Home Internet in Denver, Colorado
Fiber is available at 76.9% of the 182,856 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Denver, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 99.7%. 78.9% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 20.8% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Denver in Colorado
Denver is a two-wire city. Xfinity's cable network reaches almost every home and business, a single fiber network, Quantum Fiber, reaches 76.7% of them, and 78.8% of locations have exactly two wired providers at 100/20 Mbps. A third wired choice exists at only 0.1%1.
Xfinity and Quantum Fiber cover most of the city
Two companies account for nearly all fast wired service in Denver. As of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), Xfinity reports service at 99.6% of the city's 182,856 homes and businesses, almost all of it cable. AT&T reports fiber at 76.7%1, and in the FCC's Colorado location files every one of those Denver fiber records carries the Quantum Fiber brand name. AT&T also reports fixed wireless at many addresses, at slower advertised speeds.
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 99.6% | 99.6% | 2 Gbps | 20.7% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber Licensed wireless | 90.4% | 80.6% | 8 Gbps | 0.1% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 82.6% | 47.8% | 1 Gbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 79.4% | 30.0% | 100 Mbps | – |
| LiveWireNet | Licensed wireless | 60.1% | 60.1% | 250 Mbps | – |
| CenturyLink | DSL | 18.2% | 2.3% | 140 Mbps | 0.0% |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 13.9% | 0.1% | 100 Mbps | – |
| AERUX BROADBAND | Fixed wireless | 11.2% | 11.2% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Starry Inc | Fiber Licensed wireless | 3.5% | 3.5% | 1 Gbps | – |
| WiFiHood | Fixed wireless | 0.6% | 0.6% | 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 (Viasat, Starlink, HughesNet) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
The share in the table is the share of locations where a company says it could install service within ten business days. It comes from the providers' own filings, anyone can challenge it on the FCC map, and it describes the city's network rather than one address. The FCC collects no prices.
Beyond these two networks the wired list is long but thin. 9 companies report fiber somewhere in the city, a count that is tied for 12th highest1 among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, yet apart from Quantum Fiber each reaches a small number of buildings.
Quantum Fiber moved from CenturyLink's filing to AT&T's
Readers comparing older coverage reports will see a change of name. In the FCC's December 31, 2025 files, Denver's Quantum Fiber records were filed by CenturyLink. In the June 30, 2026 files, the same brand is filed by AT&T. That is why AT&T, which reported no service in Denver in June 2022, now ranks second to Xfinity among ground-based providers, and why CenturyLink now appears only as a DSL provider, at 18.2% of locations with 100/20 Mbps at 2.3%1.
The city's fiber share moved with the filings. It was 63.4% in June 2022 and 80.0%3 in December 2025, then 76.9% in June 2026, a fall of 3.0 percentage points in six months and the 4th lowest change among large cities. In the December files CenturyLink had also reported fiber under its own name at a set of Denver locations; no such records appear in June. Copper keeps shrinking: DSL fell from 31.9%2 of locations in 2022 to 18.2%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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiber available | 63.4% | 80.0% | 76.9% | 13.6 pts |
| DSL available | 31.9% | 21.9% | 18.2% | −13.7 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 66.3% | 81.9% | 78.9% | 12.6 pts |
At 76.9%, Denver's fiber share is above the median for large cities (74.0%), above Colorado's 59.7% and the national 62.6%1.
