Internet in Buckeye, Arizona
Fiber is available at 88.3% of the 43,521 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Buckeye, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 97.0%. 69.8% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 27.2% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Buckeye in Arizona
Buckeye's internet map changed on two fronts after 2022: the FCC's count of homes and businesses in the city changed by +10,567 locations, and fiber went from 34.1%2 of them to 88.3%. Cox still reaches almost every address, but it now files more of them as fiber than as cable, and the city's cable share is the 2nd lowest1 of any large American city.
Buckeye's internet providers in the FCC data
As of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), 11 companies report wired or fixed wireless internet at some of Buckeye's 43,521 homes and businesses. Cox is the only one close to universal, at 96.8%, with advertised downloads up to 2 Gbps. Two fiber companies follow it: Wyyerd Connect at 52.7% and AT&T with fiber at 24.8%1. Wyyerd and AT&T reported no service in the city in the June 2022 filings.
| Cox | Fiber Cable | 96.8% | 96.8% | 2 Gbps | 27.0% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AirFiber WISP | Fixed wireless | 71.6% | 71.6% | 100 Mbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 69.9% | 7.4% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Wyyerd Connect LLC | Fiber | 52.7% | 52.7% | 10 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 51.4% | 23.5% | 1 Gbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber Licensed wireless | 49.0% | 31.4% | 8 Gbps | 0.2% |
| Tristate Wi-Fi by Wi-Fiber, Phoenix Internet | Fixed wireless | 37.7% | 18.8% | 1 Gbps | – |
| CenturyLink | DSL | 28.4% | 2.5% | 140 Mbps | 0.0% |
| Utah Broadband | Fixed wireless | 25.3% | 0.0% | 50 Mbps | – |
| GeoLinks | Licensed wireless | 0.9% | 0.0% | 50 Mbps | – |
| Hotwire Communications | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8 Gbps | – |
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 (Starlink, HughesNet, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
The FCC counts broadband serviceable locations, not households: a house, an apartment building and a shop are one location each. A company "reports service" when it says it could connect a location within ten business days with a standard installation, and those claims can be challenged on the FCC National Broadband Map, the place to check one address. HughesNet, Viasat and Starlink report satellite service at every location in Buckeye and are left out of the counts on this page.
Choice at a single address
Wired service of 100/20 Mbps or more is reported at 97.0% of locations. The typical Buckeye address has two such wired providers: 60.2% of locations are in that position, 9.6% have three or more and 27.2% have exactly one. On average a location has 1.77 wired providers at that speed. In June 2022 the single-provider share was 70.5%2; the rise in two-or-more choice since then, 41.4 percentage points, ranks tied for 39th highest1 among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye | 3.0% | 27.2% | 60.2% | 9.6% |
| Arizona | 12.7% | 54.2% | 29.0% | 4.1% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
The last six months ran the other way. Between December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026 the share with two or more wired choices fell 1.2 percentage points, the 12th lowest change among large cities, while the FCC added +3,556 locations to its list for Buckeye. The data do not say which locations gained or lost a provider. Where only one wired company offers 100/20 Mbps, it is almost always Cox: it is the sole option at 27.0%1 of locations.
From a third to almost all: fiber since 2022
The first National Broadband Map, for June 30, 2022, showed fiber at 34.1%2 of Buckeye's locations. The June 2026 figure is 88.3%, a gain of 54.2 percentage points that ranks 30th highest among large cities, and more than double Arizona's statewide share of 41.5%1. Almost all of the gain had arrived by December 2025, when the figure stood at 87.7%3.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Shares of broadband serviceable locations in each FCC release (latest revision of each); the small number is the change in percentage points since June 30, 2022. The FCC's count of locations is updated with each release, so shares are compared rather than counts.
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| Measure | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiber available | 34.1% | 87.7% | 88.3% | 54.2 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 10.7% | 39.0% | 41.8% | 31.1 pts |
| Cable available | 80.5% | 46.1% | 43.2% | −37.3 pts |
| DSL available | 45.3% | 31.3% | 28.4% | −16.9 pts |
The fiber is spread over several filers:
- Cox files fiber at 53.6% of locations and cable across the rest of its footprint. Because it is the only cable company here, the city's cable share fell from 80.5%2 to 43.2% without Cox losing reach.
- Wyyerd Connect, a regional fiber company with 173,691 of its 216,084 reported locations in the state, files fiber at 52.7% and advertises up to 10 Gbps.
- AT&T files fiber at 24.8%, with an advertised maximum of 8 Gbps1.
These footprints overlap more than in most cities. At 41.8% of locations two or more companies report fiber, the 42nd highest share among large cities, up from 10.7% in 2022. Copper is shrinking in the filings: CenturyLink's DSL is reported at 28.4% of locations, against 45.3%2 four years earlier, and reaches 100/20 Mbps at only 2.5%1.
The top advertised tier doubled
In June 2022, the fastest advertised download at 99.0% of Buckeye's locations was in the gigabit tier, about 1 Gbps but below 2 Gbps. In June 2026, the fastest advertised download at 97.0% of locations is 2 Gbps or more. Upload speeds moved further. Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps, the FCC's 1,000/100 tier, was advertised at 14.4%2 of locations in 2022 and at 96.1% in 2026; 17.3 percentage points of that rise came in the latest six months alone, an increase that ranks 11th highest among large cities. Symmetrical wired service of 100/100 Mbps or more is advertised at 96.1%1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 97.0% |
| 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% |
All of these are maximum speeds that providers advertise to the FCC, not measured speeds at any home.
