Arizona internet, from one cable network to new fiber suburbs
Fiber is available at 41.5% of the 2,787,690 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Arizona, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 87.3%. 33.1% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 54.2% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
West region, Mountain division
Fiber went from 14.4%2 of Arizona's homes and businesses in June 2022 to 41.5% four years later, most of the gain in the Phoenix area. Even so, at 54.2%1 of locations a single wired provider, most often Cox, offers 100/20 Mbps, and the old copper DSL network still covers more of the state than in almost any other.
Who reports home internet in Arizona
69 providers report terrestrial home internet somewhere in Arizona as of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), 40 of them over cable, fiber or copper, across 2.8 million1 broadband serviceable locations. A provider lists a location when it says it could connect it within ten business days for a standard installation; the listing is a claim, and anyone can challenge it on the FCC map.
Two mobile carriers and one cable company lead by reach. T-Mobile reports home service at 66.1% of locations and Verizon at 62.2%, but they offer 100/20 Mbps at only 19.3% and 29.0% of the state's locations. Cox, the largest wired network, reports 63.9% of the state's locations, every one of them at 100/20 Mbps or more, with fiber at 15.4%1.
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 66.1% | 19.3% | 100 Mbps | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox | Fiber Cable DSL Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 63.9% | 63.9% | 2 Gbps | 37.6% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 62.2% | 29.0% | 1 Gbps | – |
| CenturyLink | Fiber DSL | 60.7% | 4.7% | 3 Gbps | 0.3% |
| AT&T | Fiber Licensed wireless | 52.6% | 22.6% | 10 Gbps | 0.2% |
| Tristate Wi-Fi by Wi-Fiber, Phoenix Internet | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 28.8% | 25.3% | 1 Gbps | – |
| TWN Communications | Fiber Fixed wireless | 23.4% | 1.0% | 1 Gbps | 0.2% |
| AirFiber WISP | Fixed wireless | 21.4% | 21.4% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Simply Bits | Fixed wireless | 12.7% | 12.6% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Wyyerd Connect LLC | Fiber DSL | 6.2% | 6.2% | 10 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Optimum | Cable | 5.7% | 5.7% | 940 Mbps | 2.5% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of the area's broadband serviceable locations where the provider reports service as of June 30, 2026. "Only wired option" is the share of locations where it is the single wired provider at 100/20 Mbps. Provider-reported and challengeable; speeds are advertised maximums, not measured; no prices. Satellite providers (HughesNet, Viasat, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
AT&T appears at 52.6% of locations, but most of that is fixed wireless; its fiber covers 13.8%. CenturyLink lists 60.7%, nearly all DSL, and offers 100/20 Mbps at just 4.7%. Optimum (5.7%) holds the cable territory in the northwest, around Mohave County; the Lightpath fiber it also files in the Phoenix area is for business customers only and is not counted here. The largest provider building almost only fiber is Wyyerd Connect, at 6.2%1.
HughesNet, Starlink and Viasat report satellite service at virtually every Arizona location, so they are left out of the coverage figures on this page.
One wired choice is the Arizona norm
Wired 100/20 Mbps service reaches 87.3% of locations, a share that ranks 11th lowest among the states. Choice is where Arizona stands out. At 54.2% of locations exactly one wired provider offers that speed, the 5th highest share in the country, and only 33.1% have two or more (4th lowest; nationally 55.6%). Cox is the only wired 100/20 provider at 37.6%1 of all Arizona locations.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Different wired providers (fiber, cable or DSL; FCC provider IDs) reporting 100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up or more at the same location. Fixed wireless and satellite are not counted.
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| Area | None | One | Two | Three or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 12.7% | 54.2% | 29.0% | 4.1% |
| Tempe | 8.8% | 83.7% | 7.5% | 0.0% |
| Surprise | 3.6% | 15.7% | 67.8% | 12.9% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Two cities in the same metro area show the range. In Tempe, 83.7% of locations have a single wired choice and 7.5% have two or more. In Surprise, in the northwest of the metro, the figures are reversed: 80.7% have two or more, up from 28.0%2 in 2022, because Wyyerd Connect reports fiber at 73.5%1 of the city's locations alongside Cox.
