Kansas internet, fiber from the suburbs to the High Plains
Fiber is available at 81.3% of the 1,194,113 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Kansas, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 89.2%. 64.0% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 25.2% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Midwest region, West North Central division
Kansas went from fiber at 46.3%2 of its homes and businesses in 2022 to 81.3% in 2026, built by dozens of local companies as well as the national ones. The exceptions are a cluster of southeastern counties and the 6.9%1 of locations where only fixed wireless reaches 100/20 Mbps. Most locations in the state's BEAD plan are assigned to fixed wireless, not fiber.
Who reports home internet across Kansas
84 companies report terrestrial home internet somewhere in Kansas as of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), across 1,194,1131 broadband serviceable locations: houses, apartment buildings and small businesses. A provider lists a location when it says it could connect it within ten business days for a standard installation, and anyone can challenge that claim on the FCC map.
The widest footprints belong to wireless networks. Verizon reports licensed fixed wireless at 67.1% of locations and T-Mobile at 68.9%, but they offer 100/20 Mbps at only 26.2% and 25.2% of the state's locations. Among wired networks, AT&T reports fiber at 30.6% of Kansas locations and still files DSL across much of the rest of its territory. Cox is the main cable company, at 34.9%, and the only wired 100/20 provider at 4.8%1 of locations.
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 68.9% | 25.2% | 100 Mbps | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 67.1% | 26.2% | 1 Gbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 62.1% | 36.0% | 5 Gbps | 0.5% |
| Cox | Fiber Cable | 34.9% | 34.9% | 2 Gbps | 4.8% |
| Nextlink Internet | Fiber Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 22.4% | 22.4% | 5 Gbps | 0.0% |
| IdeaTek | Fiber DSL Fixed wireless | 20.4% | 17.9% | 8 Gbps | 1.1% |
| Google Fiber | Fiber Fixed wireless | 17.7% | 17.7% | 8 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 17.7% | 17.7% | 1 Gbps | 0.7% |
| Everfast Fiber | Fiber Cable | 16.1% | 16.1% | 2 Gbps | 0.4% |
| KWIKOM Communications | Fiber Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 12.0% | 3.0% | 5 Gbps | 0.4% |
| Mercury Fiber | Fiber Licensed wireless | 10.2% | 10.2% | 5 Gbps | 0.0% |
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 (Viasat, HughesNet, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
Below the national companies, the list is made up of regional fiber and wireless networks. IdeaTek reports fiber at 17.9% of Kansas locations and an advertised top tier of 8 Gbps; its Kansas footprint, 243,554 locations, is several times what it reported in June 2022. Everfast Fiber (192,520 locations), KWIKOM Communications (143,699) and Mercury Fiber (121,462) did not file in Kansas in 2022 under those names. Mercury Fiber's footprint is almost all licensed fixed wireless despite its name: fiber accounts for 0.1%1 of the state's locations.
Fiber at four in five locations
Fiber was reported at 46.3% of Kansas locations in June 2022. Four years later it reached 81.3%, the 5th highest share among the states and well above the national 62.6%. The rise of 35.0 percentage points ranks 8th highest. Over the same period DSL, the copper service of the old phone networks, fell from 54.8%2 to 39.4%1.
Overlap grew faster than reach. In June 2022 two or more separate fiber networks served 8.2% of locations; by June 2026 the share was 33.9%, the 2nd highest in the country, against 12.1% nationally. The clearest case is Kansas City, Kansas, where Google Fiber reports service at 87.9% of locations and Everfast Fiber at 45.6%. The city's share with two fiber networks went from 4.0%2 in 2022 to 16.4%3 in December 2025 and 43.0%1 six months later.
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.
