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Data about and analysis of Internet performance and reliability with actionable insights to address inequity in communities across the United States.

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Is Your WiFi Limiting Your Home Internet Performance?

Read our new data story on how a household’s WiFi setup can result in slower Internet speeds than expected.

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About Our Data

Open data on fixed Internet performance and reliability at the household level

Comprehensive

Numerous measurements of Internet performance and reliability, from Internet speed and latency to WiFi performance.

Local

Collected directly at the access network of the household.

Historical

Regularly updated to add new measurements, new locations, and new time periods for historical and longitudinal studies.

Accessible

Open source and free to download, with Juptyer notebooks for exploring the data.

Where can you find our open-source software and data?

The Internet Equity Initiative publishes most of its software and data online through the GitHub organization, Internet Equity. To see an overview of the open-source tools and data that we publish, take a look at our documentation by clicking the button below.

If you want to go straight to our Internet performance dataset, click here.

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We are looking for individuals who are passionate about promoting ethical practices within our community. Apply now and become a part of our team.

What kinds of questions can this portal help answer?

Is Your WiFi Limiting Your Home Internet Performance?

We analyze data from our Netrics devices to explore how a household’s WiFi setup can result in slower Internet speeds than expected

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Do Different Neighborhoods Receive the Same Internet Service?

Measuring disparities in performance and user experience requires continuous, granular data that allows comparisons of the Internet experience in households from different neighborhoods with similar service plans. Our Netrics platform is the first to collect this continuous, granular data at a community level.

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Which Areas of My City Lack Quality Internet?

Using census data on Internet use, as well as socioeconomic data, we assess which neighborhoods in Chicago have the least connectivity. Read our analysis on high-speed Internet access in Chicago.

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