Internet Providers in Gaithersburg, Maryland

Internet Access in Gaithersburg, Maryland

You can expect to find two major broadband service types around Gaithersburg: coaxial cable (97.88% availability) and DSL (67.86% coverage). Coaxial cable Internet service is usually delivered from traditional cable TV providers using their pre-existing coaxial copper television lines on utility poles or buried in the street. DSL Internet, similarly, is sent via phone lines. Most Gaithersburg neighborhoods and street addresses can access cable and/or DSL service from two alternating companies.

Xfinity is another common Internet choice for Gaithersburg. They offer Cable service available to 97 percent of Gaithersburg.

Viasat Internet and HughesNet are Gaithersburg's primary wired broadband choices.

Competition between Internet service brands is high in Gaithersburg, and the average resident has 3 providers to choose from. Averaged to account for all census blocks, that's exactly 3.09 options per household.

Broadband availability insights here and elsewhere on BroadbandNow are based on a mix of government data from the FCC and privatized data collected directly from industry sources. Statistics about speed averages comes from M-Labs, the speed test utility integrated into BroadbandNow and Google queries. ^[1] The BroadbandNow researchers have hand-sourced package pricing and service data on 575 broadband plans and bundles for Gaithersburg to date.