Internet in Lancaster, California
Fiber is available at 82.5% of the 46,414 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Lancaster, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 98.0%. 80.7% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 17.3% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Lancaster in California
Lancaster changed networks in four years. In June 2022 fiber was reported at 14.0% of its homes and businesses and DSL at 57.8%2; by June 2026 fiber reached 82.5% and DSL 0.4%. Most of the new fiber belongs to Race Communications, a company that reported no service in the city in 2022 and now reports fiber at 75.0%1 of locations, alongside Spectrum's cable.
Spectrum everywhere, Race at most locations
Two networks cover most of Lancaster. Spectrum reports service at 96.7% of the city's 46,414 homes and businesses, almost all of it over cable, with advertised downloads up to 1 Gbps. Race Communications reports fiber at 75.0%, with advertised downloads up to 10 Gbps. Frontier is the third wired network, with fiber at 40.5%1 of locations and a small remainder of DSL.
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 96.7% | 96.7% | 1 Gbps | 16.1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race Communications | Fiber | 75.0% | 75.0% | 10 Gbps | 1.2% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 42.9% | 22.6% | 300 Mbps | – |
| Frontier | Fiber DSL | 40.9% | 40.5% | 7 Gbps | 0.0% |
| AT&T | Fiber Licensed wireless | 38.8% | 3.0% | 5 Gbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 26.9% | 5.8% | 100 Mbps | – |
| GeoLinks | Licensed wireless | 0.4% | 0.4% | 200 Mbps | – |
| Astound | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 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 (Viasat, Starlink, HughesNet) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
These are the providers' own reports to the FCC as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026), for the city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census. A location is a house, an apartment building or a business, not a household. "Available" means the provider says it could connect the location within ten business days; any listing can be challenged on the FCC map.
From one fast wire to two or three
In June 2022, 81.7% of locations had exactly one wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps. By June 2026 that share was 17.3%, and 80.7% had two or more, up 66.7 percentage points, the 14th highest gain among large cities. Three or more wired choices at that speed, reported at 0.0%2 of locations in 2022, now reach 33.9%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster | 2.0% | 17.3% | 46.7% | 33.9% |
| Palmdale | 1.9% | 55.2% | 33.0% | 9.9% |
| California | 6.9% | 43.2% | 43.4% | 6.5% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Spectrum is still the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps for 16.1% of locations, the parts of the city outside the fiber footprints. On average a location has 2.131 wired providers at that speed.
A fiber network built since 2022
Race Communications reported no locations in Lancaster in June 2022. Four years later it reports 34,813 here, out of 152,207 across California, the only state where it reports service. Over the same period the share of Lancaster locations with fiber from any provider rose by 68.5 percentage points, the 17th highest increase among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. Lancaster now has more fiber than California as a whole (47.8%) and the US (62.6%1).
Most of that change came before the end of 2025: the fiber share was 82.2%3 in the December 2025 filing and moved by only 0.3 percentage points1 after that.
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 | 14.0% | 82.2% | 82.5% | 68.5 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 14.0% | 80.2% | 80.7% | 66.7 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 0.0% | 32.5% | 34.1% | 34.1 pts |
| DSL available | 57.8% | 0.5% | 0.4% | −57.3 pts |
Race, Frontier, Spectrum and AT&T all report some fiber in the city, and two or more separate fiber networks reach the same location at 34.1% of locations, the 54th highest share among large cities; statewide the figure is 5.8%1.
