Internet in Tucson, Arizona
Fiber is available at 34.0% of the 173,108 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Tucson, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 93.9%. 34.1% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 59.8% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Tucson in Arizona
Tucson had almost no fiber in 2022. One network, sold under the Quantum Fiber name and filed by CenturyLink until AT&T bought it in February 2026, now reaches 32.2% of its homes and businesses, and it is most of the reason the city's fiber share rose from 6.1%2 to 34.0%1. At most other addresses, Cox is still the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps.
Who reports service in Tucson
As of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), the FCC counts 173,108 homes and businesses inside Tucson's city limits, and Cox reports service at 89.1% of them, all at 100/20 Mbps or faster. AT&T is the second wired name, with fiber at 32.2% of locations and fixed wireless at others. CenturyLink still reports DSL at 53.5%, but offers 100/20 Mbps at only 2.2%1.
| TWN Communications | Fixed wireless | 100.0% | 0.0% | – | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simply Bits | Fixed wireless | 92.3% | 92.3% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Cox | Fiber Cable Licensed wireless | 89.1% | 89.1% | 2 Gbps | 55.1% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 72.2% | 39.0% | 1 Gbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber Licensed wireless | 71.2% | 41.3% | 8 Gbps | 1.0% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 69.6% | 19.5% | 100 Mbps | – |
| CenturyLink | DSL | 53.5% | 2.2% | 140 Mbps | 0.1% |
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 4.9% | 4.9% | 2 Gbps | 3.6% |
| Hawk Networks | Fixed wireless | 3.9% | 3.9% | 900 Mbps | – |
| Tristate Wi-Fi by Wi-Fiber, Phoenix Internet | Fixed wireless | 3.1% | 1.3% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Sabino WiFi | Fixed wireless | 3.1% | 3.1% | 2 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.
Two of the three widest-reaching names in the table are local wireless companies, not wired networks. TWN Communications reports unlicensed fixed wireless at 100.0% of locations, but at none of them at 100/20 Mbps. Simply Bits reports 92.3%, all at 100/20 Mbps or more, with advertised downloads of up to 1 Gbps1.
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 | Tucson | Arizona |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 34.0% | 41.5% |
| Cable | 90.5% | 69.8% |
| DSL (copper) | 53.5% | 64.4% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 87.2% | 89.8% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 100.0% | 64.7% |
A share here is the share of locations where a company tells the FCC it could install service within ten business days. It describes the city, not a single address, and anyone can challenge a filing on the FCC National Broadband Map.
Cox alone at most addresses
Coverage is close to complete; choice is not. In 2022, 90.7% of locations had exactly one wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps; in 2026 that share is 59.8%, and 34.1% have two or more, up from 8.4%2. Most of that second wire is AT&T fiber. The single-wire share still ranks 43rd highest among large cities, and it is higher than Arizona's (54.2%1).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson | 6.1% | 59.8% | 33.7% | 0.4% |
| Arizona | 12.7% | 54.2% | 29.0% | 4.1% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
At most single-wire addresses the wire is Cox's: it is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps for 55.1% of locations. Xfinity, whose cable reaches 4.9% of the city, is the only one at 3.6%1 of locations.
One fiber network, two owners
In the first FCC map, as of June 30, 2022, fiber reached 6.1%2 of Tucson's locations. By December 31, 2025 it was 31.7%3, and in June 2026 34.0%, an increase of 27.9 percentage points. Nearly all of that growth was filed by CenturyLink, mostly under its Quantum Fiber brand, before Lumen, CenturyLink's parent, sold the business to AT&T on February 2, 2026. In the June 2026 files AT&T reports 123,315 Tucson locations, which it did not in 2022: fiber at 32.2% of the city's locations, still under the Quantum Fiber name, and fixed wireless at others, with fiber downloads advertised at up to 8 Gbps1.
Over the same four years the copper network shrank in the filings: DSL went from 73.9% of locations to 53.5%. The number of companies reporting fiber anywhere in the city went from 22 to 31.
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 | 6.1% | 31.7% | 34.0% | 27.9 pts |
| DSL available | 73.9% | 56.9% | 53.5% | −20.4 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 8.4% | 31.5% | 34.1% | 25.7 pts |
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 6.1% | 81.2% | 84.2% | 78.1 pts |
Even after that growth, Tucson's fiber share ranks tied for 38th lowest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, whose median is 74.0%. AT&T's and Cox's fiber rarely meet: 0.6%1 of locations have two fiber providers.
