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We didn't receive enough tests from Google Fiber users to include this year if your favorite local ultra-fast ISP isn't listed, we got less than 50 tests from their connections, too. That means a lot of smaller ISPs just don't make the cut—not even Google Fiber, currently testing in Kansas City (in both Kansas and Missouri) and its suburbs, and moving soon to Provo, Utah and Austin, Texas. Keep in mind as you inevitably complain in the comments section that we don't list your favorite local ultra-fast ISP in the story, we wish we could! However, to include any ISP or location we require at least 50 tests be conducted by individual IP addresses. We use the index to compare all the ISPs and locations the highest index is the fastest. We take 80 percent of the all-important download speed and add it to 20 percent of that still-very-important upload speed, creating an index number. To pick the fastest ISP, we use a formula that combines the average download and upload throughput for each ISP or location. We also present the best business-oriented ISPs, the fastest ISPs in Canada, and even other countries around the globe with the best speeds. We don't limit this to national results for the United States (though we do break down exactly which cities, states, and regions of the continental U.S. Ookla hosted our year-round test spot at (Opens in a new window), and we use the results of the assessments made there—over 200,000 in the previous eight months—to determine the fastest ISPs. It's the one most ISPs send their own customers to when a connection is in question. The best way to explore your choices is to examine the results of PCMag's Fastest ISPs 2013, compiled using data supplied by readers.įor the third year in a row we've teamed up with Ookla (Opens in a new window), creators of the most popular broadband test available online: (Opens in a new window). If you're disappointed by your speeds you should shop around—assuming you even have that option where you live.

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