The picture has moved. In June 2022, 73.5% of Arizona locations had one wired choice and 12.8%2 had two or more; the second share has risen by 20.3 percentage points since, a gain that ranks 25th lowest1 among the states.
Fiber: fast growth, uneven ground
At 41.5%, Arizona's fiber share ranks 4th lowest, against 62.6% nationally. The starting point was lower still: 14.4% in June 2022. The rise of 27.2 percentage points since then ranks 22nd lowest among the states, ahead of the national 25.4 percentage points. 371 providers now report fiber somewhere in the state, up from 222 in 2022.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| Area | Fiber available |
|---|---|
| Buckeye | 88.3% |
| Surprise | 87.4% |
| Goodyear | 79.2% |
| United States | 62.6% |
| Mesa | 58.6% |
| Arizona | 41.5% |
| Avondale | 37.0% |
| Tucson | 34.0% |
| Phoenix | 31.4% |
| Tempe | 22.3% |
The newest fiber is concentrated in the suburbs of the West Valley and the East Valley. Surprise went from 20.6% of its locations in 2022 to 87.4% in 2026 and Mesa from 9.4% to 58.6%. In Goodyear fiber went from 17.6% to 79.2%, and three networks overlap there: Cox reports fiber at 57.2% of the city's locations, Wyyerd Connect at 39.8% and AT&T at 22.0%. Neighboring Avondale started lower and has further to go: 1.7% in 2022, 37.0% now. Elsewhere the change was smaller. Tempe's share barely changed (21.5%2 to 22.3%), and Tucson stands at 34.0%, with Pima County as a whole at 23.2%1.
Fiber is still mostly a single network where it exists: two or more fiber providers overlap at 7.7%1 of the state's locations.
Gigabit and multi-gigabit offers spread
The speed figures moved faster than fiber did. Service of 1,000/100 Mbps was reported at 17.3% of locations in June 2022 and at 71.7% in June 2026, a gain of 54.4 percentage points that ranks 11th highest; the 8.5 percentage points gained in the latest six months alone ranks 4th highest. The fastest advertised download tier shows the same shift. In 2022 the top offer at 86.6%2 of locations was in the band from 940 Mbps to just under 2 Gbps; now it is 2 Gbps or more at 71.2%, against 61.0% nationally. Cox's highest advertised tier in Arizona is 2 Gbps1, on cable as well as fiber.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Maximum advertised download speed (Mbps) of any wired or fixed wireless offer at the location, as reported by providers to the FCC; satellite excluded. Advertised, not measured.
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| Area | Under 25 Mbps or none | 25–99 | 100–249 | 250–499 | 500–939 | 940–1,999 | 2,000 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 2.0% | 1.9% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 0.5% | 17.1% | 71.2% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
These are maximum advertised speeds reported by providers, not measured performance.
Copper and radio still cover much of the state
DSL over telephone copper is reported at 64.4% of Arizona locations, the 3rd highest share among the states; nationally it is 36.2%1. Nearly all of it belongs to CenturyLink, and most of those lines are listed below 100/20 Mbps.
Fixed wireless is even more widespread. Some form of it, from 5G home internet to small rooftop-antenna networks, is reported at 96.9% of locations (3rd highest). Unlicensed fixed wireless, run by regional companies on shared spectrum, reaches 64.7%, the 5th highest share and roughly three times the national 19.7%. Tristate Wi-Fi by Wi-Fiber reports 28.8% of the state's locations, AirFiber WISP 21.4% and Simply Bits 12.7%1.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of broadband serviceable locations where at least one provider reports the technology, at any speed; a location can have several. Satellite is reported almost everywhere and is left out.
