Internet in Topeka, Kansas
Fiber is available at 83.8% of the 48,048 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Topeka, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 97.6%. 82.5% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 15.1% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Topeka in Kansas
Few large American cities gained as much fiber in the first half of 2026 as Topeka. The share of its homes and businesses with fiber went from 68.3%2 in December 2025 to 83.8% in June 2026, the 5th highest1 six-month gain among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. Cox's cable network still reaches almost every address.
Cox everywhere, AT&T fiber on most streets
Two companies report service almost citywide, according to the FCC National Broadband Map as of June 30, 2026 (revision November 10, 2026). Cox reports service at 95.2% of Topeka's 48,048 homes and businesses, almost all over cable (it reports fiber at 0.1%), with advertised downloads up to 2 Gbps. AT&T reports 96.3%: fiber at 74.1% of locations, and DSL over copper phone lines or fixed wireless at most of the rest. Counting all three technologies, AT&T offers 100/20 Mbps at 78.1%1.
Two Kansas fiber companies cover smaller areas. IdeaTek reports fiber at 18.8% of locations, with an advertised maximum of 8 Gbps, the highest in the city. CentraCom reports fiber at 9.0%1.
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 96.3% | 78.1% | 5 Gbps | 1.1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox | Fiber Cable | 95.2% | 95.2% | 2 Gbps | 13.3% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 81.9% | 27.8% | 300 Mbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 68.9% | 21.5% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Mercury Fiber | Licensed wireless | 34.0% | 34.0% | 150 Mbps | – |
| IdeaTek | Fiber | 18.8% | 18.8% | 8 Gbps | 0.1% |
| CentraCom | Fiber | 9.0% | 9.0% | 1 Gbps | 0.7% |
| Kansas Broadband Internet, Inc. | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 4.3% | 0.0% | 120 Mbps | – |
| KWIKOM Communications | Fixed wireless | 2.5% | 0.0% | 60 Mbps | – |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40 Mbps | – |
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.
The shares cover Topeka's city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census. A provider that lists a location is saying it could install standard service there within ten business days; the listing is self-reported and can be challenged on the FCC National Broadband Map.
Fiber's six-month jump
On the first National Broadband Map, for June 2022, fiber was reported at 45.7%3 of Topeka's locations. By December 2025 the share was 68.3%2. Six months later it was 83.8%, a rise of 15.5 percentage points in a single release. Kansas as a whole rose by 2.4 percentage points over the same six months, to 81.3%; the national share is 62.6%1.
The number of companies reporting fiber somewhere in the city went from 23 in 2022 to 4 in December 2025 and 4 in June 2026. The new fiber largely overlaps the old: the share of locations with two or more fiber providers went from 5.9% to 18.1% in the same six months. The city-level data do not say which company added which locations. Across its whole footprint, IdeaTek's fiber listings changed by +63,6312 locations over those six months, and almost all of that footprint is in Kansas (243,554 of its 244,4001 locations).
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 | 45.7% | 68.3% | 83.8% | 38.1 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 2.9% | 5.9% | 18.1% | 15.1 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 51.0% | 68.0% | 82.5% | 31.5 pts |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 45.7% | 87.6% | 91.8% | 46.1 pts |
A "fiber" name, a wireless network
Mercury Fiber is the fifth-largest provider in Topeka by reported footprint, at 34.0%1 of locations, all of it at 100/20 Mbps or faster. In Topeka, though, Mercury reports licensed fixed wireless, a radio service on spectrum assigned to the operator, and lists fiber at only one location. Anyone searching for fiber in Topeka should read its listing by technology, not by name. The company did not appear in the city's June 2022 data.
The national carriers report wider service. Verizon added more Topeka locations than any other provider between June 2022 and June 2026 and now reports home internet at 81.9% of locations, with 100/20 Mbps at 27.8%. T-Mobile reports 68.9%, with 100/20 Mbps at 21.5%. Two regional operators, Kansas Broadband Internet (4.3%) and KWIKOM Communications (2.5%), report fixed wireless below 100/20 Mbps, at advertised speeds up to 120 Mbps and 60 Mbps1.
Fixed wireless at higher speeds moved the other way. Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or faster was reported at 82.0% of locations in June 2022 and at 63.3% in June 2026, and unlicensed fixed wireless, on spectrum open to any operator, fell from 29.5%3 to 2.6%1. A location on a carrier's fixed wireless list is not a guaranteed opening: the carrier confirms each address before it signs a customer up.