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| Area | Two or more fiber networks |
|---|---|
| Overland Park | 91.0% |
| Olathe | 82.1% |
| Kansas City | 43.0% |
| Wichita | 35.7% |
| Kansas | 33.9% |
| Topeka | 18.1% |
| United States | 12.1% |
Fiber in Kansas is not only a metro story. In 94 of the state's 1054 counties it reaches at least half of all locations, and several western counties report it at every location. One of them is Trego County, on the plains, where Nex-Tech reports fiber at 85.7%1 of locations.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties are higher. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
Three wired choices, more often than almost anywhere
Where fiber networks overlap with cable and with each other, choice follows. At 31.0% of Kansas locations three or more wired providers offer 100/20 Mbps, the 4th highest share among the states and more than twice the national 11.1%. In 2022 the figure was 11.5%. The share with exactly one wired provider fell from 49.4%2 to 25.2%, the 6th lowest1 among the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 10.8% | 25.2% | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| Kansas City | 1.2% | 7.1% | 45.7% | 46.0% |
| Wichita | 3.0% | 9.7% | 53.7% | 33.7% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
In Wichita, Cox reports service at 94.8% of locations and AT&T at 93.6%; 33.7% of the city's locations have three or more wired choices. In Johnson County, the suburban county that includes Overland Park and Olathe, 94.3%1 of locations have at least two.
A tenth of locations with no wired 100/20 offer
The fiber rank hides a gap. Wired service of 100/20 Mbps, over fiber, cable or DSL, reaches 89.2% of Kansas locations, below the national 92.3% and 15th lowest among the states. At 10.8%1 of locations no wired provider reports that speed.
Most of those locations are not offline. Licensed fixed wireless reaches 91.4% of the state, and at 64.3% of locations at least one licensed fixed wireless provider advertises 100/20 Mbps, the 4th highest share in the country. At 82,062 locations (6.9%), fixed wireless is the only way to get that speed, roughly double the national share of 3.6%; that share rose by 1.6 percentage points since 2022 while the share with no 100/20 option of any kind fell from 11.3%2 to 3.9%1.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of broadband serviceable locations where at least one provider reports the technology, at any speed; a location can have several. Satellite is reported almost everywhere and is left out.
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| Technology | Kansas | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 81.3% | 62.6% |
| Cable | 69.0% | 80.3% |
| DSL (copper) | 39.4% | 36.2% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 91.4% | 87.3% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 23.7% | 19.7% |
Where wires do reach, the advertised tiers are high. At 75.1% of locations the fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more, up from 24.0%2 in 2022 and above the national 61.0%1. These are maximum advertised speeds, not measurements.
A BEAD plan built mostly on fixed wireless
Kansas was allocated $451.7 million5 under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. Its Final Proposal, which the Kansas Office of Broadband Development submitted in September 2025 and NTIA approved in December 2025, covers 26,613 locations at a BEAD cost of $166.6 million, or $6,260 per location. Providers committed a further $61.3 million6.
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. Locations in the state's approved BEAD Final Proposal by technology of the selected projects, as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview; subject to NTIA and NIST final review and award.
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| Technology | Share of BEAD locations |
|---|---|
| Fiber | 29.5% |
| Cable | 0.0% |
| Fixed wireless | 67.5% |
| Low-Earth-orbit satellite | 3.0% |
The technology mix is the reverse of the state's existing network. 17,954 of the plan's locations (67.5%) are assigned to fixed wireless, 7,863 (29.5%) to fiber and 796 (3.0%) to low-Earth-orbit satellite. The fiber share is the 5th lowest of any state plan. $285.1 million6 of the allocation is not assigned to construction in the plan; how that money may be used was not settled as of November 2026.
Earlier programs left their own marks. Kansas received $143.4 million7 from the Treasury's Capital Projects Fund, and 21,2008 locations were reported as built with support from the FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.
| Program | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| BEAD allocation (NTIA, announced June 26, 2023) | $451,725,998 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: locations to be connected | 26,613 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: deployment cost | $166,605,020 | |
| BEAD cost per location | $6,260 | |
| BEAD allocation not assigned to deployment | $285,120,978 | |
| Treasury Capital Projects Fund allocation | $143,356,521 | |
| RDOF: locations built with support (cumulative) | 21,200 | |
| USDA ReConnect grants reported to USAspending | $3,562,517 | |
| Lifeline subscribers claimed | 3,802 | |
| Lifeline participation rate | 5.7% | |
| Households in the Affordable Connectivity Program, February 2024 | 133,746 |
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs; Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data; Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; USAC, Lifeline participation rate; USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024. BEAD figures are as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview, subject to final review; "not assigned to deployment" is the allocation minus the deployment cost (NTIA calls it savings; how it may be used is not settled). The ACP stopped taking applications on February 8, 2024 and ended on June 1, 2024.
