Birmingham residents have 3 internet providers to choose from. Spectrum is the most popular provider, offering cable and fiber internet service. In our research, we have been seeing 137 Mbps for download speeds and 11 Mbps for upload speeds for Spectrum customers over 42,355 recent tests. AT&T and CenturyLink also have coverage in Birmingham, although they are not as popular as Spectrum. These providers offer DSL and fiber internet service.
See more detailed speed and coverage data below.
Provider | Download Speed | Upload Speed | Latency |
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Spectrum Cable Fiber | 137 Mbps | 11 Mbps | 20 ms |
AT&T DSL Fiber | 78 Mbps | 29 Mbps | 7 ms |
CenturyLink DSL Fiber | 60 Mbps | 47 Mbps | 9 ms |
* Data from speed tests taken in the last 3 months |
Spectrum is the most popular provider in Birmingham offering cable and fiber internet service. Users have been getting 137 Mbps for download speeds and 11 Mbps for upload speeds over 42,355 recent tests.
Spectrum has the fastest average download speed, the 3rd fastest average upload speed, and the 3rd lowest latency out of all of the providers in Birmingham. 28% of users saw download speeds between 250-500 Mbps, and 57% of users saw upload speeds between 10-25 Mbps.
Download Speeds
Upload Speeds
Date | Download Speed | Upload Speed | Latency |
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March 26, 2023 | 871 Mbps | 39 Mbps | 15 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 459 Mbps | 23 Mbps | 34 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 45 Mbps | 26 Mbps | 32 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 452 Mbps | 27 Mbps | 37 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 305 Mbps | 12 Mbps | 10 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 100 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 33 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 76 Mbps | 8 Mbps | n/a ms |
March 26, 2023 | 354 Mbps | 11 Mbps | n/a ms |
March 26, 2023 | 452 Mbps | 37 Mbps | n/a ms |
March 26, 2023 | 134 Mbps | 12 Mbps | 8 ms |
AT&T is the 2nd most popular provider in Birmingham offering DSL and fiber internet service. Users have been getting 78 Mbps for download speeds and 29 Mbps for upload speeds over 27,393 recent tests.
AT&T has the 2nd fastest average download speed, the 2nd fastest average upload speed, and the lowest latency out of all of the providers in Birmingham. 18% of users saw download speeds between 50-100 Mbps, and 23% of users saw upload speeds slower than 5 Mbps.
Download Speeds
Upload Speeds
Date | Download Speed | Upload Speed | Latency |
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March 26, 2023 | 940 Mbps | 832 Mbps | 4 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 26 Mbps | 23 Mbps | 15 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 61 Mbps | 2 Mbps | 3 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 43 Mbps | 8 Mbps | 24 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 2 Mbps | 1 Mbps | 209 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 22 Mbps | 1 Mbps | 3 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 104 Mbps | 114 Mbps | n/a ms |
March 26, 2023 | 46 Mbps | 48 Mbps | 28 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 12 Mbps | 8 Mbps | 135 ms |
March 26, 2023 | 364 Mbps | 354 Mbps | 6 ms |
CenturyLink is the 3rd most popular provider in Birmingham offering DSL and fiber internet service. Users have been getting 60 Mbps for download speeds and 47 Mbps for upload speeds over 812 recent tests.
CenturyLink has the 3rd fastest average download speed, the fastest average upload speed, and the 2nd lowest latency out of all of the providers in Birmingham. 28% of users saw download speeds between 50-100 Mbps, and 27% of users saw upload speeds between 50-100 Mbps.
Download Speeds
Upload Speeds
Date | Download Speed | Upload Speed | Latency |
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March 26, 2023 | 45 Mbps | 47 Mbps | n/a ms |
March 25, 2023 | 44 Mbps | 46 Mbps | n/a ms |
March 25, 2023 | 927 Mbps | 508 Mbps | 9 ms |
March 25, 2023 | 24 Mbps | 19 Mbps | 4 ms |
March 24, 2023 | 450 Mbps | 315 Mbps | 8 ms |
March 24, 2023 | 213 Mbps | 130 Mbps | 55 ms |
March 24, 2023 | 45 Mbps | 47 Mbps | n/a ms |
March 24, 2023 | 63 Mbps | 229 Mbps | 5 ms |
March 24, 2023 | 2 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 4 ms |
March 24, 2023 | 88 Mbps | 63 Mbps | 12 ms |
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