Internet in Rockford, Illinois

Who reports service in Rockford

Every provider below reports to the FCC where it can install service within ten business days; a provider's share is the share of Rockford's 49,962¹ homes and businesses (locations, not households) where it reports any service, as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026). Xfinity's cable network is the one wire that reaches almost everywhere. The other wired names are mostly fiber companies, and none of them covers the whole city.

AT&T's large share is misleading for anyone looking for a fast line: most of it is DSL over copper with an advertised maximum well under 100 Mbps, and AT&T offers 100/20 Mbps at only 7.1% of locations. DSL is still reported at 58.4% of locations, down 3.8 percentage points¹ since June 2022.

From one location in ten to two in three with fiber

Only a few dozen large cities have changed as much since the first National Broadband Map. Fiber availability rose by 58.7 percentage points between June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2026, a gain that ranks 25th highest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. Most of it is recent: since December 31, 2025 alone the share rose by 17.7 percentage points, the 3rd highest increase among large cities over those six months. Rockford now has fiber at more of its locations than Illinois as a whole (48.4%), though still below the national share of 62.6%¹.

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

Fiber available58.7% +58.7 pts

Two or more wired choices58.6% +58.6 pts

Two or more fiber networks11.9% +11.9 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	0.0%	40.9%	58.7%	58.7 pts
Two or more wired choices	0.0%	40.9%	58.6%	58.6 pts
Two or more fiber networks	0.0%	3.6%	11.9%	11.9 pts