Stockton, California 0.0%Overland Park, Kansas 91.0%
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 | Two or more fiber networks |
|---|---|
| Overland Park, Kansas | 91.0% |
| Bridgeport, Connecticut | 89.5% |
| Simi Valley, California | 89.2% |
| West Valley City, Utah | 86.4% |
| Amarillo, Texas | 84.1% |
| Cary, North Carolina | 82.2% |
| Olathe, Kansas | 82.1% |
| Clarksville, Tennessee | 77.9% |
| Stamford, Connecticut | 77.0% |
| Des Moines, Iowa | 74.0% |
| Newark, New Jersey | 73.5% |
| Elizabeth, New Jersey | 69.8% |
| Conroe, Texas | 69.4% |
| San Angelo, Texas | 69.3% |
| Kansas City, Missouri | 68.9% |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 68.5% |
| Huntsville, Alabama | 67.6% |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 67.5% |
| Yonkers, New York | 67.5% |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | 67.4% |
| Durham, North Carolina | 67.2% |
| Paterson, New Jersey | 64.5% |
| Columbia, Missouri | 63.4% |
| Independence, Missouri | 59.5% |
| Oakland, California | 58.6% |
| Lubbock, Texas | 58.0% |
| Wichita Falls, Texas | 57.8% |
| Killeen, Texas | 53.6% |
| Sugar Land, Texas | 51.9% |
| Richmond, California | 47.5% |
| Tyler, Texas | 47.3% |
| New Haven, Connecticut | 46.2% |
| Fayetteville, North Carolina | 45.9% |
| Round Rock, Texas | 45.3% |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | 44.9% |
| Palm Coast, Florida | 44.1% |
| Springfield, Missouri | 44.0% |
| Lansing, Michigan | 43.8% |
| Broken Arrow, Oklahoma | 43.6% |
| Kansas City, Kansas | 43.0% |
| Surprise, Arizona | 42.7% |
| Buckeye, Arizona | 41.8% |
| Waterbury, Connecticut | 41.0% |
| Abilene, Texas | 40.4% |
| Goodyear, Arizona | 39.8% |
| Centennial, Colorado | 36.6% |
| Omaha, Nebraska | 36.4% |
| Wichita, Kansas | 35.7% |
| Westminster, Colorado | 35.6% |
| Concord, North Carolina | 34.6% |
| Lakewood, Colorado | 34.5% |
| Gainesville, Florida | 34.2% |
| Fayetteville, Arkansas | 34.2% |
| Lancaster, California | 34.1% |
| Nashville, Tennessee | 33.5% |
| Elk Grove, California | 32.7% |
| Chula Vista, California | 32.1% |
| Pearland, Texas | 32.1% |
| Coral Springs, Florida | 32.0% |
| Pueblo, Colorado | 31.4% |
| Austin, Texas | 31.4% |
| Grand Rapids, Michigan | 29.8% |
| Port St. Lucie, Florida | 29.3% |
| Hillsboro, Oregon | 28.7% |
| San Mateo, California | 28.5% |
| Berkeley, California | 28.3% |
| Spokane, Washington | 28.2% |
| Greensboro, North Carolina | 28.0% |
| Lexington, Kentucky | 27.8% |
| St. George, Utah | 27.6% |
| San Francisco, California | 26.8% |
| Irvine, California | 26.7% |
| Fishers, Indiana | 26.7% |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 26.5% |
| Lee's Summit, Missouri | 26.0% |
| Green Bay, Wisconsin | 25.6% |
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico | 25.4% |
| New York, New York | 25.2% |
| Norman, Oklahoma | 25.2% |
| San Antonio, Texas | 24.8% |
| Fullerton, California | 23.7% |
| Carmel, Indiana | 23.1% |
| McKinney, Texas | 23.1% |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | 22.9% |
| Hayward, California | 22.1% |
| Alexandria, Virginia | 21.9% |
| Meridian, Idaho | 21.5% |
| Fort Collins, Colorado | 20.9% |
| Nampa, Idaho | 20.3% |
| Mesa, Arizona | 20.0% |
| Davenport, Iowa | 19.9% |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 19.5% |
| Dayton, Ohio | 19.2% |
| Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 19.1% |
| Palm Bay, Florida | 18.9% |
| Allen, Texas | 18.1% |
| Topeka, Kansas | 18.1% |
| Eugene, Oregon | 18.0% |
| St. Petersburg, Florida | 17.9% |
| Sacramento, California | 17.7% |
