Internet in Lexington, Kentucky
Fiber is available at 91.6% of the 104,914 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Lexington, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 98.7%. 91.5% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 7.2% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Lexington in Kentucky
Lexington got its fiber early. Metronet's network was already in place before the first national broadband map, and fiber now reaches 91.6%1 of the city's homes and businesses, against 90.7%2 in June 2022. What has changed since is the rest of the map: Kinetic's copper lines are disappearing from it, and the wireless carriers, AT&T among them, now report home internet across most of the city.
Spectrum, Metronet and Kinetic: who reports service
The FCC National Broadband Map lists 104,914 homes and businesses in Lexington as of June 30, 2026 (revision of November 10, 2026). Spectrum reports service at 96.2% of them, almost entirely over cable. Metronet reports fiber at 89.8%. Kinetic reports service at 63.0%, by fiber at 28.7%1 of locations and by DSL over copper lines at most of the rest.
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 96.2% | 96.2% | 1 Gbps | 6.5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metronet | Fiber | 89.8% | 89.8% | 5 Gbps | 0.5% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 89.2% | 27.8% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 88.0% | 50.4% | 300 Mbps | – |
| Kinetic | Fiber DSL | 63.0% | 38.8% | 2 Gbps | 0.2% |
| AT&T | DSL Licensed wireless | 61.8% | 9.0% | 100 Mbps | – |
| All Points Broadband | Fixed wireless | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 Mbps | – |
| Xiber LLC | Fixed wireless | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 Gbps | – |
| Latigo | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 Gbps | – |
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, Viasat, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
The other large names on the list are wireless. T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T report fixed wireless home internet; HughesNet, Viasat and Starlink report satellite at every location, and only 201 locations have satellite as their only option. A provider counts as available when it tells the FCC it can install service within ten business days, and filings can be challenged. Speeds are maximum advertised speeds, not measurements.
A fiber network built before the map
Lexington's fiber was in place before the first national map: fiber was reported at 90.7%2 of its locations in June 2022, and the rise since then, +0.9 percentage points, is tied for 29th lowest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. Most of that fiber is Metronet's, built under a ten-year franchise that the city council approved in December 2017. Lexington holds 94,196 of the 133,3561 Kentucky locations where Metronet reports service.
The fiber news since 2022 is overlap. The share of locations with two or more fiber providers went from 15.2%2 to 27.8%, with +3.5 percentage points1 of that in the last six months.
Fiber shapes the speed figures. The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 90.2% of locations; Metronet advertises up to 5 Gbps, Kinetic up to 2 Gbps and Spectrum up to 1 Gbps. Wired service with 100 Mbps uploads, the FCC's 100/100 measure, went from 90.7%2 of locations to 98.7%1, now the same share as wired 100/20 service and so reaching beyond the fiber footprint.
Kinetic's copper is leaving the map
The largest change in Lexington's figures is the decline of DSL. In June 2022, DSL was reported at 97.6% of locations, nearly the whole city. By December 2025 the share was 51.9%3, and by June 2026 36.6%, a fall of 61.0 percentage points in four years and 15.4 percentage points in the latest six months alone. Statewide, DSL went from 55.0%2 to 35.9%1 over the same four years.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSL available | 97.6% | 51.9% | 36.6% | −61.0 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 15.2% | 24.2% | 27.8% | 12.6 pts |
| Three or more wired choices | 36.4% | 45.5% | 34.5% | −1.9 pts |
The same six months moved the count of wired choices. Three or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps were reported at 45.5% of locations in December 2025 and 34.5% in June 2026, while the share with exactly two rose from 47.0%3 to 57.0%. Kinetic offers 100/20 Mbps at 38.8%1 of locations, more than its fiber share, so part of its 100/20 coverage is DSL. The FCC data record the change; they do not record the reason.
Two wires at most addresses, one at a few
For a household choosing service, the useful count is wired providers offering at least 100/20 Mbps at the address. In Lexington, 91.5% of locations have two or more, against 52.7% across Kentucky and 55.6% nationally. Metronet and Spectrum overlap on most streets, so neither is often alone: Spectrum is the only wired 100/20 provider at 6.5% of locations, Metronet at 0.5%1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington | 1.3% | 7.2% | 57.0% | 34.5% |
| Kentucky | 9.3% | 38.0% | 44.9% | 7.8% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
The single-wire share has edged up, from 6.6%2 in June 2022 to 7.2%. At the other end, 1,364 locations have no wired provider at 100/20 Mbps. Fixed wireless is the only 100/20 option at 600 of them, and 1611 count as unserved under the federal definition, with no reliable land-based service of at least 25/3 Mbps.
