New Mexico internet: wide copper, one cable network, scattered fiber
Fiber is available at 36.4% of the 860,260 homes and businesses the FCC counts in New Mexico, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 81.8%. 28.3% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 53.5% 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
No state has more of its homes and businesses on a DSL line than New Mexico, and few have less fiber. Most fast wired service comes from a single cable network, fixed wireless fills much of the rest, and a handful of rural networks have wired their counties with fiber more completely than Albuquerque or Santa Fe County.
CenturyLink's copper, Xfinity's cable and the 5G networks
As of June 30, 2026, the FCC's National Broadband Map lists 860,260 broadband serviceable locations in New Mexico: houses, apartment buildings and small businesses. Three satellite companies report service at nearly all of them. Among the rest, the provider with the widest reach is CenturyLink, at 68.1% of locations, but almost all of that is DSL over telephone copper: it offers 100/20 Mbps at only 3.7% of the state's locations and reports fiber at 1.6%1.
The 5G home internet networks come next. Verizon reports licensed fixed wireless at 58.6% of locations and offers 100/20 Mbps at 32.0%; T-Mobile reports 51.2%, with 100/20 at 7.1%. AT&T's 34.1% is mostly fixed wireless as well, with fiber at 2.8%1 of locations, concentrated in Albuquerque.
Xfinity is the large wired network that matters most for speed. Its cable and fiber network reaches 56.4%1 of the state's locations, and it offers 100/20 Mbps at every one of them.
| CenturyLink | Fiber DSL | 68.1% | 3.7% | 3 Gbps | 0.1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 58.6% | 32.0% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 56.4% | 56.4% | 2 Gbps | 38.1% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 51.2% | 7.1% | 100 Mbps | – |
| TWN Communications | Fixed wireless | 42.7% | 0.0% | – | – |
| Internet Services LLC | Fixed wireless | 42.3% | 0.0% | 10 Mbps | – |
| NMSurf | Fiber Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 41.0% | 39.1% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Lobo Internet Services Ltd | Fixed wireless | 36.3% | 27.4% | 100 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber Licensed wireless | 34.1% | 8.2% | 5 Gbps | – |
| Plateau Telecommunications Incorporated | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 13.8% | 7.4% | 1 Gbps | 2.4% |
| Ethos Broadband | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 12.6% | 9.8% | 8 Gbps | 0.3% |
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 list also shows how much of New Mexico depends on regional radio networks. NMSurf reports service at 41.0% of locations, with 100/20 Mbps at 39.1%, and Lobo Internet Services at 36.3%. Some of these listings are slow: Internet Services LLC covers 42.3% of locations with a fastest advertised download of 10 Mbps1. Here, as everywhere on the FCC map, "available" means the provider reports it could connect the location within ten business days; listings can be challenged.
Copper almost everywhere, fiber far behind
DSL is reported at 72.2% of New Mexico's locations, a share that ranks 1st of 51 among the states; nationally it is 36.2%. Fiber, at 36.4%, is the 2nd lowest share, against 62.6%1 for the country.
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 | New Mexico | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 36.4% | 62.6% |
| Cable | 70.8% | 80.3% |
| DSL (copper) | 72.2% | 36.2% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 89.5% | 87.3% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 66.5% | 19.7% |
A DSL line is rarely a fast option here. Wired service of at least 100/20 Mbps reaches 81.8% of locations, the 5th lowest share among the states, and the copper network contributes little of it. In Los Alamos County, DSL is reported at 92.6% of locations and fiber at 2.1%; the county's wired 100/20 coverage, 97.8%1, comes almost entirely from Xfinity's cable.
Advertised speeds tell a related story. A 1 Gbps download is advertised at 81.1% of locations, but a gigabit download with an upload of at least 100 Mbps, the FCC's 1,000/100 tier, at only 47.5%, the 3rd lowest1 share in the country. The difference is upload speed.
One wire for half the state
Coverage and choice are separate questions. At 53.5% of New Mexico's locations exactly one wired provider offers 100/20 Mbps, the 6th highest share among the states. Only 28.3% have two or more, against 55.6% nationally, and at 18.2%1 there is no wired provider at that speed at all.
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 Mexico | 18.2% | 53.5% | 24.3% | 4.0% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 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.
