Internet in New Orleans, Louisiana
Fiber is available at 56.9% of the 123,128 homes and businesses the FCC counts in New Orleans, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 95.2%. 54.6% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 40.6% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
New Orleans in Louisiana
New Orleans runs on two wired networks: Cox's cable, reported at 93.1% of its homes and businesses, and AT&T's fiber, at 56.8%1. Fiber has more than doubled since 2022, yet the city still trails Baton Rouge, Lafayette and neighboring Jefferson Parish, and beyond AT&T's fiber Cox is usually the one wired line offering 100/20 Mbps.
Cox and AT&T: the two wires
The FCC's June 30, 2026 data (revision of November 10, 2026) list 123,128 homes and businesses in New Orleans. Cox files service at 93.1% of them, every one at 100/20 Mbps or more, and nearly all over cable: its own fiber covers just 0.2%. AT&T files 82.3%, a total that mixes fiber (56.8% of the city), copper DSL and fixed wireless; its 100/20 Mbps footprint is 58.3%1.
| Cox | Fiber Cable | 93.1% | 93.1% | 2 Gbps | 38.5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 82.3% | 58.3% | 5 Gbps | 2.2% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 76.2% | 47.9% | 1 Gbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 69.6% | 24.5% | 100 Mbps | – |
| SkyCom1 | Fixed wireless | 63.2% | 63.2% | 100 Mbps | – |
| NOLA Broadband | Fixed wireless | 22.1% | 22.1% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Tammany Wireless | Licensed wireless | 0.0% | 0.0% | 499 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, HughesNet, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
Below those two, the table is wireless. SkyCom1 and NOLA Broadband, both local, broadcast over unlicensed spectrum to 63.2% and 22.1% of locations, with a top advertised download of 100 Mbps each; NOLA Broadband filed almost nothing in the first map of June 2022. Among the national carriers, Verizon lists home internet at 76.2% of locations and reaches 100/20 Mbps at 47.9%, while T-Mobile lists 69.6% and reaches 100/20 Mbps at 24.5%1. A tower sector's capacity is shared, so wireless companies decide which addresses they will sign up.
"Available" in all of this means a company has told the FCC it could connect the location within ten business days of a request. The FCC's broadband map shows those filings for each address and takes challenges to them. Prices are not part of the data.
Fiber has more than doubled, and still trails
AT&T's fiber is the main change in the city's wiring. Fiber covered 22.2%2 of New Orleans locations in the first FCC map (June 30, 2022), 48.2%3 at the end of 2025 and 56.9% by mid-2026. The rise in that last six months alone, 8.7 percentage points, was the 23rd highest1 among the 343 cities with 100,000 people or more.
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 | 22.2% | 48.2% | 56.9% | 34.7 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 22.0% | 46.3% | 54.6% | 32.6 pts |
| DSL available | 44.8% | 43.9% | 43.5% | −1.3 pts |
| Cable available | 99.5% | 92.5% | 92.9% | −6.6 pts |
Copper has not retreated alongside it. DSL is filed at 43.5%1 of locations today and was at 44.8%2 four years ago; AT&T's DSL tops out at an advertised 100 Mbps download.
The rest of urban Louisiana is further along. Baton Rouge reports fiber at 78.2% of locations, Jefferson Parish across the parish line at 78.3%, and Lafayette, whose largest provider is Cox, at 91.6%. Shreveport (62.5%) and Louisiana overall (61.7%) are ahead too, and the median large US city is at 74.0%1.
| Area | Fiber available | Two or more fiber networks | One wired choice | Gigabit (1,000/100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 56.9% | 0.1% | 40.6% | 86.6% |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 78.2% | 13.7% | 21.2% | 85.5% |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 62.5% | 0.0% | 36.8% | 77.8% |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 91.6% | 26.5% | 2.1% | 91.6% |
| Louisiana | 61.7% | 8.8% | 36.9% | 68.9% |
| United States | 62.6% | 12.1% | 36.6% | 72.3% |
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.
Two wires at most
Choice in New Orleans follows AT&T's fiber map: where it runs, a home usually has two fast wired networks, and where it does not, one. Four years ago 77.6%2 of locations had a single wired provider at 100/20 Mbps; now 40.6% do, against 54.6% with at least two. Three-way wired competition is almost absent, at 0.0%1 of locations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans | 4.8% | 40.6% | 54.6% | 0.0% |
| Louisiana | 10.6% | 36.9% | 44.8% | 7.7% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
For 38.5% of the city's locations, Cox is the sole wired provider at 100/20 Mbps. Fiber-against-fiber competition is rarer still: two fiber networks overlap at 0.1% of locations, a share that ranks tied for 31st lowest of the large cities, compared with 13.7% in Baton Rouge and 26.5%1 in Lafayette.
