Home Internet Service in Arvada, Colorado
Fiber is available at 50.2% of the 41,141 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Arvada, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 99.8%. 62.2% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 37.6% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Arvada in Colorado
Arvada has less fiber than Denver, Aurora, Lakewood, Westminster or Thornton: it reaches 50.2% of the city's homes and businesses, against 59.7% across Colorado. It still has one of the widest reaches of gigabit service with fast uploads, at 99.7%1, because Xfinity's cable network now advertises upload speeds that it did not in 2022.
Xfinity, Quantum Fiber and the rest
Xfinity's cable network is reported at 99.4% of Arvada's 41,141 homes and businesses, as of June 30, 2026 (FCC file revision of November 10, 2026). The second large wired network is Quantum Fiber, which reaches 47.8% of locations. In the FCC data it appears under AT&T: AT&T reports service at 65.4% of locations in all, a figure that also counts its fixed wireless service. CenturyLink reports the old copper telephone network, DSL at 48.9% of locations, and TDS runs fiber and cable in part of the city, at 17.4%1.
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 99.4% | 99.4% | 2 Gbps | 37.3% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 82.7% | 22.2% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 75.8% | 23.8% | 300 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber Licensed wireless | 65.4% | 49.0% | 8 Gbps | – |
| CenturyLink | DSL | 48.9% | 5.9% | 140 Mbps | 0.0% |
| LiveWireNet | Licensed wireless | 25.8% | 25.8% | 250 Mbps | – |
| TDS | Fiber Cable | 17.4% | 17.4% | 1 Gbps | 0.3% |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 5.5% | 0.0% | 55 Mbps | – |
| AERUX BROADBAND | Fixed wireless | 4.6% | 4.6% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Starry Inc | Fiber Licensed wireless | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Visionary Broadband | Fiber Fixed wireless | 0.0% | 0.0% | 300 Mbps | 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 (HughesNet, Viasat, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
"Reported" is the operative word. A provider lists a location as served when it could install service there within ten business days, and anyone can challenge a listing on the FCC's National Broadband Map. Satellite service from Starlink, HughesNet and Viasat is reported at every location and is left out of the counts below.
The fiber filing changed hands
Readers comparing coverage reports from different years will find different names for the same fiber. In the FCC's location-level files for June 2022, most of Arvada's fiber records were filed by CenturyLink under its own brand. By December 2025, CenturyLink filed most of them under the Quantum Fiber brand. In the June 2026 files, the Quantum Fiber records are filed by AT&T, which reported no service in Arvada in 2022, and CenturyLink's Arvada records are DSL only.
Fiber from any provider rose from 28.6% of locations in June 2022 to 50.1%3 in December 2025, and stayed at 50.2% in June 2026. DSL fell over the same four years, from 70.3%2 to 48.9%. Where CenturyLink's copper remains, it offers 100/20 Mbps at only 5.9%1 of locations.
The lowest fiber share in the Denver suburbs around it
Fiber reaches a smaller share of Arvada than of Denver or its other large suburbs. Denver is at 76.9%, Aurora at 52.2%, Westminster at 74.8%, Lakewood at 72.1% and Thornton at 55.0%. Arvada's 50.2% ranks 86th lowest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, below Colorado's 59.7% and the national 62.6%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 |
|---|---|
| Denver | 76.9% |
| Westminster | 74.8% |
| Lakewood | 72.1% |
| United States | 62.6% |
| Colorado | 59.7% |
| Thornton | 55.0% |
| Aurora | 52.2% |
| Arvada | 50.2% |
Where fiber does reach, a second fiber network is uncommon: 6.1% of locations have two or more fiber providers, mostly where Quantum Fiber and TDS overlap. In Lakewood the share with two or more is is 34.5%1.
Where Xfinity is the single wire
The fiber gap shows up as a gap in choice. At 37.6% of Arvada's locations, a single wired provider offers 100/20 Mbps or more, and almost always it is Xfinity: it is the only such provider at 37.3%. In Denver the single-wire share is 20.8% and across Colorado 32.4%. Exactly two wired providers compete at 53.7% of locations, three or more at 8.6%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvada | 0.2% | 37.6% | 53.7% | 8.6% |
| Denver | 0.3% | 20.8% | 78.8% | 0.1% |
| Colorado | 10.6% | 32.4% | 41.8% | 15.2% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
The single-wire share has fallen since the first FCC map: it was 56.3% in June 2022, when Xfinity was one of only 32 wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps anywhere in the city. In June 2026 there were 6. Nearly every location has at least one: wired 100/20 Mbps service is reported at 99.8%, and only 101 locations count as unserved under the federal BEAD program's definition.
