Internet in Columbus, Georgia

Who reports service in Columbus

The FCC counts 67,110¹ homes and businesses inside Columbus's city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census. The table lists the companies that report service to them as of June 30, 2026, in the file revision of November 10, 2026. A listing means the provider serves the location or says it could install a standard connection within ten business days; anyone can challenge a listing on the FCC National Broadband Map.

Three of the wired networks are cable. WOW! reports service at 85.6% of locations, Mediacom at 69.7% and Spectrum at 34.2%, and each offers 100/20 Mbps wherever it reports service. Cable reaches 95.5% of the city in total, against 81.4% statewide. AT&T is listed at 85.7%, but with three technologies: fiber at 43.4% of locations, and copper DSL or fixed wireless across much of the rest, which is why it offers 100/20 Mbps at only 46.3%. T-Mobile reports fiber at 29.0% of locations. Conexon Connect, a fiber provider, reports 2.7%¹.

Three or more wired choices at most locations

Overlapping cable networks plus fiber add up to an unusual amount of choice. 59.3% of Columbus's locations have three or more wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps, the 29th highest share among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. Across Georgia it is 10.3%, and nationally 11.1%. Two or more such providers reach 89.2%¹ of the city.

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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
Columbus	2.9%	7.9%	29.9%	59.3%
Georgia	4.0%	34.0%	51.7%	10.3%
United States	7.8%	36.6%	44.6%	11.1%

A single fast wire is the exception: 7.9% of locations, which ranks tied for 68th lowest among large cities, and it is split among several companies. Mediacom is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps for 4.2% of locations, WOW! for 0.5%, AT&T for 1.2% and Spectrum for 1.8%¹.

The gaps come to a few hundred addresses. 1,964 locations have no wired provider at 100/20 Mbps, 1,700 have no land-based provider at that speed even counting fixed wireless, and 41 are reported reachable by satellite alone. Under the federal BEAD definitions, 167¹ locations are unserved, without wired or licensed fixed wireless service at 25/3 Mbps.

Fiber: from a third of the city to nearly two-thirds

In the first National Broadband Map, with data as of June 30, 2022, fiber was reported at 32.7%² of Columbus's locations. By December 31, 2025 it was 56.9%⁴, and it is now 61.3%, a rise of 28.6 percentage points¹ in four years. Because the FCC's list of locations changes between releases, these are compared as shares, not counts.

Much of the new fiber overlaps older fiber. In 2022 virtually no location in the city had two separate fiber networks; now 15.0% do, with 4.8 percentage points of that growth since December 2025 alone. Over the same four years the share with three or more wired choices at 100/20 Mbps rose from 41.5%² to 59.3%¹.

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

Fiber available61.3% +28.6 pts

Two or more fiber networks15.0% +15.0 pts

Three or more wired choices59.3% +17.7 pts

Gigabit (1,000/100)61.3% +28.6 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	32.7%	56.9%	61.3%	28.6 pts
Two or more fiber networks	0.0%	10.2%	15.0%	15.0 pts
Three or more wired choices	41.5%	55.3%	59.3%	17.7 pts
Gigabit (1,000/100)	32.7%	58.5%	61.3%	28.6 pts

Even after that growth, Columbus has less fiber than its state. Georgia reports fiber at 70.3% of locations and the US at 62.6%; among large cities, Columbus's share ranks 124th lowest¹.

Uploads follow the fiber line

Fast downloads are nearly universal: a 1 Gbps download is advertised at 97.1% of locations, mostly over cable. The FCC's gigabit tier also requires an upload of at least 100 Mbps, and that tier, 1,000/100 Mbps, is advertised at 61.3%¹ of locations, the same share as fiber. In Columbus, gigabit service with 100 Mbps uploads is advertised essentially only where fiber runs; the cable networks report slower uploads.

That sets Columbus apart within Georgia. Augusta and Macon have less fiber, yet the 1,000/100 tier is advertised at more of their locations, so providers other than fiber report it there. Statewide the tier reaches 81.0% of locations; in Columbus it is the 48th lowest¹ share among large cities. All speeds here are maximums that providers advertise to the FCC, not measurements.

Fixed wireless from two carriers

Verizon reports home internet over its cellular network at 86.2% of locations, with a fastest advertised download of 300 Mbps, and offers 100/20 Mbps at 28.0%. T-Mobile's listing at 70.3% of locations combines its fiber with fixed wireless home internet. Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps from any provider is reported at 38.1%¹ of locations, up from 7.6%² in June 2022 but down from 44.8%⁴ in December 2025. A tower sector's capacity is shared among its users, and the carriers decide eligibility address by address.

Wired service nearly everywhere, bought less often

In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 69.6% of Columbus households subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±3.5 percentage points). That is the 16th lowest estimate among large cities and below Georgia's 77.8%. Another 16.8% relied only on a cellular data plan (±3.3 percentage points), against 12.3% statewide, and 5.2%³ had no internet subscription.

Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations)97.1%

Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)69.6% ±3.5

Households relying only on a cellular data plan16.8% ±3.3

Households with no internet subscription5.2% ±1.6

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)	97.1%
Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)	69.6%	±3.5
Households relying only on a cellular data plan	16.8%	±3.3
Households with no internet subscription	5.2%	±1.6

The wired share was 68.7% in 2019 (±3.1 percentage points), so the survey shows no clear change in wired subscriptions even as fiber spread. The share with no subscription fell from 15.4%⁵ to 5.2%³. Survey households and FCC locations are different units on different dates, so the gap between availability and subscription is a signal, not a count.

The Georgia page maps every county, including Muscogee, and Atlanta covers the state's largest city in the same detail.