Nebraska internet, from competing wires in Lincoln to one-network counties
Fiber is available at 80.3% of the 794,390 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Nebraska, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 89.1%. 63.7% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 25.4% 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, West North Central division
Fiber is reported at 80.3% of Nebraska's homes and businesses, but no single company accounts for most of it: the largest fiber footprint, ALLO's, covers 32.4%1 of locations, and national carriers and dozens of smaller local networks supply the rest. Most locations in Lincoln and Omaha have two or more wired choices; several thinly settled counties have fiber almost everywhere from one network and no second wire, and the Panhandle still has the state's largest gaps.
Two 5G carriers lead by reach; the wires decide speed
Leaving out satellite, which providers report almost everywhere, the two companies that reach the most Nebraska locations are T-Mobile (70.6%) and Verizon (66.5%), both with licensed fixed wireless, the category that includes 5G home internet. Their reach is wide but their 100/20 Mbps offers are not: T-Mobile reports that speed at 27.6% of locations and Verizon at 31.5%1. All figures on this page are from the FCC National Broadband Map with data as of June 30, 2026, file revision of November 10, 2026, and describe where providers report service is available, meaning they could install it within ten business days of a request.
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 70.6% | 27.6% | 100 Mbps | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 66.5% | 31.5% | 1 Gbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber Licensed wireless | 41.9% | 20.1% | 8 Gbps | 0.2% |
| Nextlink Internet | Fiber Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 34.9% | 32.5% | 8 Gbps | 0.2% |
| ALLO Fiber | Fiber | 32.4% | 32.4% | 2.3 Gbps | 1.5% |
| Cox | Fiber Cable | 30.9% | 30.9% | 2 Gbps | 3.9% |
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 30.7% | 30.7% | 1 Gbps | 2.2% |
| CenturyLink | Fiber DSL | 30.6% | 1.6% | 3 Gbps | 0.5% |
| Kinetic | Fiber DSL Fixed wireless | 20.5% | 15.1% | 2 Gbps | 1.8% |
| Rise Broadband | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 18.6% | 6.1% | 1 Gbps | – |
| GigFire | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 8.7% | 8.7% | 200 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 (HughesNet, Viasat, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
The wired market is split among several companies, none of them statewide. Spectrum's cable network reports service at 30.7% of locations and Cox's at 30.9%; ALLO Fiber, an all-fiber network, reports 32.4%. AT&T reaches 41.9% of locations, but most of that is fixed wireless; its fiber covers 15.3%. CenturyLink still files mostly DSL: it reports service at 30.6% of locations and 100/20 Mbps at only 1.6%. Kinetic mixes fiber (9.9%) with DSL and fixed wireless, and Nextlink reaches 34.9%1 of locations, almost all of it by fixed wireless.
More wired choice than most states
The share of Nebraska locations with exactly one wired provider at 100/20 Mbps is 25.4%, the 7th lowest among the states and well below the national 36.6%. At the other end, 21.5% have three or more wired choices, the 5th highest share; nationally the figure is 11.1%. On average a Nebraska location has 1.751 wired providers at that speed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 10.9% | 25.4% | 42.2% | 21.5% |
| Omaha | 1.5% | 12.6% | 53.0% | 33.0% |
| Lincoln | 0.0% | 1.7% | 48.9% | 49.4% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
The choice is deepest in the two largest cities. In Lincoln, ALLO and Spectrum each report service at nearly every location (99.9% and 96.4%), so 98.3% of the city's locations have at least two wired options and 49.4% have three or more. Lancaster County, around Lincoln, has the highest two-or-more share of any Nebraska county, 90.4%. In Omaha, Cox cable covers 95.5% of locations and AT&T fiber 63.7%; 86.0%1 have two or more wired choices.
Fiber competing with fiber is also unusually common. Two or more separate fiber networks report service at 22.6% of Nebraska locations, the 6th highest share among the states, against 12.1% nationally. In Omaha that share went from 8.3%2 in June 2022 to 36.4%1.
| Area | Locations (BSLs) | Fiber available | Two or more fiber networks | Two or more wired choices | Three or more wired choices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha, Nebraska | 147,645 | 88.2% | 36.4% | 86.0% | 33.0% |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | 92,882 | 99.9% | 22.9% | 98.3% | 49.4% |
| Douglas County, Nebraska | 188,288 | 87.5% | 36.8% | 83.6% | 30.8% |
| Sarpy County, Nebraska | 66,411 | 84.2% | 46.7% | 81.9% | 41.0% |
| Lancaster County, Nebraska | 106,854 | 93.4% | 22.3% | 90.4% | 45.5% |
| Nebraska | 794,390 | 80.3% | 22.6% | 63.7% | 21.5% |
| United States | 115,784,915 | 62.6% | 12.1% | 55.6% | 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.
