Internet Providers in Cottonwood, MN

Internet Access in Cottonwood, Minnesota

Cottonwood currently features two widely available Internet service providers (ISPs): Viasat Internet and HughesNet. Viasat mostly offers Satellite service. Their network offers speeds up to 35 Mbps and coverage in near one hundred percent of the local area. HughesNet sells Satellite. Their Internet services have coverage in close to one hundred percent of the area and reported speeds up to 25 Mbps.

Broadband competition for residents of the Cottonwood area is strong. The majority of households have 6 Internet providers to choose from. Internet access isn't spread out fairly, however — as a notable 38.59 percent of addresses in the area still have only one option for broadband services.

Cable providers like Spectrum and DSL providers like Frontier Communications make up the primary broadband network types with availability in Cottonwood.

Frontier Communications is another commonly available Internet option for Cottonwood, offering DSL connections in 96 percent of the area. MVTV Wireless is another alternative wireless service for virtually one hundred percent of the local area, although it has to have roof access or proximity to a MVTV Wireless tower or access point.

The coverage data here comes from FCC provider-reported data. ISPs in Cottonwood are required to submit deployment data biannually. By leveraging our relationships with telecom companies, BroadbandNow is able to validate this data in comparison to privatized data including lit addresses reported via providers directly. The speed averages shown below are calculated based on browser-based speed tests originating in the Cottonwood area from M-Labs, a tool integrated with Google as well as BroadbandNow.