New Bedford, Massachusetts 0.0%Clarksville, Tennessee 100.0%
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 | Fiber available |
|---|---|
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 100.0% |
| Clarksville, Tennessee | 100.0% |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | 99.9% |
| Simi Valley, California | 99.9% |
| Longmont, Colorado | 99.9% |
| Overland Park, Kansas | 99.3% |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 99.0% |
| Olathe, Kansas | 98.1% |
| Amarillo, Texas | 98.0% |
| Greeley, Colorado | 97.6% |
| Kansas City, Missouri | 97.4% |
| Abilene, Texas | 97.2% |
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico | 97.0% |
| Bridgeport, Connecticut | 96.8% |
| Sugar Land, Texas | 96.6% |
| Yonkers, New York | 96.3% |
| Independence, Missouri | 96.2% |
| Wichita Falls, Texas | 95.8% |
| Lee's Summit, Missouri | 95.8% |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 95.7% |
| Elizabeth, New Jersey | 95.4% |
| Miami Gardens, Florida | 95.4% |
| Cary, North Carolina | 95.1% |
| Lynn, Massachusetts | 95.0% |
| Palm Coast, Florida | 94.8% |
| Paterson, New Jersey | 94.7% |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 94.7% |
| Davenport, Iowa | 94.3% |
| Kansas City, Kansas | 94.2% |
| Conroe, Texas | 94.1% |
| Cape Coral, Florida | 94.0% |
| San Angelo, Texas | 94.0% |
| Pearland, Texas | 93.9% |
| Menifee, California | 93.8% |
| Newark, New Jersey | 93.7% |
| Des Moines, Iowa | 93.6% |
| Frisco, Texas | 93.5% |
| Stamford, Connecticut | 93.5% |
| Round Rock, Texas | 93.3% |
| Springfield, Missouri | 93.0% |
| Newport News, Virginia | 92.9% |
| West Valley City, Utah | 92.9% |
| Huntsville, Alabama | 92.8% |
| Columbia, Missouri | 92.6% |
| Temecula, California | 92.6% |
| Fishers, Indiana | 92.5% |
| Murrieta, California | 92.3% |
| Killeen, Texas | 92.3% |
| Lubbock, Texas | 92.2% |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | 92.0% |
| Berkeley, California | 91.6% |
| Lexington, Kentucky | 91.6% |
| St. Paul, Minnesota | 91.6% |
| Garland, Texas | 91.6% |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 91.6% |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 91.5% |
| Mesquite, Texas | 91.5% |
| High Point, North Carolina | 91.2% |
| Providence, Rhode Island | 91.1% |
| Jersey City, New Jersey | 91.1% |
| Richmond, Virginia | 91.0% |
| Allen, Texas | 91.0% |
| Hillsboro, Oregon | 91.0% |
| Yuma, Arizona | 90.9% |
| Plano, Texas | 90.7% |
| New York, New York | 90.3% |
| Carrollton, Texas | 90.3% |
| Wichita, Kansas | 90.3% |
| Brockton, Massachusetts | 90.1% |
| Oakland, California | 90.1% |
| Cincinnati, Ohio | 90.1% |
| Rochester, Minnesota | 90.1% |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 90.0% |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | 89.8% |
| Tyler, Texas | 89.8% |
| Norman, Oklahoma | 89.7% |
| Norfolk, Virginia | 89.6% |
| Durham, North Carolina | 89.5% |
| South Fulton, Georgia | 89.5% |
| McKinney, Texas | 89.4% |
| League City, Texas | 89.4% |
| Carmel, Indiana | 89.3% |
| Richardson, Texas | 89.2% |
| West Jordan, Utah | 88.8% |
| Fort Wayne, Indiana | 88.8% |
| Concord, North Carolina | 88.7% |
| Allentown, Pennsylvania | 88.7% |
| Louisville, Kentucky | 88.6% |
| San Mateo, California | 88.3% |
| Buckeye, Arizona | 88.3% |
| Omaha, Nebraska | 88.2% |
| Chesapeake, Virginia | 88.2% |
| San Antonio, Texas | 88.2% |
| Tampa, Florida | 87.9% |
| Broken Arrow, Oklahoma | 87.9% |
| Fayetteville, North Carolina | 87.8% |
| Provo, Utah | 87.6% |
| Lansing, Michigan | 87.6% |
| Arlington, Texas | 87.4% |
| Washington, District of Columbia | 87.4% |
| Surprise, Arizona | 87.4% |
| Grand Prairie, Texas | 87.4% |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 87.3% |
| New Haven, Connecticut | 87.2% |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | 87.2% |
| Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 87.1% |
| Hesperia, California | 87.1% |
| Miramar, Florida | 86.8% |
| Centennial, Colorado | 86.8% |
| Nashville, Tennessee | 86.6% |
| Downey, California | 86.2% |
| Manchester, New Hampshire | 86.1% |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 86.0% |
| Pueblo, Colorado | 85.0% |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 84.8% |
| Fayetteville, Arkansas | 84.8% |
| Pasadena, Texas | 84.6% |
| Dallas, Texas | 84.4% |
| Waterbury, Connecticut | 84.3% |
| Hialeah, Florida | 83.9% |
| Topeka, Kansas | 83.8% |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 83.6% |
| Long Beach, California | 83.6% |
| Fort Collins, Colorado | 83.5% |
| Everett, Washington | 83.0% |
| Thousand Oaks, California | 83.0% |
| Irving, Texas | 82.8% |