Since 2022: Omaha's fiber jump, copper's retreat
In the first National Broadband Map, as of June 30, 2022, fiber was reported at 53.1%2 of Nebraska locations. Four years later it reached 80.3%, a rise of 27.3 percentage points and the 7th highest share among the states. DSL moved the other way, falling by 20.2 percentage points to 47.8%, and the share with exactly one wired 100/20 choice fell by 14.0 percentage points1.
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% |
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 | 53.1% | 78.8% | 80.3% | 27.3 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 8.6% | 19.7% | 22.6% | 14.1 pts |
| Three or more wired choices | 10.0% | 19.0% | 21.5% | 11.5 pts |
| DSL available | 68.0% | 51.8% | 47.8% | −20.2 pts |
| One wired choice | 39.4% | 25.8% | 25.4% | −14.0 pts |
The change was uneven. Lincoln had fiber at 99.9% of its locations already in 2022, so its share did not move. Omaha's rose from 60.8%2 to 88.2%, and Sarpy County, south of Omaha, gained 60.0 percentage points. Among the state's fifteen counties with the most locations, the largest gain was in Hall County, around Grand Island: 79.3 percentage points, to 89.1%. Its largest provider by reach is Hamilton.net, which reports service at 94.7%1 of the county's locations.
Advertised speed tiers changed with the networks. In June 2022 the fastest advertised download at 76.7% of locations was the gigabit tier, from 940 Mbps to just under 2 Gbps; by June 2026 that share had fallen to 16.9%, while the share where some provider advertises 2 Gbps or more rose from 0.0%2 to 69.1%1. These are providers' maximum advertised speeds, not measurements.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 2.2% | 1.8% | 3.9% | 1.5% | 4.5% | 16.9% | 69.1% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
Small counties with fiber everywhere and one wire
Several of the least populated counties show a different pattern: fiber at almost every location, but from a single company. Hooker County has 497 locations; fiber reaches 95.8% of them, up +83.9 percentage points since 2022, the largest gain of any Nebraska county. Its largest provider, Consolidated Communications, reports service at 96.8%, and the share of locations with a second wired 100/20 provider is 0.0%. Arthur County (99.3% fiber) and Garfield County (99.2%, almost all from NCTC) look the same. In Boyd County, fiber reaches 100.0%1 of locations.
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.
Fiber does not always mean a gigabit. In Hooker County, the FCC's 1,000/100 Mbps measure is met at only 0.4% of locations, because the offers reported at nearly all of its locations fall short of 1,000 Mbps down with 100 Mbps up. Garfield County meets it at 99.2%1.
| Area | Locations (BSLs) | Fiber available | One wired choice | Two or more wired choices | Gigabit (1,000/100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooker County, Nebraska | 497 | 95.8% | 95.8% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| Arthur County, Nebraska | 274 | 99.3% | 99.3% | 0.0% | 8.0% |
| Garfield County, Nebraska | 1,221 | 99.2% | 99.2% | 0.0% | 99.2% |
| Boyd County, Nebraska | 1,744 | 100.0% | 99.8% | 0.2% | 38.6% |
| Nebraska | 794,390 | 80.3% | 25.4% | 63.7% | 80.3% |
| United States | 115,784,915 | 62.6% | 36.6% | 55.6% | 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.
Statewide, 731 of Nebraska's 934 counties have fiber at half of their locations or more.
Banner, Sioux and Thurston: where the wires stop
The gaps sit in a few counties at the edges of the state. In Banner County, in the Panhandle, 55.5% of locations are unserved, without reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of even 25/3 Mbps; it is the only Nebraska county above half. Wired 100/20 service reaches 6.4% of its locations. Farther north in the Panhandle, in Sioux County, satellite is the only service reported at 31.4%1 of locations.
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.