Southeast Kansas, where the fiber stops
The lowest coverage in the state sits in a block of small counties near the Oklahoma line. Chautauqua County has the highest unserved share, 35.7% of its 2,599 locations, and the highest satellite-only share, 8.4%. Fiber reaches 10.0% of them and wired 100/20 service 24.6%; no location there has two wired providers at that speed. The most widespread terrestrial service is T-Mobile's fixed wireless, at 52.8%1.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties have larger gaps. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
Farther north, Woodson County has the lowest fiber share in Kansas, 0.0%; AT&T reports service at 34.3% of its locations, and 19.4% are unserved. In Elk County, next to Chautauqua, the share with a gigabit offer and 100 Mbps upload is 0.0%, and 15.1% are unserved. Montgomery County, east of Chautauqua, with 16,427 locations, has fiber at 36.3%, and at 17.4%1 fixed wireless is the only route to 100/20 Mbps.
| Area | Locations (BSLs) | Unserved | Satellite only | Fixed wireless only at 100/20 | Wired 100/20 Mbps | Fiber available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chautauqua County, Kansas | 2,599 | 35.7% | 8.4% | 30.5% | 24.6% | 10.0% |
| Woodson County, Kansas | 2,084 | 19.4% | 6.9% | 28.8% | 33.9% | 0.0% |
| Elk County, Kansas | 1,992 | 15.1% | 5.2% | 18.8% | 60.3% | 1.4% |
| Montgomery County, Kansas | 16,427 | 1.8% | 0.5% | 17.4% | 76.6% | 36.3% |
| Wallace County, Kansas | 1,018 | 25.8% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 63.2% | 23.4% |
| Kansas | 1,194,113 | 2.0% | 0.4% | 6.9% | 89.2% | 81.3% |
| United States | 115,784,915 | 2.4% | 0.8% | 3.6% | 92.3% | 62.6% |
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.
One western county stands apart. Wallace County, with 1,018 locations on the Colorado line, has the largest fall in reported fiber of any Kansas county: its share dropped by 28.9 percentage points to 23.4%, and 25.8%1 of its locations are unserved. The FCC data record what providers filed; they do not say why a filing changed.
The largest fiber gains run the other way. In Harvey County, north of Wichita, the fiber share rose by 82.5 percentage points since 2022, and in 21 counties it rose by 50 points or more. Sedgwick County, around Wichita, gained 47.0 percentage points1.
| Allen County | 6,744 | 65.0% | 80.5% | 50.2% | 6.3% | KWIKOM Communications | 61.0% ±3.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | 4,032 | 59.9% | 60.8% | 41.6% | 22.2% | Brightspeed | 52.2% ±6.4 |
| Atchison County | 7,195 | 49.2% | 77.6% | 32.7% | 0.8% | AT&T | 60.9% ±4.8 |
| Barber County | 3,455 | 90.0% | 93.4% | 0.0% | 2.3% | South Central Wireless Inc | 69.1% ±5.2 |
| Barton County | 13,363 | 77.9% | 89.3% | 58.0% | 1.2% | Nex-Tech | 68.3% ±2.5 |
| Bourbon County | 7,152 | 78.6% | 80.8% | 48.9% | 7.7% | Craw Kan Telephone Cooperative Inc | 65.6% ±4.0 |
| Brown County | 5,459 | 70.8% | 72.2% | 38.5% | 1.1% | RAINBOW COMMUNICATIONS LLC | 67.3% ±3.1 |
| Butler County | 27,333 | 73.7% | 84.2% | 56.8% | 1.4% | AT&T | 71.2% ±1.7 |
| Chase County | 1,777 | 58.6% | 58.6% | 47.4% | 32.5% | IdeaTek | 56.7% ±8.3 |
