Home Internet Connections Holding Steady In Most Major US Cities Amid Mass Shift To Remote Work

As millions of users vacate dedicated business connections in favor of their home connection, providers are seeing a significant surge in virtually every state. Are these residential networks holding up? Or are they choking on the increased demand being placed on them? Here’s what the data tells us: 

• Six of the top ten U.S. cities by population have seen little to no change in median speed test results from the past 11 weeks leading up to the week of March 9th. 
• Four cities have seen degradations in speed, including Houston (TX), New York City (NY), San Diego (CA), and San Jose (CA). 
• Seattle, now regarded as the epicenter for the current pandemic, has seen a median download speed increase as of March 9th.