Thurston County, in the northeast, has the lowest fiber share of any county, 5.8%. Its locations mostly have DSL (70.3%) and fixed wireless, and at 31.7% fixed wireless is the only way to get 100/20 Mbps. Statewide that fixed-wireless-only share is 6.7%, the 11th highest1 among the states.
| Area | Locations (BSLs) | Unserved | Satellite only | Fixed wireless only at 100/20 | Wired 100/20 Mbps | Fiber available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banner County, Nebraska | 472 | 55.5% | 22.5% | 16.7% | 6.4% | 6.4% |
| Sioux County, Nebraska | 999 | 41.4% | 31.4% | 16.7% | 36.0% | 11.8% |
| Thurston County, Nebraska | 2,763 | 8.5% | 2.6% | 31.7% | 25.1% | 5.8% |
| Greeley County, Nebraska | 1,526 | 14.3% | 1.8% | 9.0% | 63.4% | 27.1% |
| Nebraska | 794,390 | 2.9% | 0.6% | 6.7% | 89.1% | 80.3% |
| United States | 115,784,915 | 2.4% | 0.8% | 3.6% | 92.3% | 62.6% |
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.
The statewide unserved share fell from 10.1%2 in 2022 to 2.9%, but it rose by 0.4 percentage points between December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026, a change that ranks the highest1 among the states. The FCC data record where providers report service; they do not explain why reported coverage changes between filings.
BEAD in Nebraska: the smallest fiber share of any state plan
Nebraska spends little of its $405.3 million5 allocation from the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program on construction. The state's Final Proposal, published by the Nebraska Broadband Office, covers 14,064 locations at a BEAD cost of $44.6 million, or $3,168 per location, the 8th lowest among states with a plan. Providers committed $21.4 million6 of their own.
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 | 9.2% |
| Cable | 0.0% |
| Fixed wireless | 56.9% |
| Low-Earth-orbit satellite | 33.9% |
Fixed wireless takes the largest part of the plan: 8,002 locations, or 56.9%. Low-Earth-orbit satellite gets 4,764 (33.9%). Fiber is planned for 1,298 locations, 9.2% of the total, the lowest fiber share of any state plan. $360.7 million6 of the allocation is not assigned to construction in the plan; its use had not been settled as of November 2026.
Earlier programs also paid for rural lines. Nebraska received $128.7 million7 from the Treasury's Capital Projects Fund, and Rural Digital Opportunity Fund recipients have reported service deployed at 6,4628 locations.
| Program | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| BEAD allocation (NTIA, announced June 26, 2023) | $405,281,070 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: locations to be connected | 14,064 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: deployment cost | $44,555,557 | |
| BEAD cost per location | $3,168 | |
| BEAD allocation not assigned to deployment | $360,725,513 | |
| Treasury Capital Projects Fund allocation | $128,740,178 | |
| RDOF: locations built with support (cumulative) | 6,462 | |
| Lifeline subscribers claimed | 9,725 | |
| Lifeline participation rate | 6.6% | |
| Households in the Affordable Connectivity Program, February 2024 | 96,140 |
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; 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.
Who subscribes, and what help exists with cost
The Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey found 92.9% of Nebraska households with a broadband subscription of any kind (margin of error ±0.5 percentage points) and 74.9% with cable, fiber or DSL (±0.8 percentage points). These are households, not the FCC's homes and businesses, so the two sets of figures do not line up exactly. 12.2%12 of households rely only on a cellular data plan.
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) | 89.1% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 74.9% | ±0.8 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 12.2% | ±0.7 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 6.9% | ±0.5 |
The gap by income is wide: 78.9% of households with incomes under $20,000 have a broadband subscription (±3.6 percentage points), against 96.7%12 of those with $75,000 or more. The FCC map carries no prices. Lifeline, a federal discount of $9.25 on each monthly bill for eligible low-income households, had 9,7259 Nebraska subscribers, and USAC estimates that 6.6% of eligible households use it, the 6th lowest10 participation rate among the states. The Affordable Connectivity Program, which had 96,14011 Nebraska households enrolled in February 2024, ended on June 1, 2024.
