Internet providers in Murrieta, California
Fiber is available at 92.3% of the 31,189 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Murrieta, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 96.7%. 90.8% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 6.0% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Murrieta in California
Murrieta runs on two wires. Frontier reports fiber at 91.7% of its homes and businesses and Spectrum reports cable or fiber at 95.9%, so 90.8% of locations have exactly two wired providers at 100/20 Mbps, the 8th highest1 share among large US cities. A third wired choice is almost unknown here, and the fiber share has edged down since 2022 rather than up.
Frontier and Spectrum cover the city
The FCC's National Broadband Map, as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026), counts 31,189 homes and businesses inside Murrieta's 2020 city limits. Two companies reach nearly all of them. Spectrum reports service at 95.9%, over cable at most locations and fiber at 1.4%, with downloads advertised up to 1 Gbps. Frontier reports service at 91.7% and fiber at 91.7%, with downloads advertised up to 7 Gbps1.
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 95.9% | 95.9% | 1 Gbps | 5.1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier | Fiber DSL | 91.7% | 91.7% | 7 Gbps | 0.9% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 74.0% | 25.8% | 100 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Licensed wireless | 31.9% | 2.4% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Southern California Telephone Co | Fixed wireless | 29.8% | 0.0% | 75 Mbps | – |
| San Diego Broadband | Fixed wireless | 22.5% | 22.5% | 500 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 3.7% | 3.4% | 300 Mbps | – |
| GeoLinks | Licensed wireless | 0.3% | 0.0% | 200 Mbps | – |
| Astound | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 Gbps | 0.0% |
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, Viasat, HughesNet) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
Everyone else in the table is wireless. A listing means the company told the FCC it can connect that location within ten business days of an order; it is a claim that can be challenged on the FCC map, not a guarantee for a given address. Frontier's California lines, fiber included, came from Verizon California, which the California Public Utilities Commission let Frontier take over in Decision 15-12-005 (December 2015). The same commission approved Verizon's acquisition of Frontier in January 2026; the June 2026 filings still carry the Frontier name.
Two wired choices, almost never three
Wired service of 100/20 Mbps or more is reported at 96.7% of locations. What sets Murrieta apart is how evenly that choice is spread. At 90.8% of locations there are exactly two wired providers at that speed, the 8th highest share among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more; across California the figure is 43.4% and across the US 44.6%. Three or more wired providers are reported at 0.0%, tied for the lowest among large cities, against 6.5%1 statewide.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murrieta | 3.3% | 6.0% | 90.8% | 0.0% |
| California | 6.9% | 43.2% | 43.4% | 6.5% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
The reason is the short list of wired companies. Only 3 report any wired service in the city, down from 42 in 2022, and the count of wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps anywhere in Murrieta, 3, is tied for 19th lowest among large cities. The others besides Frontier and Spectrum reach a few dozen locations at most. The average location has 1.881 wired providers at 100/20 Mbps.
Where one of the pair is missing, the other is the only wire: Spectrum alone at 5.1% of locations, Frontier alone at 0.9%. In total 1,863 locations, or 6.0%, have a single wired option at 100/20 Mbps, and 1,0171 have none.
Fiber everywhere, but not growing
Fiber from at least one provider reaches 92.3% of locations, a share that ranks tied for 47th highest among large cities and nearly double California's 47.8%. Because Spectrum's network is mostly cable, the fiber-dependent measures move with Frontier: gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) and symmetrical 100/100 Mbps service are each advertised at 92.3% of locations. The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 91.6%1. All are advertised maximums, not measured speeds.
Unlike most large cities, Murrieta has not gained fiber since the first national map. The share stood at 93.6% as of June 30, 2022, rose to 93.8%3 by December 31, 2025 and is now 92.3%. The change since 2022, −1.2 percentage points, is 8th lowest among the 343 cities; neighboring Temecula gained +0.2 percentage points over the same period. The share of locations with two or more wired choices moved the same way, −1.4 percentage points since 2022, while single-wire locations rose from 5.5%2 to 6.0%1.
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 | 93.6% | 93.8% | 92.3% | −1.2 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 92.2% | 92.4% | 90.8% | −1.4 pts |
| One wired choice | 5.5% | 4.6% | 6.0% | 0.5 pts |
| DSL available | 33.5% | 0.1% | 0.1% | −33.4 pts |
These are shares, and the base is not fixed: the FCC's location count for Murrieta grew by 1,065 since 2022 and by 364 in the latest six months. A share falls whenever locations are added faster than a network reports reaching them; the FCC files do not say which locations those are. The same chart shows the copper network's exit: DSL was reported at 33.5%2 of locations in 2022 and at 0.1%1 now.
