Michigan internet, a cable state where fiber arrived late
Fiber is available at 42.6% of the 4,008,295 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Michigan, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 91.3%. 44.4% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 46.9% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Midwest region, East North Central division
Michigan's wired internet is mostly cable: Xfinity, Spectrum and WOW! cover most of the state, while fiber reaches a smaller share of locations than in most states. Where fiber did arrive, in Lansing, Grand Rapids and a few rural counties, it often came as a second or third wire; in Detroit and around Flint most locations still have one, and parts of the north report less fiber than in 2022.
Xfinity, Spectrum, WOW! and the networks beside them
As of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision November 10, 2026), 88 providers report wired or fixed wireless service somewhere among Michigan's 4.0 million1 broadband serviceable locations, the FCC's count of homes, apartment buildings and small businesses that can get a connection. "Reported" means a provider says it could install standard service within ten business days; the listing can be challenged.
The wired map belongs mostly to three cable companies. Xfinity reports service at 54.8% of locations, Spectrum at 27.6% and WOW! at 17.8%. Each is the only wired 100/20 Mbps provider across large areas: Xfinity at 21.2% of the state's locations, Spectrum at 17.3%1.
| T-Mobile | Fiber Licensed wireless | 70.8% | 23.9% | 2 Gbps | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 61.6% | 20.2% | 1 Gbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 57.3% | 25.1% | 5 Gbps | 0.1% |
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 54.8% | 54.8% | 2 Gbps | 21.2% |
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 27.6% | 27.6% | 1 Gbps | 17.3% |
| WOW! | Fiber Cable | 17.8% | 17.8% | 5 Gbps | 0.9% |
| Frontier | Fiber DSL | 9.1% | 5.4% | 7 Gbps | 0.3% |
| Mercury Fiber | Fiber Licensed wireless | 7.7% | 7.7% | 5 Gbps | 0.1% |
| Metronet | Fiber | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5 Gbps | 0.1% |
| Point Broadband Fiber Holding LLC | Fiber Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 3.4% | 2.8% | 1 Gbps | 0.4% |
| Midwest Energy & Communications | Fiber | 2.4% | 2.4% | 1 Gbps | 1.5% |
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.
The three largest names by reach are wireless or mixed networks. T-Mobile and Verizon report 5G home internet, which the FCC files as licensed fixed wireless, across most of the state, but they offer 100/20 Mbps at only 23.9% and 20.2% of locations. AT&T reports service at 57.3%, mostly over copper DSL and fixed wireless; its fiber covers 17.8%. Mercury Fiber grew from almost nothing since 2022 to 7.7%1 of locations, almost all of it by licensed fixed wireless rather than fiber.
Fiber: among the lowest shares in the country
Fiber is reported at 42.6% of Michigan's locations, the 6th lowest share among the 50 states and DC (46th of 51). The national figure is 62.6%. Michigan is not short of builders: 64 providers report fiber somewhere in the state, the 14th highest count. The largest, AT&T, reports fiber at less than a fifth of the state's locations; Frontier (5.4%) and Metronet (5.4%1) come next.
Alaska 17.1%District of Columbia 87.4%
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Each dot is a state. 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 |
|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 87.4% |
| Rhode Island | 86.2% |
| Hawaii | 82.7% |
| Connecticut | 82.1% |
| Kansas | 81.3% |
| Tennessee | 80.5% |
| Nebraska | 80.3% |
| Iowa | 77.5% |
| New Hampshire | 76.8% |
| Utah | 76.4% |
| Texas | 74.4% |
| North Dakota | 73.1% |
| Kentucky | 72.8% |
| Oklahoma | 71.5% |
| Mississippi | 71.2% |
| Indiana | 70.6% |
| Georgia | 70.3% |
| Virginia | 70.3% |
| New York | 70.0% |
| New Jersey | 69.7% |
| Maryland | 69.4% |
| Missouri | 69.1% |
| Florida | 68.4% |
| Arkansas | 67.6% |
| South Carolina | 67.4% |
| Alabama | 66.4% |
| Vermont | 65.9% |
| North Carolina | 65.3% |
| Maine | 62.8% |
| Minnesota | 62.6% |
| Pennsylvania | 62.0% |
| South Dakota | 61.8% |
| Louisiana | 61.7% |
| Colorado | 59.7% |
| Delaware | 59.2% |
| Ohio | 58.7% |
| Wyoming | 56.9% |
| Wisconsin | 55.9% |
| Oregon | 55.2% |
| Massachusetts | 54.5% |
| Illinois | 48.4% |
| California | 47.8% |
| West Virginia | 47.0% |
| Idaho | 46.5% |
| Nevada | 44.7% |