Every county, city and town
| Omaha | 488,797 | 88.2% | 93.8% | 86.0% | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | 301,522 | 99.9% | 99.9% | 98.3% | 4 |
| Bellevue | 64,863 | 74.6% | 91.5% | 73.0% | 6 |
| Grand Island | 53,943 | 99.7% | 99.7% | 93.8% | 5 |
| Kearney | 34,782 | 99.9% | 99.9% | 94.7% | 3 |
| Fremont | 28,350 | 99.9% | 99.9% | 96.0% | 5 |
| Norfolk | 26,677 | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.8% | 6 |
| Columbus | 25,248 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 98.5% | 5 |
| Papillion | 25,127 | 99.7% | 100.0% | 97.1% | 5 |
| Hastings | 25,121 | 99.5% | 99.5% | 98.8% | 4 |
| North Platte | 22,524 | 99.7% | 99.7% | 93.8% | 4 |
| La Vista | 16,543 | 99.9% | 99.9% | 97.6% | 5 |
| Scottsbluff | 14,259 | 99.8% | 99.8% | 91.0% | 2 |
| South Sioux City | 14,158 | 81.2% | 88.5% | 80.7% | 5 |
| Beatrice | 12,318 | 99.6% | 99.6% | 98.4% | 5 |
| Lexington | 11,176 | 89.8% | 89.8% | 83.9% | 3 |
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.
| Adams County | 13,535 | 87.1% | 92.4% | 79.7% | 0.3% | Kinetic | 74.7% ±2.5 |
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| Antelope County | 4,210 | 78.0% | 78.2% | 41.3% | 19.4% | Stealth Broadband | 58.9% ±3.7 |
| Arthur County | 274 | 99.3% | 99.3% | 0.0% | 0.4% | Consolidated Communications | 78.4% ±10.5 |
| Banner County | 472 | 6.4% | 6.4% | 0.0% | 55.5% | CenturyLink | 38.4% ±5.7 |
| Blaine County | 357 | 89.1% | 89.1% | 0.0% | 7.8% | Consolidated Communications | 52.3% ±11.6 |
| Boone County | 3,301 | 33.9% | 73.0% | 11.3% | 8.2% | Stealth Broadband | 61.7% ±3.0 |
| Box Butte County | 5,323 | 98.6% | 98.8% | 64.8% | 0.5% | ALLO Fiber | 72.9% ±5.8 |
| Boyd County | 1,744 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company | 78.6% ±5.4 |
| Brown County | 2,162 | 84.8% | 84.8% | 1.5% | 7.4% | Three River Communications, LLC | 57.1% ±5.3 |
| Buffalo County | 18,712 | 81.6% | 89.6% | 70.5% | 3.0% | Spectrum | 74.3% ±2.1 |
| Burt County | 4,303 | 46.6% | 74.5% | 13.3% | 10.7% | CenturyLink | 68.3% ±3.0 |
| Butler County | 4,978 | 48.5% | 70.8% | 28.1% | 12.4% | Kinetic | 61.9% ±3.6 |
| Cass County | 13,192 | 62.6% | 76.5% | 43.5% | 3.6% | Kinetic | 69.6% ±2.6 |
| Cedar County | 4,823 | 68.7% | 87.8% | 14.2% | 3.5% | Hartington Telecommunications Co Inc | 60.6% ±3.1 |
| Chase County | 2,379 | 81.6% | 82.2% | 46.0% | 12.0% | Great Plains Communications LLC | 69.9% ±7.1 |
| Cherry County | 3,566 | 80.8% | 80.8% | 8.6% | 11.1% | CenturyLink | 62.4% ±4.7 |
| Cheyenne County | 5,290 | 73.6% | 76.3% | 57.7% | 8.0% | CenturyLink | 63.4% ±3.9 |
| Clay County | 3,880 | 72.6% | 76.8% | 59.1% | 0.9% | Glenwood Telecommunications Inc. | 63.6% ±3.0 |
| Colfax County | 4,707 | 39.0% | 82.4% | 7.8% | 9.9% | CenturyLink | 57.6% ±8.0 |
| Cuming County | 4,846 | 71.4% | 81.8% | 51.8% | 10.6% | Skywave Wireless Inc | 61.9% ±2.8 |
| Custer County | 6,511 | 82.6% | 82.7% | 0.0% | 8.7% | Great Plains Communications LLC | 61.3% ±2.9 |
| Dakota County | 7,541 | 77.1% | 95.7% | 60.4% | 1.5% | Sparklight | 63.8% ±4.0 |
| Dawes County | 4,215 | 53.0% | 76.5% | 0.4% | 9.9% | CenturyLink | 65.0% ±7.5 |
