Internet in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Fiber is available at 52.7% of the 25,880 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Ann Arbor, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 96.4%. 58.8% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 37.5% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Ann Arbor in Michigan
Ann Arbor is a two-wire city with a ragged edge. Xfinity's cable reaches 94.9% of its homes and businesses and AT&T's fiber 52.1%, yet 3.6% have no wired provider at 100/20 Mbps, a share that ranks tied for 52nd highest1 among the country's large cities. That gap was more than twice as wide in 2022.
AT&T and Xfinity, with a long tail of small filers
Two companies report wired service almost everywhere in Ann Arbor. AT&T reports service at 95.3% of the city's 25,880 homes and businesses, but over three different technologies: fiber at 52.1%, DSL over copper phone lines elsewhere, and fixed wireless at others. It offers 100/20 Mbps or more at 62.9%. Xfinity reports service at 95.3%1, nearly all of it cable, and offers 100/20 Mbps across that whole footprint.
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 95.3% | 62.9% | 5 Gbps | 1.1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 95.3% | 95.3% | 2 Gbps | 36.4% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 85.4% | 35.2% | 1 Gbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 85.4% | 50.2% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Mercury Fiber | Licensed wireless | 7.6% | 7.6% | 150 Mbps | – |
| Metronet | Fiber | 0.6% | 0.6% | 5 Gbps | 0.0% |
| 123.NET Inc | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 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 (Viasat, HughesNet, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
These are the providers' own filings with the FCC as of June 30, 2026 (revision of November 10, 2026), for the locations inside Ann Arbor's city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census. "Available" here means the provider says it could install service within ten business days; the filings can be challenged. Satellite companies report almost every location and are listed for completeness.
The smaller names are worth reading closely. Mercury Fiber reports 7.6%, all of it licensed fixed wireless, not fiber. 123NET (0.0%1) reports fiber in a few pockets of the city.
Fiber: AT&T's network, at just over half the city
Fiber from any provider reaches 52.7% of Ann Arbor's locations, above Michigan's 42.6% but below the national 62.6%. Among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, that is the 95th lowest share. 4 companies report fiber somewhere in the city, yet AT&T's network accounts for almost all of the coverage, and only 0.4%1 of locations have a second fiber provider.
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 |
|---|---|
| Lansing | 87.6% |
| Grand Rapids | 81.6% |
| United States | 62.6% |
| Ann Arbor | 52.7% |
| Warren | 49.8% |
| Michigan | 42.6% |
| Detroit | 27.4% |
| Sterling Heights | 22.0% |
In June 2022 fiber reached 33.6%2 of the city. The rise since then, 19.2 percentage points, ranks tied for 151st highest among large cities. Over the same years fiber rose by 47.4 percentage points in Lansing and 42.9 percentage points1 in Grand Rapids.
Where a fast wire stops
At 938 Ann Arbor locations, 3.6% of the city, no wired provider reports 100/20 Mbps, a share that ranks tied for 52nd highest among large cities. Put the other way, wired 100/20 Mbps service reaches 96.4% of locations, a share that ranks tied for 52nd lowest among large cities. Statewide, with rural Michigan included, the figure is lower still: 91.3%1.
The table compares Ann Arbor with the state's other large cities, where the no-wire share is close to zero.
| Area | No wired choice | Fixed wireless only at 100/20 | Satellite only | Unserved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor, Michigan | 3.6% | 2.0% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| Detroit, Michigan | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Grand Rapids, Michigan | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lansing, Michigan | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Warren, Michigan | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Sterling Heights, Michigan | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Dearborn, Michigan | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Michigan | 8.7% | 2.9% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
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 locations without a fast wire fall into three groups. At 519 (2.0%), fixed wireless is the only service reported at 100/20 Mbps. At 419 (1.6%), nothing terrestrial reaches 100/20 Mbps; within that group, 163 locations are unserved, without reliable terrestrial service even at 25/3 Mbps, and 1261 can get only satellite. The FCC data place these locations inside the 2020 city limits but this page does not map them; the FCC National Broadband Map shows the providers reported at each address.
The gap closed most of the way since 2022
The same gap was much larger in the FCC's first map. As of June 30, 2022, 6.5%2 of Ann Arbor's locations were unserved under the BEAD program's definition, with no reliable fiber, cable, DSL or licensed fixed wireless service at 25/3 Mbps; by 2026 the share was 0.6%. The drop of 5.8 percentage points is the 2nd lowest1 change among large cities: only one city's share fell further.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unserved | 6.5% | 0.8% | 0.6% | −5.8 pts |
| No wired choice | 8.3% | 3.9% | 3.6% | −4.7 pts |
| Fixed wireless only at 100/20 | 0.1% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 1.9 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 41.1% | 57.4% | 58.8% | 17.8 pts |
Wires and radio both filled it. The share with no wired 100/20 provider fell from 8.3% to 3.6%, while the share of locations where 100/20 Mbps comes only by fixed wireless rose from 0.1%2 to 2.0% over the same years. Shares are compared rather than counts, because the FCC's list of locations changes with every release; Ann Arbor's count has changed by −3,3891 locations since 2022.
