Internet in Oakland, California
Fiber is available at 90.1% of the 92,649 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Oakland, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 99.4%. 91.6% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 7.8% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Oakland in California
In Oakland, fiber from AT&T, Sonic or both reaches 90.1% of homes and businesses, and Xfinity's cable network nearly all of them. The bigger change since 2022 is on the old telephone network: DSL is now reported at 32.5%1 of locations, down from 43.3%2.
Xfinity and AT&T reach almost every address
Two companies report service, most of it wired, at nearly all of Oakland's 92,649 homes and businesses, as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026). Xfinity reports 99.1%, over cable everywhere except a small fiber footprint, and advertises up to 2 Gbps. AT&T reports 97.5%: fiber at 77.9% of locations, with downloads advertised up to 5 Gbps, and DSL or fixed wireless at the rest. Sonic, which reports only fiber and almost all of it in California, is the third wired network, at 70.4%1.
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 99.1% | 99.1% | 2 Gbps | 7.5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 97.5% | 84.1% | 5 Gbps | 0.2% |
| Unwired Ltd | Licensed wireless | 89.3% | 89.3% | 250 Mbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 72.4% | 19.1% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 71.5% | 36.7% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Sonic Telecom, LLC | Fiber | 70.4% | 70.4% | 10 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Etheric Networks | Licensed wireless | 58.5% | 58.5% | 250 Mbps | – |
| Google Fiber | Fixed wireless | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Astound | Fiber Cable | 0.2% | 0.2% | 5 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Sail Internet | Fiber DSL Fixed wireless | 0.2% | 0.2% | 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, Starlink, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
A share in this table is the part of the city's locations where the company tells the FCC it provides service, or could install standard service within ten business days. The public can challenge those reports on the FCC National Broadband Map, which is also where one apartment or house can be looked up. Starlink, HughesNet and Viasat report satellite service at every location, but only 41 locations in the city have nothing else.
Fiber at nine in ten locations, often from two companies
Fiber to the premises from at least one provider reaches 90.1% of Oakland's locations, a share that ranks tied for 69th highest among the 343 US cities of 100,000 or more. California as a whole is at 47.8%. Within the East Bay, Berkeley is slightly higher at 91.6%, while Richmond reports 78.2%, Hayward 65.1% and Fremont 38.2%1.
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 |
|---|---|
| Berkeley | 91.6% |
| Oakland | 90.1% |
| Richmond | 78.2% |
| Hayward | 65.1% |
| United States | 62.6% |
| San Francisco | 60.8% |
| California | 47.8% |
| Fremont | 38.2% |
What sets Oakland apart from most of these cities is overlap. AT&T's and Sonic's fiber networks cover much of the same ground, so 58.6% of locations have two or more fiber providers, the 25th highest share among large cities. Berkeley, with slightly more fiber, has two or more fiber providers at only 28.3%; across California the figure is 5.8%. Both Sonic and AT&T advertise multi-gigabit tiers, and the fastest advertised download at 94.8%1 of locations is 2 Gbps or more.
The overlap is not new. Sonic filed its June 2022 records under the name Sonic.net, and two or more fiber providers were already reported at 54.6% of locations then. Since then the share has risen by 4.0 percentage points and total fiber coverage by 3.9 percentage points, from 86.2%2, a gain 58th lowest1 among large cities.
The copper phone network shrank by half
DSL, internet over the copper telephone lines, was reported at 43.3% of Oakland's locations in June 2022 and at 32.5% in June 2026, a fall of 10.8 percentage points. Statewide the decline was smaller, from 58.9%2 to 43.7%. Fiber rose far less than DSL fell, so the copper lines did not simply give way to new fiber at the same addresses; AT&T still reports some kind of service at 97.5%1 of locations, by fiber, DSL or fixed wireless.
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 | 43.3% | 32.7% | 32.5% | −10.8 pts |
| Fiber available | 86.2% | 89.9% | 90.1% | 3.9 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 54.6% | 58.5% | 58.6% | 4.0 pts |
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 86.2% | 96.8% | 96.8% | 10.6 pts |
For someone choosing a home, the effect on choice is small: the cable network covers 99.1% of locations, and symmetrical wired service of 100/100 Mbps or more, is advertised at 96.8%, up 10.6 percentage points1 since 2022.
