Nevada internet, fast on paper and short on second wires
Fiber is available at 44.7% of the 1,027,755 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Nevada, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 93.5%. 34.9% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 58.5% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
West region, Mountain division
Nevada ranks near the top of the states on two measures that point in opposite directions. Gigabit service with 100 Mbps uploads is advertised at 93.4% of its homes and businesses, the 2nd highest share in the country, but at 58.5% a single wired provider offers 100/20 Mbps, the 2nd highest1 share. Fiber reaches fewer locations than in most states, except in a few rural counties where local networks built it.
Cox, AT&T and Spectrum carry the wires
50 providers report wired or fixed wireless home internet somewhere in Nevada, 31 of them over cable, fiber or copper, across the state's 1.0 million1 broadband serviceable locations. These figures are from the FCC's National Broadband Map as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026). A provider lists a location when it says it could connect it within ten business days for a standard installation; anyone can challenge a listing on the map.
Cox is the largest wired network. It reports service at 64.7% of the state's locations, all of them at 100/20 Mbps or more, and fiber at 11.1%; in Clark County it covers 93.5% of locations. AT&T appears at 60.6%, a figure that mixes fiber (29.6% of locations), older DSL lines and fixed wireless, so it offers 100/20 Mbps at 34.6%. Northern Nevada has a different cable company: Spectrum reports 94.9% of locations in Washoe County, around Reno, and 21.8% statewide. CenturyLink lists 37.9% of locations, almost all DSL, with 100/20 Mbps at just 1.5%1.
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 71.0% | 10.8% | 100 Mbps | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| isp.net | Fixed wireless | 69.5% | 69.5% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Cox | Fiber Cable | 64.7% | 64.7% | 2 Gbps | 42.9% |
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 60.6% | 34.6% | 8 Gbps | 0.4% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 58.7% | 28.0% | 1 Gbps | – |
| CenturyLink | Fiber DSL | 37.9% | 1.5% | 2 Gbps | 0.1% |
| Hot Spot Broadband Inc | Fixed wireless | 22.6% | 22.6% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 21.8% | 21.8% | 1 Gbps | 11.3% |
| Rise Broadband | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 21.3% | 10.1% | 641 Mbps | – |
| World Mobile Networks, LLC | Licensed wireless | 19.7% | 0.0% | – | – |
| Net NV | Fixed wireless | 18.6% | 18.6% | 1 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.
The largest provider by reach, T-Mobile, offers home internet over its mobile network at 71.0% of locations but reports 100/20 Mbps at only 10.8%; Verizon reports 58.7%, with 100/20 at 28.0%1. HughesNet, Starlink and Viasat report satellite service at every location in the state, so the coverage figures on this page leave them out.
Las Vegas mostly has one wire; Reno more often has two
Coverage is close to complete; choice is not. Wired 100/20 Mbps service reaches 93.5% of Nevada's locations, but at 58.5% exactly one wired provider offers it, 2nd highest share of any state (nationally 36.6%). Only 34.9% can choose between two or more wired providers, the 5th lowest share, and three wired choices are almost unknown (0.3%). Cox is the only wired 100/20 provider at 42.9% of all Nevada locations; Spectrum is at 11.3%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 6.5% | 58.5% | 34.6% | 0.3% |
| Las Vegas | 2.7% | 60.8% | 35.8% | 0.8% |
| Henderson | 2.3% | 70.4% | 27.3% | 0.0% |
| Reno | 2.7% | 41.6% | 55.7% | 0.0% |
| Sparks | 2.6% | 32.2% | 65.1% | 0.0% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
The split runs between the two metro areas. In Las Vegas, 60.8% of locations have a single wired choice, and the share is higher in Henderson (70.4%) and North Las Vegas (71.5%). In Reno, 55.7% have two or more, and in Sparks 65.1%. Around Reno, AT&T offers 100/20 Mbps at 89.5%1 of Washoe County's locations, much of it over fiber, alongside Spectrum's cable.
Second wires are spreading slowly. The statewide share with two or more wired choices rose from 21.7%2 in June 2022 to 34.9%, a gain of 13.2 percentage points that ranks 15th lowest among the states. In Las Vegas it rose by 13.7 percentage points1.