| Chautauqua County | 2,599 | 10.0% | 24.6% | 0.0% | 35.7% | AT&T | 40.5% ±4.8 |
| Cherokee County | 10,160 | 69.1% | 73.5% | 33.2% | 2.7% | Brightspeed | 63.2% ±4.5 |
| Cheyenne County | 1,917 | 71.7% | 71.7% | 47.4% | 9.4% | IdeaTek | 60.0% ±4.5 |
| Clark County | 1,361 | 91.5% | 91.5% | 23.1% | 0.2% | United Wireless Communications, Inc. | 64.5% ±5.0 |
| Clay County | 4,676 | 86.4% | 87.6% | 56.4% | 2.4% | Twin Valley | 75.5% ±4.4 |
| Cloud County | 5,260 | 94.4% | 94.4% | 0.0% | 1.8% | Cunningham Fiber | 63.0% ±4.1 |
| Coffey County | 4,564 | 52.3% | 68.0% | 42.0% | 7.2% | MT Networks, LLC | 55.3% ±3.7 |
| Comanche County | 1,267 | 45.5% | 75.6% | 42.2% | 9.9% | United Wireless Communications, Inc. | 63.7% ±6.2 |
| Cowley County | 15,851 | 74.1% | 81.9% | 60.3% | 0.8% | KanOkla Communications | 62.6% ±2.7 |
| Crawford County | 17,873 | 96.8% | 96.9% | 60.4% | 0.9% | Craw Kan Telephone Cooperative Inc | 71.1% ±2.1 |
| Decatur County | 2,214 | 95.9% | 96.0% | 49.9% | 1.5% | Nex-Tech | 60.4% ±6.9 |
| Dickinson County | 9,669 | 60.5% | 87.8% | 39.3% | 1.5% | Vyve Broadband | 73.5% ±3.0 |
| Doniphan County | 4,093 | 61.9% | 73.5% | 5.9% | 6.5% | RAINBOW COMMUNICATIONS LLC | 59.2% ±3.8 |
| Douglas County | 37,533 | 73.4% | 89.7% | 70.0% | 1.1% | Midco | 80.2% ±1.8 |
| Edwards County | 2,030 | 71.9% | 72.5% | 47.9% | 7.8% | IdeaTek | 53.0% ±4.9 |
| Elk County | 1,992 | 1.4% | 60.3% | 0.0% | 15.1% | Twin Valley | 58.2% ±5.9 |
| Ellis County | 12,303 | 99.6% | 99.6% | 85.2% | 0.4% | Nex-Tech | 84.2% ±1.9 |
| Ellsworth County | 3,669 | 78.4% | 78.6% | 42.5% | 10.2% | H&B Cable Service, Inc | 64.4% ±4.9 |
| Finney County | 13,175 | 77.9% | 94.0% | 67.7% | 0.0% | United Wireless Communications, Inc. | 70.3% ±3.0 |
| Ford County | 12,163 | 74.5% | 87.4% | 63.2% | 0.0% | United Wireless Communications, Inc. | 62.9% ±4.1 |
| Franklin County | 11,557 | 69.5% | 71.0% | 49.3% | 8.1% | KWIKOM Communications | 56.8% ±4.2 |
| Geary County | 11,140 | 83.7% | 90.1% | 76.5% | 3.1% | Brightspeed | 80.9% ±2.3 |
| Gove County | 1,863 | 97.7% | 97.7% | 0.2% | 1.9% | Nex-Tech | 71.6% ±4.6 |
| Graham County | 1,953 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Nex-Tech | 69.9% ±5.2 |
| Grant County | 3,065 | 89.9% | 89.9% | 0.0% | 2.2% | Pioneer Communications | 74.4% ±8.5 |
| Gray County | 2,813 | 99.6% | 99.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | United Wireless Communications, Inc. | 73.7% ±4.3 |
| Greeley County | 839 | 58.1% | 72.4% | 57.1% | 13.5% | Pioneer Communications | 76.0% ±6.1 |
| Greenwood County | 4,539 | 51.6% | 61.6% | 44.2% | 15.3% | Mediacom | 55.1% ±3.1 |
| Hamilton County | 1,276 | 85.3% | 85.3% | 0.0% | 1.5% | Pioneer Communications | 76.4% ±7.5 |
| Harper County | 3,801 | 94.1% | 94.1% | 0.1% | 0.3% | KanOkla Communications | 60.2% ±3.3 |
| Harvey County | 14,442 | 84.0% | 86.9% | 75.0% | 0.1% | IdeaTek | 66.5% ±3.2 |
| Haskell County | 1,800 | 86.7% | 89.0% | 35.3% | 0.1% | United Wireless Communications, Inc. | 54.3% ±7.4 |
| Hodgeman County | 1,260 | 35.2% | 76.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | United Wireless Communications, Inc. | 62.7% ±6.2 |
