Internet in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Providers by share of locations

As of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), Xfinity is the only wired provider that reaches nearly the whole city: it reports service at 99.4% of the 155,390¹ homes and businesses inside Colorado Springs city limits. Below it, the list splits into fiber companies, each covering part of the city, and wireless carriers that report wide coverage at mixed speeds.

A share here is the share of locations where the company tells the FCC it can install service within ten business days. It is the provider's own claim, anyone can challenge it on the FCC map, and it says nothing about price, which the FCC does not collect. Satellite companies report service at every location; the provider counts on this page leave them out.

Fiber from many companies, not one

Across the US, only 12.1% of locations have more than one fiber provider. Colorado Springs has 11 companies reporting fiber, tied for 6th highest¹ among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, and five of them each reach a fifth or more of the city:

• AT&T at 43.4% of locations, advertising downloads up to 8 Gbps;
• StratusIQ at 31.3%, up to 10 Gbps;
• Underline at 24.5%, up to 1 Gbps;
• Metronet at 22.6%, up to 5 Gbps;
• Ting at 21.0%, up to 2 Gbps¹.

Because their footprints overlap, 44.9% of locations have two or more different fiber providers, a share that ranks 35th highest among large cities, against Colorado's 15.2%. The overlap also explains why the fiber share is only average: fiber of any kind reaches 74.0% of locations, about the large-city median of 74.0%¹. Many locations have two or more fiber networks, while about a quarter of the city still has none.

AT&T's line needs a note. In the FCC's Colorado location files, nearly every Colorado Springs location where AT&T reports fiber in June 2026 was filed by CenturyLink in December 2025, mostly under the Quantum Fiber brand. AT&T now files these records under two brand names, AT&T and Quantum Fiber. AT&T reported no service in the city in June 2022. CenturyLink now appears almost only as a DSL provider, at 54.2% of locations, offering 100/20 Mbps at 7.0%¹.

From one wire to three in four years

The effect on choice shows in each FCC release. Wired service of at least 100/20 Mbps was already reported at 97.5% of locations in June 2022, but at 66.1% it came from a single provider. In June 2026 that single-wire share is 23.0%, and 46.7% of locations have three or more wired providers at that speed, up from 1.7%². Across Colorado the three-or-more share is 15.2%, and nationally 11.1%¹.

June 30, 2022December 31, 2025June 30, 2026

Fiber available74.0% +50.3 pts

Two or more fiber networks44.9% +43.4 pts

Three or more wired choices46.7% +45.0 pts

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	23.7%	66.1%	74.0%	50.3 pts
Two or more fiber networks	1.5%	39.0%	44.9%	43.4 pts
Three or more wired choices	1.7%	40.2%	46.7%	45.0 pts

The building had not stopped by the latest release. Between December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026, the fiber share rose by 7.9 percentage points, an increase that ranks 25th highest among large cities, and the share with two or more wired choices rose by 7.1 percentage points¹.

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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
Colorado Springs	0.3%	23.0%	30.0%	46.7%
Colorado	10.6%	32.4%	41.8%	15.2%
United States	7.8%	36.6%	44.6%	11.1%

The utility's fiber network

Part of the fiber is owned by the city's public utility. Colorado Springs Utilities owns, builds and operates a fiber network, states that it is not an internet service provider, and leases the network to Ting, which sells the internet service. The utility also states that in October 2026 Ting began transferring its lease to gFiber, which expects to begin connecting customers in early 2027. The FCC figures on this page are for June 30, 2026 and report this service under Ting's name; a later release will show any change of provider.

Where Xfinity is still the only fast wire

The fiber builders have not reached every location. At 22.8% of locations, Xfinity is the only wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps, and at 30.0%¹ there are exactly two. The FCC map's address search shows which group a particular home falls into.

Gaps without fast service are close to zero. 106 locations in the city have no ground-based provider at 100/20 Mbps, 294¹ reach that speed only by fixed wireless, and none depend on satellite alone.

Faster cable uploads

Fiber is not the only reason the speed figures jumped. In 2022, Xfinity's cable records for Colorado Springs in the FCC's Colorado files listed 1.2 Gbps down and 35 Mbps up; the 2026 records mostly list 2 Gbps down with 250 Mbps up, plus a smaller group at 2 Gbps in both directions. Since the FCC's 1,000/100 gigabit tier requires a 100 Mbps upload, that change lifted the tier across nearly the whole city: from 3.7%² of locations in June 2022 to 99.1% in June 2026. The rise of 95.4 percentage points ranks 21st highest¹ among large cities.

Under 25 Mbps or none25–99100–249250–499500–939940–1,9992,000 or more

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Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Maximum advertised download speed (Mbps) of any wired or fixed wireless offer at the location, as reported by providers to the FCC; satellite excluded. Advertised, not measured.

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Area	Under 25 Mbps or none	25–99	100–249	250–499	500–939	940–1,999	2,000 or more
Colorado Springs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	1.2%	98.6%
Colorado	2.3%	1.7%	2.5%	2.0%	1.6%	18.7%	71.2%
United States	2.4%	1.6%	1.8%	1.4%	0.9%	31.0%	61.0%

Wired service with matching upload and download of at least 100 Mbps followed the same path, from 23.7%² of locations to 99.2%¹. Each figure is the fastest speed a provider advertises in its FCC filing; none is a speed test.

Fixed wireless: a local network beside the carriers

Licensed fixed wireless, the category that includes 5G home internet, is reported at 97.5% of locations and at 100/20 Mbps or faster at 84.4%, the 35th highest share among large cities. Kellin Communications accounts for most of that reach. It reported almost no locations in 2022 and now reports service at 75.1% of the city, all of it at 100/20 Mbps or faster, with downloads advertised up to 550 Mbps¹.

The national carriers report wider coverage at slower advertised speeds. T-Mobile reports 75.6% of locations and offers 100/20 Mbps at 20.6%; Verizon reports 73.0%, with 100/20 Mbps at 31.0%. Rise Broadband's unlicensed wireless reaches 64.8%¹, mostly below 100/20 Mbps. Wireless capacity is shared on each tower sector, and carriers decide eligibility address by address. More on the fixed wireless page.

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Fiber74.0% 59.7%

Cable98.2% 81.9%

DSL (copper)54.2% 57.3%

Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home)97.5% 91.4%

Unlicensed fixed wireless64.9% 56.2%

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	Colorado Springs	Colorado
Fiber	74.0%	59.7%
Cable	98.2%	81.9%
DSL (copper)	54.2%	57.3%
Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home)	97.5%	91.4%
Unlicensed fixed wireless	64.9%	56.2%

Subscriptions have not moved with choice

Availability and subscription are measured differently. The FCC counts locations on one date; the Census Bureau's American Community Survey samples households over a year, with a margin of error. In the 2025 survey, the share of Colorado Springs households paying for cable, fiber or DSL was 80.2% (margin of error ±1.9 percentage points). In 2019 it was 80.8% (±1.6 percentage points⁵): the two estimates overlap, so the survey shows no change. A cellular data plan was the only connection for 11.7% of households (±1.6 percentage points), and 5.0% paid for no internet service at all (±1.1 percentage points⁴). The new networks have, so far, given connected households more options without a measurable change in how many households are connected by wire.

The Colorado page maps every county, including El Paso County, which contains Colorado Springs, and the Denver page shows the state's largest city, where fiber comes mainly from one network.