Internet providers in Riverside, California
Fiber is available at 38.3% of the 76,328 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Riverside, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 96.6%. 43.4% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 53.2% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Riverside in California
Most of Riverside's fiber is AT&T's, reported at 32.8% of the city's homes and businesses. In neighboring Moreno Valley the fiber is Frontier's, at 69.2%, and Riverside's total of 38.3% is well below it. Spectrum's cable reaches almost every address and is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps for 51.8%1 of them.
Spectrum, AT&T and the 5G carriers, by share of locations
As of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), 7 companies report fixed land-based internet service somewhere in Riverside's 76,328 homes and businesses, the unit the FCC counts as a location. Two companies report wired service across most of the city. Spectrum reports service at 95.2%, with downloads advertised up to 1 Gbps. AT&T reports service at 87.2%, but that is a mix of three technologies: fiber at 32.8% of locations, plus older DSL lines and fixed wireless, so it offers 100/20 Mbps at only 42.9%1.
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 95.2% | 95.2% | 1 Gbps | 51.8% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 87.2% | 42.9% | 5 Gbps | 1.4% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 76.7% | 18.9% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 66.7% | 37.8% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Southern California Telephone Co | Fixed wireless | 32.7% | 0.0% | 75 Mbps | – |
| Frontier | Fiber DSL | 4.8% | 4.8% | 5 Gbps | 0.0% |
| GeoLinks | Licensed wireless | 0.1% | 0.1% | 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 (Starlink, HughesNet, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
The table counts where a provider says it can connect a home within ten business days; the FCC calls that "available", and residents can challenge it on the map. Satellite companies report the entire city and are left out of the counts below.
Fiber: AT&T's network, not Frontier's
Fiber is reported at 38.3% of Riverside's locations, against 47.8% for California and 62.6% for the country. Among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, that share ranks 58th lowest. It has grown: the share was 24.7%2 in June 2022, a rise of 13.7 percentage points, and +1.6 percentage points1 since December 31, 2025.
Most of that fiber is AT&T's. Frontier reports fiber at 4.8% of locations (3,675 of them), and Spectrum, otherwise a cable company here, at 1.0%. Where two of these footprints overlap, an address can pick between two or more fiber networks, but that applies to only 184 locations, or 0.2%1.
Much of AT&T's wired network is still copper. DSL, almost all of it AT&T's, is still reported at 63.3%1 of locations, down from 68.7%2 in 2022.
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 | Riverside | California |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 38.3% | 47.8% |
| Cable | 94.9% | 90.5% |
| DSL (copper) | 63.3% | 43.7% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 89.0% | 88.1% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 32.7% | 35.3% |
Neighbors with Frontier fiber, neighbors without
Riverside's neighbors divide along provider lines. In Moreno Valley, San Bernardino and Ontario, Frontier reports fiber at 69.2%, 67.1% and 77.2% of locations. DSL in Moreno Valley is reported at only 3.0%. Where Frontier reports little or no fiber, the fiber share is lower still: Corona, Jurupa Valley and Fontana all trail Riverside. AT&T's fiber reaches more of Riverside (32.8%) than of Jurupa Valley (23.7%), Fontana (18.7%) or Corona (12.3%1).
| Riverside, California | 38.3% | 63.3% | 43.4% | 38.3% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moreno Valley, California | 70.0% | 3.0% | 69.4% | 70.0% |
| San Bernardino, California | 69.0% | 9.4% | 68.6% | 69.1% |
| Ontario, California | 81.9% | 0.1% | 78.2% | 81.5% |
| Fontana, California | 30.5% | 65.7% | 35.2% | 30.5% |
| Jurupa Valley, California | 27.8% | 68.5% | 31.7% | 27.8% |
| Corona, California | 13.0% | 81.9% | 18.0% | 13.6% |
| California | 47.8% | 43.7% | 49.9% | 67.4% |
| United States | 62.6% | 36.2% | 55.6% | 72.3% |
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.
Spectrum alone at just over half of addresses
At 53.2% of locations, exactly one wired provider offers 100/20 Mbps, a share ranked 62nd highest among large cities; Spectrum is that provider at 51.8%. Two or more wired choices are reported at 43.4%, up from 33.5%2 in 2022, rising alongside fiber. Three or more round to 0.0%. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside | 3.5% | 53.2% | 43.4% | 0.0% |
| California | 6.9% | 43.2% | 43.4% | 6.5% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Gigabit with fast uploads fell in the latest filing
Spectrum's cable advertises 1 Gbps downloads at almost every address, so 96.2% of locations have a gigabit download on offer. The FCC's stricter gigabit tier, 1,000 Mbps down with at least 100 Mbps up, is advertised at 38.3%, a share ranked 20th lowest1 among large cities.
