Internet in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Fiber is available at 78.2% of the 74,546 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Baton Rouge, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 96.4%. 75.2% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 21.2% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Baton Rouge in Louisiana
Baton Rouge has turned from a city where about half of all addresses had one fast wire into one where most have at least two. AT&T's fiber now runs past 74.0% of its homes and businesses alongside Cox's cable, and the share with only one wired provider at 100/20 Mbps fell from 51.7%2 in June 2022 to 21.2%1.
Cox everywhere, AT&T fiber at most addresses
The FCC's National Broadband Map, as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026), counts 74,546 homes and businesses inside Baton Rouge's city limits. Two companies reach almost all of them. Cox reports service at 90.2%, over cable except for a fiber footprint of 0.9%, with an advertised top download of 2 Gbps. AT&T reports 93.5%, and at 74.0% of the city that service is fiber, advertised up to 5 Gbps1.
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 93.5% | 76.6% | 5 Gbps | 2.4% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox | Fiber Cable | 90.2% | 90.2% | 2 Gbps | 17.1% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 80.5% | 41.6% | 300 Mbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 64.3% | 23.3% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Metronet | Fiber | 12.6% | 12.6% | 5 Gbps | 0.2% |
| REV | Fiber | 4.8% | 4.8% | 5 Gbps | 1.4% |
| 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 (Starlink, HughesNet, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
AT&T's total hides two networks. Its copper DSL lines are still filed at 76.3% of locations, a DSL share that ranks tied for 39th highest among the 343 cities of 100,000 people or more, with downloads of at most 100 Mbps. Where AT&T has fiber, it is a full second wire; where it has only DSL, it is not a 100/20 Mbps option, which is why its 100/20 footprint is 76.6% rather than its full 93.5%1.
"Available" here means a provider has told the FCC it can connect the location within ten business days of a request. The FCC map shows each filing by address and accepts challenges. The data carry no prices.
Fiber went from under half to nearly four in five
In the first FCC map, dated June 30, 2022, fiber was reported at 44.1% of Baton Rouge locations. By December 31, 2025 it was 74.3%3, and by mid-2026 78.2%, a gain of 34.2 percentage points that ranks 77th highest among large cities. Louisiana as a whole rose from 25.4%2 to 61.7% over the same years. East Baton Rouge Parish, which holds 160,631 locations including the city's, is at 78.9%, the 7th highest1 of Louisiana's parishes.
The number of companies filing fiber in the city went from 32 to 5. One of the newcomers matters at scale. REV, whose footprint is almost entirely in Louisiana (127,773 of its 128,072 locations nationally), went from none to 3,563. It advertises up to 5 Gbps1.
New Bedford, Massachusetts 0.0%Clarksville, Tennessee 100.0%
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 |
|---|---|
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 100.0% |
| Clarksville, Tennessee | 100.0% |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | 99.9% |
| Simi Valley, California | 99.9% |
| Longmont, Colorado | 99.9% |
| Overland Park, Kansas | 99.3% |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 99.0% |
| Olathe, Kansas | 98.1% |
| Amarillo, Texas | 98.0% |
| Greeley, Colorado | 97.6% |
| Kansas City, Missouri | 97.4% |
| Abilene, Texas | 97.2% |
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico | 97.0% |
| Bridgeport, Connecticut | 96.8% |
| Sugar Land, Texas | 96.6% |
| Yonkers, New York | 96.3% |
| Independence, Missouri | 96.2% |
| Wichita Falls, Texas | 95.8% |
| Lee's Summit, Missouri | 95.8% |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 95.7% |
| Elizabeth, New Jersey | 95.4% |
| Miami Gardens, Florida | 95.4% |
| Cary, North Carolina | 95.1% |
| Lynn, Massachusetts | 95.0% |
| Palm Coast, Florida | 94.8% |
| Paterson, New Jersey | 94.7% |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 94.7% |
