Internet in Reno, Nevada
Fiber is available at 54.0% of the 79,517 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Reno, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 97.3%. 55.7% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 41.6% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Reno in Nevada
Reno is a city of one wire on some streets and two on others. Spectrum's cable reaches 96.3% of its homes and businesses; AT&T's fiber reaches 52.1%1, and where it stops, Spectrum is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps. Around both, local fixed wireless companies report service almost everywhere.
Spectrum, AT&T and the local wireless operators
As of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), 12 companies report fixed internet service on the ground somewhere among Reno's 79,517 homes and businesses. Two of them run the wires that matter for most addresses. Spectrum reports service at 96.3% of locations, mostly over cable, with a fastest advertised download of 1 Gbps. AT&T reports service at 88.3%: fiber at 52.1%1, and older DSL or fixed wireless across much of the rest.
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 96.3% | 96.3% | 1 Gbps | 40.6% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net NV | Fixed wireless | 93.4% | 93.3% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Hot Spot Broadband Inc | Fixed wireless | 90.9% | 90.9% | 100 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 88.3% | 57.3% | 5 Gbps | 0.9% |
| World Mobile Networks, LLC | Licensed wireless | 85.7% | 0.0% | – | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 75.9% | 20.9% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 70.5% | 36.6% | 300 Mbps | – |
| Tristate Wi-Fi by Wi-Fiber, Phoenix Internet | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 35.1% | 27.6% | 641 Mbps | – |
| Truckee Meadows Internet | Fiber Fixed wireless | 13.8% | 13.8% | 10 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Ethos Broadband | Licensed wireless | 7.6% | 0.0% | – | – |
| Tech Stack 4 | Fiber | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 Gbps | 0.1% |
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 table has more wireless companies than most city lists. Net NV and Hot Spot Broadband are local operators using unlicensed spectrum, and both rank above AT&T by reported coverage. World Mobile Networks, T-Mobile and Verizon file licensed fixed wireless. The three satellite companies report every location, as they do in every city.
Each share is the share of locations where a company says it could start a standard installation within ten business days. Providers report it themselves, anyone can challenge it on the FCC map, and it says nothing about prices or about what a line delivers on a given evening.
Fiber follows AT&T's network
Fiber is reported at 54.0% of Reno's locations, against 44.7% for Nevada and 62.6% for the US. Among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, Reno ranks 102nd lowest; the median city is at 74.0%. In June 2022 the share was 34.3%2, so it has risen by 19.6 percentage points1 in four years.
Almost all of that fiber is one company's. AT&T reports fiber at 52.1% of locations, with advertised downloads of up to 5 Gbps. Spectrum, otherwise a cable provider here, reports fiber at 3.4%. The two seldom overlap: a second fiber network is reported at only 1.9%1 of locations.
| Measure | Reno | Nevada | United States | Rank among largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiber available | 54.0% | 44.7% | 62.6% | 242nd of 343 |
| Two or more fiber networks | 1.9% | 4.8% | 12.1% | 210th of 343 |
| Fiber networks | 5 | 28 | 1,485 | tied 103rd 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.
Neighboring Sparks has more fiber, at 62.6%, from the same AT&T network (60.9%1 of its locations). Whether one building is on AT&T's fiber is an address question; the FCC map answers it.
Where AT&T has fiber, there are two wires
The fiber boundary is also the competition boundary. Wired service of 100/20 Mbps or more is reported at 97.3% of Reno's locations. At 55.7% two wired providers offer it, nearly always Spectrum and AT&T fiber; at 41.6% only one does, and that one is Spectrum at 40.6%. Three wired choices at that speed are close to nonexistent (0.0%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reno | 2.7% | 41.6% | 55.7% | 0.0% |
| Sparks | 2.6% | 32.2% | 65.1% | 0.0% |
| Nevada | 6.5% | 58.5% | 34.6% | 0.3% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
That split leaves Reno ahead of Nevada, where only 34.9% of locations have two wired choices, and close to the US share of 55.6%. It has moved in four years: the single-wire share was 54.6%2 in June 2022 and is 41.6%1 now, as AT&T fiber spread.
Where AT&T has not built fiber, its copper lines do not add a real second option. DSL is still reported at 52.3% of locations, down from 61.9%2 in 2022, but AT&T offers 100/20 Mbps at only 57.3% of locations, against the 88.3%1 where it reports any service.
Cable filed at matching upload speeds
Reno's speed figures differ from those of most cable cities. In the FCC's Nevada location files, Spectrum files its Washoe County cable service at 1 Gbps down and 1 Gbps up; in June 2022 its cable records there showed 1 Gbps down and 35 Mbps up, and in California it still files most of its cable that way. With that change, wired service of at least 100/100 Mbps went from 34.3%2 of Reno's locations to 97.2%, ranking tied for 76th highest among large cities. Gigabit service in the FCC's 1,000/100 tier is reported at 99.8%, which ranks tied for 8th highest1.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 34.3% | 97.0% | 97.2% | 62.9 pts |
| Fiber available | 34.3% | 53.1% | 54.0% | 19.6 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 40.9% | 54.8% | 55.7% | 14.8 pts |
| DSL available | 61.9% | 52.5% | 52.3% | −9.7 pts |
Download tiers still separate the two wires. The fastest advertised download is about 1 Gbps at 51.7% of locations, largely Spectrum-only addresses, and 2 Gbps or more at 48.1%1, where AT&T fiber is reported. These are maximum speeds that providers advertise and report to the FCC, not measured speeds, and a cable network's filed upload says nothing about how it performs at busy hours.
