Internet in Greensboro, North Carolina
Fiber is available at 81.8% of the 87,122 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Greensboro, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 97.3%. 80.5% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 16.8% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Greensboro in North Carolina
Greensboro is wired almost to the last address: fiber reaches 81.8%1 of its homes and businesses, mostly AT&T's, with T-Mobile's Lumos-branded fiber on a second network and Spectrum cable underneath. Subscriptions tell a different story. In the Census Bureau's 2025 survey, 19.9%2 of Greensboro households relied on a cellular data plan alone, one of the highest shares among large US cities.
Spectrum, AT&T and Lumos: the wired networks
The FCC counts 87,1221 homes and businesses inside Greensboro's 2020 Census boundary. The table lists every provider reporting service to them as of June 30, 2026, in the file revision of November 10, 2026. A listing means the provider serves the location or says it could connect it within ten business days for a standard installation; a listing that looks wrong can be challenged on the FCC National Broadband Map.
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 95.8% | 95.8% | 1 Gbps | 15.3% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 94.3% | 73.9% | 5 Gbps | 1.4% |
| T-Mobile | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 87.7% | 48.7% | 5 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 85.2% | 35.5% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Brightspeed | Fiber DSL Fixed wireless | 0.1% | 0.0% | 2 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, Starlink, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
Three companies account for nearly all of the wired service. Spectrum is listed at 95.8% of locations, mostly on cable, with fiber at 1.5%. AT&T is listed at 94.3%, with fiber at 71.6%; where it has no fiber it reports copper DSL or fixed wireless, which is why it offers 100/20 Mbps at only 73.9%1.
The third wire appears in the table under T-Mobile, but in the FCC's location files its Greensboro fiber carries the brand name Lumos. T-Mobile reports that fiber at 36.7% of locations and fixed wireless across much of the rest of the city. In the first FCC map, with data as of June 30, 2022, the same Lumos fiber was filed by a separate provider, so a provider-by-provider comparison with 2022 understates T-Mobile's earlier presence. Below these three, Brightspeed lists 1151 locations.
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 | Greensboro | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 81.8% | 65.3% |
| Cable | 94.9% | 79.5% |
| DSL (copper) | 54.5% | 42.3% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 96.3% | 85.6% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 0.0% | 0.8% |
Fiber ahead of the state, and a second fiber network on part of it
Fiber from at least one company is reported at 81.8% of Greensboro's locations, compared with 65.3% statewide and 62.6% nationally. Among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more that share ranks 136th highest1, near the middle: well above the state, ordinary for a large city.
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 | Fiber available |
|---|---|
| Raleigh | 91.5% |
| High Point | 91.2% |
| Charlotte | 83.6% |
| Greensboro | 81.8% |
| Winston-Salem | 67.2% |
| North Carolina | 65.3% |
| United States | 62.6% |
Where two fiber footprints overlap, nearly always AT&T's and Lumos's, a location has a choice of fiber providers. That is the case at 28.0% of locations, 68th highest among large cities and above Charlotte (16.8%), though well below Raleigh (67.5%), where Google Fiber is the second network. Next door in High Point, T-Mobile reports fiber at 89.9% of locations, almost the whole city; in Winston-Salem, at 16.6%1.
Choice at a typical address
Wired service of at least 100/20 Mbps is reported at 97.3% of locations. At 53.0% exactly two wired providers offer that speed, and at 27.5% three or more. The single-wire share, 16.8%, is Spectrum's: at 15.3%1 of locations its cable is the only wired 100/20 service, with neither fiber network on file.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensboro | 2.7% | 16.8% | 53.0% | 27.5% |
| High Point | 4.3% | 5.6% | 86.0% | 4.1% |
| Winston-Salem | 2.6% | 30.0% | 61.6% | 5.8% |
| North Carolina | 5.8% | 39.5% | 40.3% | 14.5% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
That single-wire share has shrunk from 23.1%3 in June 2022, and the share with two or more wired choices grew by 8.0 percentage points to 80.5%, against 54.7% across North Carolina. The remaining gaps are counted in dozens: 2,350 locations have no wired 100/20 service, 19 are unserved under the BEAD definition (no wired or licensed fixed wireless service at 25/3 Mbps) and 21 are reported as reachable only by satellite.
From 1 Gbps to multi-gigabit tiers since 2022
The fastest advertised download at 75.6% of locations is 2 Gbps or more, up from 51.5% in June 2022; the share whose top tier sits between 940 Mbps and 2 Gbps fell from 44.2% to 21.6%. Fiber's reach grew less over the same years, from 72.7%3 to 81.8%, so most of the shift came from faster tiers on existing fiber. In the FCC's location files, most Lumos records in Greensboro advertised 1 Gbps in 2022 and 5 Gbps in 2026, the same top tier AT&T lists (5 Gbps). Spectrum lists up to 1 Gbps1.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Gbps or more | 51.5% | 73.6% | 75.6% | 24.2 pts |
| 940 Mbps to 1.99 Gbps | 44.2% | 23.6% | 21.6% | −22.5 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 20.7% | 25.7% | 28.0% | 7.2 pts |
| Fixed wireless 100/20 | 17.5% | 47.0% | 45.2% | 27.7 pts |
Download tiers hide the upload difference between the networks. A 1 Gbps download is advertised at 97.3% of locations, but the FCC's 1,000/100 tier, which also requires a 100 Mbps upload, at 81.8%, exactly the fiber share: Spectrum's cable uploads stay below that line. All of these are maximums providers advertise to the FCC, not measured speeds. The comparisons use shares because the FCC's list of locations changes with each release; Greensboro's has changed by +2,4621 since June 2022.
