New Hampshire internet, where two wires are the norm
Fiber is available at 76.8% of the 520,703 homes and businesses the FCC counts in New Hampshire, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 97.6%. 71.0% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 26.7% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Northeast region, New England division
Most of New Hampshire can now choose between two wired networks: Consolidated Communications' fiber and a cable line, usually Xfinity's. That share has climbed from 36.4%2 of homes and businesses in June 2022 to 71.0%1, while the largest remaining gaps sit in the North Country, where fiber arrived fastest but a single wire is still common.
Consolidated, Xfinity and the rest of the provider list
New Hampshire's internet map is built on two large wired networks. Consolidated Communications reports service at 76.6% of the 520,703 broadband serviceable locations counted by the FCC as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026). It reports fiber at 58.8% of all locations in the state and DSL over copper across nearly all the rest of its footprint. Xfinity's cable network reaches 66.8%1, all of it at 100/20 Mbps or more.
The other wired providers are regional. Breezeline reports cable or fiber at 19.4% of locations and Spectrum at 15.3%. Two fiber networks that reported no New Hampshire locations in the June 2022 map now do: NH Broadband at 8.1% of locations and TDS at 6.6%. In all, 16 wired providers report service, a count that ranks 7th lowest1 among the states, so choice depends on which networks pass a given street rather than on a long list of options.
| Consolidated Communications | Fiber DSL | 76.6% | 58.9% | 8 Gbps | 3.1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 70.9% | 17.8% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 66.8% | 66.8% | 2 Gbps | 14.4% |
| Verizon | Fiber Licensed wireless | 31.9% | 12.7% | 1 Gbps | – |
| AT&T | Licensed wireless | 20.0% | 0.4% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Breezeline | Fiber Cable | 19.4% | 19.4% | 2 Gbps | 1.3% |
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 15.3% | 15.3% | 1 Gbps | 3.8% |
| NH Broadband | Fiber | 8.1% | 8.1% | 2 Gbps | 1.9% |
| TDS | Fiber DSL | 6.6% | 6.4% | 8 Gbps | 1.4% |
| VTel Wireless Inc | Licensed wireless | 6.3% | 0.0% | 25 Mbps | – |
| Netafy | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 3.9% | 3.8% | 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, Viasat, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
Wireless providers cover a lot of ground with less speed. T-Mobile reports fixed wireless home internet at 70.9% of locations but offers 100/20 Mbps at only 17.8%; Verizon reports 31.9% and AT&T 20.0%. Licensed fixed wireless as a whole reaches 78.8% of locations, the 8th lowest share in the country, and at 100/20 Mbps just 26.2%1. HughesNet, Viasat and Starlink report satellite service almost everywhere, as they do in every state. Every speed on this page is a provider's maximum advertised speed, and "available" means the provider says it could install service within ten business days; anyone can challenge a listing on the FCC map.