| Michigan | 42.6% |
| Montana | 42.5% |
| Arizona | 41.5% |
| Washington | 39.4% |
| New Mexico | 36.4% |
| Alaska | 17.1% |
The gap is not for lack of growth. In the first National Broadband Map, as of June 30, 2022, fiber reached 16.8% of Michigan's locations; the share has since more than doubled, a rise of 25.9 percentage points, close to the national rise of 25.4 percentage points. Michigan started further behind and has not closed the distance. Between December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026 alone, fiber's share rose by 4.0 percentage points, the 6th highest gain of any state in that release. Copper retreated over the same four years: DSL fell from 61.5%2 of locations to 42.5%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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiber available | 16.8% | 38.6% | 42.6% | 25.9 pts |
| DSL available | 61.5% | 43.2% | 42.5% | −19.0 pts |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 16.5% | 55.0% | 58.1% | 41.6 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 28.4% | 41.7% | 44.4% | 16.1 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 0.5% | 4.9% | 5.9% | 5.4 pts |
Lansing and Grand Rapids have two fiber networks; Detroit has one cable network
The statewide average hides a split between Michigan's cities. In Lansing, fiber is reported at 87.6% of locations, and 43.8% can choose between two or more fiber networks, mainly Metronet (71.8%) and AT&T (58.5%). Grand Rapids follows the same pattern: fiber at 81.6%, with AT&T at 62.2% and Metronet at 49.1%. Both cities roughly doubled their fiber share since 2022: Lansing's fiber share rose by 47.4 percentage points, Grand Rapids's by 42.9 percentage points1.
| Area | Locations (BSLs) | Fiber available | Two or more fiber networks | One wired choice | Two or more wired choices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansing, Michigan | 39,623 | 87.6% | 43.8% | 11.4% | 88.3% |
| Grand Rapids, Michigan | 57,440 | 81.6% | 29.8% | 15.1% | 84.8% |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan | 25,880 | 52.7% | 0.4% | 37.5% | 58.8% |
| Warren, Michigan | 49,496 | 49.8% | 0.0% | 3.2% | 96.5% |
| Detroit, Michigan | 240,708 | 27.4% | 0.0% | 63.9% | 35.3% |
| Michigan | 4,008,295 | 42.6% | 5.9% | 46.9% | 44.4% |
| United States | 115,784,915 | 62.6% | 12.1% | 36.6% | 55.6% |
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.
Detroit is the reverse. Fiber is reported at 27.4% of the city's 240,708 locations, almost all of it AT&T's (27.3%), and Xfinity is the only wired 100/20 provider at 63.8% of them. Suburban Warren, next door in Macomb County, has two cable networks, Xfinity and WOW!, at nearly every location, and 96.5%1 of its locations have two or more wired choices.
Gigabit downloads, slower uploads
Michigan's download figures look like the country's; its upload figures do not. A provider advertises a download of 1 Gbps or more at 91.1% of Michigan's locations, about the national level of 91.0%. Add the condition of a 100 Mbps upload and the share drops to 58.1%, the 8th lowest among the states. Wired service of 100/100 Mbps, the symmetric tier, is reported at 57.9% of locations against 73.7%1 nationally.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 3.2% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 43.6% | 47.4% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
The fastest advertised download moved up a tier since 2022: at 47.4%1 of locations it is now 2 Gbps or more, against 6.9%2 in June 2022. All of these are the providers' maximum advertised speeds, not measurements.
One wire for nearly half the state
Coverage is broad: wired 100/20 Mbps service reaches 91.3% of locations. Choice is narrower. At 46.9% exactly one wired provider offers that speed, the 9th highest share among the states, and 44.4% have two or more, against 55.6% nationally. The share with a second wire rose by 16.1 percentage points1 since June 2022.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 8.7% | 46.9% | 30.6% | 13.8% |
| Lansing | 0.4% | 11.4% | 43.0% | 45.2% |
| Detroit | 0.8% | 63.9% | 35.3% | 0.0% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Two or more wired choices are most common in Macomb County (77.7%), where Xfinity reports service at 99.1% of locations and AT&T at 89.5%. Genesee County, around Flint, has the same near-complete wired coverage (97.6% at 100/20) but a second wired option at only 19.3% of locations, and fiber at 16.9%1, the lowest fiber share among Michigan's large counties.
