Internet in Lafayette, Louisiana
Fiber is available at 91.6% of the 46,340 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Lafayette, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 91.8%. 89.7% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 2.1% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Lafayette in Louisiana
Lafayette is a fiber city whose main fiber network belongs to local government. LFT Fiber, filed with the FCC by Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government, reports service at 89.7% of the city's homes and businesses, Cox's network reaches 89.9%, and 89.7%1 of locations can choose between at least two wired providers at 100/20 Mbps.
LFT Fiber, Cox and AT&T
The FCC's National Broadband Map, as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026), counts 46,340 homes and businesses inside Lafayette's city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census. LFT Fiber reports fiber at 89.7% of them, with advertised downloads up to 10 Gbps. Cox reports service at 89.9%, over cable except for a fiber footprint of 3.7%, advertised up to 2 Gbps. AT&T reaches 83.4% with three technologies: fiber at 27.0% of the city, copper DSL and fixed wireless elsewhere, so it offers 100/20 Mbps at only 34.3%. Verizon and T-Mobile report 5G or LTE home internet at 82.4% and 81.3%, and two small wireless companies, Cajun Broadband and Acadianabroadband, each report 1.3%1 at speeds below 100/20 Mbps.
| Cox | Fiber Cable | 89.9% | 89.9% | 2 Gbps | 0.2% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LFT Fiber | Fiber | 89.7% | 89.7% | 10 Gbps | 0.5% |
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 83.4% | 34.3% | 5 Gbps | 1.4% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 82.4% | 44.1% | 300 Mbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 81.3% | 24.3% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Cajun Broadband | Fixed wireless | 1.3% | 0.0% | 25 Mbps | – |
| Acadianabroadband | Fixed wireless | 1.3% | 0.0% | 40 Mbps | – |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 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 (Viasat, Starlink, HughesNet) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
A provider counts here when it reports that it can install standard service at a location within ten business days; reports can be challenged on the FCC map. Starlink, Viasat and HughesNet report satellite service at every location, as they do across the country, and are left out of the coverage shares on this page.
A fiber network owned by local government
LFT Fiber is not a private company. In the FCC's filings the provider is Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government, and the city government's own page describes it as locally owned fiber internet. The FCC's first map, as of June 30, 2022, listed the same filer under the brand LUS Fiber, as the FCC's downloadable provider data for each release shows. Tables that list LFT Fiber as new since 2022 are counting the change of brand, not a new network.
The network was already in place when the map began: fiber reached 87.9%2 of Lafayette's locations in June 2022 and reaches 91.6% in June 2026, tied for 55th highest share among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. Clarksville, Tennessee and Chattanooga, Tennessee1 are among the others at that value.
The city is under half of what LFT Fiber serves. It reports fiber at 92,047 locations, all in Louisiana; 41,582 of them are inside Lafayette. The rest lie outside the city limits, in Lafayette Parish and beyond. Across the parish's 96,723 locations, fiber from any provider reaches 78.3%1.
Two fiber networks at more than a quarter of addresses
Where AT&T has built fiber, and in the small areas where Cox reports it, a Lafayette address has a second fiber network on top of LFT Fiber. That is the case at 26.5% of locations, up from 21.1%2 in June 2022. Across Louisiana the share is 8.8% and nationally 12.1%. Baton Rouge, the state's other city with a large overlap, is at 13.7%; New Orleans is at 0.1% and Shreveport at 0.0%1.
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 |
|---|---|
| Lafayette | 26.5% |
| Baton Rouge | 13.7% |
| United States | 12.1% |
| Louisiana | 8.8% |
| New Orleans | 0.1% |
| Shreveport | 0.0% |
Choice: at least two wires almost everywhere
With a municipal fiber network and a cable network laid over the same streets, a single wired option is rare. Two or more wired providers offer 100/20 Mbps or more at 89.7% of locations, a share that ranks tied for 78th highest among large cities; across Louisiana it is 52.5%. Exactly two are available at 61.8% and three or more at 27.9%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette | 8.2% | 2.1% | 61.8% | 27.9% |
| Louisiana | 10.6% | 36.9% | 44.8% | 7.7% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
The single-wire share fell from 12.9%2 in June 2022 to 2.1%, or 968 locations. At 0.5% of the city LFT Fiber is the only wired provider at that speed, and at 0.2% Cox is. The FCC counts 2,922 locations in the city with no land-based service at 100/20 Mbps and 11 where satellite is the only option.
5G home internet grew, cable's share slipped
The largest change in Lafayette since 2022 has been fixed wireless from the mobile carriers. Verizon reported home internet at 38,171 locations in June 2026, which is 82.4% of the city, offering 100/20 Mbps at 44.1%. T-Mobile reports 81.3%, with 100/20 Mbps at 24.3%. Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or more went from 10.9%2 of locations to 56.5%1. Carriers manage sign-ups by address because a tower sector's capacity is shared, so these figures show where service is reported, not how many homes could join at once.
