Texas Internet Service Providers: Availability & Coverage

INTERNET ACCESS IN Texas

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Texas Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

85.3%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

67.3%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

67.3

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

8th

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

91.0%

of Texans have access to wired broadband 25mbps or faster.

89.1%

of Texans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

37.9%

of Texans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

95.6%

of Texans have access to wireline service.

32.3%

of Texans have access to fiber-optic service.

86.8%

of Texans have access to cable service.

87.9%

of Texans have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In Texas

AT&T Internet vs Xfinity

AT&T Internet vs Spectrum

AT&T Internet vs Suddenlink

Frontier vs Suddenlink

Frontier vs Xfinity

Coverage by County in Texas

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Anderson	53.6%
Andrews	98.1%
Angelina	88.0%
Aransas	96.8%
Archer	87.0%
Armstrong	55.9%
Atascosa	50.2%
Austin	63.2%
Bailey	78.1%
Bandera	56.0%
Bastrop	78.0%
Baylor	99.8%
Bee	81.2%
Bell	95.9%
Bexar	98.5%
Blanco	25.3%
Borden	30.7%
Bosque	34.8%
Bowie	91.5%
Brazoria	88.0%
Brazos	89.1%
Brewster	69.1%
Briscoe	73.7%
Brooks	89.0%
Brown	2.5%
Burleson	1.9%
Burnet	56.8%
Caldwell	76.2%
Calhoun	86.3%
Callahan	62.4%
Cameron	94.2%
Camp	51.4%
Carson	63.4%
Cass	54.3%
Castro	61.9%
Chambers	65.1%
Cherokee	43.0%
Childress	95.2%
Clay	17.2%
Cochran	67.0%
Coke	73.6%
Coleman	26.2%
Collin	97.7%
Collingsworth	58.8%
Colorado	62.4%
Comal	95.9%
Comanche	47.2%
Concho	8.4%
Cooke	78.5%
Coryell	75.7%
Cottle	87.0%
Crane	93.7%
Crockett	0.0%
Crosby	70.0%
Culberson	87.5%
Dallam	98.1%
Dallas	99.8%
Dawson	59.5%
Deaf Smith	90.1%
Delta	17.9%
Denton	97.3%
DeWitt	56.1%
Dickens	91.8%
Dimmit	84.7%
Donley	40.7%
Duval	78.6%
Eastland	29.8%
Ector	90.8%
Edwards	47.6%
Ellis	80.8%
El Paso	99.2%
Erath	67.5%
Falls	28.9%
Fannin	42.5%
Fayette	69.7%
Fisher	8.8%
Floyd	50.3%
Foard	99.9%
Fort Bend	95.3%
Franklin	70.7%
Freestone	72.2%
Frio	89.2%
Gaines	69.7%
Galveston	96.6%
Garza	91.9%
Gillespie	73.2%
Glasscock	84.9%