| Midland, Texas | 82.8% |
| Lancaster, California | 82.5% |
| Alexandria, Virginia | 82.4% |
| Austin, Texas | 82.4% |
| Port St. Lucie, Florida | 82.1% |
| Victorville, California | 82.0% |
| Houston, Texas | 81.9% |
| Ontario, California | 81.9% |
| Greensboro, North Carolina | 81.8% |
| Grand Rapids, Michigan | 81.6% |
| Pomona, California | 81.4% |
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 81.1% |
| Coral Springs, Florida | 80.9% |
| West Covina, California | 80.7% |
| Gresham, Oregon | 80.7% |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | 80.3% |
| Odessa, Texas | 80.0% |
| Seattle, Washington | 79.9% |
| Portland, Oregon | 79.5% |
| Mobile, Alabama | 79.3% |
| Goodyear, Arizona | 79.2% |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 78.2% |
| Richmond, California | 78.2% |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 78.1% |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 78.1% |
| Tallahassee, Florida | 78.0% |
| Peoria, Illinois | 77.8% |
| Denton, Texas | 77.5% |
| Hollywood, Florida | 77.0% |
| Denver, Colorado | 76.9% |
| Daly City, California | 76.9% |
| Spokane, Washington | 76.9% |
| Miami, Florida | 76.8% |
| Fullerton, California | 76.8% |
| Deltona, Florida | 76.4% |
| Lewisville, Texas | 75.9% |
| Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 75.8% |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | 75.2% |
| Meridian, Idaho | 75.1% |
| Hartford, Connecticut | 74.9% |
| Suffolk, Virginia | 74.9% |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | 74.8% |
| Westminster, Colorado | 74.8% |
| Green Bay, Wisconsin | 74.4% |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | 74.0% |
| Nampa, Idaho | 74.0% |
| Sandy Springs, Georgia | 73.7% |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 73.3% |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | 73.3% |
| Chula Vista, California | 72.5% |
| Lakewood, Colorado | 72.1% |
| Madison, Wisconsin | 71.6% |
| Edmond, Oklahoma | 71.5% |
| New Braunfels, Texas | 71.3% |
| Elk Grove, California | 70.9% |
| Hampton, Virginia | 70.8% |
| Columbia, South Carolina | 70.4% |
| Moreno Valley, California | 70.0% |
| Huntington Beach, California | 69.9% |
| St. Petersburg, Florida | 69.9% |
| Syracuse, New York | 69.7% |
| Orlando, Florida | 69.7% |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 69.5% |
| Waco, Texas | 69.2% |
| Brownsville, Texas | 69.2% |
| South Bend, Indiana | 69.1% |
| San Bernardino, California | 69.0% |
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 68.9% |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 68.5% |
| West Palm Beach, Florida | 67.6% |
| Torrance, California | 67.3% |
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 67.2% |
| Santa Maria, California | 67.0% |
| Garden Grove, California | 66.2% |
| Beaumont, Texas | 65.6% |
| Laredo, Texas | 65.2% |
| Hayward, California | 65.1% |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 65.1% |
| St. George, Utah | 64.5% |
| Evansville, Indiana | 63.6% |
| Gainesville, Florida | 62.9% |
| Lakeland, Florida | 62.9% |
| Davie, Florida | 62.7% |
| Springfield, Illinois | 62.6% |
| Sparks, Nevada | 62.6% |
| Palm Bay, Florida | 62.6% |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 62.5% |
| Savannah, Georgia | 62.2% |
| Memphis, Tennessee | 62.1% |
| Dayton, Ohio | 61.8% |
| Boca Raton, Florida | 61.5% |
| Pompano Beach, Florida | 61.4% |
| Columbus, Georgia | 61.3% |
| Roseville, California | 61.1% |
| Oxnard, California | 61.0% |
| San Francisco, California | 60.8% |
| Peoria, Arizona | 60.8% |
| Montgomery, Alabama | 60.7% |
| Sacramento, California | 60.1% |
| El Paso, Texas | 60.0% |
| Buffalo, New York | 59.9% |
| Rockford, Illinois | 58.7% |
| Edinburg, Texas | 58.6% |
| Mesa, Arizona | 58.6% |
| College Station, Texas | 58.3% |
| Athens, Georgia | 57.1% |
| Clearwater, Florida | 57.0% |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 56.9% |
| Cleveland, Ohio | 56.1% |
| Charleston, South Carolina | 55.4% |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 55.1% |
| Akron, Ohio | 55.1% |
| Fort Myers, Florida | 55.0% |
| Thornton, Colorado | 55.0% |
| Reno, Nevada | 54.0% |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 53.5% |
| Rochester, New York | 53.3% |
| Scottsdale, Arizona | 53.2% |
| Santa Ana, California | 53.1% |
| Tacoma, Washington | 53.1% |
| Toledo, Ohio | 52.8% |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan | 52.7% |
| Inglewood, California | 52.4% |
| Irvine, California | 52.3% |
| Aurora, Colorado | 52.2% |
| Los Angeles, California | 51.9% |
| Burbank, California | 51.8% |
| Santa Clara, California | 51.7% |
| Glendale, Arizona | 50.9% |
