Internet Providers in Iowa City, Iowa
Residential Internet Statistics for Iowa City, IA
Internet Service Providers: | 15 |
Plans Start From: | $19.99 |
Top Download Speed: | 1 Gbps |
Fastest Connection Type: | Fiber |
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Internet Access in Iowa City, Iowa
3-4 ISPs are available at the average Iowa City location. In context, this is actually a lot of choice contrasted with other communities. Competition between more than two broadband providers in a city often results in more affordable pricing.
CenturyLink as well as Mediacom Cable can also provide coverage in Iowa City, with shared coverage areas in some parts of town.
DSL and cable are the dominant network options around the Iowa City metro area, fighting for the same customers at most addresses and competing on service quality. Performance from cable is overall better. That said, big-picture metrics seen with either type are similar. Local speed test records show that Internet performance in the area is above-average, coming in 63.80 percent above the state aggregated average so far as download speed.
The plans shown above are collected individually by our data science team. The 72 Internet packages shown are the most relevant of 500 packages we've aggregated in Iowa City to date.
Viasat Internet and HughesNet are the largest Internet providers in Iowa City as measured by coverage area. The more common providers often compete at addresses in different blocks around Iowa City.
- There are 27 internet providers in Iowa City with 17 of those offering residential service
- Iowa City is the 54th most connected city in Iowa ahead of Solon, Tiffin, North Liberty, and West Branch, but behind Coralville.
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Summary Of Fastest Internet Providers In Iowa City, Iowa
Provider | Speed | Type | Time To Download 1 GB | Availability |
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Metronet | 1,000 Mbps | Fiber | 8s | 3.6% |
Mediacom Cable | 1,000 Mbps | Cable | 8s | 95.5% |
ImOn Communications | 1,000 Mbps | Fiber | 8s | 26.6% |
Liberty Communications | 1,000 Mbps | Fiber | 8s | 0.7% |
CenturyLink | 940 Mbps | DSL and Fiber | 8s | 96.1% |
Windstream | 200 Mbps | DSL | 40s | 2.0% |
Martelle Communications Co-op | 110 Mbps | Cable | 1m 14s | 0.8% |
Rise Broadband | 50 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 2m 43s | 86.5% |
Viasat Internet | 50 Mbps | Satellite | 2m 43s | 100.0% |
T-Mobile 5G Home Internet | 182 Mbps | 5G Internet | 45s | 56.9% |
HughesNet | 25 Mbps | Satellite | 5m 27s | 100.0% |
Sharon Telephone Company | 1,000 Mbps | DSL and Fiber | 8s | 9.1% |
South Slope | 20 Mbps | DSL | 6m 49s | 0.7% |
Farmers Mutual Telephone | 10 Mbps | DSL | 13m 39s | 0.0% |
Martelle Communications Co-op | 8 Mbps | Cable | 17m 4s | 0.8% |
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3.8% of consumers in Iowa City
2,000 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.