Internet in South Bend, Indiana
Fiber is available at 69.1% of the 39,238 homes and businesses the FCC counts in South Bend, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 99.5%. 72.8% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 26.7% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
South Bend in Indiana
South Bend has two wires, Xfinity's cable and AT&T's fiber, and, in the FCC's latest release, a third option that is mostly not a wire: Fourway, a regional company, reports 100/20 Mbps or faster, largely by fixed wireless, at 97.1%1 of the city's homes and businesses. At the same time, 20.0%2 of households rely only on a cellular data plan, one of the highest shares among large US cities.
Three companies at almost every address
The FCC National Broadband Map counts 39,238 homes and businesses inside South Bend's city limits as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026). Three companies report service at nearly all of them, each mainly over a different technology. Xfinity reaches 99.3% over cable. Fourway reaches 97.2%, almost entirely by fixed wireless. AT&T reaches 96.3%, with fiber at 64.3%1 and older DSL or fixed wireless elsewhere.
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 99.3% | 99.3% | 2 Gbps | 26.6% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourway | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 97.2% | 97.1% | 400 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 96.3% | 70.2% | 5 Gbps | 0.1% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 88.0% | 35.9% | 300 Mbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 82.0% | 25.5% | 100 Mbps | – |
| W A T C H TV | Fixed wireless | 16.0% | 0.0% | 25 Mbps | – |
| Surf Internet | Fiber | 6.7% | 6.7% | 5 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Mercury Fiber | Licensed wireless | 5.9% | 5.9% | 150 Mbps | – |
| Metronet | Fiber | 2.2% | 2.2% | 5 Gbps | 0.1% |
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, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
"Reported" is the key word. A provider lists a location as served if it could install standard service there within ten business days, and anyone can challenge a listing on the FCC map. The three satellite companies, HughesNet, Starlink and Viasat, report every location in the city, but none is the only option anywhere: satellite-only locations are 0.0%1.
Cable everywhere, AT&T fiber at most addresses
For wired internet, South Bend is a two-network city. Xfinity's cable offers 100/20 Mbps at 99.3% of locations. Fiber from any company reaches 69.1%, close to Indiana's 70.6% and above the US figure of 62.6%, and most of it is AT&T's network. Where the two overlap, a home has two wired choices at 100/20 Mbps; that is the case at 68.4%1 of locations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Bend | 0.5% | 26.7% | 68.4% | 4.4% |
| Indiana | 7.6% | 32.4% | 46.0% | 14.0% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Where AT&T has not built fiber, Xfinity is often the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps: it is the sole fast wire at 26.6% of locations. In June 2022, 45.2%3 of locations had just one wired provider at that speed. Across Indiana, 60.0% of locations have two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps; in South Bend the figure is 72.8%1.
Fourway's wireless network in the latest release
The change that sets South Bend apart in the latest release is wireless, not fiber. Fourway reported service at 97.2% of the city's locations as of June 30, 2026, and 100/20 Mbps or faster at 97.1%. Most of it is licensed and unlicensed fixed wireless, and its fastest advertised download in the city is 400 Mbps. Nationally, Fourway reports 160,569 locations, 159,7901 of them in Indiana; its count changed by +113,3354 since December 31, 2025.
The citywide wireless figures jumped in the same release. Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps went from 47.1% of locations in December 2025 to 98.2%, the 8th highest share among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more (US: 47.9%). Unlicensed fixed wireless, which uses shared spectrum, rose from 17.7% to 86.1%. Counting wireless as well as wires, 84.6%1 of locations now have three or more providers at 100/20 Mbps, up from 36.5%4 six months earlier.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three or more terrestrial choices | 40.7% | 36.5% | 84.6% | 43.9 pts |
| Fixed wireless 100/20 | 61.1% | 47.1% | 98.2% | 37.1 pts |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 27.4% | 17.7% | 86.1% | 58.7 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 54.3% | 69.4% | 72.8% | 18.5 pts |
| Fiber available | 46.1% | 65.2% | 69.1% | 22.9 pts |
| Area | Fixed wireless 100/20 | Unlicensed fixed wireless | Three or more terrestrial choices | Two or more wired choices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Bend, Indiana | 98.2% | 86.1% | 84.6% | 72.8% |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | 56.4% | 10.5% | 56.8% | 77.4% |
| Fort Wayne, Indiana | 63.1% | 15.6% | 61.6% | 88.1% |
| Evansville, Indiana | 54.2% | 15.4% | 39.0% | 62.6% |
| Carmel, Indiana | 62.3% | 27.0% | 71.4% | 90.2% |
| Fishers, Indiana | 59.4% | 3.1% | 67.1% | 92.9% |
| Indiana | 52.8% | 27.6% | 48.4% | 60.0% |
| United States | 47.9% | 19.7% | 43.1% | 55.6% |
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.
Fixed wireless figures describe where a provider says it can connect a customer, not how many it can connect at once. A tower sector's capacity is shared, so wireless providers decide sign-ups address by address. The competition chart earlier on this page counts wired providers only.
