Internet in Manchester, New Hampshire

Xfinity, Consolidated and a few others

As of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), the FCC counts 26,900 homes and businesses in Manchester, New Hampshire's only city of more than 100,000 people. Xfinity reports service at 100.0% of them, over cable except at a few buildings where it lists fiber (0.2%); the 2 Gbps maximum it advertises applies to those fiber buildings. Consolidated Communications reports service at 92.0%: fiber at 86.0% of locations, advertised up to 8 Gbps¹, and DSL over copper phone lines at most of the remainder.

The mobile carriers T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T report fixed wireless home internet. FirstLight Fiber, TPx Communications and Great Works Internet each list a handful of addresses. Viasat, HughesNet and Starlink report every location in the city, as satellite services do everywhere, and are left out of the choice counts below. A listing means the provider told the FCC it serves the location or could connect it within ten business days of a standard request, and residents can challenge it on the FCC map.

Two wired choices, rarely three

The number that defines Manchester is two. At 86.1% of locations, exactly two wired providers offer 100/20 Mbps or more, a share that ranks tied for 27th highest among the 343 US cities of 100,000 or more. Three or more wired providers are reported at 0.0%, and no wired provider at that speed at 12 locations. Across New Hampshire, 71.0% of locations have at least two wired choices at 100/20, and across the US 55.6%¹.

NoneOneTwoThree or more

Manchester

New Hampshire

United States

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
Manchester	0.0%	13.9%	86.1%	0.0%
New Hampshire	2.4%	26.7%	61.1%	9.9%
United States	7.8%	36.6%	44.6%	11.1%

The pair is almost always the same: Xfinity's cable and Consolidated's fiber. Only 0.0% of locations have two different fiber providers (tied for the lowest among large cities), and 3 companies report fiber anywhere in the city (tied for 28th lowest¹). Fixed wireless adds a third option at many addresses, but at lower advertised speeds (see below).

Uploads changed more than coverage

Since 2022 Manchester's wired networks have changed more in advertised speed than in reach. In June 2022, gigabit service with uploads of 100 Mbps or more (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) was reported at 49.3%² of locations, roughly the fiber footprint. By June 30, 2026 it was reported at 99.6%, and symmetrical 100/100 Mbps wired service at 99.6%¹. Both figures are now above the fiber share, so some of those offers are made over cable.

The top advertised download tier moved too. A download of 2 Gbps or more was the fastest offer at 49.2% of locations in 2022 and is at 99.6% now; the share whose best offer is in the 1 Gbps range fell from 50.6%² to 0.4%¹. These are maximum speeds that providers advertise and report to the FCC, not measurements of what a connection delivers.

Under 25 Mbps or none25–99100–249250–499500–939940–1,9992,000 or more

Manchester

New Hampshire

United States

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
Manchester	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	99.6%
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 streets without fiber

Fiber is reported at 86.1% of Manchester's locations (112th highest among large cities), compared with 76.8% for New Hampshire. Almost all of the rest are locations where Xfinity is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps: 13.9% of the city. At most of them Consolidated still lists DSL, which is reported at 6.0%¹ of locations, down from 11.4%² in June 2022.

The fiber footprint was already large when the first National Broadband Map came out: 49.3% of locations as of June 30, 2022. It has grown by 36.8 percentage points since, 3.6 percentage points of it in the six months after December 31, 2025, and the share with a single wired choice fell from 50.5% to 13.9% over the same years. Statewide, fiber rose faster from a lower start, from 37.2%² to 76.8%¹.

June 30, 2022December 31, 2025June 30, 2026

Gigabit (1,000/100)99.6% +50.3 pts

Fiber available86.1% +36.8 pts

DSL available6.0% −5.3 pts

One wired choice13.9% −36.6 pts

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)	49.3%	99.4%	99.6%	50.3 pts
Fiber available	49.3%	82.5%	86.1%	36.8 pts
DSL available	11.4%	8.8%	6.0%	−5.3 pts
One wired choice	50.5%	17.4%	13.9%	−36.6 pts

Fixed wireless: three carriers, mostly below 100/20

All three national carriers report home internet over their mobile networks. T-Mobile is listed at 84.9% of locations, with an advertised maximum of 100 Mbps and 100/20 Mbps at 17.0%. Verizon is listed at 75.6%, advertises up to 1 Gbps, and reaches 100/20 at 39.2%. AT&T, which reported no service in the city in June 2022, now lists 52.2%, almost all below 100/20 (2.6%¹ at that speed).

Taken together, licensed fixed wireless of 100/20 Mbps or more is reported at 49.8%¹ of locations, up from 25.9%² in 2022. Carriers limit sign-ups by address because a tower sector's capacity is shared, so a listing on the FCC map shows where the carrier says it can serve, not where every home could subscribe at once.

Manchester49.8%

United States47.9%

Hartford33.8%

New Hampshire26.2%

Providence23.5%

Lowell17.0%

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	Fixed wireless 100/20
Manchester	49.8%
United States	47.9%
Hartford	33.8%
New Hampshire	26.2%
Providence	23.5%
Lowell	17.0%

Manchester beside other New England cities

Of the cities in the table below, only Providence reports fiber at a higher share (91.1%). The difference is in the second wire: a single wired choice at 100/20 Mbps is reported at 13.9% of Manchester's locations, 10.7% of Providence's and 19.7% of Lowell's, while Worcester and Springfield have one wired choice at most of theirs (62.8% and 59.0%¹). The table uses the same FCC release for every city.

What households subscribe to

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey asks households which internet service they subscribe to. In 2025, 93.1% of Manchester households had a broadband subscription of any kind (margin of error ±2.5 percentage points), against 94.7% statewide (±0.6 percentage points⁴); the two estimates are too close to call different. In 2019 the city's figure was lower, 89.1% (±2.6 percentage points⁵), and the 2019 and 2025 ranges do not overlap.

Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations)100.0%

Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)83.1% ±2.0

Households relying only on a cellular data plan9.3% ±2.6

Households with no internet subscription6.9% ±2.5

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)	100.0%
Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)	83.1%	±2.0
Households relying only on a cellular data plan	9.3%	±2.6
Households with no internet subscription	6.9%	±2.5

Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL made up 83.1% (±2.0 percentage points). 9.3% of households relied only on a cellular data plan and 6.9% had no internet subscription (±2.5 percentage points⁴). The survey counts households over a year and the FCC counts locations on one date, so the gap between the two sources is an indication, not a count of homes that could subscribe and do not.

Across Hillsborough County, which includes Manchester and Nashua, fiber reaches 78.8%¹ of locations; the New Hampshire page covers the rest of the state.