Internet in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fiber is available at 87.8% of the 69,108 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Fayetteville, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 99.2%. 85.4% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 13.9% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Fayetteville in North Carolina
Fayetteville's broadband map changed more than most large American cities' did. In June 2022, Spectrum's cable was the only wired service of 100/20 Mbps at 66.5%2 of its homes and businesses; four years later that share is 13.9%1, as Metronet and Brightspeed fiber came to be reported across most of the city.
Spectrum, Brightspeed, Metronet, and AT&T only by air
The FCC counts 69,108 homes and businesses inside Fayetteville's city limits (as drawn for the 2020 Census). As of June 30, 2026, in the FCC file revised on November 10, 2026, Spectrum reports service, almost all of it cable, at 96.5% of them, Brightspeed reports a mix of fiber and DSL at 94.8%, and Metronet reports fiber at 83.0%1. "Available" here means the provider says it could install standard service within ten business days; the claims can be challenged on the FCC map.
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 96.5% | 96.5% | 1 Gbps | 12.2% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brightspeed | Fiber DSL Fixed wireless | 94.8% | 49.0% | 8 Gbps | 0.2% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 89.5% | 51.9% | 300 Mbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 87.8% | 35.2% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Metronet | Fiber | 83.0% | 83.0% | 5 Gbps | 1.4% |
| AT&T | Licensed wireless | 72.5% | 3.4% | 100 Mbps | – |
| LREMC Technologies | Fiber | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1 Gbps | – |
| ResiBridge LLC | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100 Mbps | – |
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.
One name is missing from the wired list. AT&T, which reports fiber at 76.6% of locations in Charlotte and 79.5% in Raleigh, reports only fixed wireless in Fayetteville, at 72.5% of locations and with 100/20 Mbps at 3.4%. LREMC Technologies adds fiber at 1.1%1 of locations.
From one wire to three in four years
In the first National Broadband Map, as of June 30, 2022, fiber reached 30.3% of Fayetteville's locations and Spectrum was the only wired 100/20 Mbps provider at 66.5%2. By June 30, 2026, fiber reached 87.8%. The share of locations with two or more wired choices at 100/20 Mbps rose by 55.9 percentage points, the 22nd highest1 increase among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more.
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 | 66.5% | 15.5% | 13.9% | −52.6 pts |
| Fiber available | 30.3% | 86.1% | 87.8% | 57.5 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 0.6% | 31.8% | 45.9% | 45.3 pts |
| Three or more wired choices | 0.6% | 30.8% | 44.7% | 44.1 pts |
The change continued into 2026. Metronet, which already reported fiber in part of the city in 2022, now reports it at 57,345 locations. The overlap is newer: the share of locations with two different fiber networks rose from 31.8%3 in December 2025 to 45.9% in June 2026, and the share with three or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps rose by 13.9 percentage points in the same six months. Across North Carolina, two fiber networks overlap at 17.4%1 of locations.
Brightspeed: fiber on one street, copper on the next
Brightspeed's network in Fayetteville is half upgraded. It reports fiber at 48.9% of the city's locations, with advertised downloads up to 8 Gbps, and offers 100/20 Mbps at 49.0%. Almost all of the rest is DSL over telephone copper; Brightspeed's fastest advertised DSL tier anywhere in the country is 140 Mbps. DSL from any provider is reported at 47.4%1 of locations, down from 89.1%2 in 2022 and 62.5%3 in December 2025. A Brightspeed listing at one address can therefore mean either technology; the FCC map shows which.
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 | Fayetteville | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 87.8% | 65.3% |
| Cable | 96.0% | 79.5% |
| DSL (copper) | 47.4% | 42.3% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 98.6% | 85.6% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 0.2% | 0.8% |
Fixed wireless covers almost the whole city (98.6% of locations), while satellite is the only option at 141 locations.
