Internet service in El Monte, California
Fiber is available at 33.8% of the 19,276 homes and businesses the FCC counts in El Monte, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 96.1%. 34.5% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 61.6% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
El Monte in California
Spectrum's cable reaches almost every home and business in El Monte, and at 60.9% of the city's homes and businesses it is the only wired service at 100/20 Mbps. AT&T's fiber covers 30.7%; much of the rest of AT&T's network here is still copper. Fiber from any provider reaches 33.8%, far below the 58.6%1 of Los Angeles County as a whole.
Spectrum at every address, AT&T fiber at about three in ten
The FCC's National Broadband Map, as of June 30, 2026 (revision of November 10, 2026), counts 19,276 homes and businesses inside El Monte's 2020 city limits. Spectrum reports service at 95.4% of them, nearly all over cable, with an advertised maximum download of 1 Gbps. AT&T reports service at 82.5%: fiber at 30.7% of locations, with downloads advertised up to 5 Gbps1, and DSL or fixed wireless at most of the rest.
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 95.4% | 95.4% | 1 Gbps | 60.9% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 82.5% | 35.7% | 5 Gbps | 0.6% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 79.9% | 26.4% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 74.0% | 35.6% | 300 Mbps | – |
| Sonic Telecom, LLC | Fiber | 3.0% | 3.0% | 10 Gbps | 0.0% |
| GeoLinks | Licensed wireless | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 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 (HughesNet, Viasat, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
The rest of the list is small or wireless. Sonic reports fiber at 569 locations, GeoLinks fixed wireless at 881, and TPx Communications, EarthLink Business and a few others report a handful of locations each. A company appears here where it tells the FCC it can install service within ten business days; anyone can challenge a listing for a specific address on the FCC map.
Every location in El Monte has wired internet at 100/20 Mbps or more except 755: a share of 96.1%, which ranks 48th lowest among large cities. Choice is the gap. Spectrum is the only wired provider at that speed at 60.9% of locations, the 36th highest share of single-wire locations among the 343 large cities. Across California, Spectrum stands alone at 19.0% of all locations, and single-wire locations make up 43.2%1.
Fiber in El Monte against the rest of Los Angeles County
Fiber, the share of homes and businesses where at least one provider reports a fiber-to-the-premises connection, reaches 33.8% of El Monte. Los Angeles County stands at 58.6%, California at 47.8% and the United States at 62.6%. Only 3 companies report fiber in the city, a count tied for 28th lowest among large cities, and they rarely overlap: 280 locations, or 1.5%1, have two or more fiber networks.
| Area | Fiber available | One wired choice | Two or more wired choices | Fiber networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Monte, California | 33.8% | 61.6% | 34.5% | 3 |
| West Covina, California | 80.7% | 18.1% | 79.9% | 2 |
| Pomona, California | 81.4% | 14.6% | 80.5% | 4 |
| Pasadena, California | 44.8% | 46.6% | 49.1% | 5 |
| Los Angeles, California | 51.9% | 42.0% | 54.3% | 15 |
| Los Angeles County, California | 58.6% | 35.1% | 60.8% | 22 |
| California | 47.8% | 43.2% | 49.9% | 73 |
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.
On a per-address count, El Monte averages 1.32 wired providers at 100/20 Mbps, against 1.501 statewide. Broadly, where AT&T has fiber there are two fast wires; where it does not, Spectrum is the only one.
AT&T's copper: shrinking on the map, still the larger part
DSL, internet over telephone copper, was reported at 59.7% of El Monte's locations in June 2022. As of June 30, 2026 it is 52.8%, a fall of 6.9 percentage points. Fiber rose 7.0 percentage points over the same period, from 26.8%2, a much smaller shift than the fall in DSL. Since December 2025 the fiber share moved by only 0.1 percentage points, slightly down, and the number of fiber providers went from 33 back to 31, the 2022 count.