Gigabit everywhere: the change was in uploads
The measure this page calls gigabit is an advertised offer of at least 1,000 Mbps download and 100 Mbps upload over any wired or fixed wireless technology. In Nevada it reaches 93.4% of locations, 2nd highest share among the states; the national figure is 72.3%1. Four years earlier, in June 2022, it was 20.1%2.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 20.1% | 84.6% | 93.4% | 73.2 pts |
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 22.5% | 84.2% | 92.6% | 70.1 pts |
| 1 Gbps download | 90.9% | 92.9% | 93.9% | 3.1 pts |
| Fiber available | 22.5% | 43.1% | 44.7% | 22.2 pts |
| Cable available | 88.8% | 77.8% | 77.9% | −10.9 pts |
The download side changed little. Offers of 1 Gbps download at any upload speed already covered 90.9% of locations in 2022 and stand at 93.9% now. The upload side changed: wired service with 100 Mbps in both directions went from 22.5%2 of locations to 92.6%, the 5th highest share in the country. Clark County, with most of the state's locations, accounts for most of the shift: its gigabit share rose by 93.6 percentage points, the largest gain of any Nevada county, to 95.4%. Statewide, the gigabit gain ranks 3rd highest1 among the states.
Alaska 36.4%North Dakota 95.2%
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 | Gigabit (1,000/100) |
|---|---|
| North Dakota | 95.2% |
| Nevada | 93.4% |
| Connecticut | 92.9% |
| District of Columbia | 90.7% |
| Utah | 88.6% |
| New Hampshire | 88.4% |
| Tennessee | 87.5% |
| Kansas | 84.9% |
| New Jersey | 84.0% |
| Iowa | 82.0% |
| Kentucky | 81.9% |
| Georgia | 81.0% |
| Nebraska | 80.3% |
| Indiana | 80.1% |
| Colorado | 79.4% |
| Texas | 79.1% |
| Illinois | 79.0% |
| Maryland | 78.3% |
| Oklahoma | 77.7% |
| Hawaii | 77.0% |
| Florida | 76.9% |
| Missouri | 76.1% |
| South Dakota | 74.8% |
| Arkansas | 74.8% |
| Mississippi | 74.2% |
| Vermont | 74.1% |
| South Carolina | 72.8% |
| Arizona | 71.7% |
| Minnesota | 70.8% |
| Wyoming | 69.5% |
| Pennsylvania | 69.4% |
| Oregon | 69.1% |
| Louisiana | 68.9% |
| Massachusetts | 68.4% |
| Alabama | 68.1% |
| Washington | 67.4% |
| California | 67.4% |
| Delaware | 66.3% |
| North Carolina | 65.3% |
| Maine | 63.7% |
| Ohio | 62.8% |
| New York | 62.7% |
| Virginia | 60.1% |
| Michigan | 58.1% |
| Wisconsin | 55.8% |
| Rhode Island | 55.5% |
| West Virginia | 54.6% |
| Idaho | 50.0% |
| New Mexico | 47.5% |
| Montana | 44.7% |
| Alaska | 36.4% |
The fastest tiers dominate. At 76.4% of locations the fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more, and at 17.7%1 it is between 940 Mbps and 2 Gbps. These are providers' advertised maximums, not measurements of what a connection delivers.
Radio links reach nearly every location
Nevada reports more unlicensed fixed wireless than any other state: at least one such provider lists 96.3% of locations, against 19.7% nationally. The largest is a regional network: isp.net, which reported no Nevada locations in June 2022, now lists 69.5% of the state's locations, reports 100/20 Mbps at all of them and advertises downloads of up to 1 Gbps. Stimulus Technologies, which filed fixed wireless across much of the state, now files it for business customers only, so it is not counted here. In northern Nevada, Net NV lists 88.0% of Washoe County's locations and Hot Spot Broadband 22.6%1 of the state's.