| Columbia, South Carolina | 17.6% |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | 17.3% |
| South Fulton, Georgia | 17.3% |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 16.8% |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 16.4% |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 15.8% |
| Thornton, Colorado | 15.2% |
| Columbus, Georgia | 15.0% |
| Deltona, Florida | 15.0% |
| Toledo, Ohio | 14.9% |
| Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 14.8% |
| Savannah, Georgia | 14.8% |
| Concord, California | 14.8% |
| Frisco, Texas | 14.4% |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 13.7% |
| West Palm Beach, Florida | 13.5% |
| Lakeland, Florida | 13.5% |
| Edinburg, Texas | 13.4% |
| Peoria, Arizona | 13.3% |
| Memphis, Tennessee | 13.1% |
| Norfolk, Virginia | 12.6% |
| Montgomery, Alabama | 12.5% |
| Plano, Texas | 12.5% |
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 12.4% |
| Laredo, Texas | 12.1% |
| Chesapeake, Virginia | 12.0% |
| Rockford, Illinois | 11.9% |
| Ontario, California | 11.8% |
| Odessa, Texas | 11.5% |
| West Jordan, Utah | 11.1% |
| Louisville, Kentucky | 11.1% |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 11.0% |
| Santa Rosa, California | 11.0% |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | 10.7% |
| Rochester, New York | 10.6% |
| Springfield, Illinois | 10.2% |
| Edmond, Oklahoma | 10.1% |
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 10.0% |
| Denton, Texas | 9.9% |
| Billings, Montana | 9.9% |
| Cape Coral, Florida | 9.3% |
| Vallejo, California | 9.2% |
| Salem, Oregon | 8.9% |
| Glendale, Arizona | 8.4% |
| New Braunfels, Texas | 8.4% |
| Henderson, Nevada | 8.2% |
| Palmdale, California | 8.1% |
| Arlington, Texas | 7.6% |
| Buffalo, New York | 7.6% |
| Charleston, South Carolina | 7.3% |
| Fort Myers, Florida | 7.3% |
| San Jose, California | 7.0% |
| Avondale, Arizona | 6.9% |
| Bend, Oregon | 6.8% |
| Dearborn, Michigan | 6.7% |
| Chicago, Illinois | 6.6% |
| Jackson, Mississippi | 6.4% |
| Hartford, Connecticut | 6.2% |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 6.2% |
| Chandler, Arizona | 6.2% |
| Arvada, Colorado | 6.1% |
| High Point, North Carolina | 6.1% |
| North Las Vegas, Nevada | 6.1% |
| Gilbert, Arizona | 5.9% |
| McAllen, Texas | 5.9% |
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 5.6% |
| Longmont, Colorado | 5.4% |
| North Charleston, South Carolina | 5.3% |
| Scottsdale, Arizona | 5.3% |
| Orlando, Florida | 5.3% |
| Yuma, Arizona | 5.1% |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 5.1% |
| Brownsville, Texas | 5.1% |
| Houston, Texas | 5.0% |
| Chico, California | 4.7% |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 4.3% |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | 4.3% |
| South Bend, Indiana | 4.1% |
| Peoria, Illinois | 4.0% |
| Menifee, California | 4.0% |
| Santa Maria, California | 4.0% |
| Torrance, California | 3.9% |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 3.9% |
| Macon, Georgia | 3.8% |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | 3.5% |
| Aurora, Colorado | 3.5% |
| Tallahassee, Florida | 3.5% |
| Suffolk, Virginia | 3.5% |
| Sparks, Nevada | 3.4% |
| Georgetown, Texas | 3.4% |
| El Cajon, California | 3.4% |
| Midland, Texas | 3.3% |
| Temecula, California | 3.3% |
| Mesquite, Texas | 3.2% |
| Oceanside, California | 3.1% |
| Naperville, Illinois | 3.1% |
| Pompano Beach, Florida | 3.0% |
| Akron, Ohio | 2.8% |
| Clovis, California | 2.4% |
| Kent, Washington | 2.4% |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 2.2% |
| Escondido, California | 2.2% |
| El Paso, Texas | 2.2% |
