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March 11 – Sioux Falls, SD: Midco, a leading provider of cutting-edge telecommunications solutions, is excited to announce it received top honors for its network performance in the third and fourth quarters of 2024. Midco earned No. 1 spots for speed, consistency and lowest latency across its multi-state footprint.  

Ookla® Speedtest® data analyzes millions of consumer-initiated tests and ranked Midco as the best performer for highest median download and upload speeds, Consistency ScoreTM and delivering the lowest latency in towns and counties in Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Ookla gave especially high marks to Midco’s network in South Dakota.

President and Chief Operating Officer Ben Dold said, “In 2024, Midco reached the incredible milestone of 100,000 fiber to the premises passings completed. Through our $500 million Fiber Forward investment, we will continue to bring the fastest, most reliable speeds to people across the Midwest. Our combined approaches to fiber upgrade and fiber expansion will ensure that our multi-gig services are better and more widely available than ever before.”

The market areas where Midco achieved recognitions from Ookla are listed below:

Fastest Median Fixed Network Upload and Download Speeds

Midco has the fastest upload and download speeds in:

Counties:

• Becker County, Minnesota, USA
• Brown County, South Dakota, USA
• Cass County, North Dakota, USA
• Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
• Meade County, South Dakota, USA
• Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
• Williams County, North Dakota, USA
• Yankton County, South Dakota, USA

Cities:

• Aberdeen, Brown County, SD, USA
• Chisago City, Chisago County, MN, USA
• Columbus, Anoka County, MN, USA
• Detroit Lakes, Becker County, MN, USA
• East Bethel, Anoka County, MN, USA
• Fargo, Cass County, ND, USA
• Harrisburg, Lincoln County, SD, USA
• Lindstrom, Chisago County, MN, USA
• Rapid City, Pennington County, SD, USA
• Saint Francis, Anoka County, MN, USA
• Scandia, Washington County, MN, USA

Fastest Median Fixed Network Download Speeds

Midco has the fastest download speeds in:

State(s):

• South Dakota, USA

Counties:

• Beltrami County, Minnesota, USA
• Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA
• Codington County, South Dakota, USA
• Grant County, South Dakota, USA
• Isanti County, Minnesota, USA
• Martin County, Minnesota, USA
• Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, USA
• North Branch, Chisago County, MN, USA
• Polk County, Minnesota, USA
• Walsh County, North Dakota, USA

Cities:

• Forest Lake, Washington County, MN, USA
• Mandan, Morton County, ND, USA
• Watertown, Codington County, SD, USA

Fastest Median Fixed Network Upload Speeds

Midco has the fastest upload speeds in:

Counties:

• Stark County, North Dakota, USA

Cities:

• Dickinson, Stark County, ND, USA
• Independence, Hennepin County, MN, USA
• Madison, Lake County, SD, USA
• Moorhead, Clay County, MN, USA
• Rapid Valley, Central Pennington, SD, USA
• Spearfish, Lawrence County, SD, USA
• Yankton, Yankton County, SD, USA

Best Consistency

Consistency is calculated based on the percentage of Midco’s data samples that meet minimum thresholds for download and upload speeds.  

Midco has the most reliable internet speeds in:  

State(s):

• South Dakota, USA 

Counties:

• Becker County, Minnesota, USA
• Brown County, South Dakota, USA
• Cass County, North Dakota, USA
• Chisago County, Minnesota, USA
• Yankton County, South Dakota, USA

Cities:

• Aberdeen, Brown County, SD, USA
• Chisago City, Chisago County, MN, USA
• Columbus, Anoka County, MN, USA
• East Bethel, Anoka County, MN, USA
• Fargo, Cass County, ND, USA
• West Fargo, Cass County, ND, USA
• Rapid City, Pennington County, SD, USA
• Yankton, Yankton County, SD, USA

Lowest Median Multi-Server Latency

Latency measures how quickly a device gets a response after a request has been sent. 

Midco has the most responsive internet speeds in:

State(s):

• South Dakota, USA

Counties:

• Becker County, Minnesota, USA
• Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
• Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA
• Meade County, South Dakota, USA
• St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
• Yankton County, South Dakota, USA

Cities:

• Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, ND, USA
• Horace, Cass County, ND, USA
• Independence, Hennepin County, MN, USA
• Lawrence, Douglas County, KS, USA
• Rapid City, Pennington County, SD, USA
• Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, SD, USA
• Yankton, Yankton County, SD, USA

All rankings are based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data for median download speeds, upload speeds and consistency score, and multi-server latency, in the identified geographies, U.S., Q3-Q4 2024.