Internet Providers in Elgin, Illinois

Internet Access in Elgin, Illinois

There are two Internet options in Elgin: Viasat Internet and HughesNet. Viasat is primarily a Satellite provider. Their network offers download speeds up to 100 Mbps and availability for close to one hundred percent of the population. HughesNet offers Satellite. They have availability in close to one hundred percent of Elgin and advertised download speeds of 25 Mbps.

Since FCC data is only collected twice a year and only published 6+ months after that, provider availability listed in the results might not reflect the most recent network upgrades. Our process incorporates availability and plan data directly from many ISPs to help fix this issue.

Competition among broadband providers is decent overall. The average household can access 5-6 Internet providers. (5.57 in each census block to be exact.)

Cable providers like XFINITY from Comcast and DSL providers like EarthLink make up the primary broadband network systems available in Elgin.

While the main ISPs are HughesNet and Viasat, XFINITY from Comcast also serves Elgin with service in 98 percent of residents and a top speed of 987 Mbps. Plans from brands like Future Link IT can deliver 6 Mbps or more using direct wireless links. There are also 7 providers with enterprise-level service like T1 and MPLS. See the interactive map on the page below to see how many options residents have on the census block level.