Internet in Quincy, Massachusetts
Fiber is available at 9.0% of the 20,604 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Quincy, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 99.9%. 9.8% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 90.1% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Quincy in Massachusetts
Quincy is a one-wire city in a county where most addresses have two. Xfinity's cable network is the only wired option at 100/20 Mbps for 90.1% of its homes and businesses, the 4th highest share among the country's 343 largest cities, while across Norfolk County two or more wired providers reach 82.8%. Verizon fiber, nearly absent from the December 2025 map, now reaches 8.8%1.
Quincy's internet providers: one cable network covers the city
As of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), Xfinity reports service at 99.9% of Quincy's 20,604 homes and businesses and offers 100/20 Mbps or more at all of them. Its network here is cable, with fiber at 0.1%1 of locations. Every other company in the table reaches part of the city, or reaches it without a wire.
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 99.9% | 99.9% | 2 Gbps | 90.1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 82.9% | 18.6% | 100 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Licensed wireless | 66.9% | 6.3% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Fiber Licensed wireless | 52.6% | 32.9% | 2.3 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Netafy | Fixed wireless | 43.6% | 41.9% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Starry Inc | Fiber Licensed wireless | 3.2% | 3.2% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Astound | Fiber Cable | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.5 Gbps | – |
| Norwood Broadband | Cable | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3 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, Starlink, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
Verizon is the second wired name, with fiber at 8.8% of locations and fixed wireless at many others. Astound reports cable or fiber at 209 locations, Starry fiber or fixed wireless at 6571, and Norwood Broadband, TPx Communications and FirstLight Fiber each at a few addresses. HughesNet, Starlink and Viasat report satellite service at virtually every location, as they do nationwide. A listing means the provider says it could install standard service within ten business days; residents can challenge it on the FCC map.
One wire at nine addresses in ten
Wired service of at least 100/20 Mbps reaches 99.9% of Quincy's locations, so the question is not coverage but choice. At 90.1% of locations, 18,562 homes and businesses, Xfinity is the only wired provider at that speed. Two or more wired providers are reported at 9.8%, the 6th lowest1 share among large US cities.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy | 0.1% | 90.1% | 9.8% | 0.1% |
| Norfolk County | 0.4% | 16.8% | 66.7% | 16.2% |
| Massachusetts | 0.9% | 43.7% | 45.3% | 10.1% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
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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| Large city | One wired choice |
|---|---|
| New Bedford, Massachusetts | 99.9% |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts | 93.6% |
| Quincy, Massachusetts | 90.1% |
| Worcester, Massachusetts | 62.8% |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | 59.0% |
| United States | 36.6% |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | 19.7% |
| Brockton, Massachusetts | 9.9% |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 8.4% |
| Lynn, Massachusetts | 5.0% |
The contrast with Quincy's own county is sharp. In Norfolk County as a whole, 82.8% of locations have two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps and fiber reaches 79.7%. Statewide the two-wire share is 55.4%. Among Massachusetts cities of 100,000 or more, only New Bedford (99.9%) and Cambridge (93.6%) have higher single-wire shares; in Boston it is 8.4% and in Brockton 9.9%1.
Verizon fiber arrives, 2026
On the first national broadband map, as of June 30, 2022, fiber was reported at 0.1%2 of Quincy's locations. By December 31, 2025 it was still 0.2%3. Six months later it is 9.0%, a rise of 8.8 percentage points in one release, the 22nd highest increase among large cities over that period. Massachusetts gained 0.9 percentage points1 in the same six months.
Verizon accounts for almost all of it: it reports fiber at 8.8% of locations, with an advertised maximum of 2.3 Gbps. Its fiber runs where Xfinity's cable already does, since Verizon is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps at 0.0% of locations. Accordingly, the share with two wired choices rose by 8.7 percentage points over the same six months, from 1.1%3 to 9.8%. Two separate fiber networks overlap at only 101 locations.
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 |
|---|---|
| Lynn | 95.0% |
| Brockton | 90.1% |
| Boston | 87.3% |
| Lowell | 80.3% |
| United States | 62.6% |
| Massachusetts | 54.5% |
| Springfield | 41.1% |
| Worcester | 35.3% |
| Quincy | 9.0% |
| New Bedford | 0.0% |
Even after the gain, Quincy's fiber share ranks 5th lowest1 among the 343 largest US cities.
The copper lines that left the map
The 2022 map showed a second wired technology that has since disappeared from Quincy's figures. Copper DSL was reported at 47.8% of locations in June 2022 and at 0.0% by December 2025, a fall of 47.8 percentage points over four years. Today DSL is reported at 01 locations, by TPx Communications. Its exit barely moved the choice figures at 100/20 Mbps: the single-wire share was 98.6%2 in 2022 and 98.8%3 at the end of 2025, before the fiber arrived.
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 | 47.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | −47.8 pts |
| Fiber available | 0.1% | 0.2% | 9.0% | 8.9 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 1.0% | 1.1% | 9.8% | 8.8 pts |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 0.0% | 46.5% | 57.8% | 57.8 pts |
The FCC's list of locations also changes between releases; Quincy's count has changed by +921 since 2022, so these comparisons use shares.
