Iowa Among States with Weakest Wi-Fi: How Bad Is It?

There is nothing more frustrating than slow or nonfunctioning Wi-Fi. Because of the digital world in which we live, our work, not to mention our lives, depend on internet speeds, whether we're trying to send emails or simply stream a show or movie.

New data from QRFY Code Generator tells a concerning story about the state of Iowa's Wi-Fi, however. According to research, Iowa is among the bottom ten states with the worst internet speeds. This was discovered in the process of figuring out which smartphone apps hog the most space on a person's phone.

As far as apps on your phone are concerned, two of the biggest data-hogs are apps that millions have and use on a regular basis. Those are TikTok and Google, which will use at least 325 megabytes (Mb) of your space at minimum. This doesn't account for cache, or data that apps store on your phone.

Other apps that were found to take up the most space were Google Maps, Max (the streaming service), and the increasingly popular shopping app Temu.

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Of course, these apps won't be able to operate at their most optimal if your internet speeds are inadequate. This study also discovered that Iowa's median internet speeds are among the worst in the country at about 199.57 megabytes-per-second (Mbps).

Other key findings from QRFY's research include:

• Montana is the state most likely to experience slow internet speeds due to apps draining the Wi-Fi, reporting the lowest median internet speed of 140.34 Mbps.
• Vermont is the second state most at risk of being affected by slower internet speeds with a median speed of 149.28 Mbps.
• Alaska has the third slowest median speed with 149.50 Mbps, New Mexico fourth with 157.85 Mbps, and Idaho fifth with a median internet speed of 184.41 Mbps

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Read more about QRFY's study on space-hogging apps and states with weak internet speeds on their website.