Internet Providers in Fairhope, AL
Residential Internet Statistics for Fairhope, AL
Internet Service Providers: | 4 |
Plans Start From: | $19.99 |
Top Download Speed: | 5 Gbps |
Fastest Connection Type: | Fiber |
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Internet Access in Fairhope, Alabama
Fairhope has 6 residential Internet Service Providers, and 15 if you include business and mobile service. Consumers in the area have access to 6 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.
Most people in Fairhope have two or more Internet providers to them. That said, the amount of choice tends to change from neighborhood to neighborhood. The mapping tool provided below shows competition shifts in different parts of the city.
Looking at network options, Cable, DSL, and even fiber are available in the area. Fiber service is usually the stronger network type, and currently has close to one hundred percent coverage in Fairhope. Fiber availability is responsible for maintaining the high average download rate around Fairhope, which is currently 35.98 percent greater than the state–wide average.
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 269 Internet plans in the Fairhope market to date.
- There are 13 internet providers in Fairhope with 6 of those offering residential service
- Fairhope is the 9th most connected city in Alabama ahead of Spanish Fort, Summerdale, Silverhill, and Loxley, but behind Daphne.
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Summary Of Fastest Internet Providers In Fairhope, Alabama
Provider | Speed | Type | Time To Download 1 GB | Availability |
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AT&T Internet | 5,000 Mbps | IPBB and Fiber | 1s | 94.4% |
Mediacom Cable | 1,000 Mbps | Cable | 8s | 98.1% |
Viasat Internet | 100 Mbps | Satellite | 1m 21s | 100.0% |
T-Mobile 5G Home Internet | 182 Mbps | 5G Internet | 45s | 52.4% |
HughesNet | 25 Mbps | Satellite | 5m 27s | 100.0% |
C Spire Fiber | 940 Mbps | Fiber | 8s | 100.0% |
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0.5% of consumers in Fairhope
100 People Only have access to 1 or fewer wired internet providers available at their address.Reference
This data is calculated from FCC datasets which providers are legally required to supply twice a year. We further validate this data for accuracy.
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The “Connected” metric is a citywide average based on FCC data showing the density of broadband options at the census block level.
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Fiber coverage data is sourced from FCC Form 477 filings and cross-validated through BroadbandNow with private datasets and direct provider reporting.
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This coverage statistic is based on a mix of FCC and private provider reporting in the past two quarters.
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25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload is the minimum speed for an Internet connection to be classified as “Broadband” by the FCC.