Internet Providers in Addison, Illinois

Internet Access in Addison, Illinois

Addison currently features only two widely available wired Internet service providers (ISPs): Viasat Internet and HughesNet. Viasat mostly offers Satellite service. They have speeds up to 35 Mbps and coverage for near one hundred percent of the population. HughesNet offers Satellite, with availability for practically one hundred percent of the area.

The Internet coverage data on this page comes via FCC filings specific to Addison. Then, it is validated using private databases and direct provider reporting to output more accurate listings than is available from government websites. Information about pricing of current Internet plans is generated by manually collecting tens of thousands of data points annually.

In terms of network tech in use within Addison, the most frequently available physical wire Internet connection types are DSL (99.14 percent coverage) and Cable (practically one hundred percent coverage). Television corporations are usually the source for cable home Internet, because they can utilize pre-existing coaxial TV wires — which already connect to most homes — to connect customers to Internet service. Addison-area subscribers to cable ISPs such as Xfinity often select cable thanks to the reasonably low prices for decent speeds. (Compared to DSL, anyway.) Telephone providers usually offer DSL service, because DSL, or "Digital Subscriber Line," sends digital information via telephone lines. Compared to other copper-based networks, the twisted and bundled copper makeup of telephone lines provides a lower bandwidth ceiling than more modern techs like cable and significantly less than fiber.

In terms of coverage options, the average home in Addison has 3-4 providers serving a given location, or exactly 3.43 Internet providers per census block.

Aside from HughesNet and Viasat, Xfinity also serves Addison with coverage for close to one hundred percent of census blocks and a maximum speed of 1,000 Mbps. Fixed wireless providers like Everywhere Wireless can deliver as much as 50 Mbps via direct wireless relays. There are 10 providers in Addison offering specialized enterprise service like T1 and MPLS. Explore the map below to compare broadband coverage on a granular level, and our speed data to see how Viasat compares with other Addison options in consumer speed tests.