Internet Providers in Fairhope, Alabama

Internet Access in Fairhope, Alabama

Fairhope has 5 residential Internet Service Providers, and 12 if you include business and mobile service. Consumers in the area have access to 5 choices for wired broadband which in Fairhope is most likely DSL, cable, or fiber service.

Coverage from the two most common providers, Viasat Internet and HughesNet, in most cases, will overlap. As a result, the choice between Viasat and HughesNet is common.

2-3 providers for each block isn't a strong amount of broadband competition, but it's enough to drive price and speed competition in blocks with provider overlap. Choice can vary depending on your neighborhood.

Looking at network options, Cable, DSL, and even fiber are available in the area. As a rule of thumb, Fiber is the fastest medium for transmitting Internet connectivity. Fiber is closely followed by cable, with DSL in the rear of the group. Cable has 98.23 percent coverage around Fairhope, and is popular as a mid-range choice that is a compromise between fiber's high speeds and DSL's low pricing.

Broadband coverage statistics here and elsewhere on BroadbandNow are drawn from public governmental data and privatized data collected from telecom industry sources. Averaged statistics regarding speed averages comes primarily from M-Labs, which is the speed test utility integrated into BroadbandNow as well as Google search results. Our market researchers have manually collected package price and plan details on 329 Internet plans in the Fairhope market to date.