{"id":116882,"date":"2021-06-17T16:34:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T20:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/?p=116882"},"modified":"2021-06-17T16:35:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T20:35:28","slug":"what-michigan-city-has-the-fastest-download-speeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/what-michigan-city-has-the-fastest-download-speeds\/","title":{"rendered":"What Michigan City Has The Fastest Download Speeds"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.picserver.org\/highway-signs2\/b\/broadband.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-116935 size-medium\" title=\"fastest download speeds\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/broadband_sign-2.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"fastest download speeds\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/broadband_sign-2.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/broadband_sign-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/broadband_sign-2.jpg?resize=75%2C50&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/broadband_sign-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/broadband_sign-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/broadband_sign-2.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The politicians in Lansing are not known for doing anything good quickly. But they do have <strong>fast internet<\/strong>. New <a href=\"https:\/\/rootmetrics.com\/en-US\/content\/speed-rankings-10-biggest-cities-2h-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">rankings<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/rootmetrics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RootMetrics<\/a> showed that <strong>Lansing, Michigan<\/strong> had one of the fastest download speeds in the U.S. during the second half of 2020. Lansing <strong>ranked 6th<\/strong> out of 125 markets in the <strong>RootMetrics report<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Fastest download speeds in Michigan<\/h3>\r\n<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-116937\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/michigan_logo-3.png?resize=108%2C120&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"108\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/michigan_logo-3.png?resize=134%2C150&amp;ssl=1 134w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/michigan_logo-3.png?resize=67%2C75&amp;ssl=1 67w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/michigan_logo-3.png?w=380&amp;ssl=1 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/h3>\r\n<p>Lansing&#8217;s median download speed across the major carriers was <strong>43.7 Mbps<\/strong>. Michigan&#8217;s capital city had faster aggregate median download speeds than tech-heavy markets. Lansing ranked better than Chicago (36 Mbps), San Fransico (34.6 Mbps), Dallas (32.3 Mbps), or Los Angeles (31.6 Mbps).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Michigan metro&#8217;s rated surprisingly well, overall.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Detroit<\/strong> ranked 16th nationally at 39.5 Mbps.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Ann Arbor<\/strong> came in 47th with 34.4\u00a0 Mbps.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Flint<\/strong>&#8216;s 31.8 Mbps earned it the 59th spot.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The article says that <strong>speeds of 30 Mbps are typically fast enough<\/strong> for users to enjoy smooth gaming and fast file downloads.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.provenwinners.com\/learn\/landscaping\/slugging-it-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-116938 size-full\" title=\"the worst download speeds\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snail_with_Eyes_Up_600-2.jpg?resize=133%2C99&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"the worst download speeds\" width=\"133\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snail_with_Eyes_Up_600-2.jpg?w=133&amp;ssl=1 133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snail_with_Eyes_Up_600-2.jpg?resize=75%2C56&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3>Slowest download speeds<\/h3>\r\n<p>The metropolitan areas with the <strong>worst download speeds<\/strong> are spread across the U.S.\u00a0 The report says Antelope Valley, CA (20.0 Mbps), Madison, WI (19.3 Mbps), and\u00a0 Fresno, CA (18.8 Mbps) were the worst.<\/p>\r\n<p>RootMetrics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercewireless.com\/wireless\/biggest-city-doesn-t-always-mean-fastest-speeds-rootmetrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told<\/a> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercewireless.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FierceWireless<\/a><\/em> smaller markets like Lansing have some <strong>advantages over the mega-markets<\/strong> like Chicago or Los Angles.\u00a0 Rishikesh Bhandari, RootMetrics RF engineer explained,<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Technology rollouts and the optimization of those technologies (such as 5G or higher-order carrier aggregation, among others) can often take longer in bigger cities precisely because of size &#8230;\u00a0 there are far more people for the carriers to serve\u2014and over much larger geographic distances &#8230; the carriers must ensure smooth technology deployments &#8230; and that can take time, especially in bigger cities, with millions of people and thousands of square miles to cover.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<h3>How they test the fastest download speeds<\/h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rootmetrics.com\/en-US\/press\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-116939\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/RM_Logo_color.png?resize=150%2C38&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/RM_Logo_color.png?resize=150%2C38&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/RM_Logo_color.png?resize=75%2C19&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/RM_Logo_color.png?w=570&amp;ssl=1 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>RootMetrics <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RootMetrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">conducts its tests<\/a> with <strong>unmodified Android<\/strong>-based smartphones purchased <strong>off the shelf<\/strong> at regular mobile phone stores. To determine which metropolitan markets across the U.S. were home to the fastest and slowest speeds, the Bellevue, WA based firm aggregated the <strong>overall median download<\/strong> speeds recorded across all network technologies (<strong>4G LTE and 5G, where applicable<\/strong>) for <a title=\"AT&amp;T\" href=\"http:\/\/www.att.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">AT&amp;T<\/a>\u00a0(<a title=\"NYSE : T\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyse.com\/quote\/XNYS:T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T<\/a>), <a title=\"T-Mobile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.t-mobile.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T-Mobile<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/?symbol=TMUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMUS<\/a>), and <a title=\"Verizon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.verizon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Verizon<\/a>\u00a0(<a title=\"NASDAQ : VZ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NYSE-VZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VZ<\/a>)n in each of the 125 most populated metropolitan markets in the country and ranked them from fastest to slowest.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?utm_source=morning_brew#cases_casesper100klast7days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stay safe out there!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Related article<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a title=\"The Digital Divide: How Detroit Area Compares In Internet Usage\" href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/michigan\/detroit\/digital-divide-how-detroit-area-compares-internet-usage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Digital Divide: How Detroit Area Compares In Internet Usage<\/a>\u00a0(<a title=\"Patch\" href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Patch<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a>\u00a0about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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