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 | Nevada | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 44.7% | 62.6% |
| Cable | 77.9% | 80.3% |
| DSL (copper) | 52.7% | 36.2% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 89.9% | 87.3% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 96.3% | 19.7% |
Where no wire offers 100/20 Mbps, these links are often the only fast option: at 5.6% of locations (57,141), 100/20 Mbps is available only by fixed wireless. Copper still has a wide footprint as well. DSL is reported at 52.7% of locations, the 10th highest share, down 10.1 percentage points1 since 2022.
Fiber: behind the country, ahead in the desert towns
Fiber, the share of homes and businesses where at least one provider reports a fiber-to-the-premises connection, stands at 44.7%, up from 22.5%2 in June 2022. The national share is 62.6%. Only 4.8% of locations have two or more fiber networks, a share that ranks 14th lowest among the states. The two big metro counties sit close to the state figure: 43.5% in Clark and 52.0%1 in Washoe.
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 |
|---|---|
| Nye County | 85.0% |
| Elko County | 69.2% |
| Churchill County | 68.4% |
| United States | 62.6% |
| Washoe County | 52.0% |
| Nevada | 44.7% |
| Clark County | 43.5% |
| Carson City | 29.1% |
| Lyon County | 28.7% |
| Douglas County | 13.2% |
The highest shares are in rural counties. In Nye County, which includes Pahrump, fiber is reported at 85.0% of locations, a rise of 78.8 percentage points since 2022 and the largest gain in the state. Its biggest local provider is Valley Communications Association Inc, which reports service at 91.5% of the county's locations over fiber and fixed wireless. In Elko County fiber reaches 69.2%, from 8 different fiber networks, and in Churchill County, around Fallon, 68.4%, where CC Communications Broadband offers 100/20 Mbps at 68.3% of locations. Churchill is also the one county where the fiber share fell, by 5.5 percentage points1.
Two of the larger counties along the Sierra have much less. Douglas County reports fiber at 13.2% and Carson City at 29.1%; in Douglas, 82.5%1 of locations have only one wired provider at 100/20 Mbps.
Eureka, Esmeralda and White Pine: where the gaps are
Statewide, 1.9% of locations are unserved, without reliable service of 25/3 Mbps, and 0.9% are underserved, with 25/3 but not 100/20 Mbps. The gaps are concentrated in thinly settled counties of the Great Basin. In Eureka County, 97.7% of its 1,172 locations are unserved under that definition, even though Hot Spot Broadband Inc reports 100/20 Mbps unlicensed fixed wireless at 91.9%1: the BEAD definitions count only wired and licensed fixed wireless service as reliable (see how we count).
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.
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| County | Unserved |
|---|---|
| Eureka County | 97.7% |
| Esmeralda County | 95.8% |
| Storey County | 30.6% |
| Lincoln County | 30.1% |
| White Pine County | 23.2% |
| Mineral County | 15.6% |
| Lander County | 14.7% |
| Lyon County | 11.3% |
| Elko County | 10.1% |
| Humboldt County | 9.8% |
| Churchill County | 8.8% |
| Pershing County | 7.2% |
| Nye County | 2.9% |
| Douglas County | 2.8% |
| Carson City | 1.4% |
| Washoe County | 1.1% |
| Clark County | 0.6% |
Esmeralda County has the state's largest satellite-only share, 18.6% of its 848 locations, and 95.8% are unserved. Storey County (30.6%) and Lincoln County (30.1%) come next. In White Pine County, around Ely, wired 100/20 Mbps reaches only 0.5% of locations and 23.2% are unserved. At the other end, Clark County's unserved share is 0.6%1.
| Area | Locations (BSLs) | Unserved | Wired 100/20 Mbps | Fixed wireless only at 100/20 | Satellite only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka County, Nevada | 1,172 | 97.7% | 0.0% | 92.0% | 7.1% |
| Esmeralda County, Nevada | 848 | 95.8% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 18.6% |
| White Pine County, Nevada | 4,714 | 23.2% | 0.5% | 67.8% | 9.0% |
| Lincoln County, Nevada | 2,568 | 30.1% | 36.6% | 28.4% | 3.4% |
| Storey County, Nevada | 2,295 | 30.6% | 35.5% | 64.4% | 0.0% |
| Lander County, Nevada | 2,752 | 14.7% | 35.4% | 60.2% | 4.3% |
| Clark County, Nevada | 710,561 | 0.6% | 96.4% | 3.5% | 0.0% |
| Nevada | 1,027,755 | 1.9% | 93.5% | 5.6% | 0.3% |
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.