Fast uploads over cable
Quincy's advertised speeds are higher than its fiber share suggests. Gigabit service with uploads of 100 Mbps or more, the FCC's 1,000/100 tier, is reported at 57.8% of locations, up from 0.0%2 in 2022 and 46.5%3 in December 2025. Symmetrical 100/100 Mbps wired service is reported at 57.6%. Both figures are far above the fiber share of 9.0%1, so most of that upload capacity is reported over Xfinity's cable network.
The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 57.4% of locations; Xfinity lists up to 2 Gbps, on its fiber. A 1 Gbps download alone is reported at 99.9%. Even so, the gigabit-with-uploads share is below the Massachusetts figure of 68.4%; among the 343 largest US cities, Quincy ranks 43rd lowest1 on this measure. These are maximums providers advertise to the FCC, not measurements.
| Measure | Quincy | Massachusetts | United States | Rank among largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gbps download | 99.9% | 98.9% | 91.0% | tied 21st of 343 |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 57.8% | 68.4% | 72.3% | 301st of 343 |
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 57.6% | 80.7% | 73.7% | 304th of 343 |
| 2 Gbps or more | 57.4% | 64.5% | 61.0% | – |
| Fiber available | 9.0% | 54.5% | 62.6% | 339th 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.
A local wireless network as the second fast option
The widest alternative to Xfinity at 100/20 Mbps is not a mobile carrier. Netafy, which reports more locations in Massachusetts than in any other state, offers 100/20 Mbps or more at 41.9% of Quincy's locations over unlicensed fixed wireless, with an advertised maximum of 1 Gbps. It was not on the 2022 map here. Unlicensed fixed wireless overall rose from 0.0%2 to 43.6% of locations, against 3.8%1 statewide.
The national carriers report wider footprints at slower tiers. T-Mobile reports home internet at 82.9% of locations and AT&T, new since 2022, at 66.9%; both list a maximum of 100 Mbps, and they offer 100/20 Mbps at 18.6% and 6.3%. Verizon offers 100/20 at 32.9%, fiber included. Counting wired and fixed wireless together, 28.8%1 of locations have three or more providers at 100/20 Mbps. Wireless providers share capacity across a tower sector and limit sign-ups by address.
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 | Quincy | Norfolk County |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 9.0% | 79.7% |
| Cable | 99.9% | 99.4% |
| DSL (copper) | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 95.0% | 86.6% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 43.6% | 11.7% |
What Quincy households subscribe to
The Census Bureau surveys households, not locations: Quincy has an estimated 45,285 households (±929, 2020–2024 survey) on 20,6041 FCC locations, because an apartment building counts once on the map. In the 2025 one-year survey, 78.5% of households subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±3.3 percentage points), 14.2% relied on a cellular data plan alone (±4.0 percentage points) and 5.7% had no subscription (±2.6 percentage points5). The five-year estimate, with a smaller margin, puts the wired share at 83.2% (±1.4 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) | 99.9% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 78.5% | ±3.3 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 14.2% | ±4.0 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 5.7% | ±2.6 |
5.0% of households reported no computer of any kind (±2.4 percentage points), the 18th highest5 share among large cities by point estimate; the margin is wide, so that ranking is approximate.
The Massachusetts page maps Norfolk County and every other county; neighboring Boston has its own page.
Questions and answers
What internet providers are available in Quincy, MA?
Xfinity reports wired service at 99.9% of locations, over cable almost everywhere. Verizon reports 52.6%, with fiber at 8.8% and fixed wireless elsewhere. T-Mobile (82.9%) and AT&T (66.9%) report fixed wireless home internet, and Netafy reports a local fixed wireless network at 43.6%1. Satellite is reported everywhere. These shares are for June 30, 2026.
Is there fiber internet in Quincy?
In part of the city. Fiber is reported at 9.0% of Quincy's locations as of June 30, 2026, up from 0.2%3 six months earlier; almost all of it is Verizon's. That is the 5th lowest share among large US cities, against 54.5%1 across Massachusetts.
How many internet providers does Quincy have?
8 companies report wired or fixed wireless service somewhere in the city, 5 of them wired, but most report only a handful of addresses. At 90.1% of locations exactly one wired provider offers 100/20 Mbps; counting fixed wireless, 28.8%1 have three or more providers at that speed.
Is 5G home internet available in Quincy?
Licensed fixed wireless, which includes 5G home internet, is reported at 95.0% of locations by T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon and Starry, and at 100/20 Mbps or faster at 42.2%1. Carriers decide sign-ups address by address, so a reported footprint does not guarantee an opening.
Checking one address in Quincy
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 Massachusetts
The state picture, county by county: internet in Massachusetts. Other large cities in the state: Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Cambridge, Lowell, Brockton, Lynn and New Bedford. Compare Quincy 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 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 29, 2026. 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.