Gainesville, Florida: who provides home internet
Fiber is available at 62.9% of the 31,391 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Gainesville, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 94.3%. 60.9% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 33.5% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Gainesville in Florida
Cox's network reaches almost every address in Gainesville, and what else is on offer varies from address to address. At 33.8% of homes and businesses three or more wired providers offer 100/20 Mbps, the result of two fiber networks that were not on the map in 2022; at 31.8%1, Cox is the only one.
Cox nearly everywhere, fiber in parts
The FCC's National Broadband Map counts 31,391 homes and businesses inside Gainesville's 2020 city limits. As of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026), Cox reports service at 92.5% of them, nearly all over cable, with an advertised maximum of 2 Gbps. AT&T reports service at 71.4%, but only part of that is fiber: 37.1% of locations, with DSL and fixed wireless covering the rest. Two fiber-only companies follow, Pavlov Media at 35.5% and IQ Fiber at 32.6%1.
| Cox | Fiber Cable | 92.5% | 92.5% | 2 Gbps | 31.8% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 77.5% | 17.7% | 100 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 71.4% | 40.7% | 5 Gbps | 0.4% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 66.8% | 22.4% | 300 Mbps | – |
| Pavlov Media | Fiber | 35.5% | 35.5% | 8 Gbps | 1.2% |
| IQ Fiber | Fiber | 32.6% | 32.6% | 5 Gbps | 0.1% |
| Blue Stream | Fiber | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2.5 Gbps | – |
| ResiBridge LLC | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100 Mbps | – |
| MN FWA Buyer | Fixed wireless | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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 (HughesNet, Viasat, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
A provider counts as available when it tells the FCC it serves a location, or could connect it within ten business days with a standard installation. Listings can be challenged on the FCC map, and a city-wide share does not tell you what one apartment can order.
One detail of the count matters in Gainesville. The FCC counts buildings, so an apartment complex is one location however many units it has (how locations are counted). The Census Bureau estimates 66,695 households in the city (margin of error ±2,9522), about twice the number of locations on the map, so a single listing often stands for many homes.
A city in thirds
The number of wired providers offering at least 100/20 Mbps splits Gainesville into three groups of similar size. At 33.5% of locations there is one, at 27.1% there are two, and at 33.8% there are three or more. Statewide the middle group is the largest: 54.2% of Florida's locations have exactly two, and 11.8% have three or more. In Tallahassee, three or more wired choices are reported at 4.5% of locations; in Jacksonville, at 10.7%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville | 5.7% | 33.5% | 27.1% | 33.8% |
| Tallahassee | 0.2% | 21.9% | 73.5% | 4.5% |
| Jacksonville | 0.4% | 25.8% | 63.1% | 10.7% |
| Florida | 3.8% | 30.2% | 54.2% | 11.8% |
The one-provider third is Cox's. Cox is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps at 31.8% of locations. AT&T offers that speed at 40.7%, a little more than its fiber footprint; across the rest of the locations where it files, it reports slower DSL or fixed wireless. A further 5.7%1 of locations have no wired provider at 100/20 at all.
Two fiber networks new since 2022
In June 2022 fiber reached 19.8% of Gainesville's locations and two fiber networks overlapped almost nowhere (0.1%3). Neither Pavlov Media nor IQ Fiber reported service in the city then. Now fiber reaches 62.9%, a rise of 43.1 percentage points, and 34.2% of locations have two or more fiber providers, almost three times Florida's 10.4%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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiber available | 19.8% | 61.6% | 62.9% | 43.1 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 0.1% | 29.3% | 34.2% | 34.1 pts |
| Three or more wired choices | 0.0% | 28.5% | 33.8% | 33.8 pts |
| One wired choice | 79.2% | 35.6% | 33.5% | −45.7 pts |
The two newcomers mostly built where Cox already was, and their footprints are nearly the same size. Pavlov Media is the only wired 100/20 provider at just 1.2% of locations and IQ Fiber at 0.1%. So the single-provider share fell from 79.2% to 33.5%, while three or more choices went from 0.0%3 to 33.8%1.
For both companies Gainesville is a large market. Pavlov Media reports 19,812 locations in all of Florida, 11,140 of them in this city; it advertises downloads of up to 8 Gbps here. IQ Fiber reports 136,571 locations in Florida, its largest state, 10,217 of them in Gainesville, and advertises up to 5 Gbps1.
Gigabit uploads beyond the fiber footprint
Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps, the FCC's 1,000/100 tier, is reported at 87.2% of Gainesville's locations, up from 19.6%3 in June 2022 and above Florida's 76.9%. That is well beyond the 62.9% reached by fiber. Cox is the only cable provider of any size here, so the difference is Cox's cable network reporting 100 Mbps or faster uploads. Symmetrical 100/100 Mbps service is reported at the same 87.2%1.
The top tier moved as well. In 2022 the fastest advertised download at 84.1%3 of locations was at least 940 Mbps but under 2 Gbps; now 94.3%1 have a provider advertising 2 Gbps or more. These are maximums reported by providers, not speeds anyone measured.
| Measure | Gainesville | Florida | United States | Rank among largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiber available | 62.9% | 68.4% | 62.6% | 208th of 343 |
| Cable available | 91.1% | 87.4% | 80.3% | 289th of 343 |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 87.2% | 76.9% | 72.3% | 200th of 343 |
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 87.2% | 77.1% | 73.7% | 210th of 343 |
| 2 Gbps or more | 94.3% | 70.8% | 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.
