Internet in Ventura, California
Fiber is available at 23.8% of the 32,259 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Ventura, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 96.2%. 24.1% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 72.1% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Ventura in California
Ventura is the low-fiber city in one of California's best-fibered counties. Fiber reaches 23.8% of its homes and businesses, against 62.7% across Ventura County, and Spectrum's cable is the only wired option at 100/20 Mbps for 71.6%1 of them. Since 2022 fiber has spread while the share of locations with a choice of fast wires has shrunk.
Spectrum at nearly every address, AT&T beside it
Two companies run the wired networks that matter in Ventura. Spectrum reports service at 95.7% of the city's 32,259 homes and businesses, over cable with advertised downloads up to 1 Gbps; it reports fiber at only 0.9%. AT&T reports service at 84.1%, but over three technologies: fiber at 22.8% of locations, with advertised downloads up to 5 Gbps, and elsewhere DSL over copper phone lines or fixed wireless. AT&T offers 100/20 Mbps at 25.8%1 of locations, roughly where its fiber runs.
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 95.7% | 95.7% | 1 Gbps | 71.6% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 84.1% | 25.8% | 5 Gbps | 0.4% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 80.5% | 24.8% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 73.8% | 40.3% | 300 Mbps | – |
| Yondoo Broadband LLC | Fiber Cable | 1.1% | 0.2% | 500 Mbps | 0.0% |
| Astound | Fiber | 0.4% | 0.4% | 5 Gbps | 0.1% |
| GeoLinks | Licensed wireless | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Zentro | Licensed wireless | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 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 (Viasat, Starlink, HughesNet) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
The figures are as reported to the FCC as of June 30, 2026, in the revision of November 10, 2026. They cover the city limits of San Buenaventura, Ventura's official name, as drawn for the 2020 Census. A provider lists a location when it says it could install service there within ten business days, and anyone can challenge a listing on the FCC National Broadband Map.
One fast wire for three addresses in four
Wired service of at least 100/20 Mbps is reported at 96.2% of locations, so coverage is not the issue. Choice is. At 72.1% of locations exactly one wired provider offers that speed, the 13th highest share among large cities, and that provider is Spectrum: it is the only wired option at 100/20 at 71.6%. Two or more wired providers at 100/20 are reported at 24.1%, about half California's 49.9%1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura | 3.8% | 72.1% | 24.0% | 0.1% |
| Oxnard | 3.7% | 36.4% | 59.8% | 0.1% |
| California | 6.9% | 43.2% | 43.4% | 6.5% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
The low-fiber city in a high-fiber county
Ventura County as a whole has fiber at 62.7% of locations, a share that ranks tied for 4th highest among California's counties. The city of Ventura sits far below that, at 23.8%. Most of the county's fiber is Frontier's, which reports fiber at 59.9% of locations in Oxnard and 82.2% in Thousand Oaks. Frontier does not appear among the providers reporting service inside Ventura's limits. Here the older telephone network belongs to AT&T, which reports almost all of the city's DSL; DSL is reported at 63.4% of Ventura's locations, against 43.7%1 statewide.
| Area | Fiber available (June 30, 2022) | Fiber available | DSL available | Two or more wired choices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura, California | 17.1% | 23.8% | 63.4% | 24.1% |
| Oxnard, California | 64.2% | 61.0% | 0.5% | 59.9% |
| Thousand Oaks, California | 83.1% | 83.0% | 2.8% | 82.8% |
| Simi Valley, California | 3.1% | 99.9% | 84.9% | 99.0% |
| Santa Clarita, California | 11.3% | 18.3% | 74.4% | 30.9% |
| Ventura County, California | 42.1% | 62.7% | 33.1% | 62.2% |
| California | 34.0% | 47.8% | 43.7% | 49.9% |
| United States | 37.2% | 62.6% | 36.2% | 55.6% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; 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.
Among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, Ventura's fiber share is the 21st lowest. A second fiber network is almost absent: two or more fiber providers are reported at 0.4% of locations. Besides AT&T and Spectrum, only Astound (0.4%) and Yondoo Broadband (0.2%1) report fiber at more than a few locations.
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 | Ventura | California |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 23.8% | 47.8% |
| Cable | 95.4% | 90.5% |
| DSL (copper) | 63.4% | 43.7% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 94.1% | 88.1% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 0.0% | 35.3% |
Fiber grew, wired choice shrank
The FCC data since June 2022 show two trends running in opposite directions. Fiber rose from 17.1% of locations to 23.8%. Over the same period the share with two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps fell from 28.6% to 24.1%, a change of −4.5 percentage points that ranks 8th lowest among large cities. The share with three or more such providers dropped from 3.8%2 to 0.1%1. In 2022, then, many locations without fiber still had two wired providers at 100/20; today the share with two or more is about the same as the share with fiber.