| Jackson County | 6,413 | 45.3% | 50.4% | 22.2% | 10.5% | Brightspeed | 63.7% ±3.7 |
| Jefferson County | 8,833 | 6.3% | 42.2% | 0.0% | 7.1% | Brightspeed | 55.6% ±3.7 |
| Jewell County | 2,595 | 88.6% | 88.6% | 0.0% | 7.3% | Cunningham Fiber | 68.5% ±6.3 |
| Johnson County | 200,993 | 96.9% | 99.0% | 94.3% | 0.1% | AT&T | 86.8% ±0.6 |
| Kearny County | 1,700 | 80.7% | 80.7% | 0.0% | 1.9% | Pioneer Communications | 78.6% ±5.6 |
| Kingman County | 4,398 | 62.1% | 66.3% | 39.4% | 1.3% | Nextlink Internet | 54.4% ±5.1 |
| Kiowa County | 1,441 | 78.4% | 78.4% | 1.4% | 5.3% | CentraCom | 62.7% ±5.3 |
| Labette County | 10,576 | 65.2% | 86.6% | 35.3% | 1.4% | Wave Wireless | 59.5% ±3.0 |
| Lane County | 1,282 | 99.8% | 99.8% | 0.0% | 0.2% | S&T Communications LLC | 80.1% ±6.4 |
| Leavenworth County | 28,070 | 64.0% | 82.8% | 52.2% | 1.4% | AT&T | 72.3% ±1.9 |
| Lincoln County | 2,216 | 67.0% | 67.0% | 0.0% | 4.9% | Vyve Broadband | 59.4% ±5.0 |
| Linn County | 6,556 | 69.2% | 69.2% | 0.1% | 6.2% | Peoples Telecommunications LLC | 55.9% ±4.2 |
| Logan County | 1,708 | 87.6% | 87.6% | 62.4% | 7.7% | S&T Communications LLC | 63.0% ±6.1 |
| Lyon County | 13,283 | 83.8% | 83.8% | 55.7% | 3.1% | Sparklight | 64.6% ±3.2 |
| Marion County | 6,597 | 61.5% | 81.1% | 37.9% | 8.3% | Nextlink Internet | 60.6% ±3.0 |
| Marshall County | 5,852 | 80.4% | 80.4% | 0.0% | 4.1% | Blue Valley Technologies Inc | 67.4% ±3.3 |
| McPherson County | 13,160 | 83.7% | 88.0% | 59.9% | 1.0% | LR Communications, Inc. | 70.1% ±2.8 |
| Meade County | 2,405 | 73.4% | 73.4% | 66.9% | 0.3% | United Wireless Communications, Inc. | 58.8% ±6.2 |
| Miami County | 14,337 | 67.7% | 71.6% | 49.1% | 6.5% | Optimum | 58.2% ±3.6 |
| Mitchell County | 3,869 | 91.2% | 91.2% | 0.0% | 1.7% | Cunningham Fiber | 67.6% ±4.9 |
| Montgomery County | 16,427 | 36.3% | 76.6% | 29.0% | 1.8% | AT&T | 57.0% ±2.9 |
| Morris County | 3,658 | 94.2% | 94.4% | 0.0% | 3.1% | Tri-County Telephone | 69.9% ±4.1 |
| Morton County | 1,601 | 89.8% | 89.8% | 0.0% | 1.8% | IdeaTek | 70.8% ±4.9 |
| Nemaha County | 5,494 | 74.2% | 74.2% | 0.5% | 1.0% | RAINBOW COMMUNICATIONS LLC | 63.8% ±4.1 |
| Neosho County | 8,025 | 60.5% | 74.5% | 46.5% | 7.4% | Sparklight | 62.3% ±3.2 |
| Ness County | 2,477 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Golden Belt Telephone Association Inc | 76.7% ±4.0 |
| Norton County | 3,137 | 82.4% | 82.4% | 0.0% | 6.4% | Nex-Tech | 72.0% ±5.3 |
| Osage County | 7,997 | 49.6% | 58.6% | 33.7% | 12.0% | Mercury Fiber | 56.6% ±2.8 |
| Osborne County | 2,924 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 22.1% | 0.0% | Nex-Tech | 71.2% ±4.5 |
| Ottawa County | 3,366 | 56.3% | 57.3% | 39.2% | 4.0% | Twin Valley | 65.7% ±4.2 |
| Pawnee County | 3,460 | 99.8% | 99.8% | 55.7% | 0.2% | Golden Belt Telephone Association Inc | 75.0% ±4.0 |
| Phillips County | 3,564 | 81.5% | 81.5% | 0.0% | 5.2% | Nex-Tech | 70.9% ±4.7 |
| Pottawatomie County | 11,225 | 97.0% | 97.9% | 27.5% | 0.6% | WTC Communications Inc | 74.5% ±3.1 |
| Pratt County | 4,858 | 83.5% | 88.4% | 64.7% | 1.6% | Nextlink Internet | 69.8% ±5.1 |
| Rawlins County | 1,933 | 53.3% | 54.1% | 40.9% | 15.2% | Nex-Tech | 60.4% ±6.2 |