Where no wired line reaches 100/20 Mbps
Wired 100/20 Mbps service is reported at 93.9% of Tucson's locations, a share that ranks tied for 4th lowest among large cities. The remaining 10,618 locations (6.1%) have no wired provider at that speed. Fixed wireless is the only 100/20 Mbps option at 10,440 of them (6.0% of the city, a share that ranks 3rd highest among large cities); 178 have no ground-based service at that speed, and 01 depend on satellite alone.
Under the BEAD program's definitions, which count only wired and licensed fixed wireless service as reliable (see the methodology), 2,351 Tucson locations are unserved, or 1.4%. That share ranks tied for 3rd highest among large cities and was 0.3%2 in 2022; the rise of 1.1 percentage points ranks tied for the highest. It remains below Arizona's 2.8%1.
Charlotte, North Carolina 0.0%Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1.6%
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Each dot is a city. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| Area | Unserved |
|---|---|
| Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 1.6% |
| Tyler, Texas | 1.5% |
| Tucson, Arizona | 1.4% |
| Escondido, California | 1.4% |
| Suffolk, Virginia | 1.2% |
| Midland, Texas | 0.9% |
| Chula Vista, California | 0.9% |
| Ontario, California | 0.8% |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 0.8% |
| Norman, Oklahoma | 0.6% |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan | 0.6% |
| Gainesville, Florida | 0.6% |
| Menifee, California | 0.6% |
| North Las Vegas, Nevada | 0.5% |
| San Bernardino, California | 0.5% |
| College Station, Texas | 0.5% |
| Riverside, California | 0.5% |
| Tempe, Arizona | 0.5% |
| Macon, Georgia | 0.5% |
| Conroe, Texas | 0.4% |
| San Diego, California | 0.4% |
| Gilbert, Arizona | 0.4% |
| Oceanside, California | 0.4% |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 0.4% |
| Peoria, Arizona | 0.4% |
| Denton, Texas | 0.4% |
| Costa Mesa, California | 0.4% |
| Lubbock, Texas | 0.3% |
| Chesapeake, Virginia | 0.3% |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | 0.3% |
| El Cajon, California | 0.3% |
| Houston, Texas | 0.3% |
| Pomona, California | 0.3% |
| Henderson, Nevada | 0.3% |
| Palm Bay, Florida | 0.3% |
| Hesperia, California | 0.3% |
| Port St. Lucie, Florida | 0.3% |
| Norfolk, Virginia | 0.3% |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 0.3% |
| Glendale, Arizona | 0.3% |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 0.3% |
| Surprise, Arizona | 0.3% |
| Cape Coral, Florida | 0.3% |
| Columbus, Georgia | 0.3% |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 0.3% |
| Murrieta, California | 0.3% |
| Moreno Valley, California | 0.2% |
| Corona, California | 0.2% |
| Savannah, Georgia | 0.2% |
| Columbia, Missouri | 0.2% |
| Jurupa Valley, California | 0.2% |
| Rialto, California | 0.2% |
| Roseville, California | 0.2% |
| Abilene, Texas | 0.2% |
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 0.2% |
| Huntsville, Alabama | 0.2% |
| Mobile, Alabama | 0.2% |
| Pearland, Texas | 0.2% |
| Buckeye, Arizona | 0.2% |
| Goodyear, Arizona | 0.2% |
| League City, Texas | 0.2% |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 0.2% |
| Austin, Texas | 0.2% |
| Chandler, Arizona | 0.2% |
| Grand Prairie, Texas | 0.2% |
| Greeley, Colorado | 0.2% |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 0.2% |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 0.2% |
| Mesa, Arizona | 0.2% |
| Nashville, Tennessee | 0.2% |
| Pasadena, Texas | 0.2% |
| Kent, Washington | 0.2% |
| Carlsbad, California | 0.2% |
| Davie, Florida | 0.2% |
| Augusta, Georgia | 0.2% |
| Vallejo, California | 0.2% |
| Wichita, Kansas | 0.2% |
| Laredo, Texas | 0.2% |
| Scottsdale, Arizona | 0.2% |
| Des Moines, Iowa | 0.2% |
| Columbia, South Carolina | 0.2% |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 0.2% |
| Lexington, Kentucky | 0.2% |
| Amarillo, Texas | 0.2% |
| Lancaster, California | 0.2% |
| Palmdale, California | 0.2% |
| South Fulton, Georgia | 0.2% |
| Orlando, Florida | 0.1% |
| Newport News, Virginia | 0.1% |
| Everett, Washington | 0.1% |
| Arlington, Texas | 0.1% |
| Cincinnati, Ohio | 0.1% |
| Charleston, South Carolina | 0.1% |
| Hampton, Virginia | 0.1% |
| Athens, Georgia | 0.1% |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | 0.1% |
| Frisco, Texas | 0.1% |