From Presque Isle to Keweenaw
Michigan's highest fiber share is not in a metro county. In Presque Isle County, on Lake Huron, fiber is reported at 86.7% of locations, up 86.7 percentage points since 2022, the largest gain of any county in the state, while its unserved share fell by 46.0 percentage points. The largest network there is a local one, Presque Isle Connect, which reports fiber at 65.8% of the county's 11,012 locations; Frontier, with fiber and DSL, reports service at 62.5%. In 321 of the state's 834 counties fiber now reaches half of all locations or more.
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.
Farther down the same shore, Alcona County shows the other outcome: fiber at 7.9% of locations, wired 100/20 service at 47.5%, and 30.7%1 unserved, the second-highest share in Michigan. The counties with the highest unserved shares are all in the northern Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties have larger gaps. 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.
Keweenaw County, at the tip of the Upper Peninsula, has the highest unserved share in the state, 56.6% of its 2,389 locations, and satellite is the only service at 35.6%1 of them.
| Alcona County | 10,698 | 7.9% | 47.5% | 0.5% | 30.7% | Spectrum | 47.9% ±2.2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alger County | 6,398 | 66.4% | 72.4% | 27.7% | 16.8% | Jamadots Internet | 73.7% ±3.8 |
| Allegan County | 55,381 | 66.2% | 90.7% | 38.2% | 4.2% | Spectrum | 53.6% ±1.8 |
| Alpena County | 15,516 | 63.2% | 84.7% | 53.4% | 6.2% | Ridge Tower Network LLC | 66.1% ±2.8 |
| Antrim County | 18,381 | 48.6% | 88.0% | 20.5% | 3.9% | Spectrum | 66.5% ±1.6 |
| Arenac County | 10,763 | 7.0% | 59.0% | 0.0% | 17.7% | Spectrum | 57.5% ±1.9 |
| Baraga County | 5,046 | 71.1% | 75.4% | 33.0% | 14.8% | Baraga Telephone Company | 68.0% ±2.6 |
| Barry County | 29,090 | 25.3% | 63.3% | 6.5% | 2.7% | MEI | 55.6% ±2.0 |
| Bay County | 45,319 | 14.4% | 85.8% | 18.0% | 2.9% | Spectrum | 70.0% ±1.9 |
| Benzie County | 13,011 | 31.0% | 84.9% | 7.0% | 9.2% | Spectrum | 68.5% ±2.2 |
| Berrien County | 72,279 | 43.2% | 96.5% | 31.9% | 0.8% | Xfinity | 67.4% ±1.3 |
| Branch County | 21,049 | 74.0% | 90.8% | 48.2% | 2.5% | Frontier | 62.7% ±1.5 |
| Calhoun County | 54,991 | 49.0% | 75.7% | 40.8% | 4.4% | AT&T | 67.3% ±1.4 |
| Cass County | 27,301 | 76.3% | 97.3% | 41.5% | 0.8% | Xfinity | 69.9% ±2.2 |
| Charlevoix County | 17,811 | 46.7% | 88.1% | 18.2% | 4.1% | Spectrum | 73.6% ±2.0 |
| Cheboygan County | 18,831 | 53.7% | 91.3% | 20.4% | 1.8% | Spectrum | 53.8% ±2.3 |
| Chippewa County | 19,734 | 29.2% | 68.6% | 7.0% | 20.0% | Spectrum | 66.7% ±2.5 |
| Clare County | 23,380 | 2.9% | 64.7% | 0.9% | 17.6% | Spectrum | 49.6% ±2.1 |
| Clinton County | 31,344 | 69.4% | 90.4% | 49.5% | 2.8% | Frontier | 72.3% ±1.7 |
| Crawford County | 10,257 | 51.2% | 80.6% | 17.5% | 10.3% | Spectrum | 56.2% ±3.0 |