| Reno County | 27,191 | 85.6% | 88.5% | 79.2% | 1.6% | IdeaTek | 65.8% ±2.1 |
| Republic County | 3,539 | 75.1% | 75.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% | Cunningham Fiber | 52.9% ±6.3 |
| Rice County | 5,180 | 68.1% | 84.2% | 34.1% | 4.1% | LR Communications, Inc. | 71.2% ±3.7 |
| Riley County | 20,075 | 79.3% | 97.2% | 65.7% | 1.0% | Cox | 79.0% ±2.9 |
| Rooks County | 3,459 | 85.3% | 85.3% | 0.0% | 2.2% | Nex-Tech | 68.2% ±3.8 |
| Rush County | 2,437 | 97.2% | 97.2% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Golden Belt Telephone Association Inc | 74.8% ±4.8 |
| Russell County | 4,587 | 99.9% | 99.9% | 60.6% | 0.1% | Nex-Tech | 76.6% ±3.1 |
| Saline County | 22,905 | 93.2% | 95.1% | 78.0% | 0.4% | AT&T | 70.3% ±2.9 |
| Scott County | 2,587 | 85.0% | 85.0% | 77.0% | 9.5% | S&T Communications LLC | 73.0% ±7.8 |
| Sedgwick County | 199,769 | 89.0% | 95.4% | 84.5% | 0.4% | AT&T | 76.2% ±0.7 |
| Seward County | 8,008 | 89.7% | 94.5% | 76.7% | 0.0% | United Wireless Communications, Inc. | 62.5% ±4.8 |
| Shawnee County | 69,188 | 69.9% | 92.6% | 64.6% | 0.6% | Cox | 71.4% ±1.2 |
| Sheridan County | 1,651 | 85.2% | 85.2% | 44.5% | 7.9% | Nex-Tech | 76.0% ±5.0 |
| Sherman County | 3,326 | 69.8% | 85.0% | 74.4% | 8.3% | S&T Communications LLC | 78.0% ±5.5 |
| Smith County | 2,875 | 93.0% | 93.0% | 0.0% | 2.9% | Nex-Tech | 70.1% ±4.4 |
| Stafford County | 2,759 | 69.6% | 69.6% | 25.0% | 10.8% | Nextlink Internet | 61.6% ±4.7 |
| Stanton County | 1,051 | 82.7% | 82.7% | 0.0% | 2.9% | Pioneer Communications | 83.1% ±4.7 |
| Stevens County | 2,381 | 80.8% | 80.8% | 0.0% | 2.5% | Pioneer Communications | 70.8% ±7.3 |
| Sumner County | 11,858 | 80.2% | 86.1% | 41.8% | 0.7% | KanOkla Communications | 65.9% ±3.1 |
| Thomas County | 4,016 | 86.1% | 89.8% | 63.9% | 5.3% | S&T Communications LLC | 77.6% ±4.3 |
| Trego County | 2,295 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 53.9% | 0.0% | Nex-Tech | 77.4% ±4.1 |
| Wabaunsee County | 3,911 | 58.4% | 58.4% | 0.0% | 10.9% | WTC Communications Inc | 60.8% ±3.5 |
| Wallace County | 1,018 | 23.4% | 63.2% | 9.8% | 25.8% | S&T Communications LLC | 66.9% ±7.0 |
| Washington County | 3,915 | 57.5% | 57.5% | 0.0% | 6.9% | Blue Valley Technologies Inc | 59.3% ±3.5 |
| Wichita County | 1,202 | 66.9% | 73.0% | 65.4% | 20.4% | Pioneer Communications | 66.7% ±8.5 |
| Wilson County | 5,075 | 63.1% | 65.1% | 48.9% | 6.1% | KWIKOM Communications | 52.9% ±4.7 |
| Woodson County | 2,084 | 0.0% | 33.9% | 0.0% | 19.4% | AT&T | 45.7% ±5.8 |
| Wyandotte County | 58,114 | 92.5% | 98.5% | 89.8% | 0.1% | Spectrum | 73.0% ±1.2 |
| Kansas | 1,194,113 | 81.3% | 89.2% | 64.0% | 2.0% | 74.2% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables. Shares of broadband serviceable locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC). 2+ wired choices: two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps. Unserved: BEAD definition. Largest wired provider: reports fiber, cable or DSL at the most locations. Wired subscription: households with a cable, fiber or DSL subscription, American Community Survey 2020–2024 (± 90% margin of error).
