Internet in Meridian, Idaho

Providers reporting service in Meridian

As of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), 12 companies report fixed internet service on the ground in Meridian, a city of 142,988³ people with 45,659 homes and businesses on the FCC's location list. Sparklight is the only one present almost everywhere, at 99.2%¹ of locations. Apart from the three satellite companies, every other company covers part of the city, and the fiber companies cover different parts.

A company is counted at a location when it reports to the FCC that it would install service there within ten business days of an order. These are the companies' own filings, open to challenge, with no prices or speed tests attached. Starlink, HughesNet and Viasat report service at virtually every address in the country, Meridian included. Setting satellite aside, 40¹ locations in the city have no wired or wireless option reaching 100/20 Mbps.

Fiber went from minority to majority

In June 2022, fiber was reported at 29.9%² of Meridian's locations, mostly over CenturyLink's network. It is now at 75.1%, a rise of 45.2 percentage points that is the 44th highest among the 343 US cities of 100,000 or more. A large part came in a single half-year: between December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026 the share rose 11.3 percentage points, the 17th highest¹ gain of any large city in that release.

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

Fiber available75.1% +45.2 pts

Two or more fiber networks21.5% +18.5 pts

Cable available80.8% −18.6 pts

DSL available66.5% −7.0 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	29.9%	63.8%	75.1%	45.2 pts
Two or more fiber networks	3.0%	21.4%	21.5%	18.5 pts
Cable available	99.5%	81.7%	80.8%	−18.6 pts
DSL available	73.5%	68.0%	66.5%	−7.0 pts

Five networks make up the total, according to the FCC's Idaho location files:

• Fatbeam reports fiber at 34.7% of locations, almost all of it filed as residential service, with downloads advertised up to 5 Gbps. Its footprint was small in June 2022 and grew by nearly half in the latest six months alone.
• AT&T reports fiber at 25.6%, advertised up to 8 Gbps. At nearly all of these addresses the December 2025 files showed fiber from CenturyLink's parent company, branded Quantum Fiber or CenturyLink. AT&T's appearance in Meridian reflects who files for that network more than new construction; it reported no service in the city in 2022.
• Sparklight reports fiber at 19.5%, largely at locations where it does not also report cable.
• TDS reports fiber at 12.6%, up to 8 Gbps¹, and Silver Star Communications reports a smaller fiber footprint.

Because several of these networks overlap, two or more fiber providers are reported at 21.5% of locations, the 87th highest¹ share among large cities, up from 3.0%² in 2022.

How much of the fiber is for homes

Syringa Networks files fiber in Meridian as well, but every one of its records is coded as business-only service, so this page, like the FCC map's default view, leaves it out. Most of the rise in the latest six months, 11.3 percentage points¹, came from Fatbeam's network in particular. For one specific home, the provider's own sign-up check and the FCC map are the only ways to tell.

Sparklight is rarely the only wire now

In 2022, Sparklight was the only wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps at most addresses: 66.0%² of locations had exactly one such provider. As of June 30, 2026 that share is 25.3%, and Sparklight is the single wire at 25.1%. Two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps are reported at 74.2% of locations, against 38.5% across Idaho, and three or more at 11.8%¹.

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Meridian

Boise

Idaho

United States

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
Meridian	0.5%	25.3%	62.5%	11.8%
Boise	0.8%	57.9%	39.5%	1.7%
Idaho	22.4%	39.1%	28.3%	10.2%
United States	7.8%	36.6%	44.6%	11.1%

Cable's own reach has shrunk on paper: cable is reported at 80.8% of locations, down from 99.5%² in 2022 and a share that ranks tied for 21st lowest¹ among large cities. Sparklight still reaches almost every location; in parts of the city it now reports fiber where it once reported cable.

Gigabit downloads, unequal uploads

Almost every location, 99.6%, has a 1 Gbps download on offer, because Sparklight files that speed citywide. Its uploads are another matter: in the Idaho files, every Sparklight cable record in Meridian and nearly all of its fiber records pair the 1 Gbps download with a 50 Mbps upload. The FCC's gigabit tier, 1,000/100 Mbps, therefore depends on the other fiber networks: it is reported at 72.0% of locations, up from 11.5%² in 2022, and symmetrical 100/100 Mbps service at 72.7%. The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 58.5%¹ of locations. Every speed here is a provider's advertised ceiling as filed with the FCC; none is a test result.

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

Meridian

Idaho

United States

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
Meridian	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	41.0%	58.5%
Idaho	4.0%	4.8%	5.2%	4.7%	2.9%	40.2%	38.3%
United States	2.4%	1.6%	1.8%	1.4%	0.9%	31.0%	61.0%

Meridian beside Boise and Nampa

Meridian now has more fiber than the state capital next door. Boise reports fiber at 36.1% of locations and Nampa at 74.0%; Among large US cities Meridian ranks 166th highest on that measure; the median is 74.0%¹.

The city is also adding locations. The FCC's list for Meridian grew by 5,317¹ since June 2022 to the list, which is why this page compares shares rather than counts.

Copper and wireless alongside

The old telephone network still shows up widely. DSL appears at 66.5% of locations, down from 73.5%², nearly all of it CenturyLink's; at its fastest it is advertised at 140 Mbps, and it meets 100/20 Mbps at just 4.9%¹.

Wireless home internet over licensed spectrum, the category for 5G and LTE home service, covers 92.6% of the city on the map. The carriers' reach and their speeds differ: Verizon files 71.5% of locations and reaches 100/20 Mbps at 27.4%, while T-Mobile files 58.3% and reaches that speed at 3.0%¹. AT&T's wireless service covers more of Meridian than its fiber does.

Three other wireless companies file large parts of the city too: Anthem Broadband (33.0%), White Cloud Communications (24.4%) and Rise Broadband (36.5%¹). Rise's Meridian service falls short of 100/20 Mbps nearly everywhere it is filed. A tower sector's capacity is split among its users, so carriers can turn away an address the map lists.

What households subscribe to

Availability is one measure; what people pay for is another. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 85.2% of Meridian households had a cable, fiber or DSL subscription (margin of error ±2.7 percentage points), 8.5% used only a cellular data plan and 5.3%⁵ had no subscription at all. The survey samples households across a year, while the FCC map lists locations on a single date, so the figures sit side by side rather than adding up.

Meridian lies in Ada County; county figures for all of the state are on the Idaho page.