Cable uploads moved the speed figures
Upload speed changed more than anything else in the filings, and fiber explains only part of it. The FCC's gigabit tier requires 1,000 Mbps down and 100 Mbps up. In 2022 it was advertised at 22.0% of locations, about where fiber stood then; in 2026 it reaches 86.6%, far past today's fiber share and above Louisiana's 68.9%. The difference is cable. In the FCC's Louisiana location files, Cox lists most of its New Orleans cable locations at a 2 Gbps download with a 100 Mbps upload, and most of the others at a 35 Mbps upload. A top tier of 2 Gbps or more is now listed at 94.4%1 of locations, against 15.5%2 in 2022.
Worcester, Massachusetts 0.7%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 | Gigabit (1,000/100) |
|---|---|
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 100.0% |
| Clarksville, Tennessee | 100.0% |
| West Valley City, Utah | 99.9% |
| Sparks, Nevada | 99.9% |
| Boulder, Colorado | 99.9% |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | 99.9% |
| Simi Valley, California | 99.9% |
| Longmont, Colorado | 99.9% |
| Reno, Nevada | 99.8% |
| Pompano Beach, Florida | 99.8% |
| Eugene, Oregon | 99.8% |
| Aurora, Illinois | 99.7% |
| Arvada, Colorado | 99.7% |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | 99.7% |
| Fishers, Indiana | 99.7% |
| Hillsboro, Oregon | 99.6% |
| Gresham, Oregon | 99.6% |
| Manchester, New Hampshire | 99.6% |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 99.6% |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 99.5% |
| Independence, Missouri | 99.5% |
| Hollywood, Florida | 99.5% |
| Centennial, Colorado | 99.5% |
| San Mateo, California | 99.4% |
| Sandy Springs, Georgia | 99.4% |
| Des Moines, Iowa | 99.4% |
| Fairfield, California | 99.3% |
| Greeley, Colorado | 99.3% |
| Olathe, Kansas | 99.3% |
| Overland Park, Kansas | 99.3% |
| Miami Gardens, Florida | 99.3% |
| Rochester, Minnesota | 99.3% |
| Pasadena, Texas | 99.2% |
| Hialeah, Florida | 99.2% |
| Provo, Utah | 99.2% |
| Visalia, California | 99.2% |
| Miami, Florida | 99.1% |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | 99.1% |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | 98.9% |
| Miramar, Florida | 98.8% |
| Louisville, Kentucky | 98.7% |
| Lexington, Kentucky | 98.7% |
| Broken Arrow, Oklahoma | 98.6% |
| Huntsville, Alabama | 98.6% |
| Frisco, Texas | 98.6% |
| Allen, Texas | 98.6% |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 98.5% |
| Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 98.5% |
| McKinney, Texas | 98.5% |
| Hartford, Connecticut | 98.5% |
| Peoria, Illinois | 98.5% |
| Amarillo, Texas | 98.4% |
| Sugar Land, Texas | 98.4% |
| Conroe, Texas | 98.3% |
| League City, Texas | 98.3% |
| Cincinnati, Ohio | 98.2% |
| Nashville, Tennessee | 98.2% |
| Fort Collins, Colorado | 98.1% |
| Waterbury, Connecticut | 98.0% |
| Norfolk, Virginia | 98.0% |
| Clovis, California | 98.0% |
| Fremont, California | 97.9% |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | 97.9% |
| Pearland, Texas | 97.9% |
| Stockton, California | 97.8% |
| Mesquite, Texas | 97.7% |
| Arlington, Texas | 97.7% |
| San Angelo, Texas | 97.6% |
| Sacramento, California | 97.5% |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 97.5% |
| Kansas City, Missouri | 97.4% |
| West Jordan, Utah | 97.4% |
| Baltimore, Maryland | 97.2% |
| Abilene, Texas | 97.2% |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | 97.2% |
| Rochester, New York | 97.1% |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 97.0% |
| Lakewood, Colorado | 97.0% |
| Plano, Texas | 97.0% |
| North Las Vegas, Nevada | 97.0% |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 96.9% |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 96.9% |
| Dallas, Texas | 96.9% |
| Grand Prairie, Texas | 96.9% |
| Vancouver, Washington | 96.9% |
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico | 96.9% |
| Richardson, Texas | 96.9% |
| New Haven, Connecticut | 96.9% |
| Oakland, California | 96.9% |
| Spokane, Washington | 96.8% |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | 96.8% |
| Lee's Summit, Missouri | 96.8% |
| Henderson, Nevada | 96.8% |