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| Area | One wired choice |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 54.2% |
| New Mexico | 53.5% |
| United States | 36.6% |
| Oklahoma | 34.1% |
| Colorado | 32.4% |
| Utah | 26.8% |
| Texas | 24.2% |
That single wire is usually Xfinity's. It is the only wired 100/20 provider at 38.1% of all locations in the state, and at 61.4% of locations in Albuquerque and 59.8% in Las Cruces. Competition has grown since 2022: the share with two or more wired choices rose by 13.7 percentage points between June 2022 and June 2026, and by 5.0 percentage points in the last six months alone, the 3rd highest1 increase of any state in that period.
Where the new fiber went
Fiber's statewide share rose from 17.3%2 in June 2022 to 36.4% in June 2026, a gain of 19.2 percentage points; the national share rose by 25.4 percentage points. More than a third of that gain came in the last six months, when fiber rose by 6.1 percentage points, the 3rd highest1 increase among the states.
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 | 17.3% | 30.3% | 36.4% | 19.2 pts |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 20.2% | 37.1% | 47.5% | 27.3 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 14.6% | 23.3% | 28.3% | 13.7 pts |
| Fixed wireless only at 100/20 | 2.5% | 9.4% | 10.4% | 7.9 pts |
The longer record below joins the FCC's older Form 477 reports, which counted a census block as covered if one location in it could be served, to the location-by-location map that began in 2022; the two methods are not directly comparable.
Source: FCC, Form 477 fixed broadband deployment area tables, December 2016 to June 2021; 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. Two FCC methods: until 2021 a census block counted as served if one location in it was (Form 477, share of people); since 2022 every location is counted on its own (National Broadband Map, share of locations). The vertical line marks the break; the series are not comparable across it. Form 477 "100 Mbps" is a download tier with a lower upload tier.
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| Date | Fiber, Form 477 (share of people) | Fiber, broadband map (share of locations) | 100 Mbps terrestrial, Form 477 (people) | 100/20 Mbps terrestrial, broadband map (locations) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2016 | 5.5% | – | 73.6% | – |
| Jun 2017 | 5.9% | – | 77.4% | – |
| Dec 2017 | 8.2% | – | 76.7% | – |
| Jun 2018 | 8.7% | – | 76.9% | – |
| Dec 2018 | 20.7% | – | 76.8% | – |
| Jun 2019 | 23.0% | – | 76.7% | – |
| Dec 2019 | 12.8% | – | 77.9% | – |
| Jun 2020 | 14.8% | – | 81.0% | – |
| Dec 2020 | 18.1% | – | 81.1% | – |
| Jun 2021 | 20.4% | – | 83.2% | – |
| Jun 2022 | – | 17.3% | – | 79.9% |
| Dec 2025 | – | 30.3% | – | 91.4% |
| Jun 2026 | – | 36.4% | – | 92.1% |
The new lines went mostly to the three largest cities. In Albuquerque fiber went from 1.1% of locations to 34.0%, reported by several companies: Metronet reports fiber at 13.3% of the city's locations, AT&T at 12.4% and Ezee Fiber at 10.7%. In Las Cruces fiber rose from 3.5%2 to 36.0%, and Metronet alone reports it at 31.2%1 of locations.
Rio Rancho changed most of the three. Fiber was reported at 1.2%2 of its locations in 2022 and at 97.0% in 2026, and Xfinity reports fiber at 88.3% of the city's locations. With Sparklight's network beside it, 96.2%1 of Rio Rancho's locations have two or more wired choices, more than double the Albuquerque share.
| Area | Fiber available | One wired choice | Two or more wired choices | Gigabit (1,000/100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 34.0% | 61.4% | 38.3% | 63.4% |
| Las Cruces, New Mexico | 36.0% | 59.9% | 39.7% | 42.9% |
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico | 97.0% | 3.6% | 96.2% | 96.9% |
| New Mexico | 36.4% | 53.5% | 28.3% | 47.5% |
| United States | 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.
Small-county fiber, from Curry to Mora
The statewide fiber figure hides a county map that runs almost from end to end. Fiber reaches half or more of the locations in 17 of New Mexico's 335 counties, and several of the most complete networks are rural. Curry County, on the Texas border, leads at 96.0%, with Plateau Telecommunications reporting service at 96.9% of its locations. In the southeast, fiber reaches 81.1% of Lea County and 54.8%1 of Eddy County.