| St. Petersburg, Florida | 0.1% |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | 0.1% |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 0.1% |
| Victorville, California | 0.1% |
| Fairfield, California | 0.1% |
| Beaumont, Texas | 0.1% |
| Fort Myers, Florida | 0.1% |
| Sacramento, California | 0.1% |
| Plano, Texas | 0.1% |
| Joliet, Illinois | 0.1% |
| Visalia, California | 0.1% |
| North Charleston, South Carolina | 0.1% |
| Lakeland, Florida | 0.1% |
| Sparks, Nevada | 0.1% |
| Fayetteville, Arkansas | 0.1% |
| Dearborn, Michigan | 0.1% |
| Aurora, Colorado | 0.1% |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 0.1% |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 0.1% |
| Tacoma, Washington | 0.1% |
| Santa Clarita, California | 0.1% |
| Montgomery, Alabama | 0.1% |
| Lewisville, Texas | 0.1% |
| Broken Arrow, Oklahoma | 0.1% |
| Pueblo, Colorado | 0.1% |
| Georgetown, Texas | 0.1% |
| Boca Raton, Florida | 0.1% |
| San Antonio, Texas | 0.1% |
| Irvine, California | 0.1% |
| Miramar, Florida | 0.1% |
| Round Rock, Texas | 0.1% |
| Allentown, Pennsylvania | 0.1% |
| Thousand Oaks, California | 0.1% |
| Hartford, Connecticut | 0.1% |
| Provo, Utah | 0.1% |
| Los Angeles, California | 0.1% |
| Portland, Oregon | 0.1% |
| Baltimore, Maryland | 0.1% |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 0.1% |
| Stockton, California | 0.1% |
| Santa Ana, California | 0.1% |
| Madison, Wisconsin | 0.1% |
| Fontana, California | 0.1% |
| Vancouver, Washington | 0.1% |
| Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 0.1% |
| Topeka, Kansas | 0.1% |
| New Braunfels, Texas | 0.1% |
| Waterbury, Connecticut | 0.1% |
| Allen, Texas | 0.1% |
| Sugar Land, Texas | 0.1% |
| Louisville, Kentucky | 0.1% |
| Reno, Nevada | 0.1% |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 0.1% |
| Toledo, Ohio | 0.1% |
| Fremont, California | 0.1% |
| Fort Collins, Colorado | 0.1% |
| Salinas, California | 0.1% |
| Hayward, California | 0.1% |
| Hollywood, Florida | 0.1% |
| Sunnyvale, California | 0.1% |
| Waco, Texas | 0.1% |
| West Palm Beach, Florida | 0.1% |
| Evansville, Indiana | 0.1% |
| Renton, Washington | 0.1% |
| Edmond, Oklahoma | 0.1% |
| Davenport, Iowa | 0.1% |
| Dallas, Texas | 0.1% |
| Memphis, Tennessee | 0.1% |
| Kansas City, Missouri | 0.1% |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | 0.1% |
| Long Beach, California | 0.1% |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | 0.1% |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 0.1% |
| Oxnard, California | 0.1% |
| Santa Rosa, California | 0.1% |
| Rancho Cucamonga, California | 0.1% |
| Bellevue, Washington | 0.1% |
| Richardson, Texas | 0.1% |
| Elgin, Illinois | 0.1% |
| Lansing, Michigan | 0.1% |
| Gresham, Oregon | 0.1% |
| Santa Maria, California | 0.1% |
| Peoria, Illinois | 0.1% |
| New Bedford, Massachusetts | 0.1% |
| Chicago, Illinois | 0.0% |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | 0.0% |
| El Paso, Texas | 0.0% |
| Fresno, California | 0.0% |
| Omaha, Nebraska | 0.0% |
| Bakersfield, California | 0.0% |
| Cleveland, Ohio | 0.0% |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 0.0% |
| St. Paul, Minnesota | 0.0% |
| Irving, Texas | 0.0% |
| Worcester, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Fayetteville, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Kansas City, Kansas | 0.0% |
| Thornton, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Torrance, California | 0.0% |
| Dayton, Ohio | 0.0% |
| Clovis, California | 0.0% |
| Las Cruces, New Mexico | 0.0% |
| Springfield, Illinois | 0.0% |
| Palm Coast, Florida | 0.0% |
| Spokane Valley, Washington | 0.0% |
| Carmel, Indiana | 0.0% |
| Fishers, Indiana | 0.0% |
| Longmont, Colorado | 0.0% |
| San Jose, California | 0.0% |
| Seattle, Washington | 0.0% |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Detroit, Michigan | 0.0% |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | 0.0% |
| Garland, Texas | 0.0% |
| Richmond, Virginia | 0.0% |
| McKinney, Texas | 0.0% |
| Hialeah, Florida | 0.0% |
| Spokane, Washington | 0.0% |
| Tallahassee, Florida | 0.0% |
| Providence, Rhode Island | 0.0% |
| Aurora, Illinois | 0.0% |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | 0.0% |
| Lakewood, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Mesquite, Texas | 0.0% |
| Olathe, Kansas | 0.0% |
| Rockford, Illinois | 0.0% |
| Fullerton, California | 0.0% |
| West Valley City, Utah | 0.0% |
| Carrollton, Texas | 0.0% |
| Santa Clara, California | 0.0% |
