Internet Service Providers in The Plains, Ohio

According to the most recent coverage data, there are two Internet companies for The Plains residents: Charter Spectrum and Viasat Internet (formerly Exede). Spectrum is primarily a Cable provider. Their network has download speeds as high as 940 Mbps and coverage for practically one hundred percent of the population. Spectrum also offers television and bundles. As for Viasat, they offer Satellite, with coverage for near one hundred percent of the area and reported download speeds up to 100 Mbps. Spectrum also offers smb broadband in The Plains.

HughesNet provides an alternative. They offer close to one hundred percent availability and a maximum download speed of 25 Mbps. Wired Internet isn't the only choice for Internet in The Plains. fixed wireless providers such as Intelliwave are able to deliver 25 Mbps over wireless hardware. Aside from consumer Internet, there are 3 companies in the city with specialized enterprise-level services such as point-to-point connectivity. We list every provider with business plans advertised on their website, but keep in mind that residential providers might have business plans as well.

In terms of network technology available the city, the most prevalent physical wire broadband Internet connection options are Cable and DSL, with near one hundred% and 89.15% respectively. Cable Internet is marketed by former television providers, leveraging existing coaxial cable networks. The Plains customers of cable Internet service providers such as Charter Spectrum generally select cable due to the reasonably low prices for decent speeds. (At least, compared to DSL.) DSL Internet service is transmitted by phone lines up on utility poles, and comes from corporations such as Frontier Communications that own phone lines. Compared to other copper cables, the twisted and bundled copper construction of telephone lines allows for slightly less bandwidth compared to more modern techs like cable and fiber.

The average The Plains subscriber has 3-4 companies serving their address.

The coverage stats on BroadbandNow comes from FCC reported data. ISPs in The Plains must agree to report deployment data biannually. Leveraging direct agreements with providers, BroadbandNow is able to confirm this data with private data submitted via Internet providers. Our speed averages are calculated from actual speed tests from The Plains addresses from M-Labs.