Subscriptions, Lifeline and the end of ACP
In the Census Bureau's 2025 survey, 95.0% of Nevada households had a broadband subscription of some kind (margin of error ±0.4 percentage points), a share that ranks tied for 6th highest among the states (states next to it in the ranking may not differ significantly), and 77.4% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL. 8.5% reported a satellite subscription, alone or with another service, the 10th highest share. Among households earning under $20,000, 85.2% had broadband, against 97.7%5 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) | 93.5% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 77.4% | ±0.9 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 12.4% | ±0.6 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 5.0% | ±0.4 |
The FCC map has no prices. Lifeline, the federal program for low-income households, gives a $9.25 monthly discount on phone or internet service; USAC counts 57,6226 Nevada subscribers, and estimates that about 25.4% of eligible households take part, the 10th highest7 participation rate among the states. The Affordable Connectivity Program had 276,0248 Nevada households enrolled when it stopped taking applications in February 2024; it ended on June 1, 2024.
BEAD: a small list of locations, a large unassigned balance
Nevada was allocated $416.7 million9 under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, and its approved Final Proposal covers 26,236 locations at a BEAD cost of $170.7 million, or $6,504 per location, the 9th highest cost among the states with a plan; providers committed a further $65.2 million10.
| Program | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| BEAD allocation (NTIA, announced June 26, 2023) | $416,666,230 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: locations to be connected | 26,236 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: deployment cost | $170,650,263 | |
| BEAD cost per location | $6,504 | |
| BEAD allocation not assigned to deployment | $246,015,967 | |
| Treasury Capital Projects Fund allocation | $135,603,020 | |
| RDOF: locations built with support (cumulative) | 1,987 | |
| USDA ReConnect grants reported to USAspending | $0 | |
| Lifeline subscribers claimed | 57,622 | |
| Lifeline participation rate | 25.4% | |
| Households in the Affordable Connectivity Program, February 2024 | 276,024 |
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.
64.9% of the plan's locations (17,023) are assigned to fiber, 28.2% (7,407) to low-Earth-orbit satellite, 4.0% to fixed wireless and 2.9% to cable. The unassigned part of the allocation, $246.0 million10, is larger than the plan's construction cost; how it may be used was not settled as of November 2026. The state's Office of Science, Innovation and Technology runs the program and publishes its documents. Separately, Nevada was allocated $135.6 million11 from the Treasury's Capital Projects Fund.
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 | 64.9% |
| Cable | 2.9% |
| Fixed wireless | 4.0% |
| Low-Earth-orbit satellite | 28.2% |
County and city tables
Every Nevada county appears in the first table, with the measures used on this page. Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno, North Las Vegas and Sparks have their own pages with provider tables; the second table lists every Nevada city and town of 25,000 or more.
