City-Owned ISP Captures Title of Fastest in the Nation

Government Technology: Colorado’s NextLight, a fiber-optic network ISP owned and operated by the city of Longmont, captured the No. 1 spot for the nation’s fastest ISP – unseating Google Fiber from its lofty post, according to PC Magazine’s annual ISP speed rankings contest.
How did David beat Goliath – as well as telecom titans like Verizon’s Fios fiber-optic network and AT&T Fiber?

NextLight, according to the publication's Speed Test, clocked in with a Speed Index of 278.4 compared to Google Fiber’s 237.0. Verizon Fios scored 138.7, while AT&T Fiber settled in at 77.4.

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