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 |
|---|---|
| Curry County | 96.0% |
| Guadalupe County | 95.0% |
| De Baca County | 94.0% |
| Roosevelt County | 93.1% |
| Mora County | 89.3% |
| Quay County | 87.3% |
| Harding County | 86.8% |
| Lea County | 81.1% |
| Taos County | 78.6% |
| Union County | 75.7% |
| Sierra County | 66.5% |
| Sandoval County | 65.6% |
| Chaves County | 63.8% |
| Colfax County | 58.3% |
| Eddy County | 54.8% |
| Lincoln County | 52.0% |
| Cibola County | 50.5% |
| San Miguel County | 47.2% |
| Socorro County | 46.1% |
| Otero County | 37.1% |
| Bernalillo County | 28.4% |
| Doña Ana County | 24.2% |
| Luna County | 22.4% |
| Valencia County | 21.7% |
| Torrance County | 19.9% |
| Rio Arriba County | 14.2% |
| Hidalgo County | 13.8% |
| Catron County | 12.8% |
| McKinley County | 10.4% |
| Santa Fe County | 9.3% |
| San Juan County | 6.9% |
| Grant County | 4.0% |
| Los Alamos County | 2.1% |
In the north, Taos County had the state's largest gain: fiber's share rose by 71.1 percentage points after June 2022 and now reaches 78.6% of its locations, almost all of it reported by Kit Carson Internet. Neighboring Mora County is wired almost as completely, with fiber at 89.3% of locations, largely from La Jicarita Rural Telephone Cooperative. Because La Jicarita's fastest advertised tier is 500 Mbps, Mora has the state's lowest gigabit share, 0.4%1, despite its fiber.
Some of the larger counties in the north sit at the other end. Fiber reaches 9.3% of Santa Fe County's locations, a share that fell by 4.8 percentage points after 2022, and 6.9% in San Juan County, around Farmington. Los Alamos County has the lowest share in the state, 2.1%, yet nearly all of its locations have wired 100/20 service through cable. The largest drop on the map was in Torrance County, where the reported fiber share fell by 15.3 percentage points1.
Where a radio link is the only fast offer
Fast fixed wireless reaches more of New Mexico than of almost any other state. Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or more is reported at 68.5% of locations, the 3rd highest share among the states, up from 6.8%2 in June 2022. At 89,041 locations (10.4%), 100/20 Mbps is available only by fixed wireless, with no wired provider at that speed; that share is the 5th highest in the country, and nationally it is 3.6%1.
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 | Fixed wireless only at 100/20 |
|---|---|
| Rio Arriba County | 66.0% |
| Hidalgo County | 59.0% |
| Torrance County | 37.7% |
| McKinley County | 35.0% |
| Santa Fe County | 23.6% |
| Socorro County | 17.7% |
| Luna County | 17.2% |
| San Juan County | 16.3% |
| Grant County | 16.2% |
| San Miguel County | 15.7% |
| Taos County | 12.4% |
| Colfax County | 11.8% |
| Valencia County | 10.5% |
| Cibola County | 9.6% |
| Otero County | 8.2% |
| Sandoval County | 8.1% |
| Doña Ana County | 7.4% |
| Catron County | 5.3% |
| Chaves County | 5.0% |
| Lincoln County | 3.9% |
| Eddy County | 3.7% |
| Lea County | 3.6% |
| Sierra County | 3.0% |
| Bernalillo County | 2.2% |
| Curry County | 1.5% |
| Mora County | 1.0% |
| De Baca County | 0.8% |
| Roosevelt County | 0.7% |
| Los Alamos County | 0.4% |
| Union County | 0.4% |
| Harding County | 0.3% |
| Quay County | 0.3% |
| Guadalupe County | 0.2% |
Rio Arriba County shows the pattern most clearly. Wired 100/20 service reaches 19.8% of its locations; Ethos Broadband's licensed fixed wireless offers 100/20 Mbps at 76.5%, and fixed wireless is the only 100/20 option at 66.0%. The share is 35.0% in McKinley County, around Gallup, and 23.6%1 in Santa Fe County.
Catron County and the remaining gaps
The unserved share, locations without reliable service of even 25/3 Mbps, fell from 14.5%2 in June 2022 to 4.2% in June 2026, or 35,663 locations. That share still ranks tied for 10th highest among the states; nationally it is 2.4%1.