Paterson, New Jersey −4.4 ptsSimi Valley, California 96.9 pts

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: change since June 30, 2022
Simi Valley, California	96.9 pts
Rio Rancho, New Mexico	95.7 pts
Brockton, Massachusetts	90.1 pts
Greeley, Colorado	89.9 pts
Yuma, Arizona	88.9 pts
Norfolk, Virginia	87.5 pts
Tyler, Texas	85.0 pts
West Jordan, Utah	82.1 pts
Alexandria, Virginia	77.8 pts
Killeen, Texas	77.4 pts
Lowell, Massachusetts	76.5 pts
Suffolk, Virginia	74.8 pts
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma	73.2 pts
Pueblo, Colorado	72.4 pts
Sugar Land, Texas	72.0 pts
Deltona, Florida	70.4 pts
Lancaster, California	68.5 pts
Surprise, Arizona	66.8 pts
Des Moines, Iowa	66.2 pts
Palm Coast, Florida	63.6 pts
Westminster, Colorado	62.3 pts
Goodyear, Arizona	61.6 pts
Brownsville, Texas	61.0 pts
Wichita Falls, Texas	59.8 pts
Rockford, Illinois	58.7 pts
Fayetteville, North Carolina	57.5 pts
Laredo, Texas	57.1 pts
Nampa, Idaho	56.8 pts
Green Bay, Wisconsin	55.2 pts
Buckeye, Arizona	54.2 pts
Port St. Lucie, Florida	52.8 pts
Edmond, Oklahoma	52.7 pts
Colorado Springs, Colorado	50.3 pts
Mesa, Arizona	49.1 pts
Coral Springs, Florida	49.0 pts
McKinney, Texas	48.8 pts
Edinburg, Texas	48.3 pts
Sioux Falls, South Dakota	48.1 pts
Lansing, Michigan	47.4 pts
Glendale, Arizona	47.3 pts
Round Rock, Texas	46.4 pts
Miami Gardens, Florida	46.1 pts
Columbia, Missouri	45.7 pts
Meridian, Idaho	45.2 pts
Wichita, Kansas	44.9 pts
Palm Bay, Florida	44.6 pts
Savannah, Georgia	43.9 pts
Santa Clara, California	43.3 pts
Gainesville, Florida	43.1 pts
Grand Rapids, Michigan	42.9 pts
St. Petersburg, Florida	42.8 pts
Eugene, Oregon	42.8 pts
Independence, Missouri	42.5 pts
Thornton, Colorado	42.2 pts
Springfield, Massachusetts	41.1 pts
Arlington, Texas	40.5 pts
Pearland, Texas	40.3 pts
Knoxville, Tennessee	39.8 pts
Odessa, Texas	39.1 pts
St. Paul, Minnesota	38.9 pts
Toledo, Ohio	38.6 pts
Tuscaloosa, Alabama	38.3 pts
Topeka, Kansas	38.1 pts
Billings, Montana	37.7 pts
Conroe, Texas	37.5 pts
Georgetown, Texas	37.5 pts
Chula Vista, California	37.2 pts
Shreveport, Louisiana	37.1 pts
Buffalo, New York	36.9 pts
Manchester, New Hampshire	36.8 pts
Concord, North Carolina	36.3 pts
Worcester, Massachusetts	35.3 pts
Avondale, Arizona	35.3 pts
McAllen, Texas	34.9 pts
New Orleans, Louisiana	34.7 pts
Pasadena, Texas	34.5 pts
Baton Rouge, Louisiana	34.2 pts
Frisco, Texas	34.1 pts
Spokane, Washington	34.0 pts
Aurora, Colorado	33.6 pts
Norman, Oklahoma	33.5 pts
Lakewood, Colorado	33.3 pts
Grand Prairie, Texas	33.2 pts
Fort Myers, Florida	33.1 pts
Orlando, Florida	33.1 pts
New Haven, Connecticut	33.0 pts
Albuquerque, New Mexico	33.0 pts
Columbia, South Carolina	32.8 pts
Wilmington, North Carolina	32.6 pts
Las Cruces, New Mexico	32.4 pts
Fullerton, California	32.2 pts
Peoria, Arizona	32.1 pts
New York, New York	30.8 pts
Jacksonville, Florida	30.1 pts
Memphis, Tennessee	30.0 pts
Palmdale, California	29.8 pts
Abilene, Texas	29.8 pts
Tulsa, Oklahoma	29.7 pts
Syracuse, New York	29.6 pts
Pompano Beach, Florida	29.4 pts
Hartford, Connecticut	29.2 pts
St. George, Utah	29.0 pts
Montgomery, Alabama	28.9 pts
Bend, Oregon	28.6 pts
Columbus, Georgia	28.6 pts
Carlsbad, California	28.5 pts
Jackson, Mississippi	28.4 pts
El Cajon, California	28.4 pts
Sparks, Nevada	28.3 pts
Tucson, Arizona	27.9 pts
Bridgeport, Connecticut	27.6 pts
Omaha, Nebraska	27.5 pts