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| Technology | Arizona | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 41.5% | 62.6% |
| Cable | 69.8% | 80.3% |
| DSL (copper) | 64.4% | 36.2% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 89.8% | 87.3% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 64.7% | 19.7% |
Reach and speed are separate questions. TWN Communications reports service at 23.4% of Arizona's locations, including 100.0% of Tucson's, but offers 100/20 Mbps at only 1.0% of the state's. At 8.5% of locations (237,833), 100/20 Mbps is available only by fixed wireless, with no wired provider at that speed; the share is the 9th highest among the states and about twice the national 3.6%1.
The northeast, where the wires stop
County figures split Arizona in two. Maricopa County, with 1.6 million of the state's locations, has the lowest unserved share, 0.7%1. In the northeast the numbers are of a different order.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties have larger gaps. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| County | Unserved |
|---|---|
| Apache County | 24.4% |
| La Paz County | 16.0% |
| Navajo County | 14.3% |
| Santa Cruz County | 13.3% |
| Coconino County | 12.5% |
| Gila County | 11.2% |
| Cochise County | 9.1% |
| Greenlee County | 8.3% |
| Graham County | 5.7% |
| Mohave County | 5.6% |
| Yavapai County | 4.4% |
| Pima County | 2.6% |
| Pinal County | 2.3% |
| Yuma County | 1.7% |
| Maricopa County | 0.7% |
Apache County has the highest unserved share, 24.4% of its 28,001 locations. Cable is reported at 0.0% of them and wired 100/20 service at 3.4%. The largest providers there are wireless: Ethos Broadband at 61.8% of locations, TWN Communications at 35.4% and Smith Bagley at 23.9%. At 46.6% of Apache County's locations, fixed wireless is the only way to get 100/20 Mbps. Next door, Navajo County is unserved at 14.3%, and Coconino County, farther west, at 12.5%1.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| Area | Fixed wireless only at 100/20 |
|---|---|
| Apache County | 46.6% |
| Navajo County | 19.0% |
| Coconino County | 18.0% |
| Arizona | 8.5% |
| Pima County | 8.2% |
| Maricopa County | 6.9% |
| United States | 3.6% |
| La Paz County | 2.1% |
In the west, La Paz County has the largest satellite-only share of any Arizona county, 10.9%, and 16.0%1 of its locations are unserved.
Mohave County gained a second wire
Mohave County, in the state's northwest corner, is the clearest case of change. Fiber was reported at 79.6% of its 127,000 locations in June 2026, the highest share of any Arizona county, after a rise of 70.6 percentage points since 2022. Fiber there comes from several companies, including Frontier and TWN Communications, alongside Optimum's cable at 72.5%. The share of locations with two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps rose by 56.7 percentage points to 62.3%1, the highest of any county in the state.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties are higher. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| County | Two or more wired choices |
|---|---|
| Mohave County | 62.3% |
| Yuma County | 56.4% |
| Graham County | 46.6% |
| Pinal County | 46.1% |
| Greenlee County | 39.8% |
| Maricopa County | 36.5% |
| Pima County | 22.0% |
| Cochise County | 15.5% |
| Gila County | 13.9% |
| Yavapai County | 10.4% |
| Coconino County | 7.2% |
| La Paz County | 2.9% |
| Navajo County | 2.3% |
| Santa Cruz County | 0.1% |
| Apache County | 0.0% |
2 of Arizona's 153 counties have two or more wired choices at half or more of their locations. In Apache County, the share is 0.0%1.
