Internet Speed: 73.7 Mbps downlink; 11.4 Mbps uplink

Population: 850,000

Internet coverage: 95% of residents

Main Internet Services: Cable, DSL, Fiber

Main Internet Service Providers: On-Ramp Indiana, AT&T, Xfinity, Time Warner Spectrum

Colocation Datacenters: 13 (prominent companies: Lifegrid Internet, Level 3 Communications)

Web Hosting Providers: Squidix, Midwesternweb

According to Akamai.com, the average Internet downlink speed in Indianapolis is 73.7 Mbps and the average uplink speed is 11.4 Mbps.

In 2016, the population of Indianapolis was approximately 850,000. More than 95% of residents have access to the Internet, especially broadband connections.

The main Internet services provided in Indianapolis are as follows:

– Cable – 98% coverage
– DSL – 96% coverage
– Fiber – less than 10% coverage

The main Internet Service Providers located in Indianapolis are the following:

– On-Ramp Indiana (DSL) – 100% availability
– AT&T (DSL) – 98% availability
– Xfinity (Cable) – 66.1% availability
– Time Warner Spectrum (Fiber) – 9.7% availability

In early 2016, AT&T announced that they would roll out gigabit Internet to the residents and businesses of Indianapolis. It is now available in single-family homes, more than 25 apartment complexes and small businesses in parts of Indianapolis, as well as other towns and counties, including Brownsburg, Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Plainfield and surrounding communities. Following AT&T’s gigabit Internet rollout, Comcast announced in November 2016 that they would start providing gigabit Internet services to residents located in 15 cities by early 2017, including Indianapolis, Denver, Kansas City, San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, etc.

Comcast has two different gigabit Internet services: one that uses cable, and one that uses fiber only. The service used by most customers is the one provided through existing cable lines, using the latest DOCSIS 3.1 technology. Rolling out fiber infrastructure to replace the existing cable one is considered by the company, but no concrete plans have been released in this matter.

According to datacentermap.com, there are currently 13 colocation datacenters located in Indianapolis. Major operators include the following:

– Lifegrid Internet
– Level 3 Communications
– Lifeline Datacenters, LLC.
– Online Tech
– nGenX
– Global Access Point

One of the biggest colocation providers located in Indianapolis is Online Tech, which operate a datacenter facility strategically located to support Metro Indianapolis and Midwest companies with cloud computing, colocation, offsite backup and disaster recovery services. The 44,000-square-foot facility is carrier-neutral, having two fiber points of entry. It provides access to four different telecommunications providers.

Even though Indianapolis is the U.S. thirteenth largest city – even larger than San Francisco – it remains a secondary datacenter market, although some growth tendencies may be noticed in the past few years thanks to the colocation industry’s expansion to the Midwest states. In Indianapolis, demand is driven predominantly by healthcare companies, in addition to an ever-growing community of financial, retail, -e-commerce and software businesses. All these companies are in urgent need of colocation services, which, at the moment, are provided by very few companies. In general, Indiana has a very robust business climate and local communities are dedicated to innovation, which contours a very favorable environment for entrepreneurship. Therefore, we can safely assume that, in the upcoming years, more investments will stem from the private sector, which will ultimately result in more colocation companies being established in the region.

Major web hosting companies located in Indianapolis are the following:

– Squidix
– Midwesternweb

Squidix is a web hosting company headquartered in Indianapolis, with additional offices situated in Washington, DC. Their offering comprises Shared, VPS and Dedicated Hosting, as well as Semi-Dedicated Hosting, which is a mixture between the latter two. They do not operate their own datacenter, and do not provide any details regarding the facilities in which they lease space.

Midwesternweb’s offering is similar, the only difference consisting in the fact that they also provide other IT-related services, such as Web Design, Web Programming, Maintenance, Repair, etc.