Internet Providers in Alford, FL
Residential Internet Statistics for Alford, FL
Internet Service Providers: | 5 |
Plans Start From: | $25 |
Top Download Speed: | 1.2 Gbps |
Fastest Connection Type: | Cable |
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Internet Access in Alford, Florida
According to the most recent availabliity data, the Alford area has two widely available providers: Viasat Internet and HughesNet. Viasat mostly offers Satellite service, with speeds up to 35 Mbps and coverage for virtually one hundred percent of the area. As for HughesNet, they provide Satellite, with coverage for practically one hundred percent of the area.
Since most houses come pre-wired for one phone provider and cable networks don't generally overlap, the average home in Alford has 2 wired broadband service providers available to them. 57.14 percent of Alford residents have one or fewer choices. DSL and cable Internet services usually provide the best pricing for home use.
In terms of network technologies offered around the Alford area, the most prevalent hardwired broadband connection types are DSL and Cable, with 95.10% and 41.60% respectively. TV corporations are the main source for cable home Internet service, seeing as they can utilize their pre-existing coaxial TV wires — which have already been built out to homes in the area — to connect customers to the Internet. Cable can often make sense for local residents due to the strong speeds in an attainable price range. Telephone companies are the main source for DSL Internet, which makes technical sense because DSL, or "Digital Subscriber Line," transmits Internet data via telephone wires. DSL underperforms when compared with all other major wired broadband technologies.
The data listed here is sourced via provider coverage reports specific to Alford, and is confirmed through private data sources to provide more accurate results than is available from the FCC directly. Speed and pricing data is sourced by manually collecting thousands of plans annually. There are a total of 349 plans collected in Alford since 2014, with 28 Internet packages currently available.
While the main ISPs are Viasat and HughesNet, CenturyLink also serves the area with service for 95 percent of addresses and a recorded maximum speed of 80 Mbps. There are 3 providers offering enterprise-level service like MPLS. Explore the map to compare broadband coverage on a granular level.
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Summary Of Fastest Internet Providers In Alford, Florida
Provider | Speed | Type | Time To Download 1 GB | Availability |
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Xfinity | 1,200 Mbps | Cable | 6s | 41.6% |
CenturyLink | 100 Mbps | DSL | 1m 21s | 95.1% |
Consolidated Communications (Formerly Fairpoint Communications) | 50 Mbps | DSL | 2m 43s | 1.3% |
Viasat Internet | 50 Mbps | Satellite | 2m 43s | 100.0% |
T-Mobile 5G Home Internet | 182 Mbps | 5G Internet | 45s | 51.3% |
HughesNet | 25 Mbps | Satellite | 5m 27s | 100.0% |
AT&T | 25 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 5m 27s | 76.3% |
57.1% of consumers in Alford
1,000 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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This statistic is drawn from the population in census blocks not served by at least one wired broadband provider.
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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.