| Apache County | 28,001 | 3.1% | 3.4% | 0.0% | 24.4% | Frontier | 37.3% ±2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cochise County | 55,602 | 36.3% | 69.0% | 15.5% | 9.1% | CenturyLink | 67.1% ±1.6 |
| Coconino County | 60,409 | 10.2% | 58.6% | 7.2% | 12.5% | CenturyLink | 64.8% ±1.7 |
| Gila County | 31,851 | 19.4% | 71.4% | 13.9% | 11.2% | Optimum | 55.8% ±2.5 |
| Graham County | 13,885 | 53.2% | 84.3% | 46.6% | 5.7% | Sparklight | 62.5% ±3.3 |
| Greenlee County | 4,578 | 49.2% | 66.0% | 39.8% | 8.3% | Valley Telecom Group | 75.8% ±7.0 |
| La Paz County | 13,661 | 46.5% | 76.8% | 2.9% | 16.0% | Wecom Fiber | 47.6% ±3.9 |
| Maricopa County | 1,567,463 | 45.9% | 91.8% | 36.5% | 0.7% | Cox | 79.7% ±0.3 |
| Mohave County | 127,050 | 79.6% | 90.1% | 62.3% | 5.6% | Optimum | 65.1% ±1.3 |
| Navajo County | 59,357 | 8.9% | 58.4% | 2.3% | 14.3% | Sparklight | 53.0% ±1.8 |
| Pima County | 390,975 | 23.2% | 89.5% | 22.0% | 2.6% | CenturyLink | 75.9% ±0.5 |
| Pinal County | 208,394 | 54.3% | 84.9% | 46.1% | 2.3% | Cox | 73.4% ±1.0 |
| Santa Cruz County | 17,477 | 3.2% | 57.7% | 0.1% | 13.3% | CenturyLink | 59.3% ±2.9 |
| Yavapai County | 124,036 | 18.6% | 84.5% | 10.4% | 4.4% | CenturyLink | 71.4% ±1.1 |
| Yuma County | 84,951 | 64.2% | 95.1% | 56.4% | 1.7% | Sun Valley Broadband | 72.6% ±1.2 |
| Arizona | 2,787,690 | 41.5% | 87.3% | 33.1% | 2.8% | 76.0% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables. Shares of broadband serviceable locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC). 2+ wired choices: two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps. Unserved: BEAD definition. Largest wired provider: reports fiber, cable or DSL at the most locations. Wired subscription: households with a cable, fiber or DSL subscription, American Community Survey 2020–2024 (± 90% margin of error).
BEAD in Arizona: low cost per location
Arizona's plan stretches its money further than most. Of a $993.1 million5 allocation from the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, the approved Final Proposal spends $446.1 million to reach 161,648 locations, the 7th highest count of any state plan. At $2,760 per location, its cost ranks 4th lowest among the states with a plan. Providers committed a further $519.2 million6 of their own, more than the BEAD money in the plan.
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. Locations in the state's approved BEAD Final Proposal by technology of the selected projects, as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview; subject to NTIA and NIST final review and award.
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| Technology | Share of BEAD locations |
|---|---|
| Fiber | 73.1% |
| Cable | 0.0% |
| Fixed wireless | 20.2% |
| Low-Earth-orbit satellite | 6.4% |
| Other | 0.3% |
118,170 locations (73.1%) are assigned to fiber, 32,726 (20.2%) to fixed wireless and 10,343 (6.4%) to low-Earth-orbit satellite. $547.0 million6 of the allocation is not assigned to construction in the plan; how it may be used was not settled as of November 2026. The Arizona Commerce Authority's BEAD program page publishes the plan documents and the challenge process.
Two earlier federal programs also fund construction here: Arizona's Capital Projects Fund allocation was $190.2 million7, and Rural Digital Opportunity Fund recipients have reported service deployed at 38,6288 locations.
| Program | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| BEAD allocation (NTIA, announced June 26, 2023) | $993,112,231 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: locations to be connected | 161,648 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: deployment cost | $446,123,359 | |
| BEAD cost per location | $2,760 | |
| BEAD allocation not assigned to deployment | $546,988,872 | |
| Treasury Capital Projects Fund allocation | $190,220,002 | |
| RDOF: locations built with support (cumulative) | 38,628 | |
| USDA ReConnect grants reported to USAspending | $31,772,420 | |
| Lifeline subscribers claimed | 96,220 | |
| Lifeline participation rate | 16.7% | |
| Households in the Affordable Connectivity Program, February 2024 | 522,188 |
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs; Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data; Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; USAC, Lifeline participation rate; USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024. BEAD figures are as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview, subject to final review; "not assigned to deployment" is the allocation minus the deployment cost (NTIA calls it savings; how it may be used is not settled). The ACP stopped taking applications on February 8, 2024 and ended on June 1, 2024.