| Delta County | 19,711 | 55.1% | 88.3% | 32.4% | 4.9% | Spectrum | 64.2% ±1.5 |
| Dickinson County | 14,480 | 26.6% | 77.8% | 18.5% | 10.8% | Spectrum | 69.8% ±2.9 |
| Eaton County | 41,464 | 46.8% | 85.5% | 47.1% | 2.6% | Xfinity | 69.8% ±1.6 |
| Emmet County | 20,379 | 44.1% | 90.0% | 21.0% | 2.8% | Spectrum | 75.9% ±2.5 |
| Genesee County | 167,795 | 16.9% | 97.6% | 19.3% | 0.7% | Xfinity | 75.5% ±0.8 |
| Gladwin County | 18,009 | 1.3% | 65.6% | 0.1% | 12.7% | Spectrum | 53.9% ±2.2 |
| Gogebic County | 10,737 | 16.6% | 74.0% | 1.7% | 13.4% | Spectrum | 62.3% ±3.2 |
| Grand Traverse County | 42,382 | 10.8% | 87.9% | 7.1% | 3.4% | Spectrum | 78.3% ±1.7 |
| Gratiot County | 16,252 | 46.9% | 66.8% | 31.3% | 2.4% | Point Broadband Fiber Holding LLC | 62.1% ±1.7 |
| Hillsdale County | 23,429 | 31.5% | 70.1% | 14.3% | 4.9% | Xfinity | 59.2% ±1.9 |
| Houghton County | 16,700 | 18.2% | 78.0% | 5.1% | 13.2% | Spectrum | 67.7% ±2.3 |
| Huron County | 22,161 | 49.7% | 88.4% | 25.1% | 2.5% | AVS Broadband | 58.3% ±1.8 |
| Ingham County | 91,855 | 74.8% | 93.7% | 74.1% | 0.7% | Xfinity | 75.8% ±1.0 |
| Ionia County | 25,603 | 41.7% | 75.2% | 25.3% | 4.6% | Point Broadband Fiber Holding LLC | 60.3% ±2.0 |
| Iosco County | 19,102 | 6.5% | 75.3% | 4.7% | 13.1% | Spectrum | 63.5% ±2.0 |
| Iron County | 9,854 | 34.0% | 58.7% | 11.5% | 22.7% | Spectrum | 48.1% ±3.1 |
| Isabella County | 23,198 | 65.1% | 82.2% | 43.4% | 2.1% | CMS Internet | 60.4% ±2.1 |
| Jackson County | 64,633 | 38.0% | 86.4% | 27.5% | 4.3% | Xfinity | 65.9% ±1.6 |
| Kalamazoo County | 89,571 | 54.7% | 95.8% | 52.8% | 0.6% | AT&T | 73.5% ±1.2 |
| Kalkaska County | 12,004 | 56.5% | 85.9% | 19.0% | 6.8% | Truestream | 51.6% ±2.7 |
| Kent County | 209,343 | 58.5% | 96.1% | 58.2% | 0.8% | Xfinity | 77.8% ±0.7 |
| Keweenaw County | 2,389 | 0.0% | 29.9% | 0.0% | 56.6% | Spectrum | 47.8% ±5.1 |
| Lake County | 12,366 | 54.7% | 63.8% | 3.2% | 19.2% | Spectrum | 29.2% ±2.3 |
| Lapeer County | 38,493 | 11.4% | 64.3% | 12.2% | 8.9% | Spectrum | 60.8% ±1.7 |
| Leelanau County | 16,033 | 48.7% | 91.0% | 26.3% | 3.4% | Spectrum | 75.5% ±2.0 |
| Lenawee County | 43,489 | 72.6% | 92.5% | 56.7% | 0.8% | Xfinity | 69.9% ±1.8 |
| Livingston County | 75,365 | 39.7% | 94.9% | 33.3% | 1.5% | AT&T | 80.7% ±0.9 |
| Luce County | 4,135 | 82.6% | 86.2% | 33.3% | 10.0% | Highline Internet | 48.0% ±4.6 |
| Mackinac County | 10,407 | 49.7% | 71.3% | 25.6% | 16.1% | Spectrum | 53.2% ±3.2 |
| Macomb County | 295,129 | 41.7% | 99.4% | 77.7% | 0.1% | Xfinity | 78.6% ±0.5 |
| Manistee County | 15,595 | 19.6% | 67.4% | 0.4% | 7.3% | Spectrum | 61.6% ±1.9 |
| Marquette County | 30,419 | 12.2% | 77.8% | 3.0% | 9.3% | Spectrum | 68.2% ±1.6 |
| Mason County | 17,268 | 55.2% | 78.9% | 35.9% | 9.4% | Spectrum | 62.2% ±2.1 |
| Mecosta County | 20,641 | 50.5% | 81.3% | 23.7% | 3.4% | Point Broadband Fiber Holding LLC | 57.8% ±2.3 |
| Menominee County | 14,768 | 38.4% | 75.2% | 9.7% | 12.8% | Spectrum | 55.4% ±2.2 |