A second wire at most locations
Wired service of 100/20 Mbps is reported at 97.6% of locations, but the more distinctive number is how many have a choice. At 71.0% of New Hampshire's homes and businesses, two or more wired providers offer 100/20 Mbps, the 5th highest share among the states and DC and well above the national 55.6%. The share with exactly two, 61.1%, is the 3rd highest1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 2.4% | 26.7% | 61.1% | 9.9% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Alaska 10.7%District of Columbia 94.3%
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 | Two or more wired choices |
|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 94.3% |
| Connecticut | 80.8% |
| Rhode Island | 80.4% |
| Hawaii | 77.3% |
| New Hampshire | 71.0% |
| Utah | 66.9% |
| Tennessee | 66.4% |
| Maryland | 66.2% |
| Texas | 66.2% |
| Florida | 66.0% |
| Kansas | 64.0% |
| New Jersey | 63.9% |
| Nebraska | 63.7% |
| Georgia | 62.0% |
| New York | 60.5% |
| Pennsylvania | 60.3% |
| Indiana | 60.0% |
| Virginia | 58.9% |
| Ohio | 58.7% |
| Delaware | 57.0% |
| Colorado | 57.0% |
| Illinois | 56.4% |
| Iowa | 55.8% |
| Massachusetts | 55.4% |
| Missouri | 55.1% |
| South Carolina | 54.8% |
| North Carolina | 54.7% |
| Maine | 52.9% |
| Alabama | 52.8% |
| Kentucky | 52.7% |
| Louisiana | 52.5% |
| Oklahoma | 51.5% |
| California | 49.9% |
| Oregon | 48.7% |
| Vermont | 46.9% |
| Minnesota | 46.5% |
| Mississippi | 45.7% |
| Arkansas | 44.8% |
| Michigan | 44.4% |
| Wyoming | 42.2% |
| South Dakota | 41.3% |
| Wisconsin | 40.5% |
| Washington | 40.0% |
| North Dakota | 40.0% |
| Idaho | 38.5% |
| West Virginia | 35.2% |
| Nevada | 34.9% |
| Arizona | 33.1% |
| New Mexico | 28.3% |
| Montana | 18.8% |
| Alaska | 10.7% |
The change came quickly. In June 2022 more than half of the state's locations, 55.6%2, had a single wired 100/20 provider; four years later that share is 26.7%. The two-or-more share rose by 34.5 percentage points over that time, and by 5.3 percentage points in the last six months alone, the 2nd highest gain of any state since December 31, 2025. Three wired choices are still uncommon, at 9.9%, and two separate fiber networks overlap at 10.6%1 of locations.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One wired choice | 55.6% | 31.7% | 26.7% | −28.9 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 36.4% | 65.7% | 71.0% | 34.5 pts |
| Three or more wired choices | 0.2% | 5.6% | 9.9% | 9.6 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 0.2% | 6.7% | 10.6% | 10.5 pts |
Where only one wire offers 100/20 Mbps, it is usually cable: Xfinity is the sole wired option at 14.4% of the state's locations, Spectrum at 3.8% and Consolidated at 3.1%. At 2.4%1 no wired provider offers that speed at all.
Copper retired, multi-gigabit tiers in its place
DSL was reported at 32.0% of locations in June 2022 and at 18.1% in June 2026, while fiber went from 37.2%2 to 76.8%. A large part of that gain is recent: the fiber share rose by 6.2 percentage points between December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026, the 2nd highest1 increase among the states in that release.
The top advertised speeds shifted with it. In 2022 the fastest advertised download at 76.0% of locations was a gigabit-class tier below 2 Gbps; now 81.2% of locations have a provider advertising 2 Gbps or more, against 15.9%2 in 2022 and 61.0% nationally. Consolidated and TDS each advertise up to 8 Gbps, and Xfinity up to 2 Gbps. Gigabit service with at least 100 Mbps upload reaches 88.4%, the 6th highest1 share.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 1.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 16.4% | 81.2% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
The North Country: fastest gains, last gaps
The counties that had the least fiber in 2022 gained the most. In Coos County, at the top of the state, the fiber share rose by 74.7 percentage points to 78.1%. Carroll, Strafford and Grafton counties followed (+70.1 percentage points, +64.6 percentage points and +63.8 percentage points1). All 104 counties now report fiber at more than half of their 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.
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| County | Fiber available: change since June 30, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Coos County | 74.7 pts |
| Carroll County | 70.1 pts |
| Strafford County | 64.6 pts |
| Grafton County | 63.8 pts |
| Sullivan County | 59.5 pts |
| Belknap County | 57.7 pts |
| Merrimack County | 35.8 pts |
| Cheshire County | 28.9 pts |
| Hillsborough County | 23.5 pts |
| Rockingham County | 18.3 pts |
Fiber has not closed every gap there. Coos still has the highest unserved share in the state, 7.1% or 1,382 locations, the lowest wired 100/20 coverage (85.9%) and the lowest share with two wired choices (46.4%). Satellite is the only option at 1.9% of its locations, the most of any county. Grafton County has the lowest fiber share (67.1%), the largest share with a single wired provider (43.5%) and 1,087 unserved locations. Cheshire County, in the southwest, has the highest fiber share at 84.6%, yet 3.4%1 of its locations are unserved.