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 |
|---|---|
| Catron County | 45.6% |
| Socorro County | 29.3% |
| Torrance County | 21.6% |
| Cibola County | 21.5% |
| San Miguel County | 15.1% |
| Hidalgo County | 14.9% |
| Colfax County | 14.2% |
| Union County | 12.1% |
| Harding County | 10.3% |
| Rio Arriba County | 8.9% |
| McKinley County | 8.5% |
| Sierra County | 7.9% |
| Lincoln County | 7.1% |
| Mora County | 6.4% |
| Grant County | 5.7% |
| Otero County | 5.6% |
| Taos County | 5.0% |
| Valencia County | 4.9% |
| De Baca County | 4.6% |
| Sandoval County | 4.6% |
| Guadalupe County | 4.1% |
| Luna County | 4.0% |
| Doña Ana County | 3.4% |
| San Juan County | 2.9% |
| Lea County | 1.9% |
| Santa Fe County | 1.7% |
| Roosevelt County | 1.5% |
| Quay County | 1.2% |
| Bernalillo County | 0.9% |
| Chaves County | 0.8% |
| Eddy County | 0.5% |
| Los Alamos County | 0.4% |
| Curry County | 0.2% |
The gap is deepest in Catron County, in the west, where 45.6% of its 3,754 locations are unserved and satellite is the only service at 34.6%. CentraCom is the only terrestrial provider with wide reach there, at 64.8% of locations. McKinley County has a different problem: wired 100/20 service reaches 46.5% of its locations, and two or more wired choices exist at only 0.3%1.
| Bernalillo County | 235,565 | 28.4% | 96.7% | 32.1% | 0.9% | Xfinity | 74.8% ±0.8 |
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| Catron County | 3,754 | 12.8% | 12.8% | 0.0% | 45.6% | CentraCom | 32.0% ±9.9 |
| Chaves County | 26,237 | 63.8% | 89.1% | 61.0% | 0.8% | Plateau Telecommunications Incorporated | 60.8% ±2.9 |
| Cibola County | 12,102 | 50.5% | 49.7% | 0.3% | 21.5% | CenturyLink | 48.2% ±5.0 |
| Colfax County | 9,694 | 58.3% | 55.9% | 0.1% | 14.2% | CenturyLink | 52.8% ±3.7 |
| Curry County | 19,819 | 96.0% | 96.5% | 75.1% | 0.2% | Plateau Telecommunications Incorporated | 69.7% ±2.7 |
| De Baca County | 1,424 | 94.0% | 94.0% | 0.0% | 4.6% | Plateau Telecommunications Incorporated | 45.9% ±23.3 |
| Doña Ana County | 80,883 | 24.2% | 85.2% | 23.7% | 3.4% | CenturyLink | 72.1% ±1.4 |
| Eddy County | 26,317 | 54.8% | 90.6% | 46.4% | 0.5% | Plateau Telecommunications Incorporated | 61.9% ±3.0 |
| Grant County | 15,312 | 4.0% | 73.5% | 0.5% | 5.7% | CentraCom | 59.7% ±4.2 |
| Guadalupe County | 2,456 | 95.0% | 95.0% | 0.0% | 4.1% | Plateau Telecommunications Incorporated | 60.5% ±8.7 |
| Harding County | 735 | 86.8% | 86.8% | 0.0% | 10.3% | Plateau Telecommunications Incorporated | 55.6% ±9.0 |
| Hidalgo County | 2,593 | 13.8% | 13.8% | 0.0% | 14.9% | CentraCom | 55.5% ±6.4 |
| Lea County | 28,135 | 81.1% | 89.8% | 71.0% | 1.9% | TDS | 67.6% ±2.9 |
| Lincoln County | 18,219 | 52.0% | 84.2% | 44.1% | 7.1% | TDS | 62.1% ±4.1 |
| Los Alamos County | 7,360 | 2.1% | 97.8% | 1.4% | 0.4% | Xfinity | 82.1% ±3.4 |
| Luna County | 11,907 | 22.4% | 76.6% | 0.3% | 4.0% | CentraCom | 47.0% ±3.8 |
| McKinley County | 23,093 | 10.4% | 46.5% | 0.3% | 8.5% | Ethos Broadband | 41.9% ±2.1 |
| Mora County | 3,863 | 89.3% | 89.3% | 0.3% | 6.4% | La Jicarita Rural Telephone Cooperative | 43.8% ±9.5 |
| Otero County | 31,825 | 37.1% | 80.8% | 17.1% | 5.6% | CenturyLink | 70.9% ±2.3 |
| Quay County | 6,537 | 87.3% | 87.3% | 0.0% | 1.2% | Plateau Telecommunications Incorporated | 58.2% ±6.2 |
| Rio Arriba County | 20,787 | 14.2% | 19.8% | 1.5% | 8.9% | Kinetic | 49.2% ±3.2 |
| Roosevelt County | 8,579 | 93.1% | 93.1% | 60.1% | 1.5% | Yucca Telecom | 65.1% ±5.1 |
