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Best Internet Providers in Omaha, NE

If you’re shopping for internet in Omaha, Nebraska, then we recommend you look first at plans from Great Plains Communications, a local fiber internet provider that offers speeds starting at 15 Mbps all the way to up to gigabit speeds. We also recommend Quantum Fiber, another fiber internet option in town that has affordable plans with speeds from 500–1000 Mbps. CenturyLink fiber internet covers different neighborhoods in Omaha with speeds up to 940 Mbps and plans starting at $50, so give it a look if other fiber providers aren’t available.

If you can’t get fiber internet in your area of Omaha, you’ll want to turn next to the city’s cable internet provider: Cox. Cox offers bundles that start at $121 per month and internet-only plans from $50 per month to $110 per month. Its speeds can reach up to 2 Gbps with its fastest plans.

There are other internet options in Omaha, including DSL and 5G home internet connections. If you’re planning on going with DSL, Nextlink Internet is the fastest and most widely available in Omaha. T-Mobile 5G Home Internet also offers an alternate solution to wired internet. Its quick and simple 5G solution starts at just $60 per month with speeds between 133 Mbps and 415 Mbps. That said, we recommend focusing on fiber and cable connection types in order to get the most reliable internet.

If you’re looking for the best deals on internet plans in Omaha and you’re a new customer, keep an eye out for promotions from major internet providers. For example, you get a five-year Price Lock Guarantee when you choose Cox’s 2 GIG, 1 GIG, or 500 Mbps internet plan and a Cox Mobile Unlimited line. Currently, CenturyLink offers a free premium modem lease and free installation (a $329 value) with the CenturyLink Fiber Gigabit plan. Subscribers in Omaha can also tap into T-Mobile 5G Home Internet to get a $300 Virtual Prepaid Mastercard. These deals can change monthly, so check back often for updated promotions.

Cox - Fastest Provider
Spectrum - Cheapest Provider
Viasat - Widely Available
Viasat - Great for Rural Areas
T-Mobile - Offers 5G Home Internet
Cox - Great Value

Fastest Internet Providers in Omaha, NE

Cox is the fastest provider in Omaha, with speeds up to 2 Gbps.

Omaha’s fastest providers are its fiber internet providers, which makes sense. Fiber-optic cables can handle much more data at once than other types of internet infrastructure, which is why we recommend fiber plans as the fastest, most reliable options.

The fastest Omaha internet provider is Cox, which offers plans that can reach up to 2 Gbps in upload and download speed. But it’s hard to go wrong with Omaha’s fiber providers: Quantum Fiber (940 Mbps), Great Plains Communications (2 Gbps), and CenturyLink (940 Mbps). Fiber internet offers symmetrical, upload and download speeds, which makes the connection faster and more consistent than any other internet type. The upload speeds offered by Omaha’s fiber providers trump its next biggest competitor, Cox Cable, with upload speeds that only reach 100 Mbps and at its worst can be as slow as 30 Mbps). Fiber networks are also less susceptible to being overloaded with traffic from the whole neighborhood’s internet usage.

Keep in mind that data caps can restrict your internet speed or trigger extra charges when you exceed certain data downloads within a billing period. Omaha residents who go with a fiber provider don’t have to worry about caps, because these providers don’t have them. Cox Cable, however, does cap data at 1.25 TB unless you spring for its unlimited data plan at an extra cost. Even with the data cap, Cox’s monthly data allowance is very generous for most users.

What’s a Good Internet Speed?

Internet Speed	Appropriate For	Providers in your Area offering this Speed	Availability in your Area
100 Mbps	Streaming Video chat Online gaming Larger households	Quantum Fiber CenturyLink Viasat T-Mobile Rise Broadband Hughesnet XNET WiFi Nextlink Internet UScellular Western Iowa Wireless Starlink	100%
1000 Mbps (1 Gbps)	Heavy streaming (4K video multiple devices etc.) Video chat Lag-free gaming Large households	Spectrum Cox Verizon Great Plains Fastwyre Broadband	87.99%

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Internet Availability in Omaha, NE

The best internet provider for you may depend on your area of Omaha. Not every Omaha-based internet provider is available at every address.

A tricky thing about Omaha internet service is that its fiber providers don’t have very cohesive service areas. It’s not as simple as saying that you can get one provider east of I-480 and another west of it, or one provider in South Central Omaha and another in North Omaha. The coverage in this town is very patchwork. Sometimes it varies from block to block.

Fiber plans for Great Plains Communications — our top recommendation — are available in good chunks of the downtown area and Southeast Omaha. But you’ll have to check your exact address to be sure you can get it. Its network also covers a narrow swatch right down the middle of town on 72nd Street. There’s a similar situation out on 144th Street and on a few other big arterials, which makes Great Plains Communication’s service area look a bit like a piece of mesh. It tends to serve addresses along some roads (often major roads) while skipping homes deeper within those neighborhoods.

Quantum Fiber’s network is similarly hard to describe. Like Great Plains Communications, it serves blocks of homes here and there all over Omaha (and into Council Bluffs, too). However, its checkerboard coverage means that homes in those areas could be left out. It’s worth running an address check to see if you’re among those served.

If you’re not able to get fiber internet in Omaha, your best bet will be Cox. Cox, at least, makes things simple: It serves 88.0% of the city from Downtown to West Omaha and from South Omaha to Florence.

Provider Connection Types in Omaha, NE

Connection Type	About this Connection Type	Availability in Omaha, NE
Satellite	Available even in very rural areas Typically has high latency (lag)	100%
DSL	Typically about 100 Mbps Slower than Cable or Fiber	34.72%
Cable	Typically 250 Mbps - 1 Gbps Widely available A good choice for most users	97.87%
Fiber	Typically 1 Gbps or faster Upload speeds match download speeds	56.699999999999996%