Smaller fiber networks and faster uploads
AT&T is not the only fiber company. 4 providers report fiber somewhere in South Bend, against 3 in June 2022. Surf Internet went from almost no locations in 2022 to fiber at 6.7% of the city now. Two or more fiber networks are reported at 4.1%1 of locations, up from 0.6%3 in 2022.
Fast uploads spread further than fiber did. Gigabit service with uploads of 100 Mbps or more (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) was advertised at 46.1%3 of locations in June 2022 and at 79.1% now, a rise of 8.8 percentage points in the latest six months alone, the 34th highest increase among large cities. That is more than the 69.1% fiber reaches, so at some locations the 1,000/100 tier is advertised over cable. A 1 Gbps download alone is reported at 99.5%1, about the same share as in 2022 and almost everywhere Xfinity reaches. These are advertised maximums, not measured speeds.
DSL over copper telephone lines has receded from 56.6%3 of locations in 2022 to 48.9%. Almost no address is left without a fast option: wired 100/20 Mbps is missing at 198 locations, and at nearly all of them (1971) fixed wireless reaches that speed.
A fifth of households on a phone plan only
Availability is one measure; what households buy is another. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 20.0% of South Bend households relied only on a cellular data plan (margin of error ±3.6 percentage points), the 16th highest estimate among large US cities and above Indiana's 14.4%2.
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 relying only on a cellular data plan | MOE |
|---|---|---|
| South Bend | 20.0% | ±3.6 |
| Evansville | 14.6% | ±2.9 |
| Fort Wayne | 14.5% | ±2.0 |
| Indianapolis | 14.4% | ±1.3 |
| Indiana | 14.4% | ±0.4 |
| Fishers | 11.6% | ±2.8 |
| Carmel | 7.8% | ±2.6 |
Wired subscriptions are low as well. 70.4% of households subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (±3.0 percentage points), a share that ranks tied for 22nd lowest2 among large cities, while wired 100/20 Mbps service is reported at 99.5%1 of locations. Survey households and FCC locations are different units on different dates, so read the gap in the chart below as a direction, not an exact count.
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) | 99.5% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 70.4% | ±3.0 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 20.0% | ±3.6 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 5.7% | ±1.6 |
Fewer households are offline than before. The share with no internet subscription at all fell from 27.6% in the 2019 survey (±4.0 percentage points) to 5.7% in 2025 (±1.6 percentage points); the margins do not overlap. Over the same period, cellular-only households rose from 10.6%5 to 20.0%2.
South Bend beside cities of its size
The table compares South Bend with the cities closest to it in population, from the same FCC release. South Bend sits in St. Joseph County; the Indiana page maps every county.
| Area | Fiber available | Gigabit (1,000/100) | Two or more wired choices | Fiber networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita Falls, Texas | 95.8% | 96.4% | 94.1% | 6 |
| Lynn, Massachusetts | 95.0% | 96.6% | 94.9% | 3 |
| San Mateo, California | 88.3% | 99.4% | 95.7% | 5 |
| Hesperia, California | 87.1% | 87.1% | 86.4% | 3 |
| South Bend, Indiana | 69.1% | 79.1% | 72.8% | 4 |
| Burbank, California | 51.8% | 52.5% | 60.4% | 3 |
| Vacaville, California | 18.6% | 93.6% | 29.6% | 2 |
| Quincy, Massachusetts | 9.0% | 57.8% | 9.8% | 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.
South Bend internet questions
What internet providers are available in South Bend?
Three companies report service at almost every location: Xfinity (99.3%, cable), Fourway (97.2%, mostly fixed wireless) and AT&T (96.3%, fiber, DSL and fixed wireless). Verizon (88.0%) and T-Mobile (82.0%1) report 5G or LTE home internet, and Surf Internet and Metronet report fiber in smaller areas. These are FCC figures as of June 30, 2026; the FCC map lists what is reported at one address.
Is fiber internet available in South Bend?
At 69.1% of locations as of June 30, 2026, against 70.6% for Indiana and 62.6% for the US. Most of it is AT&T's network, which reports fiber at 64.3% of the city. 41 companies report fiber somewhere in South Bend.
How many internet providers does South Bend have?
9 providers report fixed (non-satellite) service somewhere in the city, 4 of them over wires. At a typical address, two wired providers offer 100/20 Mbps; one does at 26.7% of locations, and three or more at 4.4%1.
Is 5G home internet available in South Bend?
Verizon reports fixed wireless at 88.0% of locations, with 100/20 Mbps or more at 35.9%; T-Mobile reports 82.0%, with 100/20 at 25.5%1. Fourway's fixed wireless service is the most widely reported at that speed. Carriers accept sign-ups address by address, because a tower's capacity is shared.
Checking one address in South Bend
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 Indiana
The state picture, county by county: internet in Indiana. Other large cities in the state: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, Carmel and Fishers. Compare South Bend 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
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.