| San Juan County | 45,123 | 6.9% | 70.1% | 5.6% | 2.9% | Ethos Broadband | 56.6% ±1.8 |
| San Miguel County | 14,321 | 47.2% | 67.6% | 26.6% | 15.1% | CenturyLink | 50.6% ±3.7 |
| Sandoval County | 60,322 | 65.6% | 85.6% | 64.8% | 4.6% | CenturyLink | 73.4% ±1.3 |
| Santa Fe County | 65,516 | 9.3% | 74.3% | 8.9% | 1.7% | NMSurf | 71.4% ±1.7 |
| Sierra County | 8,029 | 66.5% | 86.6% | 46.8% | 7.9% | TDS | 54.2% ±4.8 |
| Socorro County | 7,828 | 46.1% | 46.0% | 0.1% | 29.3% | CentraCom | 39.4% ±8.5 |
| Taos County | 18,738 | 78.6% | 82.2% | 20.0% | 5.0% | Kit Carson Internet | 66.6% ±4.0 |
| Torrance County | 8,702 | 19.9% | 34.9% | 6.6% | 21.6% | CenturyLink | 49.5% ±4.9 |
| Union County | 2,539 | 75.7% | 74.5% | 0.0% | 12.1% | Plateau Telecommunications Incorporated | 59.4% ±8.1 |
| Valencia County | 31,946 | 21.7% | 79.0% | 21.6% | 4.9% | CenturyLink | 60.0% ±2.2 |
| New Mexico | 860,260 | 36.4% | 81.8% | 28.3% | 4.2% | 67.7% |
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: slightly more fixed wireless than fiber
Reaching New Mexico's remaining locations is costly. From a $675.4 million7 allocation under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, the approved Final Proposal covers 42,651 locations at a BEAD cost of $382.0 million, or $8,956 per location, the 5th highest cost per location among the state plans. Providers committed a further $153.0 million8.
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 | 41.7% |
| Cable | 0.0% |
| Fixed wireless | 42.9% |
| Low-Earth-orbit satellite | 15.4% |
The plan splits its locations almost evenly between two technologies: 42.9% (18,297 locations) are assigned to fixed wireless and 41.7% (17,772) to fiber, the 8th lowest fiber share of any state plan. Low-Earth-orbit satellite takes the remaining 15.4%. $293.4 million8 of the allocation is not assigned to construction in the plan, and how it may be used was not settled as of November 2026. The state's Office of Broadband Access and Expansion publishes the plan and its challenge process.
Other federal programs add to that. Treasury's Capital Projects Fund allocated $133.1 million9 to New Mexico, and USDA's ReConnect program has made 21 awards in the state totaling $204.2 million10.
| Program | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| BEAD allocation (NTIA, announced June 26, 2023) | $675,372,312 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: locations to be connected | 42,651 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: deployment cost | $381,968,078 | |
| BEAD cost per location | $8,956 | |
| BEAD allocation not assigned to deployment | $293,404,234 | |
| Treasury Capital Projects Fund allocation | $133,066,812 | |
| RDOF: locations built with support (cumulative) | 19,030 | |
| USDA ReConnect grants reported to USAspending | $204,179,916 | |
| Lifeline subscribers claimed | 21,825 | |
| Lifeline participation rate | 13.2% | |
| Households in the Affordable Connectivity Program, February 2024 | 184,131 |
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.
Subscriptions among the lowest in the country
The Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey found 90.5% of New Mexico households with a broadband subscription of any kind (margin of error ±0.6 percentage points), the 2nd lowest share among the states, and 9.4% with no internet subscription at all (±0.6 percentage points15). The survey counts households, the FCC map counts locations, so the two do not compare one for one. The 2019 survey put the broadband share at 78.5%16.
