Internet Access in Durham, North Carolina
Durham features two major broadband network options to understand — cable (practically one hundred percent availability) and DSL (94.32% availability). Cable Internet access is delivered through traditional cable TV providers, using pre-existing coaxial copper television lines mounted on utility poles or buried in the street. DSL is sent via phone lines. Most Durham neighborhoods and street addresses have access to cable service and/or DSL service from two or more providers.
Households in Durham generally have two or more to them. View the map on this page to see how competition shifts around the city.
The plans displayed above are manually collected by our data analysis team. We have aggregated 545 plans in the area around Durham, in total.
Spectrum as well as Frontier Communications also offer coverage in Durham, often competing for the same customers.
Viasat Internet and HughesNet are the strongest providers in Durham as measured by coverage area. As the map below shows, these companies frequently cover the same addresses in most blocks around Durham.