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 | El Monte | Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 33.8% | 58.6% |
| Cable | 95.3% | 94.9% |
| DSL (copper) | 52.8% | 36.2% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 86.0% | 87.4% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 0.0% | 1.8% |
DSL still covers more of El Monte than fiber. AT&T offers 100/20 Mbps or more at 35.7% of locations, little more than its fiber footprint. At most of the rest of its footprint, AT&T's advertised speeds stay below that line, so its wide coverage adds a second fast wired choice at only about a third of addresses. The share of locations with two or more wired choices at 100/20 Mbps has risen 5.3 percentage points since 2022, to 34.5%, 33rd lowest1 among large cities.
The largest fall in 1,000/100 service of any large city
The FCC's gigabit tier requires an advertised 1,000 Mbps download and a 100 Mbps upload. In El Monte it was reported at 45.0% of locations in December 2025 and at 34.1% in June 2026, a change of −10.9 percentage points. Among the 343 large cities, that change ranks the lowest: few cities lost more of this tier in the latest release. Wired symmetrical service at 100/100 Mbps fell from 44.1%3 to 33.8%1 in the same six months.
Fiber barely moved, so the decline came from offers over other technologies; the 1,000/100 share now sits close to the fiber share. Downloads did not change: a 1 Gbps download is still advertised at 96.1% of locations, and at 29.0%1 the fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more. The filings record what providers advertise and give no reason for a change. All of these figures are advertised maximums, not measured speeds, and the FCC data contain no prices.
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 | 26.8% | 33.9% | 33.8% | 7.0 pts |
| DSL available | 59.7% | 54.3% | 52.8% | −6.9 pts |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 26.8% | 45.0% | 34.1% | 7.3 pts |
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 26.8% | 44.1% | 33.8% | 7.0 pts |
Over the full period since June 2022, the 1,000/100 share is still up 7.3 percentage points. A coverage figure for El Monte without its FCC release date can be off by 10.9 percentage points1, one reason city numbers differ from one source to another.
5G home internet: more carriers, less of the city
Licensed fixed wireless, which includes 5G and LTE home internet, is reported at 86.0% of El Monte's locations, down from 93.1% in June 2022, even as more companies offer it: 4 now, 32 then. Verizon reports 74.0% of locations, with an advertised maximum of 300 Mbps. T-Mobile reports 79.9% of locations, with a maximum of 100 Mbps1.
Fast wireless is narrower. Fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or more reaches 51.2% of locations: Verizon offers it at 35.6% and T-Mobile at 26.4%. Counting wired and wireless together, three or more providers offer 100/20 Mbps at 28.6%1 of locations, up from 11.9%2 in 2022. A carrier's coverage is shared by everyone on a tower sector, so it can turn away an address the map counts as covered.
Phones as the home connection
The Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey counts households, not locations, and its city estimates carry wide margins. In El Monte, 17.9% of households had a smartphone but no other computing device (margin of error ±4.8 percentage points), a share tied for 22nd highest among large cities and well above California's 8.8%. 16.5% relied only on a cellular data plan for internet (±3.9 percentage points4).
Fewer households go without. The share with no internet subscription was 16.6% in the 2019 survey (±3.8 percentage points5) and 3.8% in 2025 (±2.0 percentage points4), a change larger than both margins. The five-year survey for 2020–2024, with tighter margins, puts wired subscriptions (cable, fiber or DSL) at 67.4% of households (±1.5 percentage points), against 78.9%6 statewide.
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) | 96.1% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 77.5% | ±3.4 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 16.5% | ±3.9 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 3.8% | ±2.0 |
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El Monte internet questions
What internet providers are available in El Monte, California?
As of June 30, 2026, Spectrum reports wired service at 95.4% of El Monte's locations and AT&T at 82.5%, by fiber, DSL or fixed wireless. T-Mobile (79.9%) and Verizon (74.0%) report fixed wireless home internet. Sonic reports fiber at 3.0%1, and three satellite services report the whole city.
Is fiber internet available in El Monte?
At 33.8% of locations, almost all of it AT&T's (30.7%). Sonic adds 3.0% and Spectrum 1.6%. The share is 37th lowest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, against 47.8%1 across California.
How many internet providers are there in El Monte?
6 companies report ground-based service somewhere in the city, 3 of them over wires. At a typical address the choice is smaller: one wired provider offers 100/20 Mbps at 61.6% of locations and two or more at 34.5%1.
Checking one address in El Monte
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.
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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
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 29, 2026. 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.