That share moved the opposite way from fiber in the last six months. In the December 31, 2025 data, 1,000/100 service was reported at 42.6% of locations, more than the 36.7%3 with fiber, so part of it came over other technologies. By June 30, 2026 it stood at 38.3%, a fall of 4.3 percentage points that ranks tied for 17th lowest among the changes in large cities, and it now matches the fiber share almost exactly. Symmetrical 100/100 Mbps service followed the same path, to 38.3%1. These are advertised maximums filed by the providers, not measured speeds.
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 | 24.7% | 36.7% | 38.3% | 13.7 pts |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 24.7% | 42.6% | 38.3% | 13.7 pts |
| DSL available | 68.7% | 63.4% | 63.3% | −5.4 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 33.5% | 41.9% | 43.4% | 9.8 pts |
A few hundred addresses with satellite only
Wired 100/20 service reaches 96.6% of Riverside's locations. The exceptions are small but unusual for a city this size. At 300 locations (0.4%), no land-based provider reports any service at all, only satellite; that share is tied for 6th highest among the 343 large cities, though below California's 0.7%1, which includes rural counties. In June 2022 the figure was 0.0%2.
Counting places with only slow service as well, 381 locations (0.5%) are unserved in the BEAD program's sense, with nothing at 25/3 Mbps over a wire or licensed fixed wireless. That share rose by 0.3 percentage points since 2022, an increase ranked tied for 13th highest1 among large cities. Anyone who finds an address wrongly listed can file a challenge on the FCC map.
Chicago, Illinois 0.0%Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1.0%
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 | Satellite only |
|---|---|
| Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 1.0% |
| Tyler, Texas | 0.9% |
| Suffolk, Virginia | 0.6% |
| Chula Vista, California | 0.5% |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan | 0.5% |
| Riverside, California | 0.4% |
| Gainesville, Florida | 0.4% |
| Conroe, Texas | 0.4% |
| Norman, Oklahoma | 0.3% |
| Peoria, Arizona | 0.3% |
| El Cajon, California | 0.3% |
| Midland, Texas | 0.3% |
| San Diego, California | 0.3% |
| Gilbert, Arizona | 0.3% |
| Port St. Lucie, Florida | 0.2% |
| Denton, Texas | 0.2% |
| Macon, Georgia | 0.2% |
| Costa Mesa, California | 0.2% |
| Oceanside, California | 0.2% |
| Houston, Texas | 0.2% |
| Glendale, Arizona | 0.2% |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 0.2% |
| Pomona, California | 0.2% |
| Austin, Texas | 0.2% |
| Chesapeake, Virginia | 0.2% |
| Abilene, Texas | 0.2% |
| Cape Coral, Florida | 0.1% |
| Savannah, Georgia | 0.1% |
| Pearland, Texas | 0.1% |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 0.1% |
| Moreno Valley, California | 0.1% |
| Corona, California | 0.1% |
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 0.1% |
| St. Petersburg, Florida | 0.1% |
| Grand Prairie, Texas | 0.1% |
| Columbia, Missouri | 0.1% |
| Fort Myers, Florida | 0.1% |
| Mesa, Arizona | 0.1% |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 0.1% |
| Kent, Washington | 0.1% |
| Nashville, Tennessee | 0.1% |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | 0.1% |
| Cincinnati, Ohio | 0.1% |
| Palmdale, California | 0.1% |
| Vallejo, California | 0.1% |
| Carlsbad, California | 0.1% |
| Frisco, Texas | 0.1% |
| Norfolk, Virginia | 0.1% |
| Lancaster, California | 0.1% |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 0.1% |
| Charleston, South Carolina | 0.1% |
| Miramar, Florida | 0.1% |
| Dearborn, Michigan | 0.1% |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 0.1% |
| Plano, Texas | 0.1% |
| Scottsdale, Arizona | 0.1% |
| Columbus, Georgia | 0.1% |
| Athens, Georgia | 0.1% |
| South Fulton, Georgia | 0.1% |
| Los Angeles, California | 0.1% |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 0.1% |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 0.1% |
| Santa Clarita, California | 0.1% |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 0.1% |
| Augusta, Georgia | 0.1% |
| Newport News, Virginia | 0.1% |
| Palm Bay, Florida | 0.1% |
| College Station, Texas | 0.1% |