| Carson City | 20,587 | 29.1% | 93.9% | 31.5% | 1.4% | Spectrum | 77.8% ±1.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill County | 10,519 | 68.4% | 82.5% | 54.0% | 8.8% | CC Communications Broadband | 79.1% ±3.3 |
| Clark County | 710,561 | 43.5% | 96.4% | 32.8% | 0.6% | Cox | 77.4% ±0.4 |
| Douglas County | 23,714 | 13.2% | 92.8% | 10.3% | 2.8% | Spectrum | 81.3% ±1.9 |
| Elko County | 21,492 | 69.2% | 82.5% | 40.6% | 10.1% | White Cloud Communications | 62.7% ±3.1 |
| Esmeralda County | 848 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 95.8% | Valley Communications Association Inc | 68.2% ±16.7 |
| Eureka County | 1,172 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 97.7% | AT&T | 51.0% ±16.7 |
| Humboldt County | 7,504 | 42.7% | 63.2% | 0.0% | 9.8% | – | 51.9% ±4.2 |
| Lander County | 2,752 | 35.4% | 35.4% | 0.0% | 14.7% | AT&T | 53.5% ±8.5 |
| Lincoln County | 2,568 | 32.1% | 36.6% | 0.0% | 30.1% | Lincoln County Telephone System | 62.6% ±9.0 |
| Lyon County | 26,457 | 28.7% | 78.6% | 28.2% | 11.3% | Spectrum | 71.0% ±2.3 |
| Mineral County | 2,653 | 0.3% | 62.9% | 0.0% | 15.6% | Spectrum | 68.0% ±5.7 |
| Nye County | 24,896 | 85.0% | 85.0% | 34.7% | 2.9% | Valley Communications Association Inc | 60.1% ±3.2 |
| Pershing County | 2,504 | 29.6% | 29.6% | 1.9% | 7.2% | Ethos Broadband | 52.0% ±11.8 |
| Storey County | 2,295 | 0.0% | 35.5% | 0.0% | 30.6% | AT&T | 66.8% ±7.7 |
| Washoe County | 162,519 | 52.0% | 96.1% | 53.2% | 1.1% | Spectrum | 78.6% ±0.8 |
| White Pine County | 4,714 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 23.2% | AT&T | 57.0% ±6.1 |
| Nevada | 1,027,755 | 44.7% | 93.5% | 34.9% | 1.9% | 76.6% |
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).
| Las Vegas | 679,817 | 44.8% | 96.8% | 36.5% | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson | 353,289 | 44.9% | 96.8% | 27.3% | 3 |
| North Las Vegas | 296,653 | 44.1% | 97.0% | 25.7% | 3 |
| Reno | 283,621 | 54.0% | 99.8% | 55.7% | 5 |
| Sparks | 111,902 | 62.6% | 99.9% | 65.1% | 4 |
| Carson City | 58,571 | 29.1% | 99.6% | 31.5% | 4 |
| Fernley | 26,214 | 35.0% | 99.5% | 34.6% | 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.
Nevada internet questions
What internet providers serve Nevada?
As of June 30, 2026, 50 providers report wired or fixed wireless home internet somewhere in Nevada. The main wired networks are Cox (64.7% of locations, cable and some fiber, almost all in Clark County), AT&T (fiber at 29.6% of locations) and Spectrum (21.8%1, mainly around Reno). T-Mobile, Verizon and several regional radio networks such as isp.net and Hot Spot Broadband report fixed wireless across much of the state. These are reported coverage shares, not a judgment of quality.
How much of Nevada has fiber internet?
At least one provider reports fiber at 44.7% of Nevada's locations, the 7th lowest share among the states, against 62.6% nationally. It ranges from 85.0%1 in Nye County to none in Eureka County. Whether one address has fiber can be checked only on the FCC's National Broadband Map.
How many Nevadans lack broadband?
19,807 homes and businesses (1.9%) had no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of 25/3 Mbps as of June 30, 2026. In Eureka and Esmeralda counties almost every location is unserved, often because the fast option there is unlicensed fixed wireless, which the BEAD definition does not count. Another 8,7311 locations had reliable service below 100/20.
How much BEAD money does Nevada get?
Nevada was allocated $416.7 million9. The approved plan covers 26,236 locations at $6,504 each, the 9th highest cost per location among the states, and $246.0 million10 is left unassigned.
Checking one address in Nevada
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 Nevada
Large cities with their own page: Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Reno and Sparks.
Neighboring states: Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and Utah. Put Nevada side by side with any state or large city in the comparison tool.
| Ranking | Value | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber internet availability by state | 44.7% | 45th of 51 |
| Internet speed by state: where gigabit service is offered | 93.4% | 2nd of 51 |
| Broadband coverage by state | 93.5% | 20th of 51 |
| Internet provider competition by state | 34.9% | 47th of 51 |
| Unserved and underserved broadband locations by state | 1.9% | 31st of 51 |
| Where fiber has grown since 2022 | 22.2% | 35th of 51 |
| 5G home internet and licensed fixed wireless by state | 89.9% | 14th of 51 |
| Households with an internet subscription by state | 95.0% | tied 6th of 51 |
| BEAD broadband funding by state | 6,504.0% | 9th 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 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. api.census.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
- 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
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 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
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.