Internet Providers in Dixon, Iowa

Internet Access in Dixon, Iowa

Currently, there are 7 ISPs in Dixon offering home connections. Including business ISPs, there are 16 serviceable providers in the local area, such as Metronet.

Taking a look at network tech offered the city, the most common wired broadband connection options are Satellite (practically one hundred percent coverage) and Fiber (10.11 percent coverage). Fiber technology uses more modern fiber-optic transmission lines, which are composed of thousands of glass or plastic strands which transmit binary data as light. Fiber results in better downloads, but may switch to copper cables in the "last mile" near a subscriber. As a result, some fiber connections might not offer true "gigabit" speeds.

Viasat Internet is the most widely available provider for Dixon residents. close to one hundred percent of the Dixon area can get access to them. HughesNet is also a common choice, providing near one hundred percent of Dixon with predominantly Satellite service. The fastest Internet plan advertised by HughesNet in Dixon is 25 Mbps.

According to the latest government reports, 79.78 percent of residents (500 residents total) are limited to only one choice for home broadband service, or none.

Internet availability stats here and elsewhere on BroadbandNow are drawn from a mix of government data from the FCC and privatized data we collect from providers or via unlisted sources. Statistics about speed and performance averages comes from M-Labs, which is the speed test tool shown within BroadbandNow as well as Google queries. Our research team has hand-gathered price on 160 Internet offerings in the Dixon market to date.