Goliad	25.5%
Gonzales	41.9%
Gray	87.7%
Grayson	84.4%
Gregg	92.3%
Grimes	52.9%
Guadalupe	93.2%
Hale	84.3%
Hall	58.7%
Hamilton	30.5%
Hansford	61.3%
Hardeman	9.9%
Hardin	80.1%
Harris	96.9%
Harrison	78.1%
Hartley	90.7%
Haskell	97.1%
Hays	95.5%
Hemphill	0.0%
Henderson	71.5%
Hidalgo	94.8%
Hill	34.8%
Hockley	57.6%
Hood	90.4%
Hopkins	60.9%
Houston	58.5%
Howard	90.3%
Hudspeth	40.1%
Hunt	47.0%
Hutchinson	89.3%
Irion	0.0%
Jack	17.3%
Jackson	72.0%
Jasper	50.7%
Jeff Davis	30.2%
Jefferson	93.7%
Jim Hogg	0.1%
Jim Wells	81.3%
Johnson	85.6%
Jones	46.9%
Karnes	52.0%
Kaufman	76.1%
Kendall	92.4%
Kenedy	6.0%
Kent	83.3%
Kerr	93.4%
Kimble	58.0%
King	66.4%
Kinney	0.0%
Kleberg	83.0%
Knox	100.0%
Lamar	71.9%
Lamb	72.1%
Lampasas	30.4%
La Salle	68.2%
Lavaca	46.9%
Lee	41.2%
Leon	59.0%
Liberty	72.8%
Limestone	71.9%
Lipscomb	81.1%
Live Oak	64.7%
Llano	1.2%
Loving	69.5%
Lubbock	93.5%
Lynn	80.3%
McCulloch	1.7%
McLennan	88.1%
McMullen	62.5%
Madison	15.6%
Marion	61.0%
Martin	87.1%
Mason	69.4%
Matagorda	77.7%
Maverick	97.4%
Medina	54.3%
Menard	1.7%
Midland	97.0%
Milam	52.4%
Mills	69.1%
Mitchell	6.7%
Montague	58.5%
Montgomery	96.1%
Moore	90.8%
Morris	68.3%
Motley	94.1%
Nacogdoches	82.9%
Navarro	64.3%
Newton	26.0%
Nolan	78.4%
Nueces	97.5%
Ochiltree	90.8%
Oldham	53.9%
Orange	88.9%
Palo Pinto	69.5%
Panola	58.1%
Parker	63.6%
Parmer	51.6%
Pecos	71.6%
Polk	45.6%
Potter	91.4%
Presidio	14.2%
Rains	8.7%
Randall	97.2%
Reagan	1.3%
Real	68.2%
Red River	78.0%
Reeves	67.7%
Refugio	70.9%
Roberts	64.1%
Robertson	38.8%
Rockwall	97.3%
Runnels	71.0%
Rusk	60.2%
Sabine	65.5%
San Augustine	16.6%
San Jacinto	42.5%
San Patricio	90.5%
San Saba	72.0%
Schleicher	0.0%
Scurry	77.7%
Shackelford	40.1%
Shelby	13.4%
Sherman	40.1%
Smith	90.9%
Somervell	64.6%
Starr	93.7%
Stephens	81.3%
Sterling	0.0%
Stonewall	82.2%
Sutton	81.8%
Swisher	77.9%
Tarrant	99.3%
Taylor	97.9%
Terrell	3.6%
Terry	57.1%
Throckmorton	62.5%
Titus	65.8%
Tom Green	90.6%
Travis	99.3%
Trinity	64.4%
Tyler	36.5%
Upshur	88.2%
Upton	65.6%
Uvalde	87.5%
Val Verde	97.4%
Van Zandt	40.1%
Victoria	82.0%
Walker	76.3%
Waller	51.6%
Ward	49.8%
Washington	65.8%
Webb	98.3%
Wharton	64.8%
Wheeler	26.0%
Wichita	92.8%
Wilbarger	94.3%
Willacy	93.8%
Williamson	95.6%
Wilson	18.1%
Winkler	32.9%
Wise	35.2%
Wood	64.9%
Yoakum	79.2%
Young	78.3%
Zapata	92.3%
Zavala	72.5%

