Internet speed: 20.2 Mbps downlink; 11.1 Mbps uplink

Population: 1.28 million

Internet coverage: 98% of the population

Main Types of Internet Services: Cable; DSL, Fiber-optic; Satellite

Main ISPs: Time Warner (incumbent), AT&T, HughesNet

Colocation Datacenters: Digital Realty,ViaWest, CyrusOne, RagingWire, Psychz Datacenters

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According to Akamai.com, the average Internet downlink speed in Dallas is 20.2 Mbps and the average uplink speed is 11.1 Mbps.

In 2014, the population of Dallas was approximately 1.28 million. More than 98% of the population has access to the Internet, preponderantly broadband connections.

The main types of Internet connections in Dallas are as follows:

– Cable Internet (over 95% availability)
– DSL Internet (over 95% availability)
– Fiber-optic Internet (less than 5% availability)
– Satellite Internet (more than 90% availability – it is used mostly by people in undeserved areas)

These Internet services are provided by the following ISPs:

– Time Warner Spectrum (Cable, rarely DSL) – 100% availability in Dallas
– AT&T (Cable, DSL and Fiber) – 93% availability in Dallas
– HughesNet (Satellite Internet) – over 95% availability in Dallas

In August 2014, one of the biggest ISPs in Dallas, AT&T, made a public announcement regarding the possibility of rolling out gigabit Internet services to residential customers. As a direct response to the introduction of gigabit Internet by AT&T, Time Warner Spectrum announced in June 2015 that it would also introduce speeds of up to 300 Mbps for its cable Internet service, with the possibility of going up to 1 Gbps as early as 2016. Prices for gigabit services at both companies are competitive; however, at AT&T, the monthly bandwidth is capped to 1TB, and $10 will be charged for each additional 50GB up to $100. For all wired Internet services except gigabit Internet, the network usually consists of somewhat old underground coaxial cables.

According to datacentermap.com, there are currently 81 colocation datacenters located in Dallas. Companies that operate some of the most important facilities are as follows:

– Digital Realty (incumbent)
– ViaWest, Inc.
– CyrusOne Datacenters
– RagingWire Datacenters
– Psychz Networks
– Skybox Datacenters

The colocation datacenter industry of Dallas is the fourth largest one in the United States, and has always been an attractive datacenter hub due to its unconditioned access to a comprehensive infrastructure of telecommunication fiber networks and electric power grids. Generally, North Texas is one of the fastest-growing colocation datacenter markets in the country, and is attracting billion-dollar investments in datacenter facilities.

Many cities located near Dallas have also had million-dollar investments poured into state-of-the-art facilities in recent years.

In 2016, Dallas-based Skybox Datacenters began construction of a 150,000 square-foot, purpose-built datacenter in Plano, situated northeast of Dallas. Over the course of the same year, Stream Data Centers also announced their purchase of 16 acres in Plano, with the purpose of building a 210,000 square-foot facility, which would provide colocation services to enterprise users.