| Seattle, Washington | 2.1% |
| Boca Raton, Florida | 2.1% |
| Bakersfield, California | 2.1% |
| Davie, Florida | 2.1% |
| Fontana, California | 1.9% |
| Columbus, Ohio | 1.9% |
| Reno, Nevada | 1.9% |
| Daly City, California | 1.9% |
| Greeley, Colorado | 1.8% |
| Athens, Georgia | 1.8% |
| Dallas, Texas | 1.7% |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 1.6% |
| El Monte, California | 1.5% |
| Allentown, Pennsylvania | 1.4% |
| Boise, Idaho | 1.4% |
| Rochester, Minnesota | 1.4% |
| Washington, District of Columbia | 1.3% |
| Fargo, North Dakota | 1.3% |
| Waco, Texas | 1.3% |
| Sterling Heights, Michigan | 1.3% |
| Irving, Texas | 1.2% |
| San Diego, California | 1.2% |
| Rialto, California | 1.2% |
| Aurora, Illinois | 1.1% |
| Spokane Valley, Washington | 1.1% |
| Joliet, Illinois | 1.1% |
| Jurupa Valley, California | 1.1% |
| Hollywood, Florida | 0.9% |
| Carlsbad, California | 0.9% |
| Santa Clara, California | 0.9% |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 0.9% |
| Baltimore, Maryland | 0.8% |
| Moreno Valley, California | 0.8% |
| Grand Prairie, Texas | 0.8% |
| Tempe, Arizona | 0.8% |
| Murrieta, California | 0.7% |
| Madison, Wisconsin | 0.7% |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 0.7% |
| Provo, Utah | 0.7% |
| Sunnyvale, California | 0.7% |
| Rancho Cucamonga, California | 0.6% |
| Tucson, Arizona | 0.6% |
| Newport News, Virginia | 0.6% |
| Roseville, California | 0.5% |
| League City, Texas | 0.5% |
| Denver, Colorado | 0.5% |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 0.5% |
| Everett, Washington | 0.5% |
| Costa Mesa, California | 0.5% |
| Cincinnati, Ohio | 0.5% |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 0.5% |
| Visalia, California | 0.5% |
| Lewisville, Texas | 0.5% |
| College Station, Texas | 0.5% |
| Richardson, Texas | 0.5% |
| Long Beach, California | 0.5% |
| Ventura, California | 0.4% |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan | 0.4% |
| Bellevue, Washington | 0.4% |
| Evansville, Indiana | 0.4% |
| Los Angeles, California | 0.4% |
| Fremont, California | 0.3% |
| Orange, California | 0.3% |
| Carrollton, Texas | 0.3% |
| Portland, Oregon | 0.3% |
| Sandy Springs, Georgia | 0.3% |
| Tampa, Florida | 0.3% |
| Santa Clarita, California | 0.3% |
| Garland, Texas | 0.3% |
| Vancouver, Washington | 0.3% |
| Downey, California | 0.3% |
| Providence, Rhode Island | 0.3% |
| Pomona, California | 0.3% |
| Jersey City, New Jersey | 0.3% |
| Hampton, Virginia | 0.3% |
| Las Cruces, New Mexico | 0.3% |
| Fresno, California | 0.2% |
| Riverside, California | 0.2% |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | 0.2% |
| Syracuse, New York | 0.2% |
| Anaheim, California | 0.2% |
| Santa Ana, California | 0.2% |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 0.2% |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 0.2% |
| Mobile, Alabama | 0.2% |
| Oxnard, California | 0.2% |
| Fort Wayne, Indiana | 0.2% |
| Hesperia, California | 0.2% |
| Miami, Florida | 0.2% |
| Gresham, Oregon | 0.2% |
| West Covina, California | 0.2% |
| San Bernardino, California | 0.1% |
| Cleveland, Ohio | 0.1% |
| Pasadena, California | 0.1% |
| Boulder, Colorado | 0.1% |
| Inglewood, California | 0.1% |
| Hialeah, Florida | 0.1% |
| Huntington Beach, California | 0.1% |
| Miramar, Florida | 0.1% |
| Burbank, California | 0.1% |
| Glendale, California | 0.1% |
| Clearwater, Florida | 0.1% |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | 0.1% |
| Corona, California | 0.1% |
| Pasadena, Texas | 0.1% |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | 0.1% |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 0.1% |