Verizon's fixed wireless spread across the city
Licensed fixed wireless, which includes 5G home internet, is reported at 96.3% of locations by 3 carriers. Its reach edged down since 2022, by 2.0 percentage points, while the share where it reaches 100/20 Mbps or more went from 17.5%3 of locations to 45.2%, above the state's 37.4%. Verizon now reports fixed wireless at 85.2% of locations, more than twice its Greensboro footprint in the 2022 map, offers 100/20 Mbps at 35.5% and lists tiers up to 1 Gbps1. T-Mobile's fixed wireless covers most locations its fiber does not reach. AT&T's fixed wireless is advertised at no more than 100 Mbps.
A carrier's tower sector is shared by everyone it serves, so carriers decide sign-ups address by address, and a location the map shows as covered can still be refused.
Phone-only households in a fiber city
The Census Bureau's American Community Survey counts households, not locations, and asks what they subscribe to. In its 2025 one-year estimates, 19.9% of Greensboro households had a cellular data plan and no other internet subscription (margin of error ±2.3 percentage points). That ranks tied for 17th highest among the large cities with estimates, though cities close to it in the ranking may not differ significantly. The North Carolina share is 11.8% (±0.4 percentage points); High Point's, from a smaller sample, is 23.0% (±4.4 percentage points2).
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables. Whiskers show the 90% margin of error. Period: 2025.
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| Large city | Households relying only on a cellular data plan | MOE |
|---|---|---|
| High Point, North Carolina | 23.0% | ±4.4 |
| Greensboro, North Carolina | 19.9% | ±2.3 |
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 17.7% | ±3.9 |
| Fayetteville, North Carolina | 15.5% | ±1.7 |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 12.5% | ±1.3 |
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 11.1% | ±2.1 |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 10.1% | ±1.6 |
| Durham, North Carolina | 8.2% | ±2.0 |
| Concord, North Carolina | 6.2% | ±2.7 |
| Cary, North Carolina | 5.8% | ±2.1 |
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) | 72.6% | ±2.6 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 19.9% | ±2.3 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 5.0% | ±1.1 |
The phone-only share rose from 7.8% (±1.3 percentage points) in 2019, while the share with no subscription at all fell from 18.0% (±2.4 percentage points) to 5.0% (±1.1 percentage points); in both cases the margins of error do not overlap. Subscriptions to cable, fiber or DSL stayed level: 72.4%5 in 2019 and 72.6% (±2.6 percentage points) in 2025, below the state's 78.3%2. The survey does not record why households choose a phone plan over a wired line, and its households cannot be matched one to one with the FCC's locations.
Greensboro beside the state's other large cities
The table sets Greensboro beside its Triad neighbors and the state's two largest cities, with availability from the same FCC release and subscriptions from the same survey year.
| Area | Fiber available | Two or more fiber networks | One wired choice | Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL | Households relying only on a cellular data plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensboro, North Carolina | 81.8% | 28.0% | 16.8% | 72.6% ±2.6 | 19.9% ±2.3 |
| High Point, North Carolina | 91.2% | 6.1% | 5.6% | 68.8% ±4.3 | 23.0% ±4.4 |
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 67.2% | 5.6% | 30.0% | 78.8% ±3.4 | 11.1% ±2.1 |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 83.6% | 16.8% | 15.2% | 80.6% ±1.2 | 12.5% ±1.3 |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 91.5% | 67.5% | 7.1% | 83.7% ±2.1 | 10.1% ±1.6 |
| North Carolina | 65.3% | 17.4% | 39.5% | 78.3% ±0.4 | 11.8% ±0.4 |
| United States | 62.6% | 12.1% | 36.6% | – | – |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people. ± is the 90% margin of error.
The North Carolina page has every county, including Guilford, and the state's BEAD plan. Nearby, High Point and Winston-Salem complete the Triad; Charlotte and Raleigh show the state's two largest cities.
Greensboro internet questions
What internet providers are available in Greensboro, NC?
As of June 30, 2026, Spectrum reports service at 95.8% of Greensboro's locations, almost all by cable. AT&T reports 94.3%, with fiber at 71.6% and DSL or fixed wireless elsewhere. T-Mobile reports 87.7%: fiber under the Lumos name at 36.7%, fixed wireless at most of the rest. Verizon reports fixed wireless home internet at 85.2%1. Satellite is reported everywhere.
Is fiber internet available in Greensboro?
At 81.8% of locations inside city limits, against 65.3% for North Carolina and 62.6% for the US. AT&T reports fiber at 71.6% and T-Mobile's Lumos at 36.7%; both are on file at 28.0%1.
How many internet providers are there in Greensboro?
4 companies report wired service somewhere in the city and 4 report fiber; apart from Spectrum, AT&T and T-Mobile, none reports wired service at more than a few hundred locations. On average, a location has 2.051 wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps.
Can I get 5G home internet in Greensboro?
Licensed fixed wireless, the FCC category that includes 5G home internet, is reported at 96.3% of locations by Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T. It reaches 100/20 Mbps at 45.2%1. Carriers accept sign-ups address by address, so a covered location can still be turned away.
Checking one address in Greensboro
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, Durham, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville, Cary, Wilmington, High Point and Concord. Compare Greensboro 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
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. api.census.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 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.