Three or more wired choices at most locations
Wired service of at least 100/20 Mbps is reported at 99.4% of locations. The number of companies offering it at a single address is the better measure of choice: three or more at 62.2%, the 25th highest share among large cities, two at 29.5% and one at 7.8%. Across California, 49.9%1 of locations have two or more.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland | 0.6% | 7.8% | 29.5% | 62.2% |
| San Francisco | 0.9% | 27.9% | 29.4% | 41.8% |
| California | 6.9% | 43.2% | 43.4% | 6.5% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Where only one wire offers that speed, it is almost always Xfinity's: it is the sole wired 100/20 provider at 7.5% of the city's locations. A small group, 565 locations, has no wired service at 100/20 Mbps, and fixed wireless reaches 550 of them at that speed. The FCC counts 91 Oakland locations as unserved under the BEAD program's definition, without reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of at least 25/3 Mbps.
Rooftop radio and carrier 5G
Fixed wireless delivers internet by radio to an antenna on the building, and 6 companies report licensed fixed wireless in Oakland, a count tied for 8th highest among large cities. The two widest networks are regional and report 100/20 Mbps across their whole footprint: Unwired at 89.3% of locations and Etheric Networks at 58.5%, each advertising up to 250 Mbps. Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps is reported at 95.0% of locations, the 17th highest share among large cities, against 9.9% in June 2022. In that first filing, unlicensed fixed wireless was reported at 91.9%2 of locations; it is now reported at 0.4%1.
The mobile carriers' 5G and LTE home internet covers less of the city at that speed. T-Mobile reports 72.4% of locations, with 100/20 Mbps at 19.1%; Verizon reports 71.5%, with 100/20 Mbps at 36.7% and advertised downloads up to 1 Gbps1. All speeds on this page are advertised maximums reported to the FCC, not measurements.
Far fewer households offline than in 2019
The Census Bureau's survey counts households, not locations, and is an estimate with a margin of error. In the 2025 American Community Survey, 5.8% of Oakland households had no internet subscription (margin ±1.3 percentage points), against 15.9% in 2019 (margin ±1.7 percentage points). Subscriptions to cable, fiber or DSL rose from 71.7%5 to 79.2% (margin ±2.0 percentage points). Both changes are larger than the margins. Statewide, 4.4%4 of households had no subscription in 2025.
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) | 99.4% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 79.2% | ±2.0 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 12.4% | ±1.6 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 5.8% | ±1.3 |
Oakland beside cities of its size
The table compares Oakland with the large cities closest to it in population, using the same FCC release for each.
| Area | Fiber available | Gigabit (1,000/100) | Two or more wired choices | Fiber networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | 92.0% | 98.9% | 92.0% | 4 |
| Oakland, California | 90.1% | 96.9% | 91.6% | 7 |
| Tampa, Florida | 87.9% | 87.8% | 86.8% | 7 |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 84.8% | 71.8% | 83.4% | 5 |
| Long Beach, California | 83.6% | 83.9% | 83.2% | 8 |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | 73.3% | 91.0% | 70.5% | 5 |
| Aurora, Colorado | 52.2% | 85.3% | 59.5% | 4 |
| Bakersfield, California | 35.5% | 40.1% | 40.7% | 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 California page covers every county, including Alameda County, and the San Francisco and San Jose pages cover the two largest Bay Area cities.
Questions and answers
What internet providers are available in Oakland?
Xfinity reports service at 99.1% of Oakland's homes and businesses, almost all of it over cable. AT&T reports 97.5%, with fiber at 77.9%, and Sonic reports fiber at 70.4%. Unwired (89.3%), T-Mobile (72.4%), Verizon (71.5%) and Etheric Networks (58.5%1) report fixed wireless. These are the providers' own reports as of June 30, 2026.
Is fiber internet available in Oakland?
At 90.1% of locations as of June 30, 2026, against 47.8% across California and 62.6% nationally. At 58.6%1 of locations two or more companies report fiber, usually AT&T and Sonic.
How many internet providers are there in Oakland?
13 companies report non-satellite service somewhere in the city: 7 over wires, 7 of them with fiber, and 6 over licensed fixed wireless (some do both). At one address the count of wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps is three or more at 62.2% of locations and two at 29.5%1.
Can I get 5G home internet in Oakland?
T-Mobile reports fixed wireless home internet at 72.4% of locations and Verizon at 71.5%, with 100/20 Mbps at 19.1% and 36.7%1. The carriers accept or refuse orders address by address, because the capacity of each tower sector is shared.
Checking one address in Oakland
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 California
The state picture, county by county: internet in California. Other large cities in the state: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, Bakersfield, Anaheim, Stockton, Riverside and Irvine. Compare Oakland 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.