Internet Providers in Hilo, Hawaii
Residential Internet Statistics for Hilo, HI
Internet Service Providers: | 3 |
Plans Start From: | $29.99 |
Top Download Speed: | 1 Gbps |
Fastest Connection Type: | Fiber |
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Internet Access in Hilo, Hawaii
Hilo offers 5 residential Internet providers, and 15 if you include business and mobile services. Consumers in the area have access to 5 broadband choices like DSL and cable.
6.88 percent of Hilo is still left with one or fewer Internet choices as of 2022. Adjusting to account for for all census blocks in city limits, the average address can find 2-3 providers available. Addresses with more competition usually get reduced prices, since the providers are incentivized to upgrade service to win subscribers.
DSL and cable are the two primary broadband network options within the Hilo metro area. They are frequently overlapping and competing with each other. Cable speed is usually stronger, but big-picture performance metrics of either network type are comparable and which is "best" frequently varies from block to block depending on the network infrastructure in a given area.
The plans listed here are manually collected by our research team.
Viasat Internet and HughesNet are the strongest providers in Hilo as measured by coverage. These ISPs frequently compete at addresses in different neighborhoods around Hilo.
- There are 12 internet providers in Hilo with 5 of those offering residential service
- Hilo is the 55th most connected city in Hawaii behind Papaikou, Pepeekeo, Keaau, Mountain View, and Kurtistown.
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Summary Of Fastest Internet Providers In Hilo, Hawaii
Provider | Speed | Type | Time To Download 1 GB | Availability |
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Hawaiian Telcom | 1,000 Mbps | DSL and Fiber | 8s | 93.8% |
Spectrum | 1,000 Mbps | Cable | 8s | 97.4% |
Viasat Internet | 50 Mbps | Satellite | 2m 43s | 100.0% |
T-Mobile 5G Home Internet | 182 Mbps | 5G Internet | 45s | 33.8% |
HughesNet | 25 Mbps | Satellite | 5m 27s | 100.0% |
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6.9% of consumers in Hilo
3,000 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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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.