New Braunfels, Texas	27.4 pts
North Las Vegas, Nevada	27.3 pts
Cedar Rapids, Iowa	27.0 pts
Durham, North Carolina	26.9 pts
Akron, Ohio	26.8 pts
Madison, Wisconsin	26.6 pts
Gilbert, Arizona	26.6 pts
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	26.5 pts
Peoria, Illinois	26.3 pts
Chesapeake, Virginia	26.3 pts
Springfield, Missouri	26.2 pts
Fort Lauderdale, Florida	26.2 pts
Mesquite, Texas	26.1 pts
Pasadena, California	25.3 pts
Little Rock, Arkansas	25.2 pts
Pembroke Pines, Florida	25.0 pts
Boca Raton, Florida	24.9 pts
Miramar, Florida	24.7 pts
Chandler, Arizona	24.6 pts
Macon, Georgia	24.3 pts
Vancouver, Washington	24.3 pts
Houston, Texas	24.0 pts
Las Vegas, Nevada	23.4 pts
Louisville, Kentucky	23.3 pts
Lakeland, Florida	23.0 pts
South Bend, Indiana	22.9 pts
Midland, Texas	22.4 pts
Lubbock, Texas	22.1 pts
Clearwater, Florida	21.7 pts
Arvada, Colorado	21.6 pts
Burbank, California	21.4 pts
Rochester, New York	21.2 pts
Dayton, Ohio	20.7 pts
Austin, Texas	20.6 pts
Indianapolis, Indiana	20.1 pts
Mobile, Alabama	20.0 pts
Allen, Texas	20.0 pts
Reno, Nevada	19.6 pts
Ann Arbor, Michigan	19.2 pts
Aurora, Illinois	19.1 pts
Santa Maria, California	19.0 pts
Amarillo, Texas	19.0 pts
Inglewood, California	18.9 pts
Hayward, California	18.9 pts
Columbus, Ohio	18.7 pts
Sterling Heights, Michigan	18.6 pts
Fort Worth, Texas	18.5 pts
Winston-Salem, North Carolina	18.4 pts
Vallejo, California	18.4 pts
College Station, Texas	18.2 pts
Charleston, South Carolina	18.1 pts
Boise, Idaho	18.0 pts
El Paso, Texas	17.6 pts
Concord, California	17.6 pts
Springfield, Illinois	17.3 pts
Spokane Valley, Washington	17.1 pts
West Palm Beach, Florida	17.0 pts
High Point, North Carolina	16.8 pts
Waterbury, Connecticut	16.7 pts
Nashville, Tennessee	16.7 pts
Davie, Florida	16.7 pts
Virginia Beach, Virginia	16.5 pts
Athens, Georgia	16.5 pts
Torrance, California	16.4 pts
South Fulton, Georgia	16.2 pts
Irvine, California	16.1 pts
Daly City, California	16.0 pts
Hollywood, Florida	15.9 pts
Joliet, Illinois	15.9 pts
Warren, Michigan	15.9 pts
San Antonio, Texas	15.7 pts
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	15.7 pts
Miami, Florida	15.6 pts
Glendale, California	15.4 pts
Costa Mesa, California	15.3 pts
Chico, California	15.2 pts
Baltimore, Maryland	15.2 pts
Dearborn, Michigan	15.1 pts
Stockton, California	15.1 pts
San Angelo, Texas	14.7 pts
Honolulu, Hawaii	14.5 pts
San Diego, California	14.5 pts
Detroit, Michigan	14.0 pts
North Charleston, South Carolina	13.9 pts
Sandy Springs, Georgia	13.9 pts
Sunnyvale, California	13.8 pts
Riverside, California	13.7 pts
Denver, Colorado	13.6 pts
Birmingham, Alabama	13.6 pts
Henderson, Nevada	13.5 pts
Cleveland, Ohio	13.3 pts
San Jose, California	13.1 pts
Jurupa Valley, California	13.1 pts
Corpus Christi, Texas	13.1 pts
Dallas, Texas	13.1 pts
Murfreesboro, Tennessee	12.9 pts
Santa Ana, California	12.7 pts
Richmond, California	12.6 pts
Salinas, California	12.3 pts
Los Angeles, California	12.3 pts
Kansas City, Missouri	12.2 pts
Overland Park, Kansas	12.1 pts
Bakersfield, California	12.1 pts
Cape Coral, Florida	12.1 pts
Fremont, California	12.0 pts
Rancho Cucamonga, California	11.9 pts
Rialto, California	11.8 pts
Antioch, California	11.5 pts
St. Louis, Missouri	11.2 pts
Waco, Texas	10.9 pts
Cincinnati, Ohio	10.7 pts
Fargo, North Dakota	10.7 pts
Charlotte, North Carolina	10.6 pts
Santa Rosa, California	10.6 pts
Kent, Washington	10.5 pts