| Billings, Montana | 0.0% |
| Manchester, New Hampshire | 0.0% |
| Temecula, California | 0.0% |
| Ventura, California | 0.0% |
| Sandy Springs, Georgia | 0.0% |
| Quincy, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Deltona, Florida | 0.0% |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 0.0% |
| Columbus, Ohio | 0.0% |
| Washington, District of Columbia | 0.0% |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 0.0% |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Miami, Florida | 0.0% |
| Tampa, Florida | 0.0% |
| Greensboro, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Fort Wayne, Indiana | 0.0% |
| Buffalo, New York | 0.0% |
| Rochester, New York | 0.0% |
| Brownsville, Texas | 0.0% |
| Huntington Beach, California | 0.0% |
| Akron, Ohio | 0.0% |
| Glendale, California | 0.0% |
| Salem, Oregon | 0.0% |
| Killeen, Texas | 0.0% |
| Alexandria, Virginia | 0.0% |
| Orange, California | 0.0% |
| Simi Valley, California | 0.0% |
| Arvada, Colorado | 0.0% |
| High Point, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Antioch, California | 0.0% |
| Richmond, California | 0.0% |
| Concord, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Hillsboro, Oregon | 0.0% |
| Green Bay, Wisconsin | 0.0% |
| Yuma, Arizona | 0.0% |
| Lynn, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| San Mateo, California | 0.0% |
| Wichita Falls, Texas | 0.0% |
| Albany, New York | 0.0% |
| New York, New York | 0.0% |
| Denver, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 0.0% |
| Oakland, California | 0.0% |
| Anaheim, California | 0.0% |
| Durham, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Boise, Idaho | 0.0% |
| Modesto, California | 0.0% |
| Overland Park, Kansas | 0.0% |
| Grand Rapids, Michigan | 0.0% |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 0.0% |
| Cary, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Eugene, Oregon | 0.0% |
| Springfield, Missouri | 0.0% |
| Naperville, Illinois | 0.0% |
| McAllen, Texas | 0.0% |
| Syracuse, New York | 0.0% |
| Meridian, Idaho | 0.0% |
| Pasadena, California | 0.0% |
| Rochester, Minnesota | 0.0% |
| Independence, Missouri | 0.0% |
| Nampa, Idaho | 0.0% |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Pompano Beach, Florida | 0.0% |
| West Jordan, Utah | 0.0% |
| Westminster, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Miami Gardens, Florida | 0.0% |
| St. George, Utah | 0.0% |
| Centennial, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Downey, California | 0.0% |
| Lee's Summit, Missouri | 0.0% |
| Bend, Oregon | 0.0% |
| West Covina, California | 0.0% |
| Chico, California | 0.0% |
| El Monte, California | 0.0% |
| Vacaville, California | 0.0% |
| Burbank, California | 0.0% |
| Tracy, California | 0.0% |
| Inglewood, California | 0.0% |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| San Francisco, California | 0.0% |
| Newark, New Jersey | 0.0% |
| Jersey City, New Jersey | 0.0% |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | 0.0% |
| Yonkers, New York | 0.0% |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 0.0% |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 0.0% |
| Clarksville, Tennessee | 0.0% |
| Elk Grove, California | 0.0% |
| Garden Grove, California | 0.0% |
| Paterson, New Jersey | 0.0% |
| Bridgeport, Connecticut | 0.0% |
| Elizabeth, New Jersey | 0.0% |
| Jackson, Mississippi | 0.0% |
| Stamford, Connecticut | 0.0% |
| Coral Springs, Florida | 0.0% |
| New Haven, Connecticut | 0.0% |
| Warren, Michigan | 0.0% |
| Fargo, North Dakota | 0.0% |
| Sterling Heights, Michigan | 0.0% |
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 0.0% |
| Concord, California | 0.0% |
| Odessa, Texas | 0.0% |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Berkeley, California | 0.0% |
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico | 0.0% |
| Clearwater, Florida | 0.0% |
| Edinburg, Texas | 0.0% |
| Brockton, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Boulder, Colorado | 0.0% |
| South Bend, Indiana | 0.0% |
| Daly City, California | 0.0% |
| Avondale, Arizona | 0.0% |
| San Angelo, Texas | 0.0% |
Faster uploads, and a gigabit share that fell
Wired service with at least 100 Mbps in both directions went from 6.1% of locations in 2022 to 84.2%, a rise of 78.1 percentage points, far more than the new fiber alone covers. The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 90.1%1 of locations; in 2022 that share was 0.0%2.
