Internet Providers in Fruitdale, Alabama

Internet Access in Fruitdale, Alabama

Fruitdale features a total of 4 Internet service providers (ISPs) marketing home connections, and a total of 6 including specialized business and mobile providers.

According to the latest government reporting, 48.13 percent of residents have a single choice for wired Internet.

The data listed here is sourced via FCC filings, and is using privatized data sources and direct provider reporting to provide more detailed resources than is available from the FCC directly. Address-level information isn't always available. Data about pricing and speed of individual broadband plans is generated by manually collecting thousands of plans each year. We've analyzed 85 Fruitdale Internet plans since 2014, with 21 Internet packages currently active in the area.

Taking a look at network technology installed within the Fruitdale area, the most common physical wire Internet technology options are Satellite and DSL, with virtually one hundred percent and near one hundred percent respectively. DSL Internet service is delivered by telephone wires, and comes from providers such as Millry Communications that historically provided phone service. Compared to other copper-based networks, the twisted copper bundle construction of telephone wires has a lower bandwidth ceiling than newer wire types such as cable and fiber.

Viasat Internet is the most common overall. They have Internet coverage reaching close to one hundred percent of the area. HughesNet has registered availability to close to one hundred percent of residents. The top speed recorded for Viasat reaches 100 Mbps, while HughesNet advertised packages as high as 25 Mbps. Any speed over 10 Mbps will be sufficient to view lower-quality video to devices on WiFi, but becomes challenging for multiple users or high-bandwidth applications such as Skype, cloud apps, and multiplayer gaming. Refer to the coverage map on this page to see how Internet options compare on a granular level.