| Dawson County | 10,885 | 77.6% | 87.2% | 60.4% | 1.6% | ATCJET.NET, LLC | 65.1% ±3.6 |
| Deuel County | 1,305 | 57.5% | 78.7% | 43.5% | 8.1% | CenturyLink | 53.4% ±5.5 |
| Dixon County | 3,144 | 70.1% | 85.7% | 0.3% | 7.0% | Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company | 61.3% ±4.3 |
| Dodge County | 16,526 | 88.4% | 93.2% | 65.9% | 2.3% | Alpine Connective LLC | 74.2% ±2.3 |
| Douglas County | 188,288 | 87.5% | 97.7% | 83.6% | 0.2% | Cox | 80.0% ±0.5 |
| Dundy County | 1,323 | 98.1% | 98.1% | 0.0% | 1.8% | BWTelcom | 67.4% ±6.6 |
| Fillmore County | 3,671 | 71.0% | 83.3% | 61.5% | 5.0% | Glenwood Telecommunications Inc. | 63.1% ±3.8 |
| Franklin County | 2,233 | 71.5% | 71.5% | 36.2% | 10.3% | Glenwood Telecommunications Inc. | 58.3% ±4.3 |
| Frontier County | 1,691 | 90.1% | 90.4% | 0.1% | 1.5% | Consolidated Communications | 52.7% ±3.7 |
| Furnas County | 3,210 | 83.1% | 88.7% | 0.5% | 1.7% | ATCJET.NET, LLC | 60.7% ±4.0 |
| Gage County | 11,134 | 87.8% | 89.4% | 66.8% | 1.9% | Diode Cable Company | 68.3% ±3.1 |
| Garden County | 1,570 | 66.1% | 66.5% | 37.6% | 16.8% | CenturyLink | 43.5% ±6.8 |
| Garfield County | 1,221 | 99.2% | 99.2% | 0.0% | 0.8% | NCTC | 70.3% ±8.5 |
| Gosper County | 1,422 | 35.3% | 66.0% | 4.2% | 2.5% | ATCJET.NET, LLC | 48.3% ±6.5 |
| Grant County | 448 | 70.3% | 70.3% | 0.0% | 7.1% | Consolidated Communications | 51.1% ±6.8 |
| Greeley County | 1,526 | 27.1% | 63.4% | 2.6% | 14.3% | NCTC | 59.1% ±6.1 |
| Hall County | 22,617 | 89.1% | 95.4% | 78.6% | 1.3% | Hamilton.net, Inc. | 69.6% ±2.2 |
| Hamilton County | 4,929 | 97.8% | 99.8% | 7.1% | 0.1% | Hamilton.net, Inc. | 81.4% ±2.0 |
| Harlan County | 2,897 | 73.8% | 74.0% | 25.0% | 7.2% | ATCJET.NET, LLC | 56.3% ±3.9 |
| Hayes County | 630 | 54.8% | 54.8% | 0.0% | 33.5% | Great Plains Communications LLC | 26.0% ±8.4 |
| Hitchcock County | 2,003 | 38.0% | 38.0% | 0.1% | 18.9% | Great Plains Communications LLC | 48.8% ±5.6 |
| Holt County | 6,552 | 70.9% | 72.8% | 0.8% | 8.0% | CenturyLink | 56.0% ±4.3 |
| Hooker County | 497 | 95.8% | 95.8% | 0.0% | 4.0% | Consolidated Communications | 53.5% ±8.5 |
| Howard County | 3,380 | 36.9% | 69.7% | 0.2% | 10.7% | CenturyLink | 54.9% ±4.7 |
| Jefferson County | 4,419 | 78.1% | 90.2% | 47.0% | 3.2% | Diode Cable Company | 64.5% ±3.8 |
| Johnson County | 2,801 | 49.2% | 60.2% | 41.4% | 5.9% | Nextlink Internet | 57.1% ±5.3 |
| Kearney County | 3,509 | 77.3% | 80.9% | 51.9% | 5.0% | Spectrum | 70.8% ±4.1 |
| Keith County | 5,858 | 84.1% | 92.2% | 46.1% | 1.4% | ATCJET.NET, LLC | 65.1% ±4.0 |
| Keya Paha County | 701 | 93.3% | 93.3% | 0.0% | 0.4% | Three River Communications, LLC | 72.8% ±8.3 |
| Kimball County | 2,451 | 75.4% | 77.6% | 56.8% | 9.3% | Vistabeam | 53.7% ±6.6 |
| Knox County | 5,654 | 67.2% | 77.9% | 8.8% | 16.8% | Great Plains Communications LLC | 55.4% ±3.2 |
| Lancaster County | 106,854 | 93.4% | 95.3% | 90.4% | 0.3% | ALLO Fiber | 81.3% ±0.7 |
| Lincoln County | 16,253 | 88.0% | 92.3% | 62.5% | 2.3% | ATCJET.NET, LLC | 71.5% ±2.1 |
| Logan County | 437 | 84.9% | 84.9% | 0.2% | 14.4% | Great Plains Communications LLC | 59.2% ±6.6 |