| Davenport, Iowa | 94.3% |
| Kansas City, Kansas | 94.2% |
| Conroe, Texas | 94.1% |
| Cape Coral, Florida | 94.0% |
| San Angelo, Texas | 94.0% |
| Pearland, Texas | 93.9% |
| Menifee, California | 93.8% |
| Newark, New Jersey | 93.7% |
| Des Moines, Iowa | 93.6% |
| Frisco, Texas | 93.5% |
| Stamford, Connecticut | 93.5% |
| Round Rock, Texas | 93.3% |
| Springfield, Missouri | 93.0% |
| Newport News, Virginia | 92.9% |
| West Valley City, Utah | 92.9% |
| Huntsville, Alabama | 92.8% |
| Columbia, Missouri | 92.6% |
| Temecula, California | 92.6% |
| Fishers, Indiana | 92.5% |
| Murrieta, California | 92.3% |
| Killeen, Texas | 92.3% |
| Lubbock, Texas | 92.2% |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | 92.0% |
| Berkeley, California | 91.6% |
| Lexington, Kentucky | 91.6% |
| St. Paul, Minnesota | 91.6% |
| Garland, Texas | 91.6% |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 91.6% |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 91.5% |
| Mesquite, Texas | 91.5% |
| High Point, North Carolina | 91.2% |
| Providence, Rhode Island | 91.1% |
| Jersey City, New Jersey | 91.1% |
| Richmond, Virginia | 91.0% |
| Allen, Texas | 91.0% |
| Hillsboro, Oregon | 91.0% |
| Yuma, Arizona | 90.9% |
| Plano, Texas | 90.7% |
| New York, New York | 90.3% |
| Carrollton, Texas | 90.3% |
| Wichita, Kansas | 90.3% |
| Brockton, Massachusetts | 90.1% |
| Oakland, California | 90.1% |
| Cincinnati, Ohio | 90.1% |
| Rochester, Minnesota | 90.1% |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 90.0% |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | 89.8% |
| Tyler, Texas | 89.8% |
| Norman, Oklahoma | 89.7% |
| Norfolk, Virginia | 89.6% |
| Durham, North Carolina | 89.5% |
| South Fulton, Georgia | 89.5% |
| McKinney, Texas | 89.4% |
| League City, Texas | 89.4% |
| Carmel, Indiana | 89.3% |
| Richardson, Texas | 89.2% |
| West Jordan, Utah | 88.8% |
| Fort Wayne, Indiana | 88.8% |
| Concord, North Carolina | 88.7% |
| Allentown, Pennsylvania | 88.7% |
| Louisville, Kentucky | 88.6% |
| San Mateo, California | 88.3% |
| Buckeye, Arizona | 88.3% |
| Omaha, Nebraska | 88.2% |
| Chesapeake, Virginia | 88.2% |
| San Antonio, Texas | 88.2% |
| Tampa, Florida | 87.9% |
| Broken Arrow, Oklahoma | 87.9% |
| Fayetteville, North Carolina | 87.8% |
| Provo, Utah | 87.6% |
| Lansing, Michigan | 87.6% |
| Arlington, Texas | 87.4% |
| Washington, District of Columbia | 87.4% |
| Surprise, Arizona | 87.4% |
| Grand Prairie, Texas | 87.4% |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 87.3% |
| New Haven, Connecticut | 87.2% |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | 87.2% |
| Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 87.1% |
| Hesperia, California | 87.1% |
| Miramar, Florida | 86.8% |
| Centennial, Colorado | 86.8% |
| Nashville, Tennessee | 86.6% |
| Downey, California | 86.2% |
| Manchester, New Hampshire | 86.1% |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 86.0% |
| Pueblo, Colorado | 85.0% |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 84.8% |
| Fayetteville, Arkansas | 84.8% |
| Pasadena, Texas | 84.6% |
| Dallas, Texas | 84.4% |
| Waterbury, Connecticut | 84.3% |
| Hialeah, Florida | 83.9% |
| Topeka, Kansas | 83.8% |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 83.6% |
| Long Beach, California | 83.6% |
| Fort Collins, Colorado | 83.5% |
| Everett, Washington | 83.0% |
| Thousand Oaks, California | 83.0% |
| Irving, Texas | 82.8% |
| Midland, Texas | 82.8% |
| Lancaster, California | 82.5% |
| Alexandria, Virginia | 82.4% |
| Austin, Texas | 82.4% |
| Port St. Lucie, Florida | 82.1% |
| Victorville, California | 82.0% |
| Houston, Texas | 81.9% |
| Ontario, California | 81.9% |
| Greensboro, North Carolina | 81.8% |
| Grand Rapids, Michigan | 81.6% |
| Pomona, California | 81.4% |
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 81.1% |
| Coral Springs, Florida | 80.9% |
| West Covina, California | 80.7% |
| Gresham, Oregon | 80.7% |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | 80.3% |
| Odessa, Texas | 80.0% |
| Seattle, Washington | 79.9% |
| Portland, Oregon | 79.5% |
| Mobile, Alabama | 79.3% |
| Goodyear, Arizona | 79.2% |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 78.2% |