| Garden Grove, California | 0.1% |
| Victorville, California | 0.1% |
| Quincy, Massachusetts | 0.1% |
| Tacoma, Washington | 0.0% |
| Worcester, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Salinas, California | 0.0% |
| Thousand Oaks, California | 0.0% |
| Beaumont, Texas | 0.0% |
| Albany, New York | 0.0% |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 0.0% |
| Detroit, Michigan | 0.0% |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | 0.0% |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 0.0% |
| Richmond, Virginia | 0.0% |
| Augusta, Georgia | 0.0% |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Miami Gardens, Florida | 0.0% |
| St. Paul, Minnesota | 0.0% |
| Fairfield, California | 0.0% |
| Antioch, California | 0.0% |
| Renton, Washington | 0.0% |
| Lynn, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Tracy, California | 0.0% |
| Stockton, California | 0.0% |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 0.0% |
| Modesto, California | 0.0% |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 0.0% |
| Warren, Michigan | 0.0% |
| Manchester, New Hampshire | 0.0% |
| Elgin, Illinois | 0.0% |
| Brockton, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Vacaville, California | 0.0% |
| New Bedford, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
Copper telephone lines have almost left the map
The other side of the fiber build is the disappearance of DSL. Service over telephone copper was reported at 57.8%2 of locations in June 2022 and at 0.4% in June 2026, a share that ranks tied for 51st lowest among large cities. Frontier, the remaining DSL provider of any size, reports 18,9761 locations in total, nearly all of them on fiber.
AT&T offers fiber at only 0.4% of locations. Its footprint grew more than any provider's except Race since 2022, to 38.8%, but almost entirely as fixed wireless: it offers 100/20 Mbps at 3.0%1.
Multi-gigabit downloads, symmetrical uploads on fiber
Fiber changed the advertised speed ceiling. The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 77.3% of locations, against 13.6%2 in 2022; at most of the rest the top tier is about 1 Gbps, over Spectrum's cable. Uploads separate the two technologies. Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) is advertised at 82.5% of locations, the same as the fiber share. In the December 2025 filing that tier was reported at 91.4%3, more than fiber's reach then; the fall of 8.9 percentage points since then is the 4th lowest1 change among large cities and happened while the fiber share held steady, so fast uploads now follow the fiber footprint.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster | 1.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 20.7% | 77.3% |
| California | 1.7% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 30.7% | 62.5% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
All of these are maximum advertised speeds reported by providers, not measurements.
Little 5G home internet by large-city standards
Fixed wireless over licensed spectrum, the category that includes 5G home internet, is reported at 71.9% of Lancaster's locations, a share that ranks tied for 2nd lowest among large cities, against 88.1% statewide. The share fell by 10.3 percentage points after December 2025 alone. Verizon reports service at 42.9% of locations and 100/20 Mbps at 22.6%; T-Mobile reports 26.9% and 100/20 at 5.8%. GeoLinks, a fixed wireless company, reports 0.4%1. Wireless capacity is shared on each tower sector, so the carriers decide eligibility one address at a time.