Multi-gigabit tiers on most streets
With fiber now this widespread, the fastest advertised download at 86.2% of locations is 2 Gbps or more, up from 28.6% in 2022. Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) is advertised at 87.4%, against 28.6%2 four years earlier. Metronet advertises up to 5 Gbps and Spectrum up to 1 Gbps1. These are providers' advertised maximums, not measured speeds.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 13.1% | 86.2% |
| North Carolina | 2.7% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 41.5% | 52.5% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
Where Spectrum is still the only wire
At 12.2% of locations, Spectrum remains the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps; statewide the single-wire share is 39.5%. No wired provider reaches 100/20 Mbps at 527 locations, and wired 100/20 service of any kind is reported at 99.2%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville | 0.8% | 13.9% | 40.7% | 44.7% |
| North Carolina | 5.8% | 39.5% | 40.3% | 14.5% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T over the air
The three mobile carriers report home internet over their cellular networks here, and none of them reports a wired service in the city. Verizon reports it at 89.5% of locations, with 100/20 Mbps at 51.9% and advertised downloads up to 300 Mbps. T-Mobile reports 87.8%, with 100/20 at 35.2%. Fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps from any carrier is reported at 64.7%1 of locations, up from 19.7%2 in 2022. The FCC figures show where a carrier reports service as available; whether a new account is accepted at a given address is the carrier's decision.
Fayetteville beside the state's larger cities
In June 2022, Fayetteville's fiber share of 30.3% was below Charlotte's 73.0%, Greensboro's 72.7% and Winston-Salem's 48.7%2. In June 2026 it is above all three, though still behind Raleigh (91.5%) and Durham (89.5%1). The table uses the same June 30, 2026 release for each city.
| Area | Fiber available | Two or more fiber networks | One wired choice | Three or more wired choices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville, North Carolina | 87.8% | 45.9% | 13.9% | 44.7% |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 83.6% | 16.8% | 15.2% | 15.1% |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 91.5% | 67.5% | 7.1% | 66.2% |
| Durham, North Carolina | 89.5% | 67.2% | 10.5% | 65.6% |
| Greensboro, North Carolina | 81.8% | 28.0% | 16.8% | 27.5% |
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 67.2% | 5.6% | 30.0% | 5.8% |
| North Carolina | 65.3% | 17.4% | 39.5% | 14.5% |
| United States | 62.6% | 12.1% | 36.6% | 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.
Phone-only households
Subscriptions are a separate measure from availability. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 15.5% of Fayetteville households relied only on a cellular data plan (margin of error ±1.7 percentage points), above the North Carolina estimate of 11.8% (±0.4 percentage points). 76.9% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (±2.3 percentage points), and 5.6%4 had no internet subscription. Survey households and FCC locations are counted differently, so the two sets of figures do not subtract.
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables. Whiskers show the 90% margin of error. Period: 2025.
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| Area | Households relying only on a cellular data plan | MOE |
|---|---|---|
| Greensboro | 19.9% | ±2.3 |
| Fayetteville | 15.5% | ±1.7 |
| Charlotte | 12.5% | ±1.3 |
| North Carolina | 11.8% | ±0.4 |
| Winston-Salem | 11.1% | ±2.1 |
| Raleigh | 10.1% | ±1.6 |
| Durham | 8.2% | ±2.0 |
Across Cumberland County, which includes Fayetteville, fiber reaches 76.7%1 of locations; the North Carolina page covers the other counties.
Questions and answers
What internet providers are available in Fayetteville, NC?
Three wired networks cover most of the city: Spectrum (cable, 96.5% of locations), Brightspeed (fiber and DSL, 94.8%) and Metronet (fiber, 83.0%1). Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T report fixed wireless home internet, and three satellite companies report service everywhere.
Is fiber internet available in Fayetteville?
At 87.8% of locations, against 65.3% across North Carolina. Metronet reports fiber at 83.0% of locations and Brightspeed at 48.9%; two or more fiber networks reach 45.9%1.
Is AT&T Fiber available in Fayetteville?
Not inside the city limits, according to AT&T's own filing. AT&T reports service at 72.5% of Fayetteville's locations, all of it licensed fixed wireless with a fastest advertised download of 100 Mbps1. It reports no fiber, cable or DSL in the city.
How many internet providers does Fayetteville have?
8 companies report terrestrial service somewhere in the city, 5 of them over wires, three of which reach most of the city. At a typical address the count that matters is wired providers at 100/20 Mbps: three or more at 44.7% of locations, exactly two at 40.7%, one at 13.9%1.
Checking one address in Fayetteville
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 North Carolina
The state picture, county by county: internet in North Carolina. Other large cities in the state: Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Winston-Salem, Cary, Wilmington, High Point and Concord. Compare Fayetteville 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
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.