| Bridgeport, Connecticut | 96.7% |
| Westminster, Colorado | 96.7% |
| Jackson, Mississippi | 96.6% |
| Lynn, Massachusetts | 96.6% |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | 96.6% |
| Garland, Texas | 96.5% |
| Wichita Falls, Texas | 96.4% |
| Cape Coral, Florida | 96.4% |
| Pueblo, Colorado | 96.3% |
| Jersey City, New Jersey | 96.3% |
| Wichita, Kansas | 96.2% |
| San Jose, California | 96.2% |
| Carrollton, Texas | 96.2% |
| Grand Rapids, Michigan | 96.2% |
| Buckeye, Arizona | 96.1% |
| Denver, Colorado | 96.0% |
| Yonkers, New York | 96.0% |
| Gilbert, Arizona | 96.0% |
| Houston, Texas | 95.9% |
| Norman, Oklahoma | 95.9% |
| Irving, Texas | 95.9% |
| Lewisville, Texas | 95.9% |
| Oceanside, California | 95.8% |
| Boca Raton, Florida | 95.8% |
| Seattle, Washington | 95.7% |
| Naperville, Illinois | 95.7% |
| Davenport, Iowa | 95.6% |
| South Fulton, Georgia | 95.6% |
| Everett, Washington | 95.4% |
| Chula Vista, California | 95.4% |
| Cary, North Carolina | 95.1% |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | 95.0% |
| Thornton, Colorado | 94.9% |
| Irvine, California | 94.9% |
| Palm Coast, Florida | 94.8% |
| St. Paul, Minnesota | 94.8% |
| Surprise, Arizona | 94.6% |
| Fargo, North Dakota | 94.6% |
| Elizabeth, New Jersey | 94.5% |
| Warren, Michigan | 94.4% |
| Kansas City, Kansas | 94.2% |
| Daly City, California | 94.2% |
| Roseville, California | 94.2% |
| Vallejo, California | 94.2% |
| Paterson, New Jersey | 93.9% |
| Omaha, Nebraska | 93.8% |
| Menifee, California | 93.8% |
| Vacaville, California | 93.6% |
| Bellevue, Washington | 93.5% |
| Stamford, Connecticut | 93.5% |
| Hayward, California | 93.4% |
| Newark, New Jersey | 93.3% |
| Concord, California | 93.3% |
| Round Rock, Texas | 93.2% |
| West Palm Beach, Florida | 92.9% |
| Fayetteville, Arkansas | 92.8% |
| Peoria, Arizona | 92.7% |
| Temecula, California | 92.6% |
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 92.4% |
| Murrieta, California | 92.3% |
| Berkeley, California | 92.3% |
| Columbia, Missouri | 92.3% |
| Port St. Lucie, Florida | 92.3% |
| Santa Clara, California | 92.2% |
| Memphis, Tennessee | 92.1% |
| Lubbock, Texas | 92.1% |
| Topeka, Kansas | 91.8% |
| Fresno, California | 91.8% |
| Lansing, Michigan | 91.8% |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 91.6% |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 91.6% |
| Augusta, Georgia | 91.5% |
| Scottsdale, Arizona | 91.4% |
| Fort Wayne, Indiana | 91.2% |
| Glendale, Arizona | 91.2% |
| High Point, North Carolina | 91.2% |
| El Cajon, California | 91.1% |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | 91.0% |
| Rockford, Illinois | 91.0% |
| Washington, District of Columbia | 90.7% |
| Davie, Florida | 90.6% |
| Edmond, Oklahoma | 90.5% |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 90.4% |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 90.4% |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 90.3% |
| Goodyear, Arizona | 90.3% |
| Yuma, Arizona | 90.0% |
| Elk Grove, California | 90.0% |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 90.0% |
| Killeen, Texas | 89.9% |
| Carmel, Indiana | 89.9% |
| Elgin, Illinois | 89.8% |
| Tyler, Texas | 89.6% |
| Durham, North Carolina | 89.5% |
| Chandler, Arizona | 89.3% |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 88.9% |
| Richmond, California | 88.8% |
| Avondale, Arizona | 88.8% |
| Concord, North Carolina | 88.7% |
| Antioch, California | 88.6% |
| Mobile, Alabama | 88.4% |
| Denton, Texas | 88.2% |
| San Antonio, Texas | 88.2% |
| Tampa, Florida | 87.8% |
| Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 87.6% |
| Fayetteville, North Carolina | 87.4% |
| Gainesville, Florida | 87.2% |
| Hesperia, California | 87.1% |
| Alexandria, Virginia | 86.9% |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 86.6% |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | 86.4% |
| New York, New York | 86.3% |
| Downey, California | 86.2% |
| Spokane Valley, Washington | 86.0% |
| Odessa, Texas | 85.9% |
| Macon, Georgia | 85.9% |
| Portland, Oregon | 85.8% |
| Tacoma, Washington | 85.7% |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 85.5% |
