Internet in Sacramento, California
Fiber is available at 60.1% of the 153,107 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Sacramento, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 99.3%. 65.3% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 34.0% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Sacramento in California
Xfinity's network reaches 99.1% of Sacramento's homes and businesses, and fiber from AT&T and Consolidated Communications reaches 60.1%. The largest change since 2022 came by radio: unlicensed fixed wireless went from 25.3%2 of locations to 98.6%1, almost all of it from unWired Broadband.
Cable everywhere, fiber in two footprints
Sacramento has 153,107 homes and businesses in the FCC's location list as of June 30, 2026 (revision of November 10, 2026), counted within the city limits drawn for the 2020 Census. Xfinity reports service at 99.1% of them, nearly all over cable, with advertised downloads up to 2 Gbps where it has fiber. AT&T reports service at 91.1%, but only part of that is fiber; the rest is DSL over copper telephone lines or fixed wireless. Consolidated Communications is the third wired network, reporting fiber at 26.0%1 of locations.
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 99.1% | 99.1% | 2 Gbps | 33.8% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unWired Broadband | Fixed wireless | 96.4% | 66.3% | 500 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 91.1% | 58.8% | 5 Gbps | 0.2% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 84.5% | 25.1% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 78.4% | 35.0% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Consolidated Communications | Fiber DSL | 26.4% | 26.0% | 2 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Succeed.Net | Fixed wireless | 26.0% | 26.0% | 100 Mbps | – |
| DigitalPath Inc | Licensed wireless | 11.1% | 11.1% | 200 Mbps | – |
| Zeta Broadband | Fixed wireless | 3.6% | 3.6% | 400 Mbps | – |
| Frontier | Fiber DSL | 1.8% | 1.7% | 7 Gbps | – |
| Cal.net | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 1.0% | 1.0% | 100 Mbps | – |
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, Viasat, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
"Reported" means the provider told the FCC it can install service within ten business days. The figures describe the city as a whole and can be challenged address by address on the FCC map.
Fiber at three locations in five
Fiber from any provider reaches 60.1% of Sacramento's locations, up from 53.1%2 in June 2022. That puts the city above California as a whole (47.8%) but below the national share (62.6%), and in the lower half of the 343 cities with 100,000 or more residents (118th lowest). The gain since 2022, 7.0 percentage points1, is also below the middle of that group.
AT&T's fiber covers about half the city (49.9% of locations), Consolidated's about a quarter. Fiber networks overlap in places: 17.7% of locations have two or more fiber providers, against 5.8% statewide. 5 companies report fiber somewhere in the city, the same count as in 2022, but beyond AT&T and Consolidated each reaches only a small share; Frontier, for example, reports fiber at 1.7%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 |
|---|---|
| Elk Grove | 70.9% |
| United States | 62.6% |
| Roseville | 61.1% |
| Sacramento | 60.1% |
| California | 47.8% |
| Fresno | 39.6% |
| Stockton | 37.2% |
unWired Broadband: a radio network across the city
Unlicensed fixed wireless sends service by radio, on shared spectrum, from a tower to an antenna on the building. In June 2022 it was reported at 25.3%2 of Sacramento's locations. By June 2026 it was reported at 98.6%, the 21st highest share among large cities, against 35.3%1 for California.
Nearly all of that growth is one company. unWired Broadband reported 147,531 Sacramento locations in June 2026, 96.4% of the city, which makes it the second-largest provider by reach after Xfinity. It offers 100/20 Mbps at 66.3% of locations and advertises up to 500 Mbps. Two smaller radio networks report service in parts of the city: Succeed.Net at 26.0% of locations and Zeta Broadband at 3.6%1.
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 | Sacramento | California |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 60.1% | 47.8% |
| Cable | 99.0% | 90.5% |
| DSL (copper) | 45.1% | 43.7% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 96.4% | 88.1% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 98.6% | 35.3% |
Licensed fixed wireless, which includes 5G home internet, grew in a different way: it was already reported almost everywhere in 2022, but the share where it reaches 100/20 Mbps rose from 16.1% to 58.3%. Verizon reports home internet at 119,991 locations (78.4% of the city), well beyond its 2022 footprint, and T-Mobile at 84.5%. DigitalPath Inc, which reported no Sacramento locations in June 2022, now reports licensed fixed wireless at 11.1%. 61 companies report licensed fixed wireless in the city, up from 32. Wireless capacity is shared among the users of each tower, so these figures show where providers report availability, not where every home could sign up at once.
