Internet providers in Sandy Springs, Georgia
Fiber is available at 73.7% of the 20,010 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Sandy Springs, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 99.9%. 77.9% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 22.0% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Sandy Springs in Georgia
Sandy Springs has two wired networks at almost every address: Xfinity's network at 99.2% of homes and businesses and AT&T's, which reports fiber at 73.2%1 of them and old copper DSL at even more. Hardly anyone else competes on a wire. Its households subscribe at one of the highest rates of any large US city: 98.9%2 had a broadband subscription in the Census Bureau's 2025 survey.
Two companies at almost every address
Sandy Springs has 20,0101 homes and businesses on the FCC's location list, counted within the city limits used for the 2020 Census. Below is each company with service on file for them as of June 30, 2026 (FCC file revision of November 10, 2026). Being on file means a company either serves a location already or tells the FCC it could hook it up through a routine installation inside ten business days. Anyone who finds a listing wrong can dispute it through the FCC National Broadband Map.
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 99.2% | 99.2% | 2 Gbps | 21.3% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 94.5% | 79.4% | 5 Gbps | 0.7% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 77.5% | 31.9% | 1 Gbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 72.7% | 41.5% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Google Fiber | Fiber | 0.6% | 0.6% | 5 Gbps | – |
| Spectrum | Cable | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Cox | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 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, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
Xfinity has a listing at 99.2% of the city and offers 100/20 Mbps or more at every one of those locations. Here its network is cable, with fiber at just 0.2% of the city; its top advertised download is 2 Gbps. AT&T appears at 94.5% and uses three technologies: fiber, which covers 73.2% of Sandy Springs, copper DSL and a fixed wireless product. Because DSL and that wireless service are slower, AT&T reaches 100/20 Mbps at 79.4%1 rather than across its whole footprint.
The list of 5 wired companies overstates the choice. After Xfinity and AT&T, the largest is Google Fiber with 111 locations, then Spectrum (26) and Cox (21).
AT&T's fiber, with the copper still on file
Fiber reaches 73.7% of Sandy Springs locations, up 13.9 percentage points from 59.8%3 in June 2022. That beats Georgia (70.3%) and the nation (62.6%), yet it sits under Atlanta's 78.1% and under the middle value for the 343 cities this site covers, 74.0%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.
Show the numbers
| 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% |
What sets the city apart is that AT&T's copper network has not left the map. DSL shows up at 78.2% of locations, which ranks tied for 32nd highest among large cities; Georgia as a whole is at 46.4% and the country at 36.2%. In June 2022 the DSL share was 77.7%3, so four years of fiber growth have not shrunk it. Add AT&T's fiber share to the DSL share and the total is larger than AT&T's entire footprint (94.5%1): across a large part of the city AT&T reports fiber and DSL for the same address. A DSL listing therefore does not mean a home lacks fiber. AT&T's DSL tops out at 100 Mbps download in its filings.
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.
Show the numbers
| Area | DSL available |
|---|---|
| Sandy Springs | 78.2% |
| Atlanta | 56.0% |
| South Fulton | 48.2% |
| Savannah | 47.8% |
| Georgia | 46.4% |
| Columbus | 43.7% |
| United States | 36.2% |
Little fiber-on-fiber competition
Locations where two or more fiber companies both report service make up 0.3% of Sandy Springs, a share that ranks tied for 68th lowest among large cities. In Atlanta it is 15.8%, mostly where Google Fiber overlaps AT&T. Google Fiber's footprint in Sandy Springs covers 0.6%1 of the city. Someone who wants fiber here will, at nearly every address that has it, find AT&T as the one fiber company on file.
A single fast wire at a fifth of locations
Wired service at 100/20 Mbps or faster covers 99.9% of the city. At 22.0% only one company offers it on a wire: Xfinity alone at 21.3%, AT&T alone at 0.7%. At most of those locations AT&T is on file only with slower DSL or fixed wireless service. Four years earlier the one-wire share stood at 33.7%3. A choice of two or more such wires now covers 77.9%, ahead of Georgia's 62.0% but a little short of the large-city midpoint, 76.8%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.
Show the numbers
| Area | None | One | Two | Three or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Springs | 0.1% | 22.0% | 77.4% | 0.5% |
| Atlanta | 0.4% | 20.7% | 62.9% | 16.0% |
| Georgia | 4.0% | 34.0% | 51.7% | 10.3% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Gaps come down to a few dozen addresses. With no wire offering 100/20 Mbps: 25 locations. With nothing land-based at that speed, fixed wireless included: 13. Satellite as the sole reported option: 4. By BEAD's yardstick (no wired or licensed fixed wireless service reaching 25/3 Mbps), 61 count as unserved.
Gigabit uploads beyond AT&T's fiber
Coverage has changed little since 2022; advertised speed tiers have changed a lot. In June 2022 the FCC's gigabit tier (1,000 Mbps down, 100 Mbps or more up) appeared at 59.8% of locations, roughly where fiber ran then. Today it appears at 99.4%, as does symmetrical 100/100 Mbps wired service (99.4%). Fiber covers 73.7%, so the remainder of that footprint is Xfinity cable. A top advertised download of 2 Gbps or more now applies to 99.0%1 of the city, compared with 41.5%3 in 2022.