Cable moved the other way. It was reported at 98.4%2 of locations in 2022 and at 86.2% in 2026, a share 38th lowest among large cities, and Cox files part of its Lafayette footprint as fiber rather than cable. Copper DSL, nearly all of it AT&T's, is at 54.0%, down 2.7 percentage points1.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed wireless 100/20 | 10.9% | 57.4% | 56.5% | 45.6 pts |
| Cable available | 98.4% | 85.7% | 86.2% | −12.2 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 21.1% | 25.9% | 26.5% | 5.4 pts |
| Three or more wired choices | 23.1% | 27.0% | 27.9% | 4.8 pts |
A top advertised tier of 2 Gbps or more, citywide
Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps, the FCC's 1,000/100 tier, is advertised at 91.6% of locations, and symmetrical wired service of 100/100 Mbps at 91.6%1. Those depend on fiber, which is why they track the fiber share here.
The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 91.5% of locations. In the June 2022 map that share was 13.1%, and 86.8% of locations had a top tier of about 1 Gbps. Fiber coverage moved far less over the same years, from 87.9%2 to 91.6%1, so most of the shift is in the maximum speeds providers file, not in where the network runs. All of these are advertised maximums for standard residential service, not measured speeds.
| Measure | Lafayette | Louisiana | United States | Rank among largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Gbps or more | 91.5% | 60.1% | 61.0% | – |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 91.6% | 68.9% | 72.3% | tied 163rd of 343 |
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 91.6% | 69.3% | 73.7% | 174th of 343 |
| 1 Gbps download | 91.6% | 84.7% | 91.0% | 337th of 343 |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Rank 1 is the highest value. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
Lafayette next to Louisiana's other large cities
Lafayette is the only one of Louisiana's four largest cities where fiber is reported at almost every location. Baton Rouge is at 78.2%, Shreveport at 62.5% and New Orleans at 56.9%1. The table below compares Lafayette with US cities closest to it in population, from the same FCC release.
| Area | Fiber available | Gigabit (1,000/100) | Two or more wired choices | Fiber networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 91.6% | 91.6% | 89.7% | 3 |
| Odessa, Texas | 80.0% | 85.9% | 91.9% | 3 |
| New Braunfels, Texas | 71.3% | 75.1% | 72.0% | 7 |
| Arvada, Colorado | 50.2% | 99.7% | 62.2% | 5 |
| Vallejo, California | 42.9% | 94.2% | 51.9% | 4 |
| Concord, California | 37.0% | 93.3% | 96.6% | 4 |
| Fairfield, California | 21.8% | 99.3% | 31.7% | 2 |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts | 0.5% | 78.0% | 6.3% | 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.
The Louisiana page maps every parish, and New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport have their own pages.
Fewer households without a subscription than in 2019
In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 95.1% of Lafayette households had a broadband subscription of any kind (margin of error ±1.7 percentage points), against 92.0% statewide. 83.4% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin ±3.5 percentage points) and 10.5% relied on a cellular data plan alone. Households with no internet subscription were 4.8% (margin ±1.7 percentage points), down from 10.4% (margin ±2.5 percentage points5) in the 2019 survey; the two ranges do not overlap. Louisiana's figure is 7.9%4.
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) | 91.8% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 83.4% | ±3.5 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 10.5% | ±3.0 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 4.8% | ±1.7 |
The survey counts households over a year and the FCC counts locations on one date, so the difference between the two is an indication, not a count of homes that could connect and do not.
Lafayette internet questions
What internet providers are available in Lafayette, Louisiana?
Two wired networks cover nearly the whole city: LFT Fiber (89.7% of locations, all fiber) and Cox (89.9%, mostly cable). AT&T reports service at 83.4%, with fiber at 27.0% and DSL or fixed wireless elsewhere. Verizon (82.4%) and T-Mobile (81.3%) report 5G or LTE home internet, and Cajun Broadband and Acadianabroadband report unlicensed fixed wireless at 1.3% and 1.3%1. Shares are for June 30, 2026.
Is LUS Fiber the same as LFT Fiber?
Yes. In the FCC's first National Broadband Map, as of June 30, 2022, the network was filed under the brand LUS Fiber; in the current map the same filer, Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government, reports it as LFT Fiber. Data tables that show LFT Fiber as new since 2022 are counting a change of name, not a new network.
Does Lafayette have fiber internet?
At least one provider reports fiber at 91.6% of the city's 46,340 locations, as of June 30, 2026 (rounded; a handful of locations have none), against 61.7% across Louisiana and 62.6%1 nationally.
How many internet providers does Lafayette have?
4 wired providers and 8 wired or fixed wireless providers report service somewhere in the city; 3 report fiber. At a single location, 61.8% have exactly two wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps and 27.9%1 have three or more.
Checking one address in Lafayette
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, Baton Rouge and Shreveport. Compare Lafayette 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 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.