| Tucson, Arizona | 85.4% |
| Mesa, Arizona | 85.3% |
| Aurora, Colorado | 85.3% |
| Escondido, California | 85.1% |
| Tempe, Arizona | 84.7% |
| Salinas, California | 84.7% |
| Long Beach, California | 83.9% |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 83.7% |
| Modesto, California | 83.5% |
| Coral Springs, Florida | 83.1% |
| Fort Myers, Florida | 83.0% |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 82.8% |
| Thousand Oaks, California | 82.8% |
| Tallahassee, Florida | 82.7% |
| Joliet, Illinois | 82.7% |
| Midland, Texas | 82.6% |
| Lancaster, California | 82.5% |
| Austin, Texas | 82.4% |
| Salem, Oregon | 82.2% |
| Providence, Rhode Island | 82.1% |
| Victorville, California | 82.0% |
| Greensboro, North Carolina | 81.8% |
| Ontario, California | 81.5% |
| Pomona, California | 81.4% |
| Savannah, Georgia | 81.4% |
| West Covina, California | 80.7% |
| San Francisco, California | 79.6% |
| Santa Maria, California | 79.5% |
| South Bend, Indiana | 79.1% |
| Charleston, South Carolina | 78.7% |
| Brockton, Massachusetts | 78.6% |
| Detroit, Michigan | 78.6% |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 78.1% |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts | 78.0% |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan | 77.9% |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 77.8% |
| Fullerton, California | 77.7% |
| Newport News, Virginia | 77.2% |
| Sunnyvale, California | 76.8% |
| Deltona, Florida | 76.4% |
| Nampa, Idaho | 75.8% |
| New Braunfels, Texas | 75.1% |
| Green Bay, Wisconsin | 74.4% |
| North Charleston, South Carolina | 73.3% |
| Hampton, Virginia | 73.2% |
| Torrance, California | 72.7% |
| Springfield, Illinois | 72.7% |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 72.3% |
| Dearborn, Michigan | 72.2% |
| Huntington Beach, California | 72.1% |
| Meridian, Idaho | 72.0% |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 71.8% |
| New Bedford, Massachusetts | 71.6% |
| Madison, Wisconsin | 71.6% |
| Columbia, South Carolina | 70.4% |
| Moreno Valley, California | 70.0% |
| St. Petersburg, Florida | 69.9% |
| Suffolk, Virginia | 69.7% |
| Orlando, Florida | 69.5% |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 69.5% |
| Waco, Texas | 69.2% |
| Brownsville, Texas | 69.2% |
| San Bernardino, California | 69.1% |
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 68.9% |
| Santa Rosa, California | 68.7% |
| Chicago, Illinois | 68.4% |
| Kent, Washington | 68.0% |
| Sterling Heights, Michigan | 67.9% |
| Chesapeake, Virginia | 67.5% |
| Garden Grove, California | 67.4% |
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 67.2% |
| Beaumont, Texas | 65.6% |
| Renton, Washington | 65.3% |
| Laredo, Texas | 65.2% |
| Evansville, Indiana | 63.6% |
| St. George, Utah | 63.4% |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 63.4% |
| Tracy, California | 63.3% |
| San Diego, California | 63.1% |
| Lakeland, Florida | 62.9% |
| Palm Bay, Florida | 62.6% |
| El Paso, Texas | 62.0% |
| Dayton, Ohio | 61.8% |
| Columbus, Georgia | 61.3% |
| Montgomery, Alabama | 60.7% |
| Allentown, Pennsylvania | 60.5% |
| Oxnard, California | 60.2% |
| Edinburg, Texas | 58.6% |
| Quincy, Massachusetts | 57.8% |
| Athens, Georgia | 57.4% |
| Clearwater, Florida | 57.0% |
| Cleveland, Ohio | 56.2% |
| Akron, Ohio | 55.1% |
| College Station, Texas | 55.1% |
| Santa Ana, California | 54.8% |
| Chico, California | 54.6% |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 53.5% |
| Los Angeles, California | 53.3% |
| Inglewood, California | 52.9% |
| Toledo, Ohio | 52.8% |
| Burbank, California | 52.5% |
| Costa Mesa, California | 49.4% |
| Columbus, Ohio | 46.1% |
| Pasadena, California | 45.6% |
| Springfield, Missouri | 45.5% |
| Billings, Montana | 44.3% |
| McAllen, Texas | 43.7% |
| Las Cruces, New Mexico | 42.9% |
| Glendale, California | 40.2% |
| Buffalo, New York | 40.1% |
| Bakersfield, California | 40.1% |
| Riverside, California | 38.3% |
| Anaheim, California | 37.9% |
| Georgetown, Texas | 37.4% |
| Boise, Idaho | 37.2% |
| Palmdale, California | 36.9% |
| Carlsbad, California | 36.0% |
| Bend, Oregon | 35.1% |
| El Monte, California | 34.1% |