| Richmond, California | 78.2% |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 78.1% |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 78.1% |
| Tallahassee, Florida | 78.0% |
| Peoria, Illinois | 77.8% |
| Denton, Texas | 77.5% |
| Hollywood, Florida | 77.0% |
| Denver, Colorado | 76.9% |
| Daly City, California | 76.9% |
| Spokane, Washington | 76.9% |
| Miami, Florida | 76.8% |
| Fullerton, California | 76.8% |
| Deltona, Florida | 76.4% |
| Lewisville, Texas | 75.9% |
| Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 75.8% |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | 75.2% |
| Meridian, Idaho | 75.1% |
| Hartford, Connecticut | 74.9% |
| Suffolk, Virginia | 74.9% |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | 74.8% |
| Westminster, Colorado | 74.8% |
| Green Bay, Wisconsin | 74.4% |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | 74.0% |
| Nampa, Idaho | 74.0% |
| Sandy Springs, Georgia | 73.7% |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 73.3% |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | 73.3% |
| Chula Vista, California | 72.5% |
| Lakewood, Colorado | 72.1% |
| Madison, Wisconsin | 71.6% |
| Edmond, Oklahoma | 71.5% |
| New Braunfels, Texas | 71.3% |
| Elk Grove, California | 70.9% |
| Hampton, Virginia | 70.8% |
| Columbia, South Carolina | 70.4% |
| Moreno Valley, California | 70.0% |
| Huntington Beach, California | 69.9% |
| St. Petersburg, Florida | 69.9% |
| Syracuse, New York | 69.7% |
| Orlando, Florida | 69.7% |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 69.5% |
| Waco, Texas | 69.2% |
| Brownsville, Texas | 69.2% |
| South Bend, Indiana | 69.1% |
| San Bernardino, California | 69.0% |
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 68.9% |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 68.5% |
| West Palm Beach, Florida | 67.6% |
| Torrance, California | 67.3% |
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 67.2% |
| Santa Maria, California | 67.0% |
| Garden Grove, California | 66.2% |
| Beaumont, Texas | 65.6% |
| Laredo, Texas | 65.2% |
| Hayward, California | 65.1% |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 65.1% |
| St. George, Utah | 64.5% |
| Evansville, Indiana | 63.6% |
| Gainesville, Florida | 62.9% |
| Lakeland, Florida | 62.9% |
| Davie, Florida | 62.7% |
| Springfield, Illinois | 62.6% |
| Sparks, Nevada | 62.6% |
| Palm Bay, Florida | 62.6% |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 62.5% |
| Savannah, Georgia | 62.2% |
| Memphis, Tennessee | 62.1% |
| Dayton, Ohio | 61.8% |
| Boca Raton, Florida | 61.5% |
| Pompano Beach, Florida | 61.4% |
| Columbus, Georgia | 61.3% |
| Roseville, California | 61.1% |
| Oxnard, California | 61.0% |
| San Francisco, California | 60.8% |
| Peoria, Arizona | 60.8% |
| Montgomery, Alabama | 60.7% |
| Sacramento, California | 60.1% |
| El Paso, Texas | 60.0% |
| Buffalo, New York | 59.9% |
| Rockford, Illinois | 58.7% |
| Edinburg, Texas | 58.6% |
| Mesa, Arizona | 58.6% |
| College Station, Texas | 58.3% |
| Athens, Georgia | 57.1% |
| Clearwater, Florida | 57.0% |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 56.9% |
| Cleveland, Ohio | 56.1% |
| Charleston, South Carolina | 55.4% |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 55.1% |
| Akron, Ohio | 55.1% |
| Fort Myers, Florida | 55.0% |
| Thornton, Colorado | 55.0% |
| Reno, Nevada | 54.0% |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 53.5% |
| Rochester, New York | 53.3% |
| Scottsdale, Arizona | 53.2% |
| Santa Ana, California | 53.1% |
| Tacoma, Washington | 53.1% |
| Toledo, Ohio | 52.8% |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan | 52.7% |
| Inglewood, California | 52.4% |
| Irvine, California | 52.3% |
| Aurora, Colorado | 52.2% |
| Los Angeles, California | 51.9% |
| Burbank, California | 51.8% |
| Santa Clara, California | 51.7% |
| Glendale, Arizona | 50.9% |
| Jackson, Mississippi | 50.3% |
| Arvada, Colorado | 50.2% |
| Warren, Michigan | 49.8% |
| Sunnyvale, California | 49.7% |
| Macon, Georgia | 49.3% |
| Eugene, Oregon | 49.0% |
| Costa Mesa, California | 47.7% |
| Boulder, Colorado | 45.2% |
| Henderson, Nevada | 44.9% |
| Pasadena, California | 44.8% |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | 44.8% |