Prices, Lifeline and who subscribes
The FCC map contains no prices. What official data do show is who signs up. In the Census Bureau's 2025 survey, 93.4% of Kansas households had a broadband subscription of any kind (margin of error ±0.4 percentage points), up from 85.2%15 in 2019. 74.9% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (±0.7 percentage points), and 12.8% relied only on a cellular data plan. Income still separates households: 82.4% of those earning under $20,000 had broadband, against 96.8%14 of those earning $75,000 or more.
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) | 89.2% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 74.9% | ±0.7 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 12.8% | ±0.5 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 6.4% | ±0.4 |
The federal low-cost programs reach few Kansans. Lifeline, the $9.25 monthly discount for eligible low-income households, had 3,80210 Kansas subscribers, and USAC estimates that 5.7% of eligible households take part, the 3rd lowest11 rate among the states. The Affordable Connectivity Program had 133,74612 Kansas households enrolled when it stopped taking sign-ups in February 2024, about 11.4 per 100 households16; it ended on June 1, 2024. In NTIA's 2023 Internet Use Survey, 17.6%17 of Kansas households that did not use the internet at home named cost as the main reason, a survey estimate with a wide margin.
Kansas cities
Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas City, Olathe and Topeka have their own pages; every Kansas city and town of 10,000 or more is below.
| Wichita | 400,987 | 90.3% | 96.2% | 87.3% | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overland Park | 203,677 | 99.3% | 99.3% | 96.8% | 5 |
| Kansas City | 157,805 | 94.2% | 94.2% | 91.7% | 5 |
| Olathe | 150,025 | 98.1% | 99.3% | 97.9% | 6 |
| Topeka | 125,795 | 83.8% | 91.8% | 82.5% | 4 |
| Lawrence | 96,367 | 80.9% | 96.8% | 81.5% | 3 |
| Shawnee | 69,848 | 98.5% | 98.5% | 96.5% | 4 |
| Lenexa | 60,506 | 99.8% | 99.8% | 95.8% | 5 |
| Manhattan | 54,673 | 83.0% | 99.8% | 81.8% | 4 |
| Salina | 46,094 | 95.9% | 97.3% | 92.2% | 5 |
| Hutchinson | 39,595 | 93.9% | 96.2% | 92.5% | 4 |
| Leavenworth | 37,012 | 89.7% | 89.7% | 87.6% | 2 |
| Leawood | 34,093 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 98.4% | 4 |
| Dodge City | 27,653 | 82.9% | 89.8% | 78.9% | 4 |
| Garden City | 27,402 | 88.1% | 95.7% | 83.9% | 4 |
| Derby | 26,606 | 94.1% | 97.8% | 91.2% | 4 |
| Gardner | 26,154 | 88.2% | 88.4% | 83.4% | 6 |
| Emporia | 24,137 | 98.9% | 98.9% | 83.1% | 2 |
| Prairie Village | 23,008 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.0% | 4 |
| Junction City | 22,583 | 93.0% | 98.6% | 90.4% | 2 |
| Hays | 21,258 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.9% | 2 |
| Pittsburg | 20,569 | 99.8% | 99.8% | 90.9% | 3 |
| Liberal | 19,010 | 93.2% | 93.2% | 83.6% | 4 |
| Newton | 18,353 | 92.9% | 96.0% | 89.6% | 3 |
| Andover | 17,370 | 95.6% | 98.3% | 93.8% | 3 |
| Great Bend | 14,266 | 84.3% | 87.6% | 76.0% | 2 |
| McPherson | 13,918 | 89.6% | 92.8% | 84.3% | 5 |
| Ottawa | 12,716 | 97.1% | 97.1% | 96.7% | 2 |
| El Dorado | 12,696 | 64.3% | 76.0% | 58.4% | 2 |
| Arkansas City | 11,800 | 96.6% | 98.3% | 88.7% | 2 |
| Winfield | 11,745 | 93.2% | 94.9% | 86.6% | 2 |
| Merriam | 11,509 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 95.5% | 4 |
| Haysville | 11,353 | 97.0% | 98.2% | 95.0% | 4 |
| Lansing | 11,331 | 85.4% | 85.4% | 82.8% | 4 |
| Atchison | 10,789 | 56.6% | 58.8% | 56.2% | 1 |
| Spring Hill | 10,777 | 98.3% | 98.1% | 94.1% | 3 |
| Bel Aire | 10,287 | 95.5% | 98.9% | 92.8% | 4 |
| Mission | 10,125 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 96.4% | 4 |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files. Shares of broadband serviceable locations inside city limits (2020 census blocks), as of June 30, 2026. Population: July 1, 2025 estimate. Gigabit: 1,000/100 Mbps.