| Thousand Oaks, California | 0.1% |
| Murrieta, California | 0.1% |
| Allen, Texas | 0.1% |
| Orlando, Florida | 0.0% |
| Irvine, California | 0.0% |
| Santa Ana, California | 0.0% |
| Huntsville, Alabama | 0.0% |
| Round Rock, Texas | 0.0% |
| Hampton, Virginia | 0.0% |
| San Antonio, Texas | 0.0% |
| Kansas City, Missouri | 0.0% |
| Arlington, Texas | 0.0% |
| Toledo, Ohio | 0.0% |
| Mobile, Alabama | 0.0% |
| Providence, Rhode Island | 0.0% |
| Columbia, South Carolina | 0.0% |
| Victorville, California | 0.0% |
| North Charleston, South Carolina | 0.0% |
| Allentown, Pennsylvania | 0.0% |
| Topeka, Kansas | 0.0% |
| Hartford, Connecticut | 0.0% |
| Lansing, Michigan | 0.0% |
| Everett, Washington | 0.0% |
| Beaumont, Texas | 0.0% |
| Sugar Land, Texas | 0.0% |
| Fayetteville, Arkansas | 0.0% |
| New Bedford, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Dallas, Texas | 0.0% |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 0.0% |
| Portland, Oregon | 0.0% |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 0.0% |
| Long Beach, California | 0.0% |
| Aurora, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Wichita, Kansas | 0.0% |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 0.0% |
| Lexington, Kentucky | 0.0% |
| St. Paul, Minnesota | 0.0% |
| Irving, Texas | 0.0% |
| Garland, Texas | 0.0% |
| Hialeah, Florida | 0.0% |
| Fayetteville, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | 0.0% |
| Tallahassee, Florida | 0.0% |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 0.0% |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | 0.0% |
| Sunnyvale, California | 0.0% |
| Bellevue, Washington | 0.0% |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 0.0% |
| Goodyear, Arizona | 0.0% |
| Arvada, Colorado | 0.0% |
| League City, Texas | 0.0% |
| Menifee, California | 0.0% |
| Provo, Utah | 0.0% |
| Gresham, Oregon | 0.0% |
| Davie, Florida | 0.0% |
| Sandy Springs, Georgia | 0.0% |
| Fishers, Indiana | 0.0% |
| Edmond, Oklahoma | 0.0% |
| Deltona, Florida | 0.0% |
| New York, New York | 0.0% |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 0.0% |
| Columbus, Ohio | 0.0% |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | 0.0% |
| Seattle, Washington | 0.0% |
| Washington, District of Columbia | 0.0% |
| El Paso, Texas | 0.0% |
| Detroit, Michigan | 0.0% |
| Louisville, Kentucky | 0.0% |
| Memphis, Tennessee | 0.0% |
| Miami, Florida | 0.0% |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | 0.0% |
| Tampa, Florida | 0.0% |
| Cleveland, Ohio | 0.0% |
| Fort Wayne, Indiana | 0.0% |
| Lubbock, Texas | 0.0% |
| Laredo, Texas | 0.0% |
| Richmond, Virginia | 0.0% |
| McKinney, Texas | 0.0% |
| Spokane, Washington | 0.0% |
| Tacoma, Washington | 0.0% |
| Fremont, California | 0.0% |
| San Bernardino, California | 0.0% |
| Fontana, California | 0.0% |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | 0.0% |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 0.0% |
| Rochester, New York | 0.0% |
| Vancouver, Washington | 0.0% |
| Montgomery, Alabama | 0.0% |
| Brownsville, Texas | 0.0% |
| Tempe, Arizona | 0.0% |
| Salem, Oregon | 0.0% |
| Rancho Cucamonga, California | 0.0% |
| Fort Collins, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 0.0% |
| Hayward, California | 0.0% |
| Hollywood, Florida | 0.0% |
| Mesquite, Texas | 0.0% |
| Pasadena, Texas | 0.0% |
| Waco, Texas | 0.0% |
| Escondido, California | 0.0% |
| Lewisville, Texas | 0.0% |
| Torrance, California | 0.0% |
| Orange, California | 0.0% |
| Dayton, Ohio | 0.0% |
| West Palm Beach, Florida | 0.0% |
| Broken Arrow, Oklahoma | 0.0% |
| Independence, Missouri | 0.0% |
| High Point, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Antioch, California | 0.0% |
| Richardson, Texas | 0.0% |
| Evansville, Indiana | 0.0% |
| Temecula, California | 0.0% |
| Richmond, California | 0.0% |
| Concord, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Springfield, Illinois | 0.0% |
| Ventura, California | 0.0% |
| Downey, California | 0.0% |
| Jurupa Valley, California | 0.0% |
| Carmel, Indiana | 0.0% |
| West Covina, California | 0.0% |
| Hesperia, California | 0.0% |
| Inglewood, California | 0.0% |
| Davenport, Iowa | 0.0% |
