Philly has 8th fastest Internet download speed in the country

In terms of how fast on average you can download something off the web, Philadelphia ranks eighth out of 35 U.S. cities with populations greater than 500,000, according to a 2011 broadband study Pando Networks released last week.

Philly edged out Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston and others with a download speed of 723 KiloBytes per second (KBps). Austin led the pack with a speed of 841 KBps, followed by San Francisco, Seattle and New York, as smeet.org reported.

Below find the full ranking from smeet.org (emphasis added):

1. Austin 841
2. San Francisco 828
3. Boston 827
4. Seattle 805
5. New York 787
6. Baltimore 781
7. Washington DC 750
8. Philadelphia 723
9. Louisville 701
10. Chicago 692
11. Los Angeles 665
12. San Jose 661
13. Indianapolis 657
14. Milwaukee 635
15. Fresno 633
16. Portland 630
17. Sacramento 629
18. Tucson 625
19. Nashville 624
20. San Diego 612
21. Dallas 604
22. Jacksonville 600
23. Columbus 595
24. Las Vegas 592
25. Phoenix 581
26. Memphis 581
27. Houston 579
28. Detroit 565
29. Charlotte 560
30. San Antonio 555
31. Denver 550
32. Albuquerque 537
33. OK City 518
34. Fort Worth 517
35. El Paso 483