| Loup County | 534 | 99.8% | 99.8% | 0.0% | 0.2% | NCTC | 71.3% ±9.7 |
| Madison County | 14,550 | 75.0% | 85.9% | 72.8% | 3.0% | Stealth Broadband | 66.1% ±2.7 |
| McPherson County | 274 | 35.0% | 35.0% | 0.0% | 37.6% | Great Plains Communications LLC | 59.0% ±19.4 |
| Merrick County | 4,355 | 62.3% | 79.3% | 35.3% | 6.4% | Hamilton.net, Inc. | 62.7% ±4.4 |
| Morrill County | 2,908 | 31.5% | 51.8% | 25.8% | 15.1% | CenturyLink | 51.2% ±4.3 |
| Nance County | 2,137 | 11.3% | 67.8% | 0.7% | 23.2% | Vyve Broadband | 59.1% ±5.8 |
| Nemaha County | 3,990 | 69.1% | 73.8% | 56.4% | 8.2% | Kinetic | 61.6% ±5.1 |
| Nuckolls County | 2,992 | 70.0% | 76.0% | 37.2% | 10.1% | Glenwood Telecommunications Inc. | 58.8% ±3.8 |
| Otoe County | 7,860 | 63.1% | 74.1% | 51.4% | 3.7% | Kinetic | 68.6% ±2.9 |
| Pawnee County | 2,038 | 41.5% | 55.5% | 32.7% | 5.6% | Kinetic | 50.4% ±5.2 |
| Perkins County | 1,727 | 21.7% | 58.0% | 0.1% | 21.8% | Great Plains Communications LLC | 61.7% ±4.5 |
| Phelps County | 4,683 | 76.8% | 88.7% | 55.4% | 0.2% | ATCJET.NET, LLC | 66.0% ±4.0 |
| Pierce County | 3,881 | 58.5% | 84.3% | 11.6% | 3.2% | Pierce Telephone Co Inc | 58.8% ±4.4 |
| Platte County | 14,456 | 89.5% | 92.7% | 74.1% | 1.5% | ALLO Fiber | 71.6% ±2.7 |
| Polk County | 3,350 | 73.3% | 76.6% | 47.6% | 7.6% | Kinetic | 55.7% ±3.8 |
| Red Willow County | 5,569 | 83.5% | 83.5% | 17.7% | 1.2% | Great Plains Communications LLC | 63.6% ±5.5 |
| Richardson County | 5,060 | 89.8% | 90.1% | 52.3% | 1.5% | Southeast Nebraska Communications Inc | 72.5% ±4.1 |
| Rock County | 1,152 | 6.2% | 6.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Fastwyre Broadband | 52.8% ±7.1 |
| Saline County | 6,507 | 71.8% | 75.0% | 65.7% | 5.0% | Kinetic | 62.3% ±3.7 |
| Sarpy County | 66,411 | 84.2% | 96.0% | 81.9% | 0.2% | Cox | 83.2% ±1.1 |
| Saunders County | 11,314 | 53.1% | 76.2% | 30.1% | 6.8% | Kinetic | 68.9% ±2.7 |
| Scotts Bluff County | 16,680 | 82.2% | 85.4% | 70.4% | 1.1% | Vistabeam | 67.1% ±2.7 |
| Seward County | 8,073 | 76.5% | 82.9% | 54.8% | 5.7% | Kinetic | 71.0% ±3.0 |
| Sheridan County | 3,362 | 48.1% | 74.6% | 0.0% | 15.9% | Great Plains Communications LLC | 56.4% ±4.6 |
| Sherman County | 2,180 | 56.1% | 83.6% | 6.8% | 5.5% | Spectrum | 42.7% ±5.7 |
| Sioux County | 999 | 11.8% | 36.0% | 0.0% | 41.4% | CenturyLink | 32.7% ±5.8 |
| Stanton County | 2,950 | 70.7% | 77.3% | 23.8% | 11.5% | Stanton Telecom Inc | 59.8% ±4.4 |
| Thayer County | 3,423 | 76.2% | 79.7% | 55.5% | 9.0% | Glenwood Telecommunications Inc. | 63.0% ±2.8 |
| Thomas County | 494 | 78.1% | 78.1% | 0.0% | 3.6% | Consolidated Communications | 63.8% ±7.4 |
| Thurston County | 2,763 | 5.8% | 25.1% | 0.5% | 8.5% | Fastwyre Broadband | 73.0% ±3.4 |
| Valley County | 2,559 | 31.5% | 73.7% | 0.0% | 9.3% | Spectrum | 57.2% ±4.8 |
| Washington County | 8,981 | 71.7% | 71.9% | 49.8% | 0.4% | Fastwyre Broadband | 77.9% ±2.6 |
| Wayne County | 3,894 | 75.1% | 82.3% | 44.0% | 6.0% | ALLO Fiber | 68.7% ±5.0 |
| Webster County | 2,321 | 80.9% | 88.4% | 29.9% | 7.1% | Glenwood Telecommunications Inc. | 73.5% ±5.5 |