| Midland County | 34,564 | 32.8% | 88.0% | 28.4% | 4.1% | Spectrum | 72.1% ±1.3 |
| Missaukee County | 9,602 | 69.1% | 74.8% | 19.1% | 10.6% | Spectrum | 43.8% ±2.8 |
| Monroe County | 62,301 | 26.2% | 90.3% | 38.6% | 0.8% | AT&T | 73.2% ±1.3 |
| Montcalm County | 30,107 | 61.6% | 85.5% | 35.6% | 1.3% | Point Broadband Fiber Holding LLC | 61.7% ±1.9 |
| Montmorency County | 9,949 | 34.7% | 63.5% | 18.8% | 22.5% | Spectrum | 50.0% ±2.9 |
| Muskegon County | 70,693 | 67.7% | 94.4% | 63.1% | 2.7% | Xfinity | 69.5% ±1.2 |
| Newaygo County | 25,512 | 46.3% | 81.5% | 17.0% | 9.1% | Spectrum | 51.6% ±1.9 |
| Oakland County | 432,139 | 44.1% | 99.0% | 62.6% | 0.3% | AT&T | 82.8% ±0.5 |
| Oceana County | 16,893 | 76.4% | 87.1% | 40.3% | 4.8% | Truestream | 57.7% ±2.1 |
| Ogemaw County | 16,476 | 12.8% | 63.7% | 2.0% | 19.7% | Spectrum | 55.8% ±2.5 |
| Ontonagon County | 5,579 | 52.0% | 74.7% | 25.2% | 20.6% | Jamadots Internet | 72.1% ±2.7 |
| Osceola County | 13,464 | 20.3% | 28.2% | 8.2% | 18.6% | Point Broadband Fiber Holding LLC | 32.1% ±1.8 |
| Oscoda County | 8,118 | 49.1% | 70.3% | 23.1% | 19.9% | Spectrum | 55.3% ±3.1 |
| Otsego County | 15,179 | 49.0% | 89.4% | 12.2% | 3.4% | Spectrum | 68.5% ±2.8 |
| Ottawa County | 99,185 | 46.4% | 95.2% | 45.1% | 0.8% | Spectrum | 77.6% ±1.0 |
| Presque Isle County | 11,012 | 86.7% | 90.6% | 47.0% | 1.9% | Presque Isle Connect | 55.6% ±2.6 |
| Roscommon County | 24,299 | 13.4% | 92.7% | 7.4% | 2.7% | Spectrum | 68.5% ±2.5 |
| Saginaw County | 79,992 | 29.8% | 90.1% | 24.8% | 2.1% | Spectrum | 71.6% ±0.9 |
| Sanilac County | 22,782 | 68.0% | 81.5% | 35.7% | 2.4% | AVS Broadband | 52.7% ±1.7 |
| Schoolcraft County | 6,362 | 70.9% | 88.3% | 19.7% | 4.8% | Highline Internet | 60.7% ±4.2 |
| Shiawassee County | 29,831 | 59.3% | 80.4% | 43.9% | 4.4% | Spectrum | 66.2% ±1.9 |
| St. Clair County | 68,459 | 27.8% | 89.6% | 21.6% | 2.6% | Xfinity | 67.9% ±1.1 |
| St. Joseph County | 28,310 | 74.2% | 92.9% | 49.5% | 1.0% | Mercury Fiber | 65.5% ±2.2 |
| Tuscola County | 25,402 | 50.4% | 76.5% | 18.8% | 7.3% | AVS Broadband | 57.6% ±1.9 |
| Van Buren County | 38,253 | 74.6% | 95.3% | 43.2% | 2.0% | Xfinity | 60.9% ±1.8 |
| Washtenaw County | 111,320 | 40.9% | 96.6% | 36.8% | 0.7% | Xfinity | 82.0% ±0.7 |
| Wayne County | 633,682 | 37.1% | 99.4% | 64.4% | 0.1% | Xfinity | 73.7% ±0.5 |
| Wexford County | 17,091 | 31.0% | 79.3% | 3.2% | 6.4% | Spectrum | 60.6% ±2.5 |
| Michigan | 4,008,295 | 42.6% | 91.3% | 44.4% | 2.7% | 73.0% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables. Shares of broadband serviceable locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC). 2+ wired choices: two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps. Unserved: BEAD definition. Largest wired provider: reports fiber, cable or DSL at the most locations. Wired subscription: households with a cable, fiber or DSL subscription, American Community Survey 2020–2024 (± 90% margin of error).