| San Diego, California | 44.6% |
| Billings, Montana | 44.3% |
| North Las Vegas, Nevada | 44.1% |
| San Jose, California | 43.9% |
| McAllen, Texas | 43.7% |
| El Cajon, California | 43.6% |
| North Charleston, South Carolina | 43.2% |
| Vancouver, Washington | 42.9% |
| Vallejo, California | 42.9% |
| Chandler, Arizona | 41.1% |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | 41.1% |
| Aurora, Illinois | 41.1% |
| Dearborn, Michigan | 40.8% |
| Columbus, Ohio | 40.4% |
| Fresno, California | 39.6% |
| Glendale, California | 39.5% |
| Georgetown, Texas | 38.5% |
| Gilbert, Arizona | 38.4% |
| Riverside, California | 38.3% |
| Fremont, California | 38.2% |
| Antioch, California | 37.7% |
| Stockton, California | 37.2% |
| Concord, California | 37.0% |
| Avondale, Arizona | 37.0% |
| Palmdale, California | 36.9% |
| Chicago, Illinois | 36.6% |
| Boise, Idaho | 36.1% |
| Anaheim, California | 36.0% |
| Carlsbad, California | 36.0% |
| Las Cruces, New Mexico | 36.0% |
| Bakersfield, California | 35.5% |
| Santa Rosa, California | 35.5% |
| Worcester, Massachusetts | 35.3% |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 35.2% |
| Bend, Oregon | 35.2% |
| Clovis, California | 34.9% |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 34.0% |
| Tucson, Arizona | 34.0% |
| Augusta, Georgia | 34.0% |
| El Monte, California | 33.8% |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 31.4% |
| Salinas, California | 31.2% |
| Chico, California | 30.7% |
| Fontana, California | 30.5% |
| Modesto, California | 29.7% |
| Orange, California | 28.7% |
| Joliet, Illinois | 27.8% |
| Jurupa Valley, California | 27.8% |
| Detroit, Michigan | 27.4% |
| Bellevue, Washington | 27.4% |
| Visalia, California | 27.3% |
| Elgin, Illinois | 27.3% |
| Salem, Oregon | 26.9% |
| Oceanside, California | 26.7% |
| Tracy, California | 24.2% |
| Ventura, California | 23.8% |
| Fargo, North Dakota | 22.6% |
| Tempe, Arizona | 22.3% |
| Sterling Heights, Michigan | 22.0% |
| Fairfield, California | 21.8% |
| Rancho Cucamonga, California | 21.7% |
| Rialto, California | 20.7% |
| Spokane Valley, Washington | 20.6% |
| Vacaville, California | 18.6% |
| Santa Clarita, California | 18.3% |
| Naperville, Illinois | 18.0% |
| Baltimore, Maryland | 16.7% |
| Kent, Washington | 15.9% |
| Escondido, California | 15.6% |
| Corona, California | 13.0% |
| Renton, Washington | 10.5% |
| Quincy, Massachusetts | 9.0% |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 6.2% |
| Albany, New York | 2.0% |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts | 0.5% |
| New Bedford, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
On fiber coverage alone, the city's share ranks tied for 149th highest among large cities, close to the large-city median of 74.0%1.
Where Cox is still the only fast wire
Competition followed the fiber. Wired service of 100/20 Mbps or more reaches 96.4% of locations, and the question is how many companies offer it. In June 2022 a single wired provider did at 51.7% of locations and two or more at 48.0%2. Now the split is 21.2% and 75.2%. Statewide, only 52.5%1 of Louisiana's locations have two or more.
The single-wire remainder is almost all Cox: it is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps for 17.1% of the city's locations. At the other end, three or more wired providers at that speed, rare in 2022 at 0.5%, now reach 11.6%. Apart from Cox and AT&T, Metronet (12.6%) and REV (4.8%) are the only wired providers at 100/20 Mbps across more than a handful of locations, both over fiber. Two separate fiber networks overlap at 13.7%1 of locations, up from 0.8%2.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge | 3.6% | 21.2% | 63.6% | 11.6% |
| Louisiana | 10.6% | 36.9% | 44.8% | 7.7% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One wired choice | 51.7% | 24.4% | 21.2% | −30.5 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 48.0% | 71.4% | 75.2% | 27.2 pts |
| Three or more wired choices | 0.5% | 6.1% | 11.6% | 11.1 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 0.8% | 8.0% | 13.7% | 12.9 pts |
The chart compares the first FCC map (June 30, 2022), the December 31, 2025 release and the current one: the single-wire share falls as the multi-provider shares rise.