| Jackson, Mississippi | 50.3% |
| Arvada, Colorado | 50.2% |
| Warren, Michigan | 49.8% |
| Sunnyvale, California | 49.7% |
| Macon, Georgia | 49.3% |
| Eugene, Oregon | 49.0% |
| Costa Mesa, California | 47.7% |
| Boulder, Colorado | 45.2% |
| Henderson, Nevada | 44.9% |
| Pasadena, California | 44.8% |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | 44.8% |
| San Diego, California | 44.6% |
| Billings, Montana | 44.3% |
| North Las Vegas, Nevada | 44.1% |
| San Jose, California | 43.9% |
| McAllen, Texas | 43.7% |
| El Cajon, California | 43.6% |
| North Charleston, South Carolina | 43.2% |
| Vancouver, Washington | 42.9% |
| Vallejo, California | 42.9% |
| Chandler, Arizona | 41.1% |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | 41.1% |
| Aurora, Illinois | 41.1% |
| Dearborn, Michigan | 40.8% |
| Columbus, Ohio | 40.4% |
| Fresno, California | 39.6% |
| Glendale, California | 39.5% |
| Georgetown, Texas | 38.5% |
| Gilbert, Arizona | 38.4% |
| Riverside, California | 38.3% |
| Fremont, California | 38.2% |
| Antioch, California | 37.7% |
| Stockton, California | 37.2% |
| Concord, California | 37.0% |
| Avondale, Arizona | 37.0% |
| Palmdale, California | 36.9% |
| Chicago, Illinois | 36.6% |
| Boise, Idaho | 36.1% |
| Anaheim, California | 36.0% |
| Carlsbad, California | 36.0% |
| Las Cruces, New Mexico | 36.0% |
| Bakersfield, California | 35.5% |
| Santa Rosa, California | 35.5% |
| Worcester, Massachusetts | 35.3% |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 35.2% |
| Bend, Oregon | 35.2% |
| Clovis, California | 34.9% |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 34.0% |
| Tucson, Arizona | 34.0% |
| Augusta, Georgia | 34.0% |
| El Monte, California | 33.8% |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 31.4% |
| Salinas, California | 31.2% |
| Chico, California | 30.7% |
| Fontana, California | 30.5% |
| Modesto, California | 29.7% |
| Orange, California | 28.7% |
| Joliet, Illinois | 27.8% |
| Jurupa Valley, California | 27.8% |
| Detroit, Michigan | 27.4% |
| Bellevue, Washington | 27.4% |
| Visalia, California | 27.3% |
| Elgin, Illinois | 27.3% |
| Salem, Oregon | 26.9% |
| Oceanside, California | 26.7% |
| Tracy, California | 24.2% |
| Ventura, California | 23.8% |
| Fargo, North Dakota | 22.6% |
| Tempe, Arizona | 22.3% |
| Sterling Heights, Michigan | 22.0% |
| Fairfield, California | 21.8% |
| Rancho Cucamonga, California | 21.7% |
| Rialto, California | 20.7% |
| Spokane Valley, Washington | 20.6% |
| Vacaville, California | 18.6% |
| Santa Clarita, California | 18.3% |
| Naperville, Illinois | 18.0% |
| Baltimore, Maryland | 16.7% |
| Kent, Washington | 15.9% |
| Escondido, California | 15.6% |
| Corona, California | 13.0% |
| Renton, Washington | 10.5% |
| Quincy, Massachusetts | 9.0% |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 6.2% |
| Albany, New York | 2.0% |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts | 0.5% |
| New Bedford, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
Two wired choices, rarely three
The result is a very regular pattern of choice. Wired service of 100/20 Mbps or faster is reported at 99.7% of locations. At 78.8% a home or business can pick between exactly two wired providers at that speed, a share that ranks tied for 56th highest among large cities, and in nearly all of those places the two are Xfinity and Quantum Fiber. Where Quantum Fiber does not reach, Xfinity is usually the only wired option: it is the sole wired 100/20 provider at 20.7%1 of locations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
What Denver lacks is a third wire. Only 0.1% of locations have three or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps, compared with 15.2% across Colorado, and only 0.5% have two or more fiber networks. Several nearby cities look different. In Colorado Springs, 44.9% of locations have two or more fiber networks and 46.7% have three or more wired providers; in Lakewood, on Denver's western edge, the figures are 34.5% and 34.9%1.
| Area | Fiber available | Two or more fiber networks | Two wired choices | Three or more wired choices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver, Colorado | 76.9% | 0.5% | 78.8% | 0.1% |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | 74.0% | 44.9% | 30.0% | 46.7% |
| Aurora, Colorado | 52.2% | 3.5% | 56.5% | 3.0% |
| Lakewood, Colorado | 72.1% | 34.5% | 38.6% | 34.9% |
| Fort Collins, Colorado | 83.5% | 20.9% | 54.4% | 30.1% |
| Colorado | 59.7% | 15.2% | 41.8% | 15.2% |
| United States | 62.6% | 12.1% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
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.
