Internet Providers in Los Alamitos, CA

Internet Access in Los Alamitos, California

Broadband Internet competition is above-average in Los Alamitos in comparison with other parts of California, with is an average of 4.92 providers serviceable in each census block. Los Alamitos ranks at 115th on the "most connected city" charts. (As measured by number of companies servicing each address) As it stands, only 2.01 percent of Los Alamitos addresses have one or fewer options for broadband service.

Looking at network technologies available within the city, the most frequently available wired broadband Internet technology varieties are Cable (practically one hundred percent coverage) and DSL (97.99 percent coverage). TV corporations are usually the source for cable Internet and Wifi service, because they can leverage pre-existing TV wires — which already connect to most homes — to connect subscribers to Internet service. Local subscribers to cable ISPs like Spectrum usually pick it because of the combination of low pricing for workable speeds. (Compared to DSL, anyway.) Telephone companies usually offer DSL Internet, because DSL, or "Digital Subscriber Line," transmits digital data over phone lines. Compared to other copper-based networks, the twisted copper construction of phone lines outputs lower speeds and bandwidth than more modern techs like cable and fiber.

Spectrum offers the largest coverage area for Los Alamitos residents. near one hundred percent of Los Alamitos census blocks can receive Internet service from them. Viasat Internet is the most common second option, serving virtually one hundred percent of residents with predominantly Satellite Internet service. Viasat's fastest package for Los Alamitos is 35 megabits per second.

HughesNet provides a common alternative. They offer a top speed of 25 Mbps. Outside of residential Internet, there are also 6 providers in the area offering enterprise-level technologies like point-to-point connectivity or custom fiber loops. The small business listings above include all providers with business packages online, although some offer both residential and business broadband.

Coverage data analysis here comes via FCC reporting, which compels providers in Los Alamitos to report deployment data biannually. Leveraging our relationships with telecom companies, we are able to further verify this data against privatized data reported by telecoms directly. The speed averages shown below are calculated based on real-world speed tests from the Los Alamitos area in the M-Labs database, which is built into Google as well as BroadbandNow. ^[1] Other datapoints and statistics included on BroadbandNow are based on NTIA andnational Census databases.