A local wireless market
Fixed wireless over unlicensed spectrum is reported at 99.5% of Reno's locations, the 18th highest share among large cities; across the US it is 19.7%1. The share was already 93.0%2 in June 2022, but the companies behind it have changed:
- Net NV reports service at 93.4% of locations, with downloads advertised at up to 1 Gbps and 100/20 Mbps at 93.3%. It reported no Reno locations in 2022.
- Hot Spot Broadband reports 90.9%, at up to 100 Mbps, roughly double its 2022 footprint.
- Tristate Wi-Fi by Wi-Fiber, Phoenix Internet, which files in Nevada under the Wi-Fiber (Rango) brand, reports 35.1%, and Truckee Meadows Internet reports 13.8%1.
Licensed fixed wireless, the category that includes 5G home internet, is reported at 99.2% of locations by 6 providers, a count tied for 8th highest among large cities. T-Mobile reports 75.9% of locations with 100/20 Mbps at 20.9%; Verizon reports 70.5% with 100/20 Mbps at 36.6%. World Mobile Networks reports 85.7% but its records in the FCC location files list an advertised speed of zero, so it offers 100/20 Mbps at 0.0%1.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| Area | Unlicensed fixed wireless |
|---|---|
| Sparks | 100.0% |
| Las Vegas | 100.0% |
| North Las Vegas | 100.0% |
| Henderson | 100.0% |
| Reno | 99.5% |
| Nevada | 96.3% |
| United States | 19.7% |
A wireless tower's capacity is shared by everyone it serves, so providers can limit sign-ups address by address. The wired gaps are small: 2,176 locations have no wired provider at 100/20 Mbps, and fixed wireless is the only option at that speed for 2,1721. No location depends on satellite alone. The 5G home internet page explains the technology.
Reno, Sparks and their size peers
Reno and Sparks share one pattern: Spectrum everywhere, AT&T fiber on part of the map, and local wireless on top. In Sparks the single-wire share is 32.2%1, lower than Reno's because AT&T fiber reaches further. The table puts Reno beside the cities closest to it in size, from the same FCC release.
| Area | Fiber available | Gigabit (1,000/100) | Two or more wired choices | Fiber networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Wayne, Indiana | 88.8% | 91.2% | 88.1% | 6 |
| Chula Vista, California | 72.5% | 95.4% | 69.9% | 3 |
| Madison, Wisconsin | 71.6% | 71.6% | 72.9% | 7 |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 65.1% | 96.9% | 69.1% | 2 |
| Reno, Nevada | 54.0% | 99.8% | 55.7% | 5 |
| Chandler, Arizona | 41.1% | 89.3% | 36.3% | 4 |
| Gilbert, Arizona | 38.4% | 96.0% | 36.9% | 5 |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 6.2% | 72.3% | 8.3% | 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.
Washoe County, which contains both cities, has fiber at 52.0%1 of locations on the Nevada page; Las Vegas shows how the south of the state differs.
What Reno households subscribe to
The Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey asks households what they pay for. In Reno, 79.1% of households had cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±2.2 percentage points), 12.6% relied only on a cellular data plan and 5.7% had no internet subscription (margin of error ±1.3 percentage points4). In the 2019 survey the no-subscription share was 11.8% (margin of error ±1.7 percentage points5); the two estimates are far enough apart that the fall is not a sampling artifact.
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) | 97.3% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 79.1% | ±2.2 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 12.6% | ±1.8 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 5.7% | ±1.3 |
Survey households and FCC locations are different units: the FCC counts an apartment building as one location, and the survey counts each household in it. The comparison shows the direction of the gap between what is available and what is bought, not an exact count.
Reno internet questions
What internet providers are available in Reno?
Two wired networks cover most of the city: Spectrum (96.3% of locations, almost all cable) and AT&T (88.3%, fiber on about half of the city and DSL or fixed wireless elsewhere). Local wireless companies Net NV (93.4%) and Hot Spot Broadband (90.9%) report service across most of Reno, and T-Mobile (75.9%) and Verizon (70.5%1) report 5G or LTE home internet.
Does Reno have fiber internet?
At 54.0% of locations, up from 34.3%2 in June 2022. Nearly all of it is AT&T's. Reno is above Nevada (44.7%) and below the US (62.6%). Two fiber networks overlap at only 1.9%1 of locations.
How many internet providers are there in Reno?
12 providers report wired or fixed wireless service somewhere in the city, 5 of them over wires. At one address the useful count is smaller: 55.7% of locations have two wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps, 41.6%1 have one, and almost none have three.
Is 5G home internet available in Reno?
Licensed fixed wireless, which includes 5G home internet, is reported at 99.2% of locations. T-Mobile offers 100/20 Mbps or more at 20.9% of locations and Verizon at 36.6%1. Carriers confirm eligibility address by address.
Checking one address in Reno
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 Nevada
The state picture, county by county: internet in Nevada. Other large cities in the state: Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas and Sparks. Compare Reno 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 2019 1-year detailed tables; 2019. 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.