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 |
|---|---|
| Coos County | 7.1% |
| Cheshire County | 3.4% |
| Sullivan County | 2.7% |
| Grafton County | 2.6% |
| Carroll County | 2.5% |
| Merrimack County | 1.0% |
| Belknap County | 0.6% |
| Hillsborough County | 0.4% |
| Rockingham County | 0.3% |
| Strafford County | 0.3% |
Belknap County, around Lake Winnipesaukee, shows where the new fiber leads when it meets cable. Its fiber share rose by 57.7 percentage points to 75.7% and its gigabit share by 74.4 percentage points, and it has the highest share of any county with two or more wired choices, 89.4%. Cable reaches 96.4% of its locations. The southern counties around Manchester and the Seacoast have the fewest gaps: Strafford County and Rockingham share the lowest unserved share (0.3%), and Rockingham has the highest gigabit share (94.6%1).
| Belknap County | 33,994 | 75.7% | 99.0% | 89.4% | 0.6% | Breezeline | 82.8% ±1.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll County | 38,608 | 70.1% | 94.6% | 63.2% | 2.5% | Spectrum | 82.3% ±1.5 |
| Cheshire County | 31,030 | 84.6% | 93.7% | 62.0% | 3.4% | Consolidated Communications | 79.6% ±1.5 |
| Coos County | 19,353 | 78.1% | 85.9% | 46.4% | 7.1% | Consolidated Communications | 69.1% ±2.3 |
| Grafton County | 42,483 | 67.1% | 95.3% | 51.8% | 2.6% | Consolidated Communications | 78.2% ±1.2 |
| Hillsborough County | 124,909 | 78.8% | 99.4% | 75.9% | 0.4% | Xfinity | 84.6% ±0.8 |
| Merrimack County | 55,319 | 83.9% | 98.6% | 71.8% | 1.0% | Xfinity | 83.1% ±1.2 |
| Rockingham County | 111,273 | 72.6% | 99.5% | 72.1% | 0.3% | Xfinity | 86.3% ±0.8 |
| Strafford County | 43,192 | 81.0% | 99.5% | 87.1% | 0.3% | Breezeline | 84.0% ±1.3 |
| Sullivan County | 20,542 | 80.3% | 95.4% | 59.4% | 2.7% | Consolidated Communications | 71.2% ±2.8 |
| New Hampshire | 520,703 | 76.8% | 97.6% | 71.0% | 1.3% | 83.1% |
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).
BEAD: a short list and most of the money unspent
New Hampshire's allocation from the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program is far larger than the construction it plans to fund with it. The state received $196.6 million6. Its approved Final Proposal covers 5,135 locations, the 6th lowest count among state plans, at a BEAD cost of $18.6 million, or $3,627 per location. Providers committed $25.2 million of their own. That leaves $177.9 million7 of the allocation not assigned to construction in the plan.
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 | 67.7% |
| Cable | 10.8% |
| Fixed wireless | 0.0% |
| Low-Earth-orbit satellite | 21.5% |
Fiber is planned for 3,476 of those locations (67.7%), low-Earth-orbit satellite for 1,104 (21.5%) and cable for 10.8%7. No location was assigned to fixed wireless. The state's Office of Broadband Initiatives publishes the plan volumes and the challenge process on its BEAD page. Earlier federal money also reached the state: $122.1 million8 from the Treasury's Capital Projects Fund, and 8,1459 locations reported as deployed under the FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.
| Program | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| BEAD allocation (NTIA, announced June 26, 2023) | $196,560,279 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: locations to be connected | 5,135 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: deployment cost | $18,623,317 | |
| BEAD cost per location | $3,627 | |
| BEAD allocation not assigned to deployment | $177,936,962 | |
| Treasury Capital Projects Fund allocation | $122,066,151 | |
| RDOF: locations built with support (cumulative) | 8,145 | |
| USDA ReConnect grants reported to USAspending | $0 | |
| Lifeline subscribers claimed | 502 | |
| Lifeline participation rate | 5.8% | |
| Households in the Affordable Connectivity Program, February 2024 | 38,859 |
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.
