology and by ISP
- Chart 11: Average download speed as a percentage of advertised over a 24 hour period, by provider
- Chart 12: Average download speed as a percentage of advertised over a 24 hour period, by technology
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Chart 1: Average peak period and 24-hour sustained download speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
Description
Contrast for each ISP the average peak period and 24 hour download speed as a percentage of advertised speed
Why We Provide It
Contrast the performance during peak time when the most consumers use the Internet vs. 24 hour performance.
Additional Information
The average performance indicated is the average percent of advertised services for all speeds tested for an ISP.
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Chart 2: Average peak period and 24-hour sustained upload speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
Description
Contrast for each ISP the average peak period and 24 hour upload speed as a percentage of advertised speed.
Why We Provide It
Contrast the performance during peak time when the most consumers use the Internet vs. 24 hour performance.
Additional Information
The average performance indicated is the average percent of advertised services for all speeds tested for an ISP.
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Chart 3: Average peak period sustained download and upload speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
Description
Presents for peak periods upload and download speeds side-by-side for each ISP as percentage of advertised speed.
Why We Provide It
Present for convenient view, side-by-side both upload and download performance during peak periods.
Additional Information
The average performance indicated is the average percent of advertised services for all speeds tested for an ISP.
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Chart 4: Average peak period sustained download and upload speeds as a percentage of advertised, by technology
Description
Presents for peak periods upload and download speeds side-by-side for the cable, DSL, and fiber technologies studied in this report as percentage of advertised speed.
Why We Provide It
We wanted to present the performance of different technologies that are used to support broadband Internet service access.
Additional Information
Results shown indicate that any of these technologies engineered properly can provide high performance Internet service. The average performance indicated is the average percent of advertised services for all speeds tested for an ISP.
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Chart 5: Average peak period sustained download speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
Description
Peak download speed is presented for every speed tier tested by ISP and by technology.
Why We Provide It
Individual performance of speed tiers can be viewed.
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Chart 6: Average peak upload speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
Description
Peak upload speed is presented for every speed tier tested by ISP and by technology.
Why We Provide It
Individual performance of speed tiers can be viewed.
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Chart 7: Average peak period burst download speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
Description
Peak period burst download speed is presented for every speed tier tested by ISP and by technology.
Why We Provide It
Individual performance of speed tiers can be viewed.
Additional Information
Burst download speed is defined in the main report.
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Chart 8: Average peak period burst upload speeds as a percentage of advertised, by provider
Description
Peak period burst upload speed is presented for every speed tier tested by ISP and by technology.
Why We Provide It
Individual performance of speed tiers can be viewed.
Additional Information
Burst upload speed is defined in the main report.
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Chart 9: Average peak period latency in milliseconds by technology
Description
Latency for each speed tier tested by technology is illustrated.
Why We Provide It
Latency is an important metric for network performance.
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Chart 10: Web loading time by advertised speed by technology and by ISP
Description
The average time in milliseconds to download a set of popular web pages is illustrated. Consumers can judge the effect of higher service tiers on web performance.
Why We Provide It
Web browsing is one of the most common activities over broadband.
Additional Information
This chart displays a standardized test to evaluate average web download times for a collection of the most common Internet web pages. Actual performance would include other factors not considered in this test but explained in the main report.
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Chart 11: Average download speed as a percentage of advertised over a 24 hour period, by provider
Description
Presents the average speed on ISP's network, tested every 2 hours.
Why We Provide It
Shows varying performance of broadband access over the course of a day by provider.
Additional Information
The average performance indicated is the average percent of advertised services for all speeds tested for an ISP.
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Chart 12: Average download speed as a percentage of advertised over a 24 hour period, by technology
Description
Average sustained download speed as a percentage of advertised speed over a 24 hour period, by technology.
Why We Provide It
Shows varying performance of broadband access over the course of a day by technology.
Additional Information
The average performance indicated is the average percent of advertised services for all speeds tested for an ISP.
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