Two wired choices at six in ten addresses
Most of the city can choose between AT&T's fiber and Xfinity's cable. 58.8% of locations have two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps, above Michigan's 44.4% and the national 55.6%, and up from 41.1%2 in 2022. At 37.5% of locations there is a single wired provider at that speed, and in nearly all of them it is Xfinity, the only wired 100/20 provider at 36.4% of locations; AT&T is the only one at 1.1%. A third wired choice exists at 0.1%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor | 3.6% | 37.5% | 58.7% | 0.1% |
| Michigan | 8.7% | 46.9% | 30.6% | 13.8% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Top advertised speeds moved past 2 Gbps
The speed tiers changed more than the coverage did. In June 2022 the fastest advertised download at 74.0%2 of locations was between 940 Mbps and 2 Gbps; by June 2026 the fastest tier at 77.6% was 2 Gbps or more, against 47.4%1 across Michigan.
| Measure | Ann Arbor | Michigan | United States | Rank among largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Gbps or more | 77.6% | 47.4% | 61.0% | – |
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 77.9% | 57.9% | 73.7% | 251st of 343 |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 77.9% | 58.1% | 72.3% | 247th of 343 |
| 1 Gbps download | 96.3% | 91.1% | 91.0% | 280th 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.
Upload speeds moved with them. Wired service of at least 100/100 Mbps is advertised at 77.9% of locations, up from 33.6%2 in 2022. That share is well above the fiber share, and the difference comes from Xfinity, the city's only cable provider, which reports uploads of 100 Mbps or more over cable at many addresses without fiber. Gigabit service with 100 Mbps uploads (1,000/100) is advertised at 77.9%1. All of these are maximum advertised speeds reported by the providers, not measurements.
5G home internet
T-Mobile reports fixed wireless home internet at 85.4% of Ann Arbor's locations, with 100/20 Mbps at 50.2%. Verizon reports 85.4%, with 100/20 Mbps at 35.2% and an advertised top speed of 1 Gbps. Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or more is reported at 64.2%1 of the city, against 9.0%2 in 2022. Capacity on each tower sector is shared, and carriers decide address by address whether to take new customers, so a reported location is not a guarantee of an open slot.
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 | Ann Arbor | Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 52.7% | 42.6% |
| Cable | 94.9% | 81.9% |
| DSL (copper) | 61.0% | 42.5% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 95.6% | 86.8% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 0.0% | 3.9% |
What households subscribe to
The Census Bureau's 2025 survey estimated 52,176 households in Ann Arbor, against 25,8801 FCC locations; an apartment building is one location in the FCC data however many units it holds. 81.8% of households subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±4.3 percentage points), 10.1% relied only on a cellular data plan (±2.7 percentage points) and 6.8% had no internet subscription (±2.7 percentage points4). The five-year estimate for 2020–2024, with a tighter margin, puts any broadband subscription at 93.9% (±0.8 percentage points5).
Ann Arbor and its population peers
| Area | Fiber available | Gigabit (1,000/100) | Two or more wired choices | Fiber networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley, California | 91.6% | 92.3% | 92.0% | 5 |
| Thousand Oaks, California | 83.0% | 82.8% | 82.8% | 4 |
| Odessa, Texas | 80.0% | 85.9% | 91.9% | 3 |
| Hartford, Connecticut | 74.9% | 98.5% | 74.8% | 3 |
| New Braunfels, Texas | 71.3% | 75.1% | 72.0% | 7 |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan | 52.7% | 77.9% | 58.8% | 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.
Ann Arbor is in Washtenaw County; the Michigan page maps every county and the state's federal broadband programs. Our methodology explains how the FCC's locations are assigned to cities.
Questions and answers
What internet providers are available in Ann Arbor?
AT&T reports service at 95.3% of Ann Arbor's locations, by fiber, DSL or fixed wireless, and Xfinity at 95.3%, almost all by cable. T-Mobile (85.4%) and Verizon (85.4%1) report 5G or LTE home internet. Mercury Fiber, a licensed fixed wireless service despite the name, and 123NET, a fiber company, report smaller footprints. Shares are from the June 30, 2026 filings.
Is fiber internet available in Ann Arbor?
At 52.7% of homes and businesses inside the city limits, as of June 30, 2026, up from 33.6%2 in June 2022. AT&T accounts for nearly all of it. Only 0.4%1 of locations have two or more fiber providers. For one street address, the FCC map lists every filing.
How many internet providers are in Ann Arbor?
7 providers report wired or fixed wireless service somewhere in the city, 4 of them over wires. At a typical address the count that matters is smaller: 58.8% of locations have two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps, 37.5% have one and 3.6%1 have none.
Checking one address in Ann Arbor
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 Michigan
The state picture, county by county: internet in Michigan. Other large cities in the state: Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Sterling Heights, Lansing and Dearborn. Compare Ann Arbor 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 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 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.