The top advertised tier moved to 2 Gbps
In 2022 the fastest advertised download at 67.8% of locations was between 940 Mbps and 2 Gbps, and 32.0%2 had 2 Gbps or more. In 2026, 2 Gbps or more is the top tier at 95.0%. That share is larger than the fiber footprint, so it rests on Cox's cable as well, which is now filed at up to 2 Gbps1.
Uploads moved too. The FCC's gigabit tier, 1,000 Mbps down with 100 Mbps up, was advertised at 43.5%2 of locations in 2022 and at 85.5%1 in 2026, more than the fiber share, so some cable locations are now also filed with 100 Mbps uploads. Every figure is the provider's advertised maximum, not a speed test.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge | 1.9% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 95.0% |
| Louisiana | 5.5% | 2.8% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 28.5% | 60.1% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
Fixed wireless spread too
The mobile carriers' home internet grew alongside fiber. Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or more, the category that includes 5G home internet, was reported at 8.6%2 of locations in 2022 and 53.3% in 2026. Verizon files home internet at 80.5% of locations, at 100/20 Mbps at 41.6%; T-Mobile at 64.3%, at 100/20 at 23.3%1. A tower sector's capacity is shared by everyone on it, so carriers limit sign-ups by address; a filed location is not a promise that every home there can join at once.
The few locations left out
A small set of Baton Rouge locations has no wired 100/20 Mbps provider: 2,714, or 3.6%. Of these, 453 reach that speed only by fixed wireless and 35 have satellite as their only option. Under the BEAD program's definition of unserved (see the methodology), 203 locations qualify, 0.3% of the city, a share that ranks tied for 28th highest among large cities. The parish figure is 0.7%1.
Fewer homes without a subscription than in 2019
Availability and subscription are different measures. The Census Bureau's American Community Survey samples households, not locations. In 2019, 13.8% of Baton Rouge households had no internet subscription (margin of error ±2.2 percentage points4); in 2025 the estimate was 8.6% (margin of error ±2.5 percentage points), and the two ranges do not overlap. Even so, the 2025 estimate ranks tied for 23rd highest5 among large cities.
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) | 96.4% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 75.3% | ±3.8 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 13.0% | ±2.4 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 8.6% | ±2.5 |
Households with a cable, fiber or DSL subscription were 75.3% (margin of error ±3.8 percentage points), and in 15.4%5 the only computing device was a smartphone. The survey covers a year of households and the FCC map one date of locations, so the gap between them is a direction, not a count.
Baton Rouge among Louisiana's cities
On wired choice at 100/20 Mbps, Baton Rouge (75.2% of locations with two or more providers) is ahead of New Orleans (54.6%) and Shreveport (62.7%), and behind Lafayette (89.7%), where fiber is reported at 91.6%1 of locations. The Louisiana page maps every parish.
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 wired choices |
|---|---|
| Lafayette | 89.7% |
| Baton Rouge | 75.2% |
| Shreveport | 62.7% |
| United States | 55.6% |
| New Orleans | 54.6% |
| Louisiana | 52.5% |
Baton Rouge internet questions
What internet providers are available in Baton Rouge?
Cox (90.2% of locations, mostly cable) and AT&T (93.5%, fiber, DSL and fixed wireless) cover nearly the whole city. Metronet (12.6%) and REV (4.8%) run fiber in parts of it. Verizon (80.5%) and T-Mobile (64.3%1) report 5G or LTE home internet, and three satellite companies report service everywhere. Shares are as of June 30, 2026.
Does Baton Rouge have fiber internet?
At 78.2% of locations at least one provider reports fiber, as of June 30, 2026, against 61.7% across Louisiana and 62.6%1 nationally. Most of it is AT&T's.
How many internet providers does Baton Rouge have?
5 wired providers report service somewhere in the city and 5 report fiber, up from 32 fiber providers in June 2022. At a given location the number is smaller: 63.6% of locations have two wired providers at 100/20 Mbps and 11.6%1 have three or more.
Is Metronet available in Baton Rouge?
In parts of the city: it reports fiber at 12.6% of locations (9,386), advertised up to 5 Gbps1, and reported none in the first FCC map of June 2022. Since June 2026 Metronet files these locations as business service, because its home customers are now T-Mobile's; this site still counts them as residential, as its methodology explains. An address check confirms service at a home.
Checking one address in Baton Rouge
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 Louisiana
The state picture, county by county: internet in Louisiana. Other large cities in the state: New Orleans, Shreveport and Lafayette. Compare Baton Rouge 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, American Community Survey 2019 1-year detailed tables; 2019. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. 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.