Midco Ranked No. 1 by Ookla in Q1-Q2 2025
Aug 05, 2025 | 3 min read
Tags: Internet Networking
Midco, a leading connectivity provider, is proud to be recognized by Ookla® for its network performance in first and second quarters of 2025. 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 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.
The market areas where Midco achieved recognition 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
- Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
- Meade County, South Dakota, USA
- Stark County, North Dakota, USA
- Williams County, North Dakota, USA
- Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
Cities/Townships:
- Aberdeen, Brown County, SD, USA
- Deadwood, Lawrence County, SD, USA
- Detroit Lakes, Becker County, MN, USA
- Dickinson, Stark County, ND, USA
- East Bethel, Anoka County, MN, USA
- Fairmont, Martin County, MN, USA
- Lindstrom, Chisago County, MN, USA
- Rapid City, Pennington County, SD, USA
- Rapid Valley, Central Pennington, SD, USA
- Spearfish, Lawrence County, SD, USA
- Southwest Meade, Meade County, SD, USA
- Sturgis, Meade County, SD, USA
- Yankton, Yankton County, SD, USA
Fastest Median Fixed Network Download Speeds
Midco has the fastest download speeds in:
State(s):
- South Dakota, USA
Counties:
- Beltrami County, Minnesota, USA
- Brown County, South Dakota, USA
- Chisago County, Minnesota, USA
- Codington County, South Dakota, USA
- Grant County, South Dakota, USA
- Isanti County, Minnesota, USA
- Martin County, Minnesota, USA
- Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, USA
- Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Cities:
- Becker, Sherburne County, MN, USA
- East Grand Forks, Polk County, MN, USA
- Forest Lake, Washington County, MN, USA
- Watertown, Codington County, SD, USA
- Williston, Williams County, ND, USA
Fastest Median Fixed Network Upload Speeds
Midco has the fastest upload speeds in:
Counties:
- Cass County, North Dakota, USA
- Clay County, Minnesota, USA
- Meade County, South Dakota, USA
Cities/Townships:
- Becker Township, Sherburne County, MN, USA
- Central Pennington, Pennington County, SD, USA
- Deadwood, Lawrence County, SD, USA
- Dickinson North, Stark County, ND, USA
- Fargo, Cass County, ND, USA
- Harrisburg, Lincoln County, SD, USA
- Livonia Township, Sherburne County, MN, USA
- Madison, Lake County, SD, USA
- Moorhead, Clay County, MN, USA
- Saint Joseph, Stearns County, MN, USA
- Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, SD, USA
- Southwest Meade, Meade County, SD, USA
- Tea, Lincoln 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
- Meade County, South Dakota, USA
- Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
- Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
Cities/Townships:
- Aberdeen, Brown County, SD, USA
- Central Pennington, Pennington County, SD, USA
- Detroit Lakes, Becker County, MN, USA
- Fairmont, Martin County, MN, USA
- Harrisburg, Lincoln County, SD, USA
- Livonia Township, Sherburne County, MN, USA
- Southwest Meade, Meade County, SD, USA
- Rapid City, Pennington 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:
- Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA
- Meade County, South Dakota, USA
- Polk County, Minnesota, USA
- St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
- Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
Cities:
- Detroit Lakes, Becker County, MN, USA
- Fairmont, Martin County, MN, USA
- Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, ND, USA
- Harrisburg, Lincoln County, SD, USA
- Horace, Cass County, ND, USA
- Lawrence, Douglas County, KS, USA
- Rapid Valley, Central Pennington, SD, USA
- Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, SD, USA
- Southwest Meade, Meade County, SD, USA
- Tea, Lincoln County, SD, USA
- Yankton, Yankton County, SD, USA
All rankings are based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest® Intelligence data for median fixed download speeds, upload speeds, Consistency Score and multi-server latency in the identified geographies, U.S., Q1-Q2 2025. Ookla trademarks used under license and reprinted with permission.