Questions and answers
What internet providers serve Kansas?
Leaving out the three satellite networks, the providers with the widest reported reach are T-Mobile (68.9% of locations) and Verizon (67.1%), both with licensed fixed wireless, then AT&T (62.1%, fiber and DSL and licensed fixed wireless) and Cox (34.9%, fiber and cable). Regional networks follow: Nextlink Internet (22.4%), IdeaTek (20.4%), Google Fiber (17.7%), Spectrum (17.7%) and Everfast Fiber (16.1%1).
How many Kansas homes lack broadband?
About one location in fifty. On June 30, 2026, 23,445 Kansas homes and businesses (2.0%) had no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of 25/3 Mbps, and 22,786 (1.9%1) had reliable service below 100/20. The highest shares are in Chautauqua and Chase counties in the Flint Hills and the southeast.
What is the cheapest internet in Kansas?
There is no official Kansas price survey, and the FCC map lists no prices; the broadband facts label each provider must publish shows plan prices and fees. The main federal discount left, Lifeline at $9.25 a month, is underused here: USAC estimates that only 5.7% of eligible Kansas households take part, the 3rd lowest11 rate among the states.
Is fiber available at my address in Kansas?
This page describes areas, not addresses. The FCC's National Broadband Map lists every provider that reports service at a given address, and anyone can challenge a listing that is wrong.
Checking one address in Kansas
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 and around Kansas
Large cities with their own page: Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas City, Olathe and Topeka.
Neighboring states: Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma. Put Kansas side by side with any state or large city in the comparison tool.
| Ranking | Value | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber internet availability by state | 81.3% | 5th of 51 |
| Internet speed by state: where gigabit service is offered | 84.9% | 8th of 51 |
| Broadband coverage by state | 89.2% | 37th of 51 |
| Internet provider competition by state | 64.0% | 11th of 51 |
| Unserved and underserved broadband locations by state | 2.0% | 30th of 51 |
| Where fiber has grown since 2022 | 35.0% | 8th of 51 |
| 5G home internet and licensed fixed wireless by state | 91.4% | tied 8th of 51 |
| Households with an internet subscription by state | 93.4% | tied 27th of 51 |
| BEAD broadband funding by state | 6,260.0% | 11th of 50 |
Sources
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Availability as of June 30, 2026; released November 10, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.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, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. www2.census.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; Allocations announced 2023-06-26; released June 26, 2023. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; Allocations under ARPA sec. 604 (awards announced 2022-06 to 2023). home.treasury.gov
- USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data. opendata.usac.org
- Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Awards with action dates FY2008 to 2026-09-30. api.usaspending.gov
- Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; Support months 2018-01 to 2026-09. opendata.usac.org
- USAC, Lifeline participation rate; released August 17, 2026. www.usac.org
- USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024; Enrolled households as of 2024-02-08 (Data Month January 2024 file). www.usac.org
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 1-year detailed tables; 2019. api.census.gov
- US Internet Map, Our calculation from the sources named in the definition.
- NTIA Data Explorer "Analyze Table"; November 2023 (also all prior waves 1994-2021). www.ntia.gov
- Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; July 1, 2025; released May 14, 2026. www.census.gov
- Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files; released December 11, 2020. www2.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.