Wireless options: more companies, fewer fast offers
The wireless side has changed more than the wired one. AT&T reported no service in Murrieta in 2022 and now reports fixed wireless at 9,952 locations (31.9%), at up to 100 Mbps. Southern California Telephone Co went from a handful of locations to 9,287, with an unlicensed radio service advertised at up to 75 Mbps. San Diego Broadband, also unlicensed, advertises up to 500 Mbps at 22.5%1 of locations.
Reach at higher speeds went the other way. T-Mobile reports home internet at 74.0% of locations but 100/20 Mbps at 25.8%; Verizon reports 3.7%. Licensed fixed wireless as a whole fell from 97.0%2 of locations in 2022 to 81.7%, 18th lowest among large cities, and offers of 100/20 Mbps or more over it from 80.6%3 at the end of 2025 to 29.8%, against 56.1%1 statewide. Carriers decide eligibility address by address, because a tower sector's capacity is shared.
The gaps that remain are small: 78 locations have no wired or licensed fixed wireless service at 25/3 Mbps (unserved, in the federal BEAD program's terms), 202 have fixed wireless as their only land-based service, and satellite is the only service reported at 161.
Households here pay for a wire
The Census Bureau's survey measures what households subscribe to, a different question from what the FCC map reports. In the 2025 American Community Survey, 90.4% of Murrieta households had a cable, fiber or DSL subscription (margin of error ±3.7 percentage points), the 2nd highest estimate among large cities; California's is 78.8%. Only 5.7% (±2.5 percentage points) relied on a cellular data plan alone, 2nd lowest among large cities, against 12.9% statewide, and 2.7%4 had no internet subscription.
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) | 96.7% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 90.4% | ±3.7 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 5.7% | ±2.5 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 2.7% | ±1.5 |
One-year estimates for a city this size are imprecise, and neighboring ranks may not differ significantly. The five-year survey for 2020–2024, which pools more responses, puts wired subscription at 86.9% (±0.7 percentage points), against 78.9%5 for California.
Murrieta beside its neighbors
Murrieta, Temecula and Menifee share Frontier's fiber, but their wired markets differ: Menifee has a second cable company, and Temecula's fiber share rose while Murrieta's slipped. The table sets them beside other Riverside County cities on the same June 2026 data.
| Area | Fiber available | Fiber available: change since June 30, 2022 | Two wired choices | Three or more wired choices | Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murrieta, California | 92.3% | −1.2 pts | 90.8% | 0.0% | 90.4% ±3.7 |
| Temecula, California | 92.6% | 0.2 pts | 92.0% | 0.0% | 87.4% ±2.7 |
| Menifee, California | 93.8% | 4.8 pts | 81.1% | 10.9% | 81.1% ±2.2 |
| Corona, California | 13.0% | 8.2 pts | 18.0% | 0.0% | 84.1% ±2.7 |
| Riverside, California | 38.3% | 13.7 pts | 43.4% | 0.0% | 77.6% ±3.2 |
| Moreno Valley, California | 70.0% | 5.5 pts | 69.4% | 0.0% | 82.8% ±3.1 |
| California | 47.8% | 13.8 pts | 43.4% | 6.5% | 78.8% ±0.2 |
| United States | 62.6% | 25.4 pts | 44.6% | 11.1% | – |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people. ± is the 90% margin of error.
The California page maps every county, including Riverside County, and sets out the state's BEAD plan.
Murrieta internet questions
What internet providers are available in Murrieta, California?
As of June 30, 2026, Spectrum reports service at 95.9% of Murrieta's locations, mostly cable, and Frontier at 91.7%, almost all of it fiber. T-Mobile (74.0%), AT&T (31.9%) and Verizon (3.7%) report fixed wireless home internet; Southern California Telephone Co (29.8%) and San Diego Broadband (22.5%1) report radio service in parts of the city. HughesNet, Viasat and Starlink report satellite everywhere.
Does Murrieta have fiber internet?
Yes: at least one provider reports fiber at 92.3% of locations, against 47.8% across California and 62.6% nationally. Frontier supplies nearly all of it; two or more separate fiber networks reach only 0.7%1 of locations.
How many internet providers are in Murrieta?
9 companies report land-based service somewhere in the city, 3 of them over wires and 3 with some fiber. At a single address the answer is almost always two wired providers at 100/20 Mbps (90.8% of locations); one at 6.0%, three or more at 0.0%1.
Is 5G home internet available in Murrieta?
Licensed fixed wireless, the category that includes 5G home internet, is reported at 81.7% of locations, mainly by T-Mobile and AT&T. Offers of 100/20 Mbps or more over it are reported at only 29.8%1, down from 80.6%3 six months earlier.
Checking one address in Murrieta
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 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.