Buckeye among the West Valley cities
Buckeye sits with Goodyear, Avondale and Surprise in the group of West Valley cities where fiber reaches most locations, well ahead of Phoenix and Arizona as a whole. The table uses the same FCC release for each city.
| Buckeye, Arizona | 88.3% | 96.1% | 69.8% | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodyear, Arizona | 79.2% | 90.3% | 63.7% | 3 |
| Avondale, Arizona | 37.0% | 88.8% | 24.5% | 4 |
| Surprise, Arizona | 87.4% | 94.6% | 80.7% | 5 |
| Peoria, Arizona | 60.8% | 92.7% | 43.7% | 3 |
| Glendale, Arizona | 50.9% | 91.2% | 45.7% | 4 |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 31.4% | 90.4% | 22.5% | 6 |
| Arizona | 41.5% | 71.7% | 33.1% | 37 |
| United States | 62.6% | 72.3% | 55.6% | 1,485 |
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.
Wireless: local operators and slower carrier tiers
Fixed wireless in Buckeye looks different from most large cities. Licensed fixed wireless, the category that includes 5G home internet, was reported at 99.1% of locations in 2022 and at 85.7% in 2026, now the 29th lowest share among large cities. The share where it is advertised at 100/20 Mbps fell from 78.6%2 to 33.3%. T-Mobile reports 69.9% of locations with 100/20 Mbps at 7.4%; Verizon reports 51.4%, with 100/20 Mbps at 23.5% and an advertised maximum of 1 Gbps1.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Shares of broadband serviceable locations in each FCC release (latest revision of each); the small number is the change in percentage points since June 30, 2022. The FCC's count of locations is updated with each release, so shares are compared rather than counts.
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| Measure | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed fixed wireless | 99.1% | 83.7% | 85.7% | −13.4 pts |
| Fixed wireless 100/20 | 78.6% | 32.3% | 33.3% | −45.4 pts |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 24.1% | 95.2% | 91.0% | 66.9 pts |
Smaller operators using unlicensed spectrum moved the other way, from 24.1%2 of locations to 91.0%. AirFiber WISP, new since 2022, reports 71.6% with an advertised maximum of 100 Mbps; Tristate Wi-Fi reports 37.7%; and Utah Broadband reports 25.3%, advertising no more than 50 Mbps1. A wireless network's capacity is shared on each tower sector, so a provider may decline an order at a location it reports.
The small part of the city without a fast line
1,288 locations (3.0%) have no wired provider at 100/20 Mbps. At 1,075 of them fixed wireless is the only way to get that speed, and 213 have neither wired nor fixed wireless service at 100/20 Mbps. Under the federal BEAD definition, which counts wired and licensed fixed wireless service, 95 locations are unserved, below 25/3 Mbps. That share, 0.2%, is small, but its rise of 0.2 percentage points since 2022 ranks tied for 13th highest1 among large cities. No location in Buckeye is reported with satellite as its only option.
The FCC's location list for the city changed by +10,5671 over the four years, so every share on this page is measured against a larger base than in 2022.
Subscriptions in the Census survey
The Census Bureau's 2025 survey counts households rather than locations. In Buckeye, 97.2% of households had a broadband subscription of any type (margin of error ±1.6 percentage points), 83.0% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (±6.7 percentage points) and 10.8% relied only on a cellular data plan (±4.9 percentage points). 2.8% had no internet subscription (±1.5 percentage points4), against 4.9% (±2.1 percentage points5) in 2019; those ranges overlap, so the survey does not show a clear change.
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) | 97.0% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 83.0% | ±6.7 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 10.8% | ±4.9 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 2.8% | ±1.5 |
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Questions and answers
What internet providers are available in Buckeye, Arizona?
Cox reports service at 96.8% of locations, over fiber and cable. Wyyerd Connect reports fiber at 52.7%, AT&T reports service at 49.0% (fiber at 24.8%, fixed wireless elsewhere) and CenturyLink reports DSL at 28.4%1. AirFiber WISP, T-Mobile, Verizon, Tristate Wi-Fi and Utah Broadband report fixed wireless. These are FCC figures as of June 30, 2026.
Is fiber internet available in Buckeye?
At 88.3% of locations as of June 30, 2026, against 41.5% across Arizona and 62.6% nationally. 4 companies report fiber somewhere in the city, and 41.8%1 of locations have two or more of them.
How many internet providers does Buckeye have?
11 companies report wired or fixed wireless service somewhere in Buckeye, 5 of them over wires. At a single address the usual answer is two wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps: that is the case at 60.2% of locations, while 9.6% have three or more and 27.2%1 have one. Satellite companies report service everywhere and are not counted.
Is 5G home internet available in Buckeye?
T-Mobile reports fixed wireless home internet at 69.9% of locations and Verizon at 51.4%, as of June 30, 2026. Each advertises 100/20 Mbps at a much smaller share: 7.4% for T-Mobile and 23.5%1 for Verizon. Carriers confirm eligibility address by address.
Checking one address in Buckeye
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 Arizona
The state picture, county by county: internet in Arizona. Other large cities in the state: Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Glendale, Scottsdale, Peoria, Tempe, Surprise, Goodyear and Yuma. Compare Buckeye with any other city or state in the comparison tool.
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
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; Availability as of December 31, 2025; released November 3, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 1-year detailed tables; 2019. api.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.