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.
Show the numbers
| Measure | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiber available | 59.8% | 73.9% | 73.7% | 13.9 pts |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 59.8% | 99.4% | 99.4% | 39.6 pts |
| One wired choice | 33.7% | 21.8% | 22.0% | −11.7 pts |
| Licensed fixed wireless | 95.6% | 88.0% | 88.4% | −7.2 pts |
Every speed here is a ceiling a provider advertises, not something anyone measured. Prices are not part of the FCC filings; a provider's broadband facts label shows its plans and what they cost.
Fixed wireless: more carriers, a smaller footprint
Sandy Springs is one of the large cities where fixed wireless home internet reaches the fewest locations. Licensed fixed wireless, the category that includes 5G home internet, covers 88.4% of the city, which ranks tied for 48th lowest among large cities though above Georgia's 84.6%. Back in June 2022, 2 companies reported it at 95.6%3; now 31 companies report it, over less of the city.
Verizon lists over three times as many Sandy Springs locations as in 2022, 77.5% of the city, and advertises downloads up to 1 Gbps. T-Mobile lists 72.7%, advertising up to 100 Mbps. Their 100/20 Mbps footprints are narrower: 31.9% for Verizon, 41.5%1 for T-Mobile. Because customers on one cell sector split its capacity, the carriers decide eligibility address by address, and being on the map does not guarantee a sign-up.
Nearly every household subscribes
Subscriptions come from a different source, the Census Bureau's 2025 one-year survey, and it measures households rather than locations. It puts Sandy Springs households with some broadband subscription at 98.9%, give or take ±1.0 percentage points; by point estimate that is 2nd highest among large cities. Georgia's estimate is 94.4% (±0.2 percentage points) and Atlanta's 92.8% (±1.4 percentage points), and neither range touches the Sandy Springs one. Just 1.1% of households in the city reported no internet subscription at all (±0.8 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.
Show the numbers
| Measure | Share | MOE |
|---|---|---|
| Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations) | 99.9% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 87.8% | ±2.1 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 8.4% | ±2.9 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 1.1% | ±0.8 |
Wired subscriptions over cable, fiber or DSL: 87.8% (±2.1 percentage points). A phone data plan as the only connection: 8.4% (±2.9 percentage points2). The 2019 survey had broadband at 93.8% (±2.5 percentage points5). Single-year results for a city this size move around between releases. Pooling 2020–2024, the five-year survey has 4.7% of households unsubscribed (±1.5 percentage points6), so read the latest year as "very high", not as a precise rate.
Beside Atlanta and South Fulton
Sandy Springs, Atlanta and South Fulton all have the same two near-universal wires, Xfinity cable and AT&T fiber. What differs is the rest: how much copper is still listed, how often a second fiber network overlaps, and how far fixed wireless reaches. The table sets those measures side by side from one FCC release.
| Area | Fiber available | DSL available | Two or more fiber networks | Two or more wired choices | Licensed fixed wireless |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Springs, Georgia | 73.7% | 78.2% | 0.3% | 77.9% | 88.4% |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 78.1% | 56.0% | 15.8% | 78.9% | 95.5% |
| South Fulton, Georgia | 89.5% | 48.2% | 17.3% | 88.6% | 93.7% |
| Georgia | 70.3% | 46.4% | 9.9% | 62.0% | 84.6% |
| United States | 62.6% | 36.2% | 12.1% | 55.6% | 87.3% |
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.
Each of those cities has its own page (Atlanta, South Fulton); county-by-county figures and Georgia's BEAD plan are on the Georgia page.
Sandy Springs internet questions
What internet providers are available in Sandy Springs, Georgia?
As of June 30, 2026, Xfinity reports service at 99.2% of Sandy Springs locations, almost entirely over cable, and AT&T at 94.5%, by fiber, DSL or fixed wireless. Verizon (77.5%) and T-Mobile (72.7%1) report fixed wireless home internet. Starlink, Viasat and HughesNet report satellite service at every location. Other wired companies list a few dozen locations or fewer.
Is fiber internet available in Sandy Springs?
At 73.7% of locations inside the city limits, against 70.3% for Georgia and 62.6% for the US. Nearly all of it is AT&T's network, and only 0.3%1 of locations have two or more separate fiber providers.
Is Google Fiber available in Sandy Springs?
Only at a handful of addresses. Google Fiber reports 111 locations in Sandy Springs in the June 30, 2026 data, 0.6% of the city, with a fastest advertised download of 5 Gbps1. Its larger network is described on the Atlanta page.
How many internet providers are in Sandy Springs?
5 companies report wired service somewhere in the city and 7 report any land-based service, counting fixed wireless. At a typical location the number that matters is smaller: on average 1.78 wired providers offer 100/20 Mbps, and three or more do at only 0.5%1 of locations.
Checking one address in Sandy Springs
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 Georgia
The state picture, county by county: internet in Georgia. Other large cities in the state: Atlanta, Columbus, Augusta, Macon, Savannah, Athens and South Fulton. Compare Sandy Springs 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.