These US Rural Areas Have the Highest (and Lowest) Internet Speeds

SatelliteInternet.com published a report based on more than 1 million internet speed tests in rural cities: communities with populations of less than 10,000 people that are at least an hour away from the nearest major city. Over the last ten months, the national average for all rural speed tests increased from 39.01Mbps to 45.9Mbps, which is encouraging. The rural areas with high internet speeds: Boardman, OR (103.8Mbps), Madisonville, LA (101.7Mbps), Rifle, CO (96.7Mbps), Pulaski, VA (96.6Mbps), Seaford, DE (96.4Mbps), Ware, MA (92.0Mbps), Barnegat, NJ (90.1Mbps), Lock Haven, PA (89.5Mbps), Cotati, CA (89.0Mbps), Valley, AL (86.6Mbps), Winchester, CA (85.9Mbps), Avon, CO (83.2Mbps), El Cerrito (82.8Mbps), Inwood, WV (82.4Mbps), Reedsburg, WI (81.3Mbps), Mahopac, NY (79.8Mbps), Scottsville, KY (79.7Mbps), Erwin, TN (78.8Mbps), Ruckersville, VA (78.7Mbps), and Chilhowie, VA (77.9Mbps).

The rural cities with the lowest internet speeds: Hyden, KY (4.2 Mbps), White Hall, AR (5.4 Mbps), Yale, MI (5.9 Mbps), Farmington, ME (6.4 Mbps), Stevensville, MT (6.6 Mbps), Stowe, VT (7.3 Mbps), Blue Hill, ME (7.3 Mbps), Fairfax, VT (7.5 Mbps), Caldwell, TX (7.7 Mbps), Mountain View, AR (7.7 Mbps), Winnemucca, NV (8.3 Mbps), Bellville, OH (8.3 Mbps), Mariposa, CA (8.6 Mbps), Kingston, WA (9.2 Mbps), Merrill, WI (10.3 Mbps), Linden, TN (10.9 Mbps), Sylva, NC (11 Mbps), Pecos, TX (11.1 Mbps), Spring Hill, KS (11.2 Mbps), and Grayson, KY (11.2 Mbps).