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 | 17.1% | 22.0% | 23.8% | 6.8 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 28.6% | 22.2% | 24.1% | −4.5 pts |
| Three or more wired choices | 3.8% | 0.1% | 0.1% | −3.7 pts |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 17.1% | 28.4% | 23.8% | 6.7 pts |
The most recent release moved too. Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) was reported at 28.4%3 of locations in December 2025 and at 23.8%1 in June 2026, a fall the filings themselves do not explain. Shares are compared rather than counts because the FCC's list of locations changes with each release.
Uploads depend on where AT&T has fiber
Spectrum's cable advertises 1 Gbps downloads, so a gigabit download is on offer at 96.2% of locations. Uploads are a different picture. Symmetrical service of 100/100 Mbps or more is advertised at 23.8%, the 7th lowest share among large cities, the same as the fiber share: Spectrum's cable does not report uploads of 100 Mbps here, and fiber covers only part of the city. Where fiber runs, mostly AT&T's, the top tier jumps: the fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 18.4%1 of locations. All of these are providers' advertised maximums, not measured speeds.
| Measure | Ventura | California | United States | Rank among largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gbps download | 96.2% | 92.7% | 91.0% | 287th of 343 |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 23.8% | 67.4% | 72.3% | 336th of 343 |
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 23.8% | 65.5% | 73.7% | 337th of 343 |
| 940 Mbps to 1.99 Gbps | 77.7% | 30.7% | 31.0% | – |
| 2 Gbps or more | 18.4% | 62.5% | 61.0% | – |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Rank 1 is the highest value. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
5G home internet as the second option
Where a second wire is missing, the mobile carriers now report an alternative. Fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or more, from licensed spectrum, was reported at 8.0% of Ventura's locations in June 2022 and at 53.6% in June 2026. Verizon now reports home internet at 73.8% of locations and offers 100/20 at 40.3%; T-Mobile reports 80.5%, with 100/20 at 24.8%. Counting every land-based technology, the share of locations with three or more providers at 100/20 rose from 5.8%2 to 22.2%1.
A fixed wireless network's capacity is shared by everyone on a tower sector, so the carriers cap sign-ups; the map shows where they report service, not where every home could join at once.
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 | Fixed wireless 100/20 |
|---|---|
| California | 56.1% |
| Ventura | 53.6% |
| United States | 47.9% |
| Simi Valley | 34.2% |
| Thousand Oaks | 29.9% |
| Oxnard | 24.0% |
Subscriptions in the Census survey
The Census Bureau's American Community Survey counts households, not locations, and is an estimate. In 2025, 80.2% of Ventura households subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±3.6 percentage points), 10.5% relied only on a cellular data plan (±2.6 percentage points) and 5.4% had no internet subscription (±2.8 percentage points4). In the 2019 survey the share without a subscription was 12.5% (±3.5 percentage points5), so the decline is larger than the margins on either estimate.
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Ventura internet questions
What internet providers are available in Ventura, California?
Spectrum reports service at 95.7% of locations, almost all of it cable. AT&T reports 84.1%, a mix of fiber, DSL and fixed wireless; T-Mobile (80.5%) and Verizon (73.8%1) report fixed wireless home internet. A handful of smaller companies cover a few hundred locations, and HughesNet, Starlink and Viasat report satellite everywhere. Figures are as of June 30, 2026.
Is fiber internet available in Ventura?
At 23.8% of locations as of June 30, 2026, the 21st lowest share among the 343 US cities of 100,000 or more. Most of it is AT&T's, which reports fiber at 22.8%. California's figure is 47.8% and the national one 62.6%1.
How many internet providers are there in Ventura?
8 land-based providers report service somewhere in the city, 4 of them over wires. At 100/20 Mbps the choice is narrower: 72.1% of locations have one wired provider at that speed and 24.1%1 have two or more.
Is 5G home internet available in Ventura?
Verizon reports fixed wireless at 73.8% of locations and offers 100/20 Mbps at 40.3%; T-Mobile reports 80.5%, with 100/20 at 24.8%1. AT&T also reports fixed wireless. The carriers decide eligibility address by address.
Checking one address in Ventura
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.