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 | Licensed fixed wireless |
|---|---|
| California | 88.1% |
| United States | 87.3% |
| Palmdale | 79.9% |
| Santa Clarita | 76.2% |
| Victorville | 71.9% |
| Lancaster | 71.9% |
Lancaster and the rest of the high desert
Lancaster and Palmdale share the Antelope Valley, Spectrum's cable network and Race's fiber, but not the same result. Race reports service at 21.3% of Palmdale's locations, and fiber there reaches 36.9%1. The table sets Lancaster beside Palmdale, Santa Clarita to the south and Victorville and Hesperia across the San Bernardino County line.
| Area | Fiber available | Two or more wired choices | Two or more fiber networks | Licensed fixed wireless |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster, California | 82.5% | 80.7% | 34.1% | 71.9% |
| Palmdale, California | 36.9% | 42.9% | 8.1% | 79.9% |
| Santa Clarita, California | 18.3% | 30.9% | 0.3% | 76.2% |
| Victorville, California | 82.0% | 81.6% | 0.1% | 71.9% |
| Hesperia, California | 87.1% | 86.4% | 0.2% | 74.2% |
| California | 47.8% | 49.9% | 5.8% | 88.1% |
| United States | 62.6% | 55.6% | 12.1% | 87.3% |
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.
The few locations without a fast wire
No wired provider reports 100/20 Mbps at 940 of Lancaster's locations. Of those, 221 can get that speed only through fixed wireless, and 37 have only satellite service reported. Under the federal BEAD definitions, 70 locations are unserved (no reliable land-based service at 25/3 Mbps) and 351 underserved (no such service at 100/20 Mbps).
More households subscribe than in 2019
In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 7.0% of Lancaster households had no internet subscription (margin of error ±3.0 percentage points), compared with 14.6% (±3.5 percentage points5) in 2019. Cable, fiber or DSL subscriptions were reported by 78.1% (±2.9 percentage points), and 11.5%4 relied only on a cellular data plan. The survey counts households over a year; the FCC counts locations on one date, so the two do not line up exactly.
| Measure | Lancaster | California | United States | Rank among largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households with a broadband subscription of any type | 92.9% ±3.0 | 95.6% | – | tied 270th of 340 |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL | 78.1% ±2.9 | 78.8% | – | 204th of 340 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 11.5% ±3.7 | 12.9% | – | tied 213th of 340 |
| Households without an internet subscription | 7.0% ±3.0 | 4.4% | – | tied 68th of 340 |
| Households without an internet subscription | 14.6% ±3.5 | 10.0% | – | tied 97th of 343 |
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 1-year detailed tables. Rank 1 is the highest value. Period: 2025.
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Questions and answers
What internet providers are available in Lancaster, California?
Spectrum reports service at 96.7% of locations, mostly cable, and Race Communications reports fiber at 75.0%. Frontier reports fiber at 40.5%. Verizon (42.9%), AT&T (38.8%) and T-Mobile (26.9%1) report service mostly as fixed wireless home internet. HughesNet, Starlink and Viasat report satellite service everywhere. Figures are as of June 30, 2026.
Is fiber internet available in Lancaster?
At 82.5% of homes and businesses, as of June 30, 2026, against 47.8% across California and 62.6% nationally. Two or more separate fiber networks are reported at 34.1%1 of locations.
How many internet providers does Lancaster have?
8 land-based providers report service somewhere in the city, 5 of them over wires and 5 over fiber, though several cover only a handful of buildings. At a typical address the count that matters is wired providers at 100/20 Mbps: two or more at 80.7% of locations, three or more at 33.9%1.
Is 5G home internet available in Lancaster?
Licensed fixed wireless, which includes 5G home internet, is reported at 71.9% of locations, a share that ranks tied for 2nd lowest among the 343 largest US cities. Verizon reports it at 42.9% and T-Mobile at 26.9%1; carriers confirm eligibility address by address.
Checking one address in Lancaster
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
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.