Internet Speed in Top Texas Cities

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Houston	71.0 MBPS	47 Providers
2.	San Antonio	78.6 MBPS	49 Providers
3.	Dallas	64.9 MBPS	49 Providers
4.	Austin	95.2 MBPS	43 Providers
5.	Fort Worth	72.9 MBPS	43 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Texas

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
AT&T Internet	100.7 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	99.6 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	83.8 MBPS
NextLink	21.5 MBPS
Rise Broadband	10.6 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Connected Texas has been awarded $8,026,000 in federal grants for Texas's Broadband Initiative.
Another $67,698,503, accounting for 1.9% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Texas.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 87.9% to 94.8% of Texans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 506 internet providers in Texas.
There are 2.1 million people in Texas without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 2.7 million people in Texas that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 1.2 million people in Texas don't have any wired internet providers available where they live.

Sources: Data collected via the FCC, NTIA, and other sources. For a full list of data sources please visit our data page.

Texas CITIES


Abilene	97.4%	19 providers
Alamo	99.1%	16 providers
Alice	89.8%	14 providers
Allen	99.6%	27 providers
Alvarado	75.1%	20 providers
Alvin	91.3%	21 providers
Amarillo	94.3%	21 providers
Angleton	88.2%	18 providers
Arlington	100.0%	33 providers
Athens	80.1%	14 providers
Aubrey	94.3%	19 providers
Austin	99.9%	43 providers
Azle	63.8%	22 providers
Balch Springs	100.0%	22 providers
Bastrop	83.3%	22 providers
Bay City	85.7%	14 providers
Baytown	88.6%	20 providers
Beaumont	89.9%	18 providers
Bedford	100.0%	24 providers
Beeville	88.9%	14 providers
Belton	96.6%	19 providers
Big Spring	90.2%	12 providers
Boerne	97.6%	22 providers
Brenham	77.5%	12 providers
Brownsville	99.2%	17 providers
Brownwood	2.0%	15 providers
Bryan	87.4%	21 providers
Buda	94.7%	21 providers
Burleson	99.0%	25 providers
Canyon	96.3%	12 providers
Carrollton	100.0%	31 providers
Cedar Hill	100.0%	24 providers
Cedar Park	100.0%	20 providers
Channelview	100.0%	19 providers
Cibolo	99.5%	17 providers
Cleburne	87.0%	29 providers
Cleveland	76.5%	19 providers
College Station	90.8%	22 providers
Colleyville	100.0%	18 providers
Conroe	92.5%	29 providers
Converse	99.6%	23 providers
Coppell	100.0%	18 providers
Copperas Cove	97.3%	12 providers
Corpus Christi	99.6%	28 providers
Corsicana	81.9%	19 providers
Crosby	89.0%	14 providers
Crowley	98.2%	21 providers
Cypress	99.4%	26 providers
Dallas	100.0%	49 providers
Dayton	86.5%	13 providers
Deer Park	99.9%	20 providers
Del Rio	98.1%	11 providers
Del Valle	99.3%	19 providers
Denison	96.9%	18 providers
Denton	99.2%	26 providers
Desoto	100.0%	18 providers
Dickinson	95.4%	18 providers
Donna	94.3%	15 providers
Duncanville	98.5%	23 providers
Eagle Pass	97.9%	9 providers
Edinburg	94.6%	22 providers
El Paso	99.4%	30 providers
Elgin	78.2%	20 providers
Ennis	78.4%	18 providers
Euless	100.0%	25 providers
Floresville	35.0%	18 providers
Flower Mound	100.0%	22 providers
Forney	99.7%	19 providers
Fort Hood	100.0%	12 providers
Fort Worth	99.6%	43 providers
Fredericksburg	74.5%	15 providers
Fresno	85.3%	14 providers
Friendswood	97.8%	22 providers
Frisco	99.6%	27 providers
Gainesville	87.4%	16 providers
Galveston	98.4%	18 providers
Garland	100.0%	24 providers
Gatesville	34.1%	13 providers
