Internet Providers in Boston, Massachusetts

Internet Access in Boston, Massachusetts

As it stands, there are 14 Internet service providers in Boston with home service, and a total of 49 including business and mobile providers like GTT Communications. (Some may be "doubles", since many providers list home and smb service under separate branches.)

So far as Internet availability, the average location in Boston has 4 companies serving their location, or precisely 4.13 providers per census block. Still, 3.86 percent of Boston residents are stuck with one or fewer options for home Internet service.

The data listed here comes from FCC coverage reports. Data is cross-validated using private databases and direct provider reporting to output more useful listings than is available from the FCC directly. Data on pricing and speed of current Internet plans is generated by manually collecting thousands of plans annually. We've catalogued 682 Boston Internet plans since 2014. There are 78 Internet packages currently available in the area.

Viasat Internet offers the largest coverage area for Boston residents. They are accessible for close to one hundred percent of Boston. HughesNet is the most likely second option, serving practically one hundred percent of the area with Satellite service. The fastest plan we've found for HughesNet in Boston is 25 Mbps.

To summarize, Cable and DSL are the most commonly available kinds of broadband service available in the Boston area. The mapping and user speed test data below show how the actual speed test results differ between neighborhoods and ISPs in Boston.