Low-cost service and who subscribes
The FCC map has no prices. The federal Lifeline program still discounts phone or internet service for eligible low-income households, and USAC counted 96,22010 Arizona subscribers, an estimated 16.7%11 of those eligible. The Affordable Connectivity Program had 522,18812 Arizona households enrolled when it stopped taking applications in February 2024; it ended on June 1, 2024. Each provider's broadband facts label lists its current plans and prices.
Subscriptions are high by national standards. In the Census Bureau's 2025 survey, 94.7% of Arizona households had a broadband subscription of some kind (margin of error ±0.3 percentage points), tied for 10th highest among the states. Fewer chose a wire: 75.6% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL, while 13.9% relied only on a cellular data plan and 8.6% reported a satellite subscription, the 9th highest share. Among households earning under $20,000, 83.8% had broadband (margin of error ±1.9 percentage points13).
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables. Availability is a share of locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC); subscriptions are a share of households from the American Community Survey, 2025 (whiskers: 90% margin of error). Different units and dates: read the gap as a sign, not an exact number.
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| Measure | Share | MOE |
|---|---|---|
| Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations) | 87.3% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 75.6% | ±0.4 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 13.9% | ±0.4 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 5.2% | ±0.3 |
Arizona cities
Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa and the other large cities have their own pages with provider tables. The list below covers every Arizona city and town of 25,000 or more.
| Phoenix | 1,665,481 | 31.4% | 90.4% | 22.5% | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson | 548,371 | 34.0% | 85.4% | 34.1% | 3 |
| Mesa | 513,656 | 58.6% | 85.3% | 55.7% | 8 |
| Gilbert | 287,285 | 38.4% | 96.0% | 36.9% | 5 |
| Chandler | 278,748 | 41.1% | 89.3% | 36.3% | 4 |
| Glendale | 260,572 | 50.9% | 91.2% | 45.7% | 4 |
| Scottsdale | 243,006 | 53.2% | 91.4% | 28.7% | 5 |
| Peoria | 200,881 | 60.8% | 92.7% | 43.7% | 3 |
| Tempe | 190,571 | 22.3% | 84.7% | 7.5% | 3 |
| Surprise | 175,304 | 87.4% | 94.6% | 80.7% | 5 |
| Buckeye | 125,445 | 88.3% | 96.1% | 69.8% | 4 |
| Goodyear | 125,359 | 79.2% | 90.3% | 63.7% | 3 |
| Yuma | 105,227 | 90.9% | 90.0% | 85.6% | 4 |
| Avondale | 100,983 | 37.0% | 88.8% | 24.5% | 4 |
| Queen Creek | 89,770 | 85.6% | 96.4% | 72.4% | 4 |
| Maricopa | 78,362 | 96.6% | 96.6% | 93.7% | 4 |
| Flagstaff | 77,260 | 20.3% | 19.8% | 19.8% | 2 |
| Casa Grande | 69,753 | 43.8% | 78.7% | 36.2% | 5 |
| Marana | 65,523 | 37.8% | 34.7% | 41.1% | 3 |
| Lake Havasu City | 59,358 | 99.2% | 99.2% | 91.4% | 2 |
| Prescott Valley | 52,423 | 41.6% | 36.8% | 37.0% | 5 |
| Prescott | 48,420 | 8.5% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 3 |
| Oro Valley | 48,085 | 24.2% | 23.3% | 27.1% | 3 |
| Apache Junction | 45,672 | 33.9% | 60.1% | 25.0% | 4 |
| Sierra Vista | 44,907 | 54.4% | 65.9% | 51.3% | 2 |
| Bullhead City | 43,987 | 73.3% | 83.4% | 65.5% | 1 |
| San Luis | 42,030 | 99.9% | 99.9% | 97.2% | 3 |
| Sahuarita | 37,694 | 16.8% | 81.8% | 10.0% | 2 |
| Kingman | 35,829 | 77.2% | 77.0% | 70.5% | 3 |
| El Mirage | 35,820 | 70.7% | 90.3% | 71.0% | 3 |
| Florence | 25,222 | 57.5% | 96.5% | 36.5% | 3 |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files. Shares of broadband serviceable locations inside city limits (2020 census blocks), as of June 30, 2026. Population: July 1, 2025 estimate. Gigabit: 1,000/100 Mbps.
