Internet Providers in Wakefield, Rhode Island

Internet Access in Wakefield, Rhode Island

The average census block area in Wakefield has coverage byan average of 2.73 telecom providers. This means that most households in the area have at least 2-3 choices for Internet service, and it is easier for residents to try a different company if disappointed with a particular company.

The plans listed above are collected individually by our data science division.

Cox Communications as well as Verizon can also provide coverage in Wakefield, with significant shared coverage areas in some streets.

Coverage from the most common companies, Viasat Internet and HughesNet, as a rule, will overlap. As a result, the decision between Viasat and HughesNet is a common one.

The takeaway here is that Wakefield's broadband infrastructure follows a similar pattern to other Rhode Island cities and towns: strong access to cable and DSL, with the catch that a majority of houses are stuck with one company for subscribing to either Internet service. ^[1] This pattern has a simple reason. Internet providers were started pre-Internet as television and landline telephone corporations. So, they already own these already connected wired infrastructures for delivering their Internet bundles. Fiber network access is slowly growing as an alternative. While some "Fiber" plans aren't actually "Fiber to the Home" connections, 95.73 percent of the Wakefield area has access to fiber reaching as far as the street nearby. Thanks to the competitive broadband market around Wakefield, the area's average download speed is 14.67 percent ahead of the Rhode Island average across all cities. See the public speed test data below for insights on how major Internet providers compare long term.