The few addresses without fast service
A small number of locations sit outside every fast network. The share is below Florida's 0.9% and the national 2.4%, both of which include rural areas, but high for a city. In all, 191 locations, 0.6%, count as unserved under the definition of the federal BEAD program (no reliable fiber, cable, DSL or licensed fixed wireless service at 25/3 Mbps). Among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, that share is tied for 10th highest. At 123 locations, 0.4%, only satellite is reported; that share is tied for 6th highest1.
The unserved share rose by 0.5 percentage points since June 2022; among large cities, that rise is tied for 4th highest. The FCC's list of locations changes with every release, and the city's count rose by 1,163 over those years, so the map cannot say whether these are new buildings or existing ones that lost a listing. Across Alachua County, which contains Gainesville, 3.9%1 of locations are unserved.
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 | Unserved |
|---|---|
| Gainesville | 0.6% |
| Jacksonville | 0.2% |
| Orlando | 0.1% |
| Tallahassee | 0.0% |
| Tampa | 0.0% |
| Miami | 0.0% |
Verizon and T-Mobile by radio
T-Mobile reports fixed wireless home internet at 77.5% of locations and offers 100/20 Mbps at 17.7%. Verizon reports 66.8%, with 100/20 at 22.4% and an advertised maximum of 300 Mbps; in June 2022 it reported a few thousand locations. AT&T also files fixed wireless in parts of the city. Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps from any carrier went from 7.0% of locations in 2022 to 34.9%, while the share with any licensed fixed wireless listing fell from 89.9%3 to 88.6%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 | Gainesville | Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 62.9% | 68.4% |
| Cable | 91.1% | 87.4% |
| DSL (copper) | 28.1% | 43.5% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 88.6% | 91.4% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 0.0% | 1.8% |
Carriers decide eligibility address by address, because everyone on a tower sector shares its capacity. A listing means the carrier reports it can serve the location, not that every unit in a building can sign up.
What households subscribe to
The Census Bureau's American Community Survey measures households, not buildings. In 2025, 91.9% of Gainesville households had a broadband subscription of any kind (margin of error ±2.9 percentage points), against 94.7% across Florida; among large cities in the survey, the city's figure is tied for 36th lowest. 78.0% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (±3.7 percentage points), and 11.1% relied on a cellular data plan alone (±3.6 percentage points2).
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) | 94.3% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 78.0% | ±3.7 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 11.1% | ±3.6 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 8.1% | ±2.9 |
The share with no subscription, 8.1% (±2.9 percentage points2), is lower than the 13.2% (±3.0 percentage points5) of 2019, a difference larger than the combined margin of error. The five-year estimate for 2020–2024, which pools more responses, is 14.3% (±1.6 percentage points6), so the improvement rests mostly on the latest single year.
Gainesville beside Tallahassee and Jacksonville
Of the three north Florida cities, Gainesville has the most fiber overlap but the smallest fiber share: 62.9%, against 78.0% in Tallahassee and 73.3% in Jacksonville. In Tallahassee two or more fiber providers meet at 3.5% of locations; Jacksonville's typical address has two wired choices, at 63.1%1 of locations. Tampa, where almost no location has three wired choices, is added for contrast. Every figure in the table comes from the same June 30, 2026 FCC release.
| Area | Fiber available | Two or more fiber networks | One wired choice | Three or more wired choices | Gigabit (1,000/100) | Unserved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville, Florida | 62.9% | 34.2% | 33.5% | 33.8% | 87.2% | 0.6% |
| Tallahassee, Florida | 78.0% | 3.5% | 21.9% | 4.5% | 82.7% | 0.0% |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 73.3% | 11.0% | 25.8% | 10.7% | 90.3% | 0.2% |
| Tampa, Florida | 87.9% | 0.3% | 8.8% | 0.0% | 87.8% | 0.0% |
| Florida | 68.4% | 10.4% | 30.2% | 11.8% | 76.9% | 0.9% |
| United States | 62.6% | 12.1% | 36.6% | 11.1% | 72.3% | 2.4% |
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.
The Florida page maps every county, including Alachua County, which contains Gainesville.
Questions and answers
What internet providers are available in Gainesville, Florida?
As of June 30, 2026, Cox reports service at 92.5% of locations, almost all over cable. AT&T reports 71.4%, with fiber at 37.1% and DSL or fixed wireless elsewhere. Pavlov Media (35.5%) and IQ Fiber (32.6%1) report fiber only. T-Mobile and Verizon report fixed wireless home internet, and three satellite companies report service at nearly every location.
Is fiber internet available in Gainesville?
At 62.9% of homes and businesses, up from 19.8%3 in June 2022. Florida's share is 68.4% and the national share 62.6%1. AT&T, Pavlov Media and IQ Fiber report most of it.
How many internet providers are there in Gainesville?
6 wired providers report service somewhere in the city and 3 report licensed fixed wireless. Per address, the count of wired providers at 100/20 Mbps averages 1.98: one at 33.5% of locations, two at 27.1%, three or more at 33.8%1.
Checking one address in Gainesville
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 Florida
The state picture, county by county: internet in Florida. Other large cities in the state: Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Port St. Lucie, St. Petersburg, Cape Coral, Hialeah, Tallahassee, Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines and Hollywood. Compare Gainesville 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
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. api.census.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 2019 1-year detailed tables; 2019. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 29, 2026. 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.