| Longmont, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Chicago, Illinois | 0.0% |
| San Jose, California | 0.0% |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| San Francisco, California | 0.0% |
| Denver, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | 0.0% |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Baltimore, Maryland | 0.0% |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 0.0% |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 0.0% |
| Fresno, California | 0.0% |
| Tucson, Arizona | 0.0% |
| Sacramento, California | 0.0% |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Omaha, Nebraska | 0.0% |
| Oakland, California | 0.0% |
| Bakersfield, California | 0.0% |
| Henderson, Nevada | 0.0% |
| Anaheim, California | 0.0% |
| Stockton, California | 0.0% |
| Newark, New Jersey | 0.0% |
| Greensboro, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 0.0% |
| Durham, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Jersey City, New Jersey | 0.0% |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | 0.0% |
| North Las Vegas, Nevada | 0.0% |
| Madison, Wisconsin | 0.0% |
| Reno, Nevada | 0.0% |
| Chandler, Arizona | 0.0% |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 0.0% |
| Buffalo, New York | 0.0% |
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Boise, Idaho | 0.0% |
| Modesto, California | 0.0% |
| Worcester, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Yonkers, New York | 0.0% |
| Des Moines, Iowa | 0.0% |
| Amarillo, Texas | 0.0% |
| Overland Park, Kansas | 0.0% |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 0.0% |
| Grand Rapids, Michigan | 0.0% |
| Oxnard, California | 0.0% |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 0.0% |
| Huntington Beach, California | 0.0% |
| Akron, Ohio | 0.0% |
| Clarksville, Tennessee | 0.0% |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 0.0% |
| Glendale, California | 0.0% |
| Ontario, California | 0.0% |
| Elk Grove, California | 0.0% |
| Cary, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Aurora, Illinois | 0.0% |
| Santa Rosa, California | 0.0% |
| Eugene, Oregon | 0.0% |
| Surprise, Arizona | 0.0% |
| Garden Grove, California | 0.0% |
| Springfield, Missouri | 0.0% |
| Roseville, California | 0.0% |
| Killeen, Texas | 0.0% |
| Paterson, New Jersey | 0.0% |
| Alexandria, Virginia | 0.0% |
| Salinas, California | 0.0% |
| Kansas City, Kansas | 0.0% |
| Lakewood, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Naperville, Illinois | 0.0% |
| Bridgeport, Connecticut | 0.0% |
| Joliet, Illinois | 0.0% |
| McAllen, Texas | 0.0% |
| Olathe, Kansas | 0.0% |
| Thornton, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Rockford, Illinois | 0.0% |
| Visalia, California | 0.0% |
| Syracuse, New York | 0.0% |
| Meridian, Idaho | 0.0% |
| Elizabeth, New Jersey | 0.0% |
| Jackson, Mississippi | 0.0% |
| Stamford, Connecticut | 0.0% |
| Coral Springs, Florida | 0.0% |
| New Haven, Connecticut | 0.0% |
| Fullerton, California | 0.0% |
| West Valley City, Utah | 0.0% |
| Warren, Michigan | 0.0% |
| Fargo, North Dakota | 0.0% |
| Pasadena, California | 0.0% |
| Carrollton, Texas | 0.0% |
| Sterling Heights, Michigan | 0.0% |
| Santa Clara, California | 0.0% |
| Clovis, California | 0.0% |
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 0.0% |
| Lakeland, Florida | 0.0% |
| Buckeye, Arizona | 0.0% |
| Simi Valley, California | 0.0% |
| Rochester, Minnesota | 0.0% |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 0.0% |
| Concord, California | 0.0% |
| Odessa, Texas | 0.0% |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| New Braunfels, Texas | 0.0% |
| Fairfield, California | 0.0% |
| Berkeley, California | 0.0% |
| Billings, Montana | 0.0% |
| Nampa, Idaho | 0.0% |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Pompano Beach, Florida | 0.0% |
| Las Cruces, New Mexico | 0.0% |
| Manchester, New Hampshire | 0.0% |
| West Jordan, Utah | 0.0% |
| Westminster, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Waterbury, Connecticut | 0.0% |
| Elgin, Illinois | 0.0% |
| Greeley, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico | 0.0% |
| Clearwater, Florida | 0.0% |
| Miami Gardens, Florida | 0.0% |
| Sparks, Nevada | 0.0% |
| Santa Maria, California | 0.0% |
