Internet in Long Beach, California

Frontier fiber and Spectrum cable at most locations

As of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), two wired networks cover nearly all of Long Beach's 89,753 homes and businesses. Spectrum reports service at 96.3% of them, almost entirely over cable, with an advertised maximum download of 1 Gbps. Frontier reports service at 82.5% and fiber at 81.7%, with tiers advertised up to 7 Gbps¹. "Reports service" means the provider tells the FCC it could connect the location within ten business days for a standard installation; the claim can be challenged on the FCC map.

Everyone else reports a much smaller wired footprint. AT&T has fiber at 1.2% of locations and Spectrum at 1.1%¹. TPx, Astound, EarthLink Business and Zentro each report wired service at only a small number of locations. The three satellite companies report the whole city, as they do the whole country.

Two wired choices, rarely three

The share of locations with exactly two wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps is 83.1%, the 35th highest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. Across California the figure is 43.4%. A third wired option at that speed is almost absent: 0.1%¹ of locations.

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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
Long Beach	3.6%	13.2%	83.1%	0.1%
California	6.9%	43.2%	43.4%	6.5%
United States	7.8%	36.6%	44.6%	11.1%

Where Frontier does not offer 100/20 Mbps, Spectrum is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps: that is the case at 13.1% of locations. The reverse, Frontier alone, covers just 0.1%. 3,268 locations, 3.6% of the city, have no wired provider at that speed, and 15¹ depend on satellite alone.

Fiber well above Los Angeles and the state

Fiber of any kind reaches 83.6% of locations, which ranks tied for 122nd highest among large cities and is far above the 47.8% recorded for California and 62.6% for the US. Most of that fiber was already in place in the first National Broadband Map release: the share was 82.7%² in June 2022, and the rise since then, +0.9 percentage points, ranks tied for 29th lowest¹ among large cities.

Downey86.2%

Long Beach83.6%

Huntington Beach69.9%

Torrance67.3%

United States62.6%

Los Angeles51.9%

California47.8%

Anaheim36.0%

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
Downey	86.2%
Long Beach	83.6%
Huntington Beach	69.9%
Torrance	67.3%
United States	62.6%
Los Angeles	51.9%
California	47.8%
Anaheim	36.0%

Frontier's California lines are largely the former Verizon California network, which the California Public Utilities Commission allowed Frontier to take over in Decision 15-12-005 (December 2015). In January 2026 the commission approved Verizon's acquisition of Frontier's California operations; the June 30, 2026 filings still carry the Frontier name.

8 companies report fiber somewhere in Long Beach, but they rarely overlap with Frontier. Two or more fiber providers are reported at 0.5%¹ of locations, so for most addresses the choice is between Frontier's fiber and Spectrum's cable, not between two fiber networks.

Copper reports fell, wireless reports grew

The largest change since June 2022 is in the older technologies. DSL over copper phone lines was reported at 44.8%² of Long Beach locations in June 2022 and at 4.2% in June 2026, a fall of 40.6 percentage points. Statewide, DSL is still reported at 43.7%¹.

The number of fixed wireless companies went the other way. 6 companies report licensed fixed wireless in the city, a count that ranks tied for 8th highest among large cities, up from 4² in June 2022. AT&T's footprint here is now mostly fixed wireless: it reports service at 54.2% of locations but offers 100/20 Mbps at only 9.0%. T-Mobile reports 84.2% with an advertised maximum of 100 Mbps. Verizon, Starry and GeoLinks advertise up to 1 Gbps on their wireless service, at 10.5%, 4.9% and 0.6% of locations. Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or more is reported at 49.3%¹ of locations, down from 65.3%³ in December 2025.

June 30, 2022December 31, 2025June 30, 2026

DSL available4.2% −40.6 pts

Fixed wireless 100/2049.3% +18.0 pts

Gigabit (1,000/100)83.9% +1.3 pts

Two or more fiber networks0.5% +0.4 pts

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)
DSL available	44.8%	4.0%	4.2%	−40.6 pts
Fixed wireless 100/20	31.3%	65.3%	49.3%	18.0 pts
Gigabit (1,000/100)	82.6%	87.3%	83.9%	1.3 pts
Two or more fiber networks	0.0%	0.4%	0.5%	0.4 pts

The gigabit figure dipped in the latest release. Service of at least 1,000/100 Mbps is advertised at 83.9% of locations, compared with 87.3%³ as of December 31, 2025. A 1 Gbps download alone is advertised at 96.5%, because Spectrum's cable network offers it too, and the fastest advertised tier is 2 Gbps or more at 82.6%¹. All are provider-reported maximums, not measured speeds.

Fewer households without a subscription than in 2019

In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 96.5% of Long Beach households had a broadband subscription of some kind (margin of error ±0.9 percentage points), up from 88.5% in 2019 (±1.6 percentage points). 78.5% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL, 13.6% relied on a cellular data plan alone and 3.5%⁴ had no subscription, compared with 11.4%⁵ in 2019. These are survey estimates of households, while the FCC figures above count locations.

Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations)96.4%

Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)78.5% ±2.0

Households relying only on a cellular data plan13.6% ±1.6

Households with no internet subscription3.5% ±0.9

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)	96.4%
Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)	78.5%	±2.0
Households relying only on a cellular data plan	13.6%	±1.6
Households with no internet subscription	3.5%	±0.9

Long Beach is in Los Angeles County; the California page maps every county, and the Los Angeles page covers the neighboring city, where fiber is split between AT&T and Frontier.