The FCC's gigabit tier (1,000/100) moved the other way, from 100.0%2 to 85.4%. That fall of 14.6 percentage points ranks the lowest1 among the 343 large cities. The gigabit measure counts any ground-based provider, fixed wireless included, so it changes when any one company files different speeds. Because the FCC's location list changes between releases, these comparisons use shares rather than counts, and every speed is an advertised maximum, not a measurement.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.0% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 4.7% | 90.1% |
| 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% |
Wireless home internet
Besides the two local wireless companies, the mobile carriers report wide fixed wireless coverage with a narrower fast footprint. Verizon reports home internet at 72.2% of locations and 100/20 Mbps at 39.0%. T-Mobile reports 69.6%, with 100/20 Mbps at 19.5% and a top advertised download of 100 Mbps. Counting every carrier, licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps went from 32.9%2 of locations in 2022 to 53.7%. Smaller operators report service in parts of the city: Hawk Networks at 3.9% of locations and Sabino WiFi at 3.1%1. Wireless capacity is shared on each antenna, so carriers decide sign-ups address by address.
Tucson beside other Southwest cities
Tucson's fiber share is below those of Mesa (58.6%) and El Paso (60.0%) and above those of Phoenix (31.4%) and Albuquerque (34.0%), the other large city where TWN Communications reports service almost everywhere (99.8%1 of locations). Its unserved share is the highest of the five. All figures come from the same FCC release.
| Area | Fiber available | Two or more wired choices | No wired choice | Unserved | Unlicensed fixed wireless |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson, Arizona | 34.0% | 34.1% | 6.1% | 1.4% | 100.0% |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 31.4% | 22.5% | 6.0% | 0.3% | 58.0% |
| Mesa, Arizona | 58.6% | 55.7% | 9.8% | 0.2% | 45.9% |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 34.0% | 38.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| El Paso, Texas | 60.0% | 61.2% | 2.7% | 0.0% | 10.2% |
| Arizona | 41.5% | 33.1% | 12.7% | 2.8% | 64.7% |
| United States | 62.6% | 55.6% | 7.8% | 2.4% | 19.7% |
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.
Pima County has two or more wired choices at 100/20 Mbps at 22.0%1 of its locations; every county is mapped on the Arizona page.
What Tucson households subscribe to
The Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey counts households, not locations. It found 16.8% of Tucson households relying only on a cellular data plan (margin of error ±1.6 percentage points), against 13.9% across Arizona; by point estimate that ranks tied for 40th highest among large cities. 74.2% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±2.1 percentage points), up from 67.6%5 in 2019, and 5.6%4 had no subscription.
Tucson internet questions
What internet providers are available in Tucson?
Cox reports cable or fiber at 89.1% of locations and AT&T fiber or fixed wireless at 71.2%. Verizon (72.2%) and T-Mobile (69.6%) report fixed wireless home internet, CenturyLink reports DSL at 53.5%, and Xfinity reports cable in a small part of the city (4.9%). Two local wireless companies, TWN Communications and Simply Bits, report service at 100.0% and 92.3%1 of locations. Figures are as of June 30, 2026.
Is fiber internet available in Tucson?
At 34.0% of locations, as of June 30, 2026, against 41.5% for Arizona and 62.6% for the US. Almost all of it is AT&T's (32.2% of locations); Cox reports fiber at 2.4%. Only 0.6%1 of locations have two or more fiber providers.
How many internet providers does Tucson have?
15 providers report wired or fixed wireless service somewhere in the city, 4 of them wired. At one address the wired count at 100/20 Mbps is usually one (59.8% of locations) or two (33.7%1).
Can I get gigabit internet in Tucson?
A download of 1 Gbps or more is advertised at 94.8% of locations. Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) is advertised at 85.4%1. Both are providers' advertised maximums, not measured speeds.
Checking one address in Tucson
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, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Glendale, Scottsdale, Peoria, Tempe, Surprise, Buckeye, Goodyear and Yuma. Compare Tucson 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.