Faster uploads on both networks since 2022
The largest change in Denver since 2022 is in upload speeds. Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps, the FCC's 1,000/100 tier, was advertised at 0.1% of locations in June 2022 and at 96.0% in June 2026, an increase of 95.9 percentage points that ranks 20th highest among large cities. Wired service of at least 100/100 Mbps went from 63.4%2 to 97.3%1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 3.7% | 96.0% |
| 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% |
The FCC's Colorado cable file shows how: most of Xfinity's Denver cable records now list a 2 Gbps download with a 250 Mbps upload, and a smaller set list symmetrical 2 Gbps. On Quantum Fiber, AT&T advertises downloads of up to 8 Gbps. The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 96.0%1 of locations, up from 0.0%2 in 2022. These are maximum advertised speeds reported to the FCC, not measurements.
Fixed wireless, including a local network
Licensed fixed wireless, which includes 5G home internet, is reported at 96.8% of Denver's locations, and at 100/20 Mbps or faster at 83.1%, the 37th highest share among large cities. The national carriers report wide coverage with fewer fast connections: Verizon offers 100/20 Mbps at 47.8% of locations and T-Mobile at 30.0%, with advertised maximums of 1 Gbps and 100 Mbps1.
The unusual name is LiveWireNet, a licensed fixed wireless company that reports service at 60.1% of Denver's locations, all of it at 100/20 Mbps or faster, with downloads advertised up to 250 Mbps. Smaller wireless operators include Rise Broadband (13.9%), AERUX Broadband (11.2%) and Starry (3.5%1). Wireless capacity is shared by everyone on a tower sector, so these figures show where service is reported available, not where every household could sign up at once. More on the fixed wireless page.
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 | Denver | Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 76.9% | 59.7% |
| Cable | 98.9% | 81.9% |
| DSL (copper) | 18.2% | 57.3% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 96.8% | 91.4% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 23.7% | 56.2% |
Gaps are close to zero. 73 of Denver's locations have no ground-based service at 100/20 Mbps, 557 reach that speed only by fixed wireless, and 31 have only satellite.
What Denver households subscribe to
The Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey counts households, not locations, and is a sample with a margin of error. It found 94.3% of Denver households with a broadband subscription of any kind (margin of error ±1.0 percentage points), up from 91.5% in 2019. 80.6% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (±1.5 percentage points), 11.1% relied only on a cellular data plan (±1.3 percentage points), and 5.6% had no internet subscription (±1.0 percentage points4), down from 8.4%5 in 2019.
The Colorado page maps every county, including Denver County and the suburban counties around it.
Denver internet questions
What internet providers are available in Denver?
Xfinity reports service at 99.6% of Denver's locations, and AT&T reports service at 90.4%, mostly fiber under the Quantum Fiber brand and partly fixed wireless. Verizon (82.6%), T-Mobile (79.4%) and the local company LiveWireNet (60.1%) report fixed wireless home internet, and CenturyLink reports DSL at 18.2%1. Figures are as of June 30, 2026; the FCC map shows one address.
Is Quantum Fiber available in Denver?
Quantum Fiber is reported at 76.7%1 of Denver's homes and businesses, as of June 30, 2026. In the FCC data for that date it is filed by AT&T, which is why AT&T, not CenturyLink, appears as Denver's fiber provider. CenturyLink now reports only DSL in the city.
How many internet providers does Denver have?
10 wired providers report service somewhere in the city, 9 of them with fiber, but most report only a few buildings. At a typical address the number of wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps is two: that is the case at 78.8% of locations, against 20.8%1 with one.
Is 5G home internet available in Denver?
Verizon reports fixed wireless home internet at 82.6% of locations and offers 100/20 Mbps at 47.8%; T-Mobile reports 79.4%, with 100/20 Mbps at 30.0%1. Carriers limit sign-ups by address according to network capacity, so the carrier decides eligibility for a specific home.
Checking one address in Denver
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.