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) | 81.8% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 69.3% | ±1.0 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 14.5% | ±0.8 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 9.4% | ±0.6 |
Phones and dishes stand in for wired lines more often than in most states. 14.5% of households rely only on a cellular data plan (±0.8 percentage points), and 10.1% report a satellite subscription, alone or alongside another service, the 5th highest share, far above the 1.2%1 of locations where the FCC map shows satellite as the only option. Income and age matter: 77.4% of households earning under $20,000 have broadband (±3.3 percentage points), against 96.2% of those earning $75,000 or more, while the share of people 65 and older who live in a household with a computer and broadband, 84.6%, ranks tied for 2nd lowest15 among the states.
New Mexico cities and towns
Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Rio Rancho have their own pages. Every city and town of 25,000 or more is listed below.
| Albuquerque | 556,588 | 34.0% | 63.4% | 38.3% | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Cruces | 116,978 | 36.0% | 42.9% | 39.7% | 4 |
| Rio Rancho | 114,419 | 97.0% | 96.9% | 96.2% | 4 |
| Santa Fe | 89,837 | 13.6% | 32.2% | 14.5% | 6 |
| Roswell | 46,878 | 77.5% | 77.5% | 77.5% | 3 |
| Farmington | 46,055 | 15.1% | 27.0% | 15.1% | 3 |
| Hobbs | 40,863 | 91.5% | 91.5% | 83.9% | 4 |
| Clovis | 37,127 | 99.2% | 99.2% | 90.3% | 1 |
| Carlsbad | 32,524 | 81.3% | 81.3% | 77.1% | 4 |
| Alamogordo | 31,906 | 16.8% | 16.8% | 17.7% | 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.
New Mexico internet questions
What internet providers serve New Mexico?
Leaving out satellite, the largest by reported reach as of June 30, 2026 are CenturyLink (68.1% of locations, fiber and DSL), Verizon (58.6%, licensed fixed wireless), Xfinity (56.4%, fiber and cable) and T-Mobile (51.2%, licensed fixed wireless1). Regional wireless companies such as NMSurf and Lobo Internet Services cover large parts of the state, and local fiber networks such as Plateau, Kit Carson Internet and La Jicarita serve their own counties.
How many New Mexico homes lack broadband?
4.2% of homes and businesses (35,663 locations) had no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of 25/3 Mbps as of June 30, 2026, down from 14.5%2 in 2022. Catron County in the west is nearly half unserved, and Socorro and Torrance counties follow. Another 34,7171 locations had reliable service below 100/20.
Is there cheap or low-income internet in New Mexico?
Prices are outside the FCC data, and no official New Mexico price survey exists; each provider's broadband facts label lists its plans and fees. The $9.25 monthly Lifeline discount for eligible low-income households reaches an estimated 13.2%13 of those eligible. The Affordable Connectivity Program, with 184,13114 New Mexico households enrolled in February 2024, ended on June 1, 2024.
How much BEAD money does New Mexico get?
$675.4 million7. New Mexico's approved plan is one of the most expensive per location, $8,956 (5th highest), and assigns more of its 42,651 locations to fixed wireless than to fiber; $293.4 million8 is not assigned to construction.
Checking one address in New Mexico
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 Mexico
Large cities with their own page: Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Rio Rancho.
Neighboring states: Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas. Put New Mexico side by side with any state or large city in the comparison tool.
| Ranking | Value | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber internet availability by state | 36.4% | 50th of 51 |
| Internet speed by state: where gigabit service is offered | 47.5% | 49th of 51 |
| Broadband coverage by state | 81.8% | 47th of 51 |
| Internet provider competition by state | 28.3% | 49th of 51 |
| Unserved and underserved broadband locations by state | 4.2% | 11th of 51 |
| Where fiber has grown since 2022 | 19.2% | 38th of 51 |
| 5G home internet and licensed fixed wireless by state | 89.5% | 16th of 51 |
| Households with an internet subscription by state | 90.5% | 50th of 51 |
| BEAD broadband funding by state | 8,956.0% | 5th 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
- FCC, Form 477 fixed broadband deployment area tables, December 2016 to June 2021; December 2016 to June 2021. opendata.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
- 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
- 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, American Community Survey 2019 1-year detailed tables; 2019. 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.