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 | Topeka | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 83.8% | 62.6% |
| Cable | 95.1% | 80.3% |
| DSL (copper) | 65.7% | 36.2% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 95.1% | 87.3% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 2.6% | 19.7% |
From gigabit to multi-gigabit tiers
In June 2022 the fastest advertised download at 60.3% of Topeka's locations fell between 940 Mbps and 2 Gbps. By June 2026, 96.9% of locations had an advertised top tier of 2 Gbps or more, on Cox's cable network and on fiber. Uploads changed more than downloads. Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) went from 45.7%3 of locations to 91.8%, against 84.9% statewide; symmetrical wired service of 100/100 Mbps is at 91.8%1. These are the providers' advertised maximums, not measured speeds.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topeka | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 96.9% |
| Kansas | 1.6% | 2.1% | 3.1% | 1.6% | 2.5% | 14.0% | 75.1% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
Where that leaves Topeka in Kansas
After the jump, Topeka's fiber share is above the Kansas figure and well above the national one. The chart sets it beside the state's four other cities of 100,000 or more, Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas City and Olathe, in the same FCC release.
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 | Fiber available |
|---|---|
| Overland Park | 99.3% |
| Olathe | 98.1% |
| Kansas City | 94.2% |
| Wichita | 90.3% |
| Topeka | 83.8% |
| Kansas | 81.3% |
| United States | 62.6% |
Topeka is the seat of Shawnee County, which the Kansas page compares with the state's other counties.
One wired choice at fewer addresses
Wired service of 100/20 Mbps or more is reported at 97.6% of locations, so the question at most Topeka addresses is how many wired providers offer it. In June 2022, 48.8%3 of locations had exactly one. That share fell to 29.4% by December 2025 and to 15.1% by June 2026. Locations with three or more wired providers at that speed went from 5.6%2 to 18.0% in the last six months, and 82.5% now have at least two, against 64.0%1 across Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topeka | 2.4% | 15.1% | 64.5% | 18.0% |
| Kansas | 10.8% | 25.2% | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Where only one wire remains, it is almost always Cox: it is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps for 13.3% of locations. The gap at the bottom is small. 1,159 locations have no wired 100/20 offer; at 306 of them fixed wireless is the only service of that speed, and 141 locations have satellite alone.
Availability and what households buy
The Census Bureau's American Community Survey counts households over a year and asks what they pay for, so it answers a different question from the FCC map. In the 2025 survey, 91.9% of Topeka households had a broadband subscription of any type (margin of error ±2.3 percentage points); among large cities that point estimate ranks tied for 36th lowest, though neighbors in the ranking may not differ significantly. 7.5% had no internet subscription (±2.1 percentage points) and 11.7% relied on a cellular data plan alone (±2.8 percentage points). Subscriptions to cable, fiber or DSL were 77.8% (±2.9 percentage points4).
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) | 97.6% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 77.8% | ±2.9 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 11.7% | ±2.8 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 7.5% | ±2.1 |
The longer trend is clear even with survey error. In 2019, 28.9% of Topeka households had no internet subscription (margin of error ±4.1 percentage points5), several times the 2025 figure.
Topeka internet questions
What internet providers are available in Topeka?
Cox reports service at 95.2% of Topeka's locations, almost all of it cable. AT&T reports 96.3%, with fiber at 74.1% and DSL or fixed wireless elsewhere. IdeaTek (18.8%) and CentraCom (9.0%1) report fiber in parts of the city. Verizon, T-Mobile and Mercury Fiber report fixed wireless, and satellite is reported everywhere. All shares are from the June 30, 2026 filings.
Is fiber internet available in Topeka?
At 83.8% of locations inside city limits as of June 30, 2026, against 81.3% for Kansas and 62.6% for the US. AT&T is the largest fiber provider; 18.1%1 of locations have fiber from two or more companies. Coverage of a particular street address is a lookup on the FCC map.
How many internet providers are in Topeka?
5 wired providers report service somewhere in the city and 10 once fixed wireless is counted. At a single location, 64.5% have exactly two wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps, 18.0% have three or more and 15.1%1 have one.
Does Mercury Fiber offer fiber in Topeka?
Not in the FCC filing as of June 30, 2026. Mercury Fiber reports service at 16,318 Topeka locations (34.0%1), and in Topeka that service is licensed fixed wireless, with fiber listed at only one location.
Checking one address in Topeka
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 Kansas
The state picture, county by county: internet in Kansas. Other large cities in the state: Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas City and Olathe. Compare Topeka 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
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; Availability as of December 31, 2025; released November 3, 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
- 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
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.