Georgetown	92.5%	23 providers
Gilmer	96.6%	14 providers
Granbury	94.8%	18 providers
Grand Prairie	100.0%	26 providers
Grapevine	100.0%	25 providers
Greenville	81.3%	24 providers
Haltom City	100.0%	18 providers
Harker Heights	100.0%	10 providers
Harlingen	98.0%	17 providers
Helotes	97.3%	17 providers
Henderson	72.0%	19 providers
Hereford	91.1%	10 providers
Houston	96.7%	47 providers
Humble	95.6%	23 providers
Huntsville	82.2%	15 providers
Hurst	99.9%	23 providers
Hutto	96.0%	22 providers
Irving	100.0%	33 providers
Jacksonville	67.8%	12 providers
Katy	99.1%	26 providers
Keller	95.9%	23 providers
Kerrville	96.6%	13 providers
Kilgore	78.4%	15 providers
Killeen	99.2%	18 providers
Kingsville	87.1%	19 providers
Kingwood	99.6%	20 providers
Kyle	98.8%	19 providers
La Porte	99.1%	21 providers
Lake Jackson	98.1%	15 providers
Lancaster	98.2%	21 providers
Laredo	98.6%	23 providers
League City	98.3%	16 providers
Leander	98.5%	20 providers
Lewisville	100.0%	32 providers
Little Elm	99.1%	18 providers
Livingston	54.7%	11 providers
Longview	93.8%	24 providers
Lubbock	96.3%	24 providers
Lufkin	92.0%	12 providers
Lumberton	99.1%	12 providers
Mabank	70.6%	14 providers
Magnolia	99.7%	19 providers
Mansfield	99.9%	21 providers
Marshall	80.0%	17 providers
Mcallen	99.9%	22 providers
Mckinney	99.6%	30 providers
Mercedes	71.7%	17 providers
Mesquite	99.9%	29 providers
Midland	97.2%	28 providers
Midlothian	96.3%	18 providers
Mineral Wells	81.1%	17 providers
Mission	98.2%	21 providers
Missouri City	99.8%	23 providers
Montgomery	95.5%	20 providers
Mount Pleasant	70.5%	12 providers
Nacogdoches	88.8%	15 providers
Nederland	99.8%	11 providers
New Braunfels	99.2%	25 providers
New Caney	98.3%	12 providers
North Richland Hills	99.5%	24 providers
Odessa	92.2%	28 providers
Orange	79.3%	13 providers
Palestine	59.1%	13 providers
Pampa	94.9%	15 providers
Paris	87.3%	18 providers
Pasadena	95.0%	26 providers
Pearland	99.7%	25 providers
Pflugerville	99.7%	25 providers
Pharr	99.8%	21 providers
Plainview	88.6%	14 providers
Plano	100.0%	29 providers
Port Arthur	100.0%	11 providers
Porter	97.5%	14 providers
Red Oak	94.5%	18 providers
Richardson	100.0%	28 providers
Richmond	93.8%	21 providers
Rio Grande City	95.0%	10 providers
Roanoke	98.2%	21 providers
Robstown	73.7%	16 providers
Rockport	98.9%	19 providers
Rockwall	99.4%	26 providers
Rosenberg	92.9%	20 providers
Rosharon	44.3%	16 providers
Round Rock	100.0%	27 providers
Rowlett	100.0%	24 providers
Royse City	69.2%	17 providers
Sachse	100.0%	17 providers
San Angelo	94.0%	18 providers
San Antonio	99.4%	49 providers
San Benito	85.2%	13 providers
San Juan	99.5%	16 providers
San Marcos	97.7%	20 providers
Schertz	99.6%	23 providers
Seabrook	99.8%	20 providers
Seguin	91.5%	18 providers
Sherman	91.9%	20 providers
Southlake	100.0%	24 providers
Spring	99.9%	30 providers
Stafford	96.0%	21 providers
Stephenville	77.1%	14 providers
Sugar Land	99.0%	24 providers
Sulphur Springs	78.7%	17 providers
Temple	94.4%	21 providers
Terrell	74.5%	23 providers
Texarkana	98.4%	12 providers
Texas City	98.3%	16 providers
The Colony	99.4%	21 providers
Tomball	99.1%	23 providers
Tyler	95.2%	25 providers
Universal City	100.0%	25 providers
Uvalde	95.8%	11 providers
Victoria	88.2%	24 providers
Vidor	93.4%	11 providers
Waco	96.1%	26 providers
Waxahachie	89.1%	22 providers
Weatherford	77.3%	25 providers
Webster	89.9%	23 providers
Weslaco	93.0%	18 providers
Wichita Falls	95.2%	26 providers
Willis	87.1%	17 providers
Woodway	99.8%	19 providers
Wylie	99.7%	20 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

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