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Internet Speed Report San Francisco May 2024

A comprehensive analysis of broadband performance in San Francisco based on real user speed tests conducted on Bandwidth Place.

Total Tests

286

Avg. Download

86.51Mbps

Avg. Upload

47.30Mbps

Avg. Ping

154.7ms

Top Internet Providers

Provider Avg Speed
Wave Broadband 40.2 Mbps
Comcast Cable Communications 184.2 Mbps
Cellco Partnership DBA Verizon Wireless 20.6 Mbps
DigitalOcean, LLC 61.7 Mbps
Comcast Cable Communications 522.6 Mbps
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 372.7 Mbps
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 450.7 Mbps
Cogent Communications 230.8 Mbps
Wave Broadband 44.6 Mbps
DigitalOcean, LLC 19.6 Mbps

Top Devices

Device Share
Generic Smartphone 7.0%
iPhone 3.5%
Generic Smartphone 1.7%

Top Browsers

Browser Share
Chrome 15.4%
Firefox 9.8%
Chrome 9.4%
Firefox 7.7%
Chrome Mobile 7.0%
Chrome 5.9%
Chrome 4.9%
Chrome 4.2%
Mobile Safari 3.5%
Opera 3.1%

Analysis Methodology

The data presented in this report is aggregated directly from real user speed tests performed on the Bandwidth Place platform testing network nodes globally during 2024. We calculate the localized metrics using strict data sanity checks to prevent skewed results from anomalies or extreme outliers.

SEO & Location Routing Structure: Because location data is structurally rigid, caching data dynamically to static hierarchy (Country -> State -> City) provides significant improvements to PageSpeed metrics and Time to First Byte (TTFB). This strategy ensures optimum indexing for search engines processing localized queries.