Augusta, Georgia	10.5 pts
Hialeah, Florida	10.3 pts
Orange, California	10.1 pts
Bellevue, Washington	10.0 pts
Kansas City, Kansas	9.9 pts
Garden Grove, California	9.9 pts
Salem, Oregon	9.8 pts
Atlanta, Georgia	9.4 pts
Centennial, Colorado	9.3 pts
Fairfield, California	9.3 pts
Fontana, California	9.2 pts
Greensboro, North Carolina	9.2 pts
Fayetteville, Arkansas	8.9 pts
Quincy, Massachusetts	8.9 pts
Elizabeth, New Jersey	8.9 pts
Escondido, California	8.8 pts
Anaheim, California	8.7 pts
Hesperia, California	8.7 pts
Tallahassee, Florida	8.7 pts
Raleigh, North Carolina	8.6 pts
Provo, Utah	8.5 pts
Fresno, California	8.4 pts
Corona, California	8.2 pts
Tracy, California	8.2 pts
Garland, Texas	8.0 pts
Seattle, Washington	8.0 pts
Yonkers, New York	7.7 pts
Minneapolis, Minnesota	7.5 pts
Oceanside, California	7.3 pts
Salt Lake City, Utah	7.3 pts
Denton, Texas	7.3 pts
Modesto, California	7.3 pts
Olathe, Kansas	7.2 pts
Victorville, California	7.1 pts
Fishers, Indiana	7.0 pts
Sacramento, California	7.0 pts
Santa Clarita, California	7.0 pts
El Monte, California	7.0 pts
Ventura, California	6.8 pts
Clovis, California	6.6 pts
Irving, Texas	6.5 pts
League City, Texas	6.5 pts
Moreno Valley, California	5.5 pts
Elk Grove, California	5.4 pts
Phoenix, Arizona	5.4 pts
Beaumont, Texas	5.3 pts
San Francisco, California	5.3 pts
Anchorage, Alaska	5.2 pts
Roseville, California	4.9 pts
Menifee, California	4.8 pts
Huntsville, Alabama	4.6 pts
Newark, New Jersey	4.6 pts
Clarksville, Tennessee	4.5 pts
Visalia, California	4.5 pts
Scottsdale, Arizona	4.2 pts
Chicago, Illinois	4.1 pts
Fort Collins, Colorado	4.1 pts
Carmel, Indiana	4.0 pts
Oakland, California	3.9 pts
Hampton, Virginia	3.7 pts
Lafayette, Louisiana	3.6 pts
San Mateo, California	3.5 pts
Downey, California	3.5 pts
Pomona, California	3.3 pts
West Valley City, Utah	3.2 pts
Lee's Summit, Missouri	3.1 pts
San Bernardino, California	3.0 pts
Vacaville, California	2.9 pts
West Covina, California	2.8 pts
Tacoma, Washington	2.8 pts
Everett, Washington	2.6 pts
Naperville, Illinois	2.5 pts
Davenport, Iowa	2.4 pts
Cary, North Carolina	2.3 pts
Boulder, Colorado	2.1 pts
Renton, Washington	2.1 pts
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	2.0 pts
Carrollton, Texas	1.9 pts
Richardson, Texas	1.8 pts
Portland, Oregon	1.8 pts
Albany, New York	1.6 pts
Plano, Texas	1.5 pts
Gresham, Oregon	1.4 pts
Fort Wayne, Indiana	1.2 pts
Ontario, California	0.9 pts
Washington, District of Columbia	0.9 pts
Lexington, Kentucky	0.9 pts
Long Beach, California	0.9 pts
Tempe, Arizona	0.9 pts
Berkeley, California	0.9 pts
Huntington Beach, California	0.8 pts
Richmond, Virginia	0.8 pts
Elgin, Illinois	0.6 pts
Newport News, Virginia	0.6 pts
Lewisville, Texas	0.6 pts
Temecula, California	0.2 pts
Cambridge, Massachusetts	0.2 pts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	0.1 pts
Longmont, Colorado	0.1 pts
Lincoln, Nebraska	0.0 pts
New Bedford, Massachusetts	0.0 pts
Chattanooga, Tennessee	0.0 pts
Thousand Oaks, California	−0.1 pts
Tampa, Florida	−0.3 pts
Hillsboro, Oregon	−0.7 pts
Rochester, Minnesota	−0.8 pts
Allentown, Pennsylvania	−0.9 pts
Lynn, Massachusetts	−0.9 pts
Murrieta, California	−1.2 pts
Boston, Massachusetts	−1.4 pts
Jersey City, New Jersey	−1.4 pts
Stamford, Connecticut	−1.9 pts
Providence, Rhode Island	−2.2 pts
Evansville, Indiana	−2.7 pts
Oxnard, California	−3.2 pts
Paterson, New Jersey	−4.4 pts