| Richmond, Virginia | 32.9% |
| Orange, California | 32.6% |
| Fontana, California | 30.5% |
| Jurupa Valley, California | 27.8% |
| Ventura, California | 23.8% |
| Rancho Cucamonga, California | 21.8% |
| Rialto, California | 20.7% |
| Santa Clarita, California | 18.4% |
| Corona, California | 13.6% |
| Albany, New York | 1.6% |
| Syracuse, New York | 1.3% |
| Worcester, Massachusetts | 0.7% |
The strip places New Orleans among all large cities on that gigabit measure. Each figure rests on the fastest plan a provider advertises and reports; none is a test of delivered speed.
The small gaps that grew
Wired coverage went slightly backward. Service of 100/20 Mbps over a wire is reported at 95.2% of locations, down 4.3 percentage points from 2022, a change that ranks tied for 13th lowest among large cities, and the cable share fell from 99.5%2 to 92.9% over those years. 5,877 locations now have no wired provider at that speed. For 4,298 of them, a fixed wireless service is the only way to reach 100/20 Mbps; 621 can get only satellite.
Measured by the BEAD program's definition of unserved (explained in the methodology), 510 New Orleans locations qualify, 0.4% of the city. The figure was 0.2%2 in 2022 and, small as it is, places New Orleans tied for 20th highest among large cities; across Louisiana it is 5.1%1. The FCC revises its list of locations every release, which is why this page compares percentages over time and not raw counts.
Phones as the home connection
How residents connect is a separate question, answered by the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, which samples households rather than counting locations. In New Orleans, 19.6% of households had a cellular data plan and no other internet service (margin of error ±1.9 percentage points), the 19th highest point estimate among large cities. Louisiana's statewide share, 16.6%, is the highest of any state. Households with a cable, fiber or DSL subscription made up 70.9% (margin of error ±2.0 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) | 95.2% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 70.9% | ±2.0 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 19.6% | ±1.9 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 6.8% | ±1.4 |
The share of households with no internet subscription at all has fallen a long way: 21.2% in 2019 (margin of error ±1.7 percentage points5), 6.8% in 2025 (margin of error ±1.4 percentage points4). The survey covers households over a year and the FCC map covers locations on one date, so the two sets of figures should not be subtracted from each other.
New Orleans internet questions
What internet providers are available in New Orleans?
Two wired companies cover most of the city: Cox (93.1% of locations, cable) and AT&T (82.3%, a mix of fiber, DSL and fixed wireless). Verizon (76.2%) and T-Mobile (69.6%) report 5G or LTE home internet; SkyCom1 (63.2%) and NOLA Broadband (22.1%1) are local wireless companies. Viasat, HughesNet and Starlink report satellite almost everywhere. All shares are as of June 30, 2026.
Is fiber internet available in New Orleans?
At 56.9% of locations at least one provider reports fiber, as of June 30, 2026; Louisiana's share is 61.7% and the national one 62.6%. AT&T accounts for nearly all of it (56.8%1 of locations), with Kinetic and Cox reporting fiber at a few hundred locations each. For one address, look it up on the FCC map.
How many internet providers are there in New Orleans?
7 companies file wired or fixed wireless service somewhere in the city. 2 are wired, against 32 in June 2022. Counting only wired providers at 100/20 Mbps, a location has two at 54.6% of the city, one at 40.6%, and three at only 0.0%1.
Is New Orleans the same as Orleans Parish in this data?
Yes. The FCC counts 123,128 locations in Orleans Parish and 123,1281 in the city, the same set, so every share on this page also describes the parish. The Louisiana page compares it with the state's other parishes.
Checking one address in New Orleans
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: Baton Rouge, Shreveport and Lafayette. Compare New Orleans 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.