Internet Providers in Bemidji, Minnesota

Internet Access in Bemidji, Minnesota

3-4 Internet Service Providers, or "ISPs." are available for the average Bemidji resident. This is actually a good amount of competition in comparison to similar-sized cities in Minnesota. Competition between two or more broadband providers in a city often results in lower pricing.

Paul Bunyan Telephone and CenturyLink can also provide coverage in Bemidji, often competing for the same customers.

Coverage from the two most common companies, Viasat Internet and HughesNet, in general, will overlap. As residents might expect, the decision between Viasat and HughesNet is common.

The plans listed above are manually gathered through our data analysis team.

In summary, Bemidji's Internet infrastructure follows a common pattern in Minnesota cities: strong access to cable and DSL, with the catch that most houses or apartments are stuck with a single company for setting up either service. This pattern results from the fact that Broadband Internet providers started as cable television and landline telephone corporations. So, they already own pre-existing wired networks to deliver broadband bundles. Fiber is growing as an alternative. While not all "Fiber" plans are 100% "Fiber to the Home" connections, 98.22 percent of Bemidji has coverage by fiber stretching at least as far as the building property.