| Hillsboro, Oregon | 0.0% |
| Peoria, Illinois | 0.0% |
| Edinburg, Texas | 0.0% |
| Pueblo, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Palm Coast, Florida | 0.0% |
| St. George, Utah | 0.0% |
| Centennial, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Spokane Valley, Washington | 0.0% |
| Lee's Summit, Missouri | 0.0% |
| Bend, Oregon | 0.0% |
| Georgetown, Texas | 0.0% |
| Green Bay, Wisconsin | 0.0% |
| Rialto, California | 0.0% |
| Brockton, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Boulder, Colorado | 0.0% |
| Yuma, Arizona | 0.0% |
| Chico, California | 0.0% |
| El Monte, California | 0.0% |
| Renton, Washington | 0.0% |
| Lynn, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Vacaville, California | 0.0% |
| San Mateo, California | 0.0% |
| South Bend, Indiana | 0.0% |
| Quincy, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Burbank, California | 0.0% |
| Wichita Falls, Texas | 0.0% |
| Tracy, California | 0.0% |
| Albany, New York | 0.0% |
| Boca Raton, Florida | 0.0% |
| Daly City, California | 0.0% |
| Avondale, Arizona | 0.0% |
| San Angelo, Texas | 0.0% |
Fixed wireless now reaches 100/20 at half the city
Licensed fixed wireless, the category that includes 5G home internet, is reported at 89.0% of locations. What changed is speed. Fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or faster was reported at 11.4% of locations in June 2022 and 48.4% in June 2026. Verizon reports it at 37.8%, with a maximum advertised download of 1 Gbps; T-Mobile reports wider service, 76.7%, but 100/20 at 18.9%. Counting wireless as well as wires, 29.1%1 of locations now have three or more land-based providers at 100/20, up from 3.7%2.
A second radio network, Southern California Telephone Co, reports unlicensed fixed wireless at 32.7% of locations, with downloads advertised up to 75 Mbps1. Wireless capacity is shared by the homes on each tower, so the carriers accept sign-ups by address; a reported location is not a guaranteed connection.
More Riverside households on a phone plan alone
The Census Bureau's 2025 survey counts households rather than locations. In Riverside, 77.6% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±3.2 percentage points), and 16.1% relied only on a cellular data plan (±2.8 percentage points), up from 10.4% (±1.8 percentage points) in 2019; the two ranges do not overlap. Households with no internet subscription fell from 9.0%5 in 2019 to 3.2% (±1.1 percentage points4).
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) | 96.6% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 77.6% | ±3.2 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 16.1% | ±2.8 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 3.2% | ±1.1 |
The California page maps every county, including Riverside County, and the state's BEAD plan for the locations still without fast service.
Questions and answers
What internet providers are available in Riverside, California?
Spectrum reports service at 95.2% of locations and AT&T at 87.2%, by fiber, DSL or fixed wireless. T-Mobile (76.7%) and Verizon (66.7%) report 5G or LTE home internet, Southern California Telephone Co reports a radio service at 32.7%, and Frontier reports fiber at 4.8%1. Three satellite companies report service across the city. Figures are as of June 30, 2026.
Is fiber internet available in Riverside?
At 38.3% of homes and businesses as of June 30, 2026, up from 24.7%2 in June 2022. Most of it is AT&T's (32.8%), with Frontier at 4.8%. California's share is 47.8%1. Whether a given address has it is a question for the FCC map.
How many internet providers are there in Riverside?
7 companies report land-based service somewhere in the city, 3 of them over wires. At one address the count is much smaller: the average location has 1.40 wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps, and 53.2%1 of locations have exactly one.
Is 5G home internet available in Riverside?
T-Mobile reports fixed wireless home internet at 76.7% of locations and Verizon at 66.7%. At 100/20 Mbps or faster, the figures fall to 18.9% and 37.8%1. Carriers decide sign-ups address by address.
Checking one address in Riverside
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.