Where fiber shrank on the map
Statewide fiber more than doubled, yet a few counties in the northern Lower Peninsula report less of it than four years earlier. Ogemaw County shows the largest drop: fiber's share fell by 7.7 percentage points, to 12.8%. Emmet and Charlevoix, near the northern tip of the peninsula, lost 6.4 percentage points and 3.2 percentage points1. In the Upper Peninsula, Keweenaw County reports no residential fiber at all, as in June 2022.
| Area | Locations (BSLs) | Fiber available | Fiber available: change since June 30, 2022 | Wired 100/20 Mbps | Two or more wired choices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogemaw County, Michigan | 16,476 | 12.8% | −7.7 pts | 63.7% | 2.0% |
| Emmet County, Michigan | 20,379 | 44.1% | −6.4 pts | 90.0% | 21.0% |
| Charlevoix County, Michigan | 17,811 | 46.7% | −3.2 pts | 88.1% | 18.2% |
| Clare County, Michigan | 23,380 | 2.9% | −0.4 pts | 64.7% | 0.9% |
| Keweenaw County, Michigan | 2,389 | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 29.9% | 0.0% |
| Michigan | 4,008,295 | 42.6% | 25.9 pts | 91.3% | 44.4% |
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.
Providers file their coverage anew for every release, and the FCC data record what each one reports, not why a footprint changed. The drop does not always mean a loss of fast service: in Emmet, cable is still reported at 65.9% of locations and wired 100/20 service at 90.0%. In Ogemaw, wired 100/20 reaches 63.7%, and in Keweenaw only 29.9%1. Anyone whose address is affected can check the current listing, and challenge it, on the FCC's National Broadband Map.
BEAD: a large allocation, mostly for fiber
Michigan is one of the four largest BEAD states by money and by reach. Its $1.56 billion allocation from the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program ranks 4th highest6, and its approved Final Proposal covers 197,964 locations, also the 4th highest count, at a BEAD cost of $916.6 million, or $4,630 per location; providers committed a further $557.7 million7.
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. Locations in the state's approved BEAD Final Proposal by technology of the selected projects, as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview; subject to NTIA and NIST final review and award.
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| Technology | Share of BEAD locations |
|---|---|
| Fiber | 85.6% |
| Cable | 0.6% |
| Fixed wireless | 1.4% |
| Low-Earth-orbit satellite | 12.4% |
Fiber dominates the plan: 169,498 locations, 85.6% of the total, the 3rd highest fiber share of any state plan. Low-Earth-orbit satellite is assigned 24,638 locations (12.4%) and fixed wireless 2,698 locations. $642.8 million7 of the allocation is not tied to construction in the plan, and how it may be spent was still open in November 2026. The state's Michigan High-Speed Internet Office publishes the program documents.
Earlier federal money is also in the ground. Michigan received $250.6 million8 from the Treasury's Capital Projects Fund, and USAC records 119,556 Michigan locations with service deployed under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, with $138.7 million9 disbursed.
| Program | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| BEAD allocation (NTIA, announced June 26, 2023) | $1,559,362,479 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: locations to be connected | 197,964 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: deployment cost | $916,605,938 | |
| BEAD cost per location | $4,630 | |
| BEAD allocation not assigned to deployment | $642,756,541 | |
| Treasury Capital Projects Fund allocation | $250,630,295 | |
| RDOF: locations built with support (cumulative) | 119,556 | |
| USDA ReConnect grants reported to USAspending | $54,110,790 | |
| Lifeline subscribers claimed | 218,358 | |
| Lifeline participation rate | 33.6% | |
| Households in the Affordable Connectivity Program, February 2024 | 941,244 |
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs; Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data; Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; USAC, Lifeline participation rate; USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024. BEAD figures are as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview, subject to final review; "not assigned to deployment" is the allocation minus the deployment cost (NTIA calls it savings; how it may be used is not settled). The ACP stopped taking applications on February 8, 2024 and ended on June 1, 2024.