The highest wired subscription rate of any state
Availability and subscription line up unusually well here. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 84.0% of New Hampshire households (margin of error ±0.6 percentage points) subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL; no state had a higher estimate. Only 8.6% (±0.6 percentage points) relied on a cellular data plan alone, the lowest estimate of any state, and 5.1%14 had no internet subscription of any kind. Several other states fall within the margins of error, so both ranks are point estimates rather than clear leads.
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) | 97.6% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 84.0% | ±0.6 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 8.6% | ±0.6 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 5.1% | ±0.6 |
Income still divides subscription: 80.9% of households earning under $20,000 had a broadband subscription (±2.9 percentage points), against 97.7%14 of those earning $75,000 or more. Among households that did not use the internet at home in NTIA's 2023 Internet Use Survey, 70.4% said they did not need or want it and 8.4%15 named cost, both with wide margins. The FCC map contains no prices; the federal help that remains is Lifeline's $9.25 monthly discount, since the Affordable Connectivity Program, which had 38,85913 New Hampshire households enrolled in February 2024, ended on June 1, 2024.
New Hampshire internet questions
What internet providers are available in New Hampshire?
As of June 30, 2026, the largest wired providers by reach are Consolidated Communications (76.6% of locations, fiber and DSL), Xfinity (66.8%, mostly cable), Breezeline (19.4%) and Spectrum (15.3%1). NH Broadband and TDS run smaller fiber networks. T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T report fixed wireless home internet, and three satellite services report nearly the whole state.
How much of New Hampshire has fiber internet?
Fiber is reported at 76.8% of New Hampshire's 520,703 homes and businesses, the 9th highest1 share among the states and DC, up from 37.2%2 in June 2022. Whether a particular address has it is a question for the FCC's National Broadband Map.
What is the cheapest internet in New Hampshire?
The FCC map does not collect prices, so no official source ranks providers by cost. Lifeline takes $9.25 a month off a phone or internet bill for eligible low-income households; in New Hampshire 50211 subscribers were enrolled, a participation rate of 5.8%, the 4th lowest12 among states. Each provider's broadband facts label lists its own monthly price.
How many places in New Hampshire lack broadband?
6,715 locations (1.3%) are unserved under the BEAD definition, with no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of 25/3 Mbps, and 1,804 more are underserved, with at least 25/3 Mbps but less than 100/20 Mbps. Coos County has the highest unserved share, 7.1%1.
Checking one address in New Hampshire
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 New Hampshire
Large cities with their own page: Manchester.
Neighboring states: Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont. Put New Hampshire side by side with any state or large city in the comparison tool.
| Ranking | Value | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber internet availability by state | 76.8% | 9th of 51 |
| Internet speed by state: where gigabit service is offered | 88.4% | 6th of 51 |
| Broadband coverage by state | 97.6% | 8th of 51 |
| Internet provider competition by state | 71.0% | 5th of 51 |
| Unserved and underserved broadband locations by state | 1.3% | tied 38th of 51 |
| Where fiber has grown since 2022 | 39.6% | 4th of 51 |
| 5G home internet and licensed fixed wireless by state | 78.8% | 44th of 51 |
| Households with an internet subscription by state | 94.7% | tied 10th of 51 |
| BEAD broadband funding by state | 3,627.0% | 41st 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
- NTIA Data Explorer "Analyze Table"; November 2023 (also all prior waves 1994-2021). www.ntia.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.