Residents of Austin have 5 internet providers to choose from. The most popular provider is Spectrum, which offers cable and fiber internet service. Over 171,873 recent tests, our research shows that Spectrum customers have been getting 169 Mbps for download speeds and 12 Mbps for upload speeds. Besides Spectrum, residents of Austin may be able to choose from AT&T, Google Fiber, Grande Communications and Suddenlink Communications which offer DSL, fiber, fixed wireless and cable internet service.
While these are the real speeds we have been seeing in recent tests, there are many factors that affect download and upload speeds, so your actual service may differ.
Provider | Download Speed | Upload Speed | Latency |
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Spectrum Cable Fiber | 169 Mbps | 12 Mbps | 15 ms |
AT&T DSL Fiber Fixed Wireless | 160 Mbps | 79 Mbps | 9 ms |
Google Fiber Fiber | 205 Mbps | 146 Mbps | 8 ms |
Grande Communications Cable DSL Fiber | 124 Mbps | 28 Mbps | 15 ms |
Suddenlink Communications Cable | 251 Mbps | 26 Mbps | 11 ms |
* Data from speed tests taken in the last 3 months |
Spectrum is the most popular provider in Austin offering cable and fiber internet service. Users have been getting 169 Mbps for download speeds and 12 Mbps for upload speeds over 171,873 recent tests.
Spectrum has the 3rd fastest average download speeds and the 5th fastest average upload speeds out of all of the providers in Austin. 31% of users saw download speeds between 100-250 Mbps, and 61% of users saw upload speeds between 10-25 Mbps.
Download Speeds
Upload Speeds
Date | Download Speed | Upload Speed | Latency |
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August 4, 2022 | 257 Mbps | 23 Mbps | 15 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 91 Mbps | 11 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 4, 2022 | 230 Mbps | 17 Mbps | 14 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 92 Mbps | 19 Mbps | 17 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 147 Mbps | 12 Mbps | 15 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 116 Mbps | 11 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 4, 2022 | 480 Mbps | 32 Mbps | 17 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 275 Mbps | 12 Mbps | 11 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 228 Mbps | 23 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 4, 2022 | 142 Mbps | 12 Mbps | 16 ms |
AT&T is the 2nd most popular provider in Austin offering DSL, fiber and fixed wireless internet service. Users have been getting 160 Mbps for download speeds and 79 Mbps for upload speeds over 54,780 recent tests.
AT&T has the 4th fastest average download speeds and the 2nd fastest average upload speeds out of all of the providers in Austin. 24% of users saw download speeds between 250-500 Mbps, and 26% of users saw upload speeds faster than 250 Mbps.
Download Speeds
Upload Speeds
Date | Download Speed | Upload Speed | Latency |
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August 4, 2022 | 296 Mbps | 57 Mbps | 10 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 544 Mbps | 653 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 4, 2022 | 62 Mbps | 64 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 4, 2022 | 924 Mbps | 922 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 4, 2022 | 2 Mbps | 2 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 4, 2022 | 225 Mbps | 393 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 4, 2022 | 908 Mbps | 70 Mbps | 6 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 318 Mbps | 414 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 4, 2022 | 112 Mbps | 113 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 4, 2022 | 92 Mbps | 17 Mbps | 27 ms |
Google Fiber is the 3rd most popular provider in Austin offering fiber internet service. Users have been getting 205 Mbps for download speeds and 146 Mbps for upload speeds over 52,577 recent tests.
Google Fiber has the 2nd fastest average download speeds and the fastest average upload speeds out of all of the providers in Austin. 26% of users saw download speeds between 250-500 Mbps, and 36% of users saw upload speeds faster than 250 Mbps.
Download Speeds
Upload Speeds
Date | Download Speed | Upload Speed | Latency |
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August 4, 2022 | 38 Mbps | 366 Mbps | 15 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 638 Mbps | 927 Mbps | 11 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 690 Mbps | 470 Mbps | 11 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 64 Mbps | 1 Mbps | 11 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 90 Mbps | 67 Mbps | 9 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 893 Mbps | 655 Mbps | 8 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 82 Mbps | 53 Mbps | 224 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 466 Mbps | 360 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 4, 2022 | 333 Mbps | 286 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 4, 2022 | 35 Mbps | 27 Mbps | 14 ms |
Grande Communications is the 4th most popular provider in Austin offering cable, DSL and fiber internet service. Users have been getting 124 Mbps for download speeds and 28 Mbps for upload speeds over 8,114 recent tests.
Grande Communications has the 5th fastest average download speeds and the 3rd fastest average upload speeds out of all of the providers in Austin. 25% of users saw download speeds between 100-250 Mbps, and 29% of users saw upload speeds between 10-25 Mbps.
Download Speeds
Upload Speeds
Date | Download Speed | Upload Speed | Latency |
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August 4, 2022 | 141 Mbps | 39 Mbps | 22 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 51 Mbps | 54 Mbps | 25 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 256 Mbps | 194 Mbps | 10 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 293 Mbps | 322 Mbps | 17 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 810 Mbps | 44 Mbps | 17 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 43 Mbps | 30 Mbps | 22 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 109 Mbps | 105 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 4, 2022 | 239 Mbps | 151 Mbps | 22 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 241 Mbps | 46 Mbps | 18 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 90 Mbps | 34 Mbps | 8 ms |
Suddenlink Communications is the 5th most popular provider in Austin offering cable internet service. Users have been getting 251 Mbps for download speeds and 26 Mbps for upload speeds over 1,106 recent tests.
Suddenlink Communications has the fastest average download speeds and the 4th fastest average upload speeds out of all of the providers in Austin. 43% of users saw download speeds between 250-500 Mbps, and 48% of users saw upload speeds between 25-50 Mbps.
Download Speeds
Upload Speeds
Date | Download Speed | Upload Speed | Latency |
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August 4, 2022 | 574 Mbps | 34 Mbps | 11 ms |
August 4, 2022 | 322 Mbps | 32 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 3, 2022 | 322 Mbps | 32 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 3, 2022 | 482 Mbps | 21 Mbps | 11 ms |
August 3, 2022 | 422 Mbps | 30 Mbps | 13 ms |
August 2, 2022 | 322 Mbps | 32 Mbps | n/a ms |
August 2, 2022 | 14 Mbps | 36 Mbps | 11 ms |
August 2, 2022 | 14 Mbps | 22 Mbps | 11 ms |
August 2, 2022 | 462 Mbps | 29 Mbps | 14 ms |
August 2, 2022 | 746 Mbps | 54 Mbps | 8 ms |
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