Arizona internet questions
What are the main internet providers in Arizona?
Leaving out satellite, the widest reported reach belongs to T-Mobile (66.1% of locations), Cox (63.9%) and Verizon (62.2%). Cox is the largest wired network, mostly cable with some fiber; T-Mobile and Verizon reach their share through 5G and other licensed fixed wireless. AT&T reports fiber at 13.8%1 of the state's locations and CenturyLink lists DSL across much of the state. These are reported coverage shares as of June 30, 2026, not a judgment of quality.
How much of Arizona has fiber internet?
As of June 30, 2026, at least one provider reports fiber at 41.5% of Arizona's locations, the 4th lowest share among the states and well below the national 62.6%. It is uneven: 87.4% in Surprise, 22.3% in Tempe and 3.1%1 in Apache County. Whether a given address has fiber can be checked only on the FCC's National Broadband Map.
How many Arizonans lack broadband?
The FCC counts homes and businesses as locations, not people. In June 2026, 76,966 Arizona locations (2.8%) had no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service at 25/3 Mbps, the BEAD test for unserved, and 75,037 more had reliable service below 100/20. The largest shares are in the northeast: 24.4% of Apache County is unserved, against 0.7%1 of Maricopa County.
What is Arizona's BEAD plan?
Arizona's BEAD allocation is $993.1 million5. Its approved Final Proposal covers 161,648 locations at a BEAD cost of $446.1 million; 73.1% of those locations are assigned to fiber, 20.2% to fixed wireless and 6.4%6 to low-Earth-orbit satellite.
Checking one address in Arizona
The figures on this page describe the whole area. Which providers report service at a single home or apartment is shown only on the FCC's own map: search the address at broadbandmap.fcc.gov. If a provider is listed there but cannot actually connect you within ten business days, or the location is missing or misplaced, the map has a button to file a challenge; providers must respond, and corrections flow into later releases. Prices and plans are not part of the FCC data: each provider must show them on its broadband facts label at the point of sale.
More on internet in and around Arizona
Large cities with their own page: Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Glendale, Scottsdale, Peoria, Tempe, Surprise, Buckeye, Goodyear, Yuma and Avondale.
Neighboring states: California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. Put Arizona side by side with any state or large city in the comparison tool.
| Ranking | Value | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber internet availability by state | 41.5% | 48th of 51 |
| Internet speed by state: where gigabit service is offered | 71.7% | 28th of 51 |
| Broadband coverage by state | 87.3% | 41st of 51 |
| Internet provider competition by state | 33.1% | 48th of 51 |
| Unserved and underserved broadband locations by state | 2.8% | 21st of 51 |
| Where fiber has grown since 2022 | 27.2% | 30th of 51 |
| 5G home internet and licensed fixed wireless by state | 89.8% | 15th of 51 |
| Households with an internet subscription by state | 94.7% | tied 10th of 51 |
| BEAD broadband funding by state | 2,760.0% | 47th of 50 |
Sources
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Availability as of June 30, 2026; released November 10, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; Availability as of June 30, 2022; released May 10, 2024. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. www2.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; Allocations announced 2023-06-26; released June 26, 2023. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; Allocations under ARPA sec. 604 (awards announced 2022-06 to 2023). home.treasury.gov
- USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data. opendata.usac.org
- Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Awards with action dates FY2008 to 2026-09-30. api.usaspending.gov
- Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; Support months 2018-01 to 2026-09. opendata.usac.org
- USAC, Lifeline participation rate; released August 17, 2026. www.usac.org
- USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024; Enrolled households as of 2024-02-08 (Data Month January 2024 file). www.usac.org
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; July 1, 2025; released May 14, 2026. www.census.gov
- Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files; released December 11, 2020. www2.census.gov
Margins of error (±) are at the 90% confidence level. A difference is called significant only when it passes the Census Bureau's test at that level. How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.