AT&T and Verizon arrived by radio
AT&T reports no fiber in Lexington. Its presence in the data came with fixed wireless: AT&T reported 64,870 locations in June 2026, up from almost none in June 2022, with a maximum advertised download of 100 Mbps. Verizon grew the same way, to 92,279 locations (88.0% of the city), and T-Mobile reports 89.2%1.
Licensed fixed wireless, which includes 5G home internet, is reported at 98.3% of locations, a share tied for 44th highest among large cities. Speed is the limit: fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or more reaches 64.3%. Verizon offers 100/20 at 50.4% of locations and T-Mobile, whose top advertised download here is 100 Mbps, at 27.8%1.
Rural Kentucky has caught up
In 2022, Lexington's fiber share was about double Kentucky's: 90.7% against 44.7%2. Since then the state has climbed to 72.8%, with fiber shares up by 50 percentage points or more in 18 counties, and Fayette County's 91.6% is now 28th highest among Kentucky's 1204 counties. Wolfe County reports fiber at 100.0% of locations. On choice, Lexington leads the state: Fayette County, which covers the same area as the city, has the highest share of any Kentucky county of locations with two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps, 91.5%1.
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.
Among cities of similar size across the country, Lexington's fiber share is tied for 51st highest. Louisville got there by a different route: its fiber share rose from 65.3%2 in 2022 to 88.6%1, mostly on AT&T's network.
| Area | Fiber available | Gigabit (1,000/100) | Two or more wired choices | Fiber networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newark, New Jersey | 93.7% | 93.3% | 75.4% | 6 |
| Lexington, Kentucky | 91.6% | 98.7% | 91.5% | 4 |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 90.0% | 90.0% | 85.7% | 3 |
| Orlando, Florida | 69.7% | 69.5% | 63.2% | 8 |
| Irvine, California | 52.3% | 94.9% | 51.9% | 7 |
| Riverside, California | 38.3% | 38.3% | 43.4% | 3 |
| Stockton, California | 37.2% | 97.8% | 43.3% | 1 |
| Anaheim, California | 36.0% | 37.9% | 41.1% | 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.
Households without internet: down since 2019
The Census Bureau's American Community Survey asks households what they pay for. In 2025, 7.0% of Lexington households had no internet subscription (margin of error ±1.5 percentage points), down from 10.9% in 2019 (±1.6 percentage points6). 79.0% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (±2.5 percentage points), and 11.8% relied only on a cellular data plan (±2.0 percentage points5). These are household survey estimates; the FCC figures count locations on one date.
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) | 98.7% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 79.0% | ±2.5 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 11.8% | ±2.0 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 7.0% | ±1.5 |
City and county are the same area
The Census Bureau's place for Lexington is "Lexington-Fayette urban county", drawn within its 2020 boundaries. The FCC data count the same 104,9141 locations in it as in Fayette County, so the figures on this page also describe the county as a whole.
Lexington internet questions
What internet providers are available in Lexington, Kentucky?
Three companies report wired service across large parts of the city: Spectrum (96.2% of locations, mostly cable), Metronet (89.8%, fiber) and Kinetic (63.0%, fiber or DSL). T-Mobile (89.2%), Verizon (88.0%) and AT&T (61.8%1) report fixed wireless home internet. Satellite is reported everywhere. These are FCC filings as of June 30, 2026.
Does Lexington have fiber internet?
Yes, at 91.6% of locations, against 72.8% across Kentucky and 62.6% nationally. Metronet reports fiber at 89.8% of locations and Kinetic at 28.7%; 27.8%1 of locations have two or more fiber providers.
How many internet providers are there in Lexington?
5 wired providers report service somewhere in the city, 4 of them with fiber; only Spectrum, Metronet and Kinetic reach large parts of the city. At a typical address the number of wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps is two (57.0% of locations) or three or more (34.5%1).
Does AT&T offer fiber in Lexington?
No. AT&T reports no fiber inside Lexington in the June 30, 2026 data. It reports fixed wireless home internet at 61.8% of locations, with a maximum advertised download of 100 Mbps1, and DSL at a handful of locations.
Checking one address in Lexington
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 Kentucky
The state picture, county by county: internet in Kentucky. Other large cities in the state: Louisville. Large cities in neighboring states: Chicago, Illinois, Columbus, Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana and Nashville, Tennessee. Compare Lexington 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 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
- 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.