| Wheeler County | 685 | 81.5% | 81.5% | 0.0% | 16.8% | NCTC | 48.5% ±7.1 |
| York County | 6,918 | 74.1% | 79.3% | 57.8% | 5.6% | Kinetic | 72.7% ±3.3 |
| Nebraska | 794,390 | 80.3% | 89.1% | 63.7% | 2.9% | 74.8% |
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).
Questions and answers
What internet providers serve Nebraska?
Leaving out satellite, the companies reporting service at the most locations are T-Mobile (70.6%) and Verizon (66.5%), both with 5G home internet, followed by AT&T (41.9%, fiber and licensed fixed wireless). The main wired networks are Spectrum cable (30.7%), ALLO Fiber (32.4%), Cox (30.9%) and CenturyLink, which is mostly DSL (30.6%). In all, 531 providers report fiber somewhere in the state.
How much of Nebraska has fiber internet?
As of June 30, 2026, at least one provider reports fiber at 80.3% of Nebraska's 794,390 homes and businesses, up from 53.1%2 in June 2022. At 22.6% of locations two or more separate fiber networks report service, the 6th highest1 share among the states. Whether a given address has fiber can only be checked on the FCC's National Broadband Map.
How many Nebraskans lack broadband?
23,057 homes and businesses (2.9%), the FCC's locations, had no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of 25/3 Mbps as of June 30, 2026, down from 10.1%2 in 2022. Banner County in the Panhandle is the only county more than half unserved. Another 20,1381 locations had reliable service below 100/20.
What is the cheapest internet in Nebraska?
Prices are not part of the FCC data, and no official source compares Nebraska providers on price; each must publish a broadband facts label with its plans and fees. Lifeline takes $9.25 off a monthly bill for eligible low-income households, but USAC estimates only 6.6%10 of eligible Nebraska households use it.
Checking one address in Nebraska
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 Nebraska
Large cities with their own page: Omaha and Lincoln.
Neighboring states: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota and Wyoming. Put Nebraska side by side with any state or large city in the comparison tool.
| Ranking | Value | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber internet availability by state | 80.3% | 7th of 51 |
| Internet speed by state: where gigabit service is offered | 80.3% | 13th of 51 |
| Broadband coverage by state | 89.1% | 38th of 51 |
| Internet provider competition by state | 63.7% | 13th of 51 |
| Unserved and underserved broadband locations by state | 2.9% | 20th of 51 |
| Where fiber has grown since 2022 | 27.3% | 29th of 51 |
| 5G home internet and licensed fixed wireless by state | 88.8% | 18th of 51 |
| Households with an internet subscription by state | 92.9% | tied 37th of 51 |
| BEAD broadband funding by state | 3,168.0% | 43rd 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
- 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
- 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, 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
- 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.