Internet Providers in Richmond, California

Internet Access in Richmond, California

As it stands, there are 7 providers in Richmond offering home service. If you include business Internet, there are 19 Internet providers in the area, like Xfinity and Sonic.

So far as coverage options, the average Richmond subscriber will find 5-6 companies serving their address, or precisely 5.77 providers in each census block area.

Considering network technology available within the city, the most prevalent wired broadband Internet connection options are IPBB and Fiber and Cable, with 95.71% and near one hundred percent respectively. TV corporations are the main source for cable Internet service, because they can re-purpose their pre-existing TV wires — which have already been built out to homes in the area — to connect subscribers to Internet service. Local customers of cable providers like Xfinity often pick it thanks to the reasonably low prices for decent speeds. (Compared to DSL at any rate.)

Viasat Internet is the most likely option for Richmond residents. They are available to close to one hundred percent of Richmond addresses. HughesNet is also a common option, providing virtually one hundred percent of the area with predominantly Satellite Internet service. HughesNet's strongest package for Richmond is 25 Mbps.

The Internet coverage statistics here and elsewhere on BroadbandNow are calculated from a mix of government data from the FCC and privatized datasets collected directly from industry sources. Statistics regarding speed data comes primarily via M-Labs. Our researchers have manually gathered package pricing for 492 Internet plans and bundles in Richmond to date.