Phone plans instead of a home line
The FCC map counts what is offered; the Census Bureau's American Community Survey counts what households subscribe to. In 2025, 14.9% of Michigan households (margin of error ±0.3 percentage points) relied only on a cellular data plan, tied for 6th highest among the states and up from 13.1%15 in 2019. In Detroit it was 20.8% of households (±1.4 percentage points). Statewide, 73.8% of households subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (tied for 15th lowest among the states). Income separates the groups: 82.9% of households earning under $20,000 had any broadband subscription, against 97.4%14 of those earning $75,000 or more.
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) | 91.3% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 73.8% | ±0.3 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 14.9% | ±0.3 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 6.3% | ±0.2 |
There are no official retail prices for Michigan. What the federal record shows is how many households used the discounts. Lifeline had 218,35811 Michigan subscribers in USAC's latest count, an estimated 33.6%12 of eligible households. When the Affordable Connectivity Program stopped enrolling in February 2024, 941,24413 Michigan households were signed up, about 23.1 per 100 households16; the program ended on June 1, 2024. In NTIA's 2023 Internet Use Survey, 22.2% of Michigan households without home internet named cost as the main reason, a survey estimate with a wide margin of error, and 53.5%17 said they did not need it.
Michigan cities and towns
Pages for the largest cities, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Sterling Heights, Ann Arbor, Lansing and Dearborn, list every provider that reports service there. The table covers every Michigan city and town of 25,000 or more.
| Detroit | 649,095 | 27.4% | 78.6% | 35.3% | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids | 201,183 | 81.6% | 96.2% | 84.8% | 4 |
| Warren | 137,138 | 49.8% | 94.4% | 96.5% | 2 |
| Sterling Heights | 133,931 | 22.0% | 67.9% | 95.1% | 3 |
| Ann Arbor | 122,233 | 52.7% | 77.9% | 58.8% | 4 |
| Lansing | 113,884 | 87.6% | 91.8% | 88.3% | 3 |
| Dearborn | 105,611 | 40.8% | 72.2% | 96.2% | 3 |
| Livonia | 92,603 | 57.4% | 57.1% | 96.2% | 5 |
| Troy | 88,733 | 16.5% | 31.6% | 94.9% | 2 |
| Farmington Hills | 83,291 | 63.3% | 63.4% | 68.1% | 6 |
| Westland | 82,333 | 50.6% | 89.9% | 95.5% | 2 |
| Flint | 79,306 | 1.7% | 52.3% | 3.2% | 2 |
| Wyoming | 78,588 | 84.3% | 99.0% | 85.1% | 4 |
| Rochester Hills | 77,539 | 13.0% | 84.1% | 92.5% | 3 |
| Southfield | 76,111 | 79.4% | 84.7% | 81.9% | 3 |
| Kalamazoo | 72,683 | 67.4% | 68.3% | 70.8% | 4 |
| Novi | 67,319 | 52.6% | 60.3% | 59.6% | 6 |
| Pontiac | 62,077 | 28.9% | 99.6% | 35.3% | 1 |
| Taylor | 61,279 | 21.6% | 85.3% | 94.0% | 2 |
| Dearborn Heights | 60,664 | 58.8% | 76.3% | 98.8% | 2 |
| St. Clair Shores | 57,872 | 93.3% | 99.0% | 98.9% | 1 |
| Royal Oak | 57,583 | 80.7% | 87.9% | 98.2% | 4 |
| Kentwood | 54,776 | 82.8% | 99.2% | 83.6% | 3 |
| Battle Creek | 52,021 | 78.8% | 83.1% | 79.8% | 3 |
| Portage | 49,862 | 71.3% | 71.7% | 72.2% | 7 |
| East Lansing | 49,355 | 84.0% | 84.9% | 84.0% | 3 |
| Roseville | 46,863 | 91.9% | 99.1% | 98.8% | 2 |
| Saginaw | 42,863 | 7.1% | 7.1% | 12.8% | 4 |
| Midland | 42,806 | 54.8% | 54.8% | 55.7% | 7 |
| Lincoln Park | 38,529 | 33.3% | 50.1% | 97.6% | 2 |
| Muskegon | 37,224 | 88.5% | 91.6% | 88.3% | 2 |
| Holland | 35,372 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 98.2% | 4 |
| Eastpointe | 33,814 | 91.3% | 95.8% | 98.2% | 1 |
| Bay City | 31,868 | 35.4% | 35.4% | 40.5% | 3 |
| Jackson | 31,022 | 50.5% | 63.8% | 42.6% | 4 |
| Burton | 29,313 | 4.1% | 50.0% | 13.0% | 1 |
| Oak Park | 29,072 | 84.4% | 87.6% | 86.9% | 1 |
| Southgate | 28,931 | 67.5% | 75.9% | 97.6% | 1 |
| Madison Heights | 28,297 | 35.0% | 53.2% | 93.9% | 3 |
| Port Huron | 28,273 | 37.9% | 61.1% | 40.3% | 2 |
| Allen Park | 27,445 | 76.4% | 83.4% | 97.9% | 3 |
| Hamtramck | 27,261 | 30.5% | 99.9% | 30.5% | 1 |
| Garden City | 26,280 | 34.2% | 91.9% | 97.3% | 3 |
| Auburn Hills | 25,925 | 33.0% | 51.8% | 37.1% | 2 |
| Walker | 25,881 | 50.1% | 97.5% | 54.0% | 4 |
| Norton Shores | 25,088 | 78.6% | 85.2% | 77.8% | 2 |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files. Shares of broadband serviceable locations inside city limits (2020 census blocks), as of June 30, 2026. Population: July 1, 2025 estimate. Gigabit: 1,000/100 Mbps.
