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Cape Cellular speed in Philadelphia, PA
Typical speed on Cape in Philadelphia, PA: 67.9 Mbps down, 21.8 up, 142 ms ping, from 4 tests by 3 people on Cape's network, newest Nov 12, 2026.
That's 53% slower than the typical download across every Cape test on cape.monster (143 Mbps). Typical means the middle: in a town, the middle of all its tests; for a state or all of Cape, the middle of its towns' own middles, so every town counts the same and one busy town can't drown out the rest.
Side by side
Typical speeds; for ping, shorter is better.
Download
Upload
Ping
Getting faster?
November: 67.9 Mbps down, 21.8 up, 142 ms ping typical. Each new month gets its own column, so you can watch whether Cape gets faster.
October 2026 to October 2027; each month fills in as it happens, from 4 tests so far. A month's typical speed is worked out the same way, from that month's tests.
How the tests spread
Half of the 4 tests landed between 17.3 and 105 Mbps.
What Cape can handle in Philadelphia
The share of 4 tests fast enough for each.
- 100% Music & scrolling 1+ Mbps down
- 100% HD video 5+ Mbps down
- 75% 4K video 25+ Mbps down
- 25% Huge downloads 100+ Mbps down
- 100% HD video calls 3+ Mbps up
Rush hour
Peak around 8 AM (172 Mbps), low point around 1 AM (16.2 Mbps).
By the clock on the tester's phone, from 4 tests.
Week by week
Week of Nov 9: 94.2 Mbps down, 30 up, 115 ms ping typical, download 45% slower than the week of Nov 2.
Weeks start on Monday; each fills in as it happens, from 4 tests so far.
Time of day
- Morning 172 Mbps 13.5 up · 127 ms
- Afternoon 41.7 Mbps 54 up · 157 ms
- Evening ? none yet
- Night 55.2 Mbps 17 up · 147 ms
Morning is 313% faster than afternoon.
Latest tests in Philadelphia
| Day | Down | Up | Ping | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2026 | 94.2 Mbps | 30 Mbps | 115 ms | – |
| Nov 3, 2026 | 172 Mbps | 13.5 Mbps | 127 ms | – |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 41.7 Mbps | 54 Mbps | 157 ms | – |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 16.2 Mbps | 4.0 Mbps | 178 ms | – |
Towns near Philadelphia
- New York, NY (77 miles): 307 Mbps typical download, 2 tests
More of Cape nearby: the Cape speed in Pennsylvania page, with every tested town there, and the Cape speed map.
What these numbers can't tell you
- One test is one moment in one spot. Speed changes with the building you're in, your phone, the time of day and how busy the towers are.
- The town is the one the tester picked. cape.monster never asks for your location, so a test counts where the person said they were.
- For your street, use Cape's own map. Cape's coverage map shows where Cape has service.
- Heavy months can slow down. Cape says that after 50GB of use it may temporarily slow data to 256 kbps.
These are visitors' tests, measured against cape.monster's own test server on Cloudflare's network, not Cape's numbers. They're for fun and general information only and can be wrong (the fine print). How the Cape speed test works.
Cape's rules from its own pages, cape.co/coverage and cape.co/faqs, checked October 18, 2026. Speeds from visitors' tests on cape.monster. cape.monster is a free, fan-made site, not affiliated with Cape.