Choice moved with it. In June 2022, 99.3%² of locations had exactly one wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps; now 41.2% do. The share with two or more rose by 58.6 percentage points, and the share where two or more fiber networks overlap reached 11.9%¹.

Several fiber builders, mostly at different locations

The new fiber does not come from one company. T-Mobile reports fiber at 37.4% of locations. T-Mobile's fiber business includes the former Metronet network: its 2025 annual report to the SEC says that after it and KKR completed the joint acquisition of Metronet on July 24, 2025, Metronet became a wholesale provider and its residential fiber customers moved to T-Mobile. i3 Broadband, which reported no service in Rockford in June 2022, now reports fiber at 25.8%. AT&T (4.4%) and Frontier (3.0%¹) add fiber at smaller shares.

Together 5 providers report fiber somewhere in the city. Because their areas overlap only at 11.9%¹ of locations, the typical fiber address has one fiber network competing with Xfinity's cable, not two fiber networks competing with each other.

Where Xfinity is still the only wire

Xfinity is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps for 41.1% of Rockford's locations. Wired service of 100/20 Mbps or more is reported at 99.8% of locations; only 100 locations have none. No location in the city is left with satellite alone (0.0%¹).

Among the larger downstate cities, Peoria has two or more wired choices at 77.6% of locations and Springfield at 64.6%, against Rockford's 58.6%. Elgin, with a second cable network, reaches 93.5% with fiber at only 27.3%¹: in Rockford the second wire is almost always fiber.

Gigabit with fast uploads at nine locations in ten

The speed figures changed even more than the fiber share. Service of 1 Gbps download and at least 100 Mbps upload (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) is advertised at 91.0% of locations, up from 0.0%² in June 2022. Fiber reaches only 58.7%, so the rest of that gigabit coverage is Xfinity's cable network, now reported with uploads of 100 Mbps or more across the city. The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 91.0%¹ of locations. These are maximums providers advertise, not measured speeds.

Fixed wireless and 5G home internet

Counting its 5G home internet and its fiber together, T-Mobile reports service at 86.6% of locations, with 100/20 Mbps at 53.0%. Verizon reports fixed wireless at 70.4% of locations, with 100/20 Mbps at 23.1%. Rise Broadband reports fixed wireless at 21.0%¹. Fixed wireless capacity is shared on each tower sector and carriers decide eligibility address by address, so these shares mark where service is reported, not where every home could sign up at once.

Networks everywhere, subscriptions behind

The gap in Rockford is not the network but the subscription. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 90.0% of Rockford households had a broadband subscription of any type (margin of error ±2.4 percentage points), tied for 10th lowest among large cities with survey estimates, against 93.4% for Illinois. 9.6% had no internet subscription (±2.3 percentage points), and 14.6%⁴ relied only on a cellular data plan. Neighboring cities in that ranking may not differ significantly, but the gap with the state is larger than the margins.

Elgin95.5% ±2.3

Springfield95.0% ±2.0

Illinois93.4% ±0.2

Peoria92.4% ±2.4

Chicago92.0% ±0.6

Rockford90.0% ±2.4

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables. Whiskers show the 90% margin of error. Period: 2025.

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Area	Households with a broadband subscription of any type	MOE
Elgin	95.5%	±2.3
Springfield	95.0%	±2.0
Illinois	93.4%	±0.2
Peoria	92.4%	±2.4
Chicago	92.0%	±0.6
Rockford	90.0%	±2.4

The trend is upward: in the 2019 survey the broadband share was 82.5% (±3.0 percentage points⁵). Survey figures count households over a year; the FCC figures count locations on one date, so the two measure different things.

Rockford is the seat of Winnebago County; the Illinois page maps every county, and Chicago, Peoria and Springfield have their own pages.