Questions and answers
What are the main internet providers in Michigan?
Leaving out satellite, the widest reported footprints belong to T-Mobile (70.8% of locations, mostly 5G home internet), Verizon (61.6%) and AT&T (57.3%, fiber and DSL and licensed fixed wireless). The largest wired networks are Xfinity (54.8%), Spectrum (27.6%) and WOW! (17.8%), all cable. AT&T reports fiber at 17.8%1 of the state's locations, the largest fiber footprint in Michigan.
Is fiber internet available in Michigan?
At 42.6% of Michigan's homes and businesses, as of June 30, 2026, at least one provider reports fiber. That share ranks 6th lowest among the states and DC; nationally it is 62.6%1. Whether a given address has it can only be checked on the FCC's National Broadband Map.
How many Michigan homes lack broadband?
109,501 homes and businesses (2.7%) had no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of 25/3 Mbps as of June 30, 2026, by the FCC's count of locations. The highest shares are in the Upper Peninsula and the northern Lower Peninsula, led by Keweenaw County at 56.6%. Another 89,0991 locations had reliable service below 100/20.
What is cheap or low-income internet in Michigan?
No official source publishes typical Michigan prices, and the FCC map has none; each provider's broadband facts label lists its plans and fees. Michigan households use Lifeline, the $9.25 monthly federal discount, more than most: 218,35811 subscribers, an estimated 33.6% of those eligible, the 3rd highest12 rate among the states.
Checking one address in Michigan
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 and around Michigan
Large cities with their own page: Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Sterling Heights, Ann Arbor, Lansing and Dearborn.
Neighboring states: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Put Michigan side by side with any state or large city in the comparison tool.
| Ranking | Value | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber internet availability by state | 42.6% | 46th of 51 |
| Internet speed by state: where gigabit service is offered | 58.1% | 44th of 51 |
| Broadband coverage by state | 91.3% | 28th of 51 |
| Internet provider competition by state | 44.4% | 39th of 51 |
| Unserved and underserved broadband locations by state | 2.7% | 22nd of 51 |
| Where fiber has grown since 2022 | 25.9% | 31st of 51 |
| 5G home internet and licensed fixed wireless by state | 86.8% | 24th of 51 |
| Households with an internet subscription by state | 93.5% | tied 24th of 51 |
| BEAD broadband funding by state | 4,630.0% | 27th of 50 |
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 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; Allocations announced 2023-06-26; released June 26, 2023. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; Allocations under ARPA sec. 604 (awards announced 2022-06 to 2023). home.treasury.gov
- USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data. opendata.usac.org
- Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Awards with action dates FY2008 to 2026-09-30. api.usaspending.gov
- Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; Support months 2018-01 to 2026-09. opendata.usac.org
- USAC, Lifeline participation rate; released August 17, 2026. www.usac.org
- USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024; Enrolled households as of 2024-02-08 (Data Month January 2024 file). www.usac.org
- 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
- US Internet Map, Our calculation from the sources named in the definition.
- NTIA Data Explorer "Analyze Table"; November 2023 (also all prior waves 1994-2021). www.ntia.gov
- Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; July 1, 2025; released May 14, 2026. www.census.gov
- Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files; released December 11, 2020. www2.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.