Gigabit uploads arrived over cable
Arvada's most unusual number is its gigabit figure. The FCC's gigabit tier requires a 1 Gbps download and at least a 100 Mbps upload. In June 2022 that was advertised at only 5.5%2 of Arvada's locations; by June 2026 it was 99.7%, a rise of 94.2 percentage points that ranks 27th highest among the 343 large cities. Colorado as a whole is at 79.4%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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 5.5% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 94.2 pts |
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 28.6% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 71.1 pts |
| Fiber available | 28.6% | 50.1% | 50.2% | 21.6 pts |
The FCC's location files show where the change came from. In June 2022 Xfinity's Arvada cable records listed a 1.2 Gbps download with a 35 Mbps upload, below the gigabit tier's upload threshold, and most of CenturyLink's fiber listed 940 Mbps each way, just below its download threshold. In June 2026 Xfinity's cable records list a 2 Gbps download with uploads of 250 Mbps or, at a smaller set of locations, 2 Gbps. That is why symmetrical service of 100/100 Mbps or more is now reported at 99.7% of locations, although only 50.2% have fiber. Quantum Fiber advertises up to 8 Gbps1. All of these are advertised maximums, not measured speeds.
TDS, a second cable company
TDS reports cable or fiber at 17.4% of locations: fiber at 8.4%, with a 1 Gbps advertised maximum on both. In the June 2026 files its cable records list a 20 Mbps upload and its fiber records a 1 Gbps upload. Almost everywhere TDS reports service, another wired provider also offers 100/20 Mbps; TDS is the only one at 0.3%1 of locations. Most of the TDS fiber addresses also have Quantum Fiber, which is why the city's two-fiber share is concentrated there.
5G home internet and local wireless
Fixed wireless is reported at 97.0% of locations, but licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or more at only 53.5%. T-Mobile reports home internet at 82.7% of locations and offers 100/20 Mbps at 22.2%; Verizon reports 75.8%, with 100/20 at 23.8%. LiveWireNet reports licensed fixed wireless at 25.8%, all of it at 100/20 Mbps or more, with an advertised maximum of 250 Mbps1. Rise Broadband and AERUX Broadband report unlicensed fixed wireless at small shares. A tower sector's capacity is shared by everyone it serves, and carriers decide eligibility address by address, so a location where fixed wireless is reported may still be turned away.
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 | Arvada | Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 50.2% | 59.7% |
| Cable | 99.6% | 81.9% |
| DSL (copper) | 48.9% | 57.3% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 96.6% | 91.4% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 9.2% | 56.2% |
Fixed wireless is the only service at 100/20 Mbps for just 0.1% of locations, and satellite is the only option at 71 locations.
Fewer households offline than in 2019
The Census Bureau's American Community Survey counts households rather than locations. In its 2025 estimates, 96.8% of Arvada households had a broadband subscription of some kind (margin of error ±1.8 percentage points) and 3.2% had no internet subscription (±1.7 percentage points). In 2019 the no-subscription share was 8.4% (±2.2 percentage points5); the two ranges do not overlap, so the drop is larger than the survey's error. Statewide, 4.4%4 of households had no subscription in 2025.
Cable, fiber or DSL subscriptions were reported by 82.5% of households (±3.1 percentage points), and 12.2%4 relied only on a cellular data plan. Arvada spans Jefferson and Adams counties; the Colorado page maps both.
Questions and answers
What internet providers are available in Arvada, Colorado?
Xfinity reports service at 99.4% of Arvada's locations. AT&T, which files the Quantum Fiber network, reports fiber at 47.8%; CenturyLink reports DSL at 48.9%; and TDS reports fiber or cable at 17.4%. T-Mobile (82.7%), Verizon (75.8%) and LiveWireNet (25.8%1) report fixed wireless. Figures are as of June 30, 2026.
Is fiber internet available in Arvada?
At 50.2% of locations as of June 30, 2026, up from 28.6%2 in June 2022. Almost all of it is Quantum Fiber, with TDS fiber at 8.4%1 of locations. The share did not change between December 2025 and June 2026.
How many internet providers are there in Arvada?
6 wired providers and 12 ground-based providers of any kind report service somewhere in the city. At a given address the choice is narrower: 53.7% of locations have exactly two wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps, 37.6% have one and 8.6%1 have three or more.
Can I get gigabit internet in Arvada?
A 1 Gbps download with at least a 100 Mbps upload is advertised at 99.7%1 of locations, mostly over Xfinity's cable network and, where it reaches, Quantum Fiber. These are advertised maximum speeds reported to the FCC, not measured speeds.
Checking one address in Arvada
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 Colorado
The state picture, county by county: internet in Colorado. Other large cities in the state: Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, Lakewood, Thornton, Westminster, Greeley, Pueblo, Centennial, Boulder and Longmont. Compare Arvada 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.