Gigabit with fast uploads, now almost citywide
The FCC's gigabit tier requires 1 Gbps down and at least 100 Mbps up. In June 2022 it was advertised at 51.9% of Sacramento's locations, close to the fiber share. By June 2026 it was advertised at 97.5%, against 67.4% for California, which is far more than the 60.1% that fiber reaches. Over the same years the share of locations whose fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more went from 30.7% to 97.3%. Copper moved the other way: DSL was reported at 50.6%2 of locations in 2022 and 45.1%1 in 2026.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 51.9% | 97.0% | 97.5% | 45.6 pts |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 25.3% | 96.8% | 98.6% | 73.3 pts |
| DSL available | 50.6% | 45.3% | 45.1% | −5.5 pts |
| Fiber available | 53.1% | 59.4% | 60.1% | 7.0 pts |
These are maximum speeds advertised by providers, not measurements of what any connection delivers.
Where Xfinity is the only fast wire
Wired service of at least 100/20 Mbps is reported at 99.3% of locations. At 34.0%, a single wired provider offers that speed, and at almost all of those it is Xfinity: Xfinity is the only wired 100/20 option at 33.8% of the city's locations. AT&T is the sole fast wire at just 0.2%1, because nearly everywhere its fiber runs, Xfinity's cable runs too.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | 0.7% | 34.0% | 46.2% | 19.1% |
| California | 6.9% | 43.2% | 43.4% | 6.5% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Choice has widened slowly. The share of locations with two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps rose from 58.9%2 in June 2022 to 65.3%, ahead of California (49.9%) and the US (55.6%). 1,007 locations have no wired provider at 100/20 Mbps; 8431 of them can get that speed only from a fixed wireless provider, and no location in the city is left with satellite alone.
Sacramento and its neighbors
The capital's mix differs from its suburbs and from the Central Valley's other large cities. Elk Grove has more fiber (70.9%) and fewer single-wire locations (28.5%). Roseville is close to Sacramento on fiber (61.1%) but has less unlicensed fixed wireless (89.5%). In Stockton and Fresno fiber reaches 37.2% and 39.6%1, and more than half of locations have a single wired provider at 100/20 Mbps.
| Area | Fiber available | One wired choice | Unlicensed fixed wireless | Gigabit (1,000/100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento, California | 60.1% | 34.0% | 98.6% | 97.5% |
| Elk Grove, California | 70.9% | 28.5% | 100.0% | 90.0% |
| Roseville, California | 61.1% | 37.0% | 89.5% | 94.2% |
| Stockton, California | 37.2% | 56.0% | 67.4% | 97.8% |
| Fresno, California | 39.6% | 54.4% | 80.9% | 91.8% |
| California | 47.8% | 43.2% | 35.3% | 67.4% |
| United States | 62.6% | 36.6% | 19.7% | 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.
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About one household in seven on a phone plan alone
The Census Bureau's 2025 survey counts households rather than locations. In Sacramento, 94.6% of households had a broadband subscription of some kind (margin of error ±1.2 percentage points), up from 90.3% in 2019. 76.4% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (±1.8 percentage points), while 15.2% relied only on a cellular data plan (±1.6 percentage points), against 12.8%5 in 2019. 5.4%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) | 99.3% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 76.4% | ±1.8 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 15.2% | ±1.6 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 5.4% | ±1.2 |
The two sources measure different things, households over a year against locations on one date, so the difference between wired service reported at 99.3%1 of locations and wired subscriptions in 76.4%4 of households is a signal, not a count of homes going without.
Questions and answers
What internet providers are available in Sacramento?
As of June 30, 2026, the wired providers with the widest reach are Xfinity (99.1% of locations, mostly cable), AT&T (91.1%, fiber, DSL and fixed wireless) and Consolidated Communications (26.4%, mostly fiber). unWired Broadband reports fixed wireless at 96.4%, T-Mobile at 84.5% and Verizon at 78.4%1. Satellite is reported everywhere.
Is fiber internet available in Sacramento?
At 60.1% of locations, as of June 30, 2026: above California (47.8%) and below the US (62.6%). AT&T reports fiber at 49.9% of locations and Consolidated Communications at 26.0%1.
How many internet providers does Sacramento have?
14 providers report wired or fixed wireless service somewhere in the city, 5 of them over wires. At a given address the number of wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps is smaller: one at 34.0% of locations, two or more at 65.3%1.
Is 5G home internet available in Sacramento?
T-Mobile reports home internet at 84.5% of locations and Verizon at 78.4%, but they offer 100/20 Mbps at only 25.1% and 35.0%1 respectively. Carriers limit sign-ups by address according to network capacity.
Checking one address in Sacramento
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, Long Beach, Oakland, Bakersfield, Anaheim, Stockton, Riverside and Irvine. Compare Sacramento 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.