Internet in High Point, North Carolina

Lumos fiber under T-Mobile's name, and Spectrum

Providers filed service for 39,017¹ homes, apartment buildings and businesses within the city limits, as drawn for the 2020 Census, in the FCC data as of June 30, 2026 (revision of November 10, 2026). Each row below shows how many of those locations a company covers and with which technology. Being listed is the provider's own claim: it serves the address now or could connect it within ten business days for a standard installation, and anyone can dispute an entry through the FCC National Broadband Map.

T-Mobile heads the table because its filing includes the city's main fiber network. In the FCC's location files every T-Mobile fiber record in High Point carries the brand name Lumos, and Lumos fiber is reported at 89.9% of locations. The rest of its footprint is fixed wireless home internet and a little copper DSL. Spectrum reports 94.6%, almost all by cable, with fiber at 4.3%¹.

Verizon (77.9%) reports only fixed wireless. AT&T (46.0%) is mostly fixed wireless too, with fiber at just 3.1% and some copper DSL; that is why it offers 100/20 Mbps at only 5.4%. Kinetic lists cable at 923¹ locations, and Brightspeed, UPN, Zayo and Fusion at a handful each.

By technology, the city's profile is far from the state's on two lines: fiber at 91.2% of locations against 65.3% across North Carolina, and DSL at 1.9% against 42.3%¹.

High PointNorth Carolina

Fiber91.2% 65.3%

Cable91.5% 79.5%

DSL (copper)1.9% 42.3%

Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home)96.6% 85.6%

Unlicensed fixed wireless0.0% 0.8%

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	High Point	North Carolina
Fiber	91.2%	65.3%
Cable	91.5%	79.5%
DSL (copper)	1.9%	42.3%
Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home)	96.6%	85.6%
Unlicensed fixed wireless	0.0%	0.8%

Two wires at almost every address

High Point is unusual less for how many providers it has than for how evenly two of them cover it. Wired service of at least 100/20 Mbps is reported at 95.7% of locations, and at 86.0% exactly two wired providers offer that speed, nearly always Lumos fiber and Spectrum cable. That share ranks 29th highest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. Across North Carolina it is 40.3%¹.

New Bedford, Massachusetts 0.0%Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 95.6%

Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Each dot is a city. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.

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Area	Two wired choices
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	95.6%
Miami Gardens, Florida	95.4%
Lynn, Massachusetts	94.7%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	94.5%
Temecula, California	92.0%
Minneapolis, Minnesota	91.9%
St. Paul, Minnesota	91.5%
Murrieta, California	90.8%
Jersey City, New Jersey	90.4%
Richmond, Virginia	90.2%
Brockton, Massachusetts	90.1%
Greeley, Colorado	89.9%
Newport News, Virginia	89.8%
Cape Coral, Florida	89.8%
Garland, Texas	89.6%
Chattanooga, Tennessee	89.3%
League City, Texas	89.2%
Fort Wayne, Indiana	88.1%
Carrollton, Texas	87.9%
Richardson, Texas	87.7%
Cincinnati, Ohio	87.7%
Mesquite, Texas	87.5%
Tampa, Florida	86.8%
Miramar, Florida	86.6%
Providence, Rhode Island	86.5%
Hesperia, California	86.4%
Grand Prairie, Texas	86.1%
Manchester, New Hampshire	86.1%
High Point, North Carolina	86.0%
Honolulu, Hawaii	85.7%
Provo, Utah	85.6%
Pasadena, Texas	85.4%
Downey, California	85.0%
Rochester, Minnesota	83.6%
Long Beach, California	83.1%
Thousand Oaks, California	82.8%
Norfolk, Virginia	82.3%
Irving, Texas	82.1%
Everett, Washington	82.0%
Dallas, Texas	81.9%
Victorville, California	81.6%
Yuma, Arizona	81.3%
Longmont, Colorado	81.3%
Menifee, California	81.1%
Arlington, Texas	81.1%
Pembroke Pines, Florida	80.6%
Pomona, California	80.4%
Gresham, Oregon	80.4%
Lowell, Massachusetts	80.2%
New York, New York	80.2%
West Covina, California	79.9%
Portland, Oregon	79.7%
Mobile, Alabama	79.2%
Hialeah, Florida	79.2%
Stamford, Connecticut	78.9%
Denver, Colorado	78.8%
Virginia Beach, Virginia	78.8%
Sandy Springs, Georgia	77.4%
Miami, Florida	77.3%
Plano, Texas	77.2%
Louisville, Kentucky	77.2%
Fargo, North Dakota	77.1%
Fort Worth, Texas	76.5%
Hollywood, Florida	76.5%
Little Rock, Arkansas	75.9%
Frisco, Texas	75.6%
Houston, Texas	74.6%
Chesapeake, Virginia	74.2%
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	74.0%
Naperville, Illinois	74.0%
Rio Rancho, New Mexico	73.9%
Peoria, Illinois	73.6%
Seattle, Washington	73.6%
Tallahassee, Florida	73.5%
Lewisville, Texas	73.2%
Madison, Wisconsin	72.6%
Allen, Texas	71.8%
South Fulton, Georgia	71.7%
Denton, Texas	70.8%
Fort Lauderdale, Florida	70.8%
Newark, New Jersey	70.7%
Yonkers, New York	70.6%
McKinney, Texas	70.5%
Cedar Rapids, Iowa	70.3%
Garden Grove, California	69.4%
Moreno Valley, California	69.4%
Elizabeth, New Jersey	69.3%
Davenport, Iowa	69.3%
St. Louis, Missouri	69.1%
West Palm Beach, Florida	69.1%
Huntington Beach, California	69.0%
Tulsa, Oklahoma	69.0%
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	68.7%
San Bernardino, California	68.6%
Hartford, Connecticut	68.6%
South Bend, Indiana	68.4%
Murfreesboro, Tennessee	68.4%
West Jordan, Utah	67.9%
Ontario, California	67.8%
Surprise, Arizona	67.8%
Hampton, Virginia	67.8%
Syracuse, New York	67.7%
Charlotte, North Carolina	67.7%
Edmond, Oklahoma	66.9%
New Braunfels, Texas	65.3%
Sparks, Nevada	65.1%
Sterling Heights, Michigan	64.9%
Torrance, California	64.8%
Paterson, New Jersey	64.6%
Topeka, Kansas	64.5%
Port St. Lucie, Florida	64.4%
Indianapolis, Indiana	63.9%
Sioux Falls, South Dakota	63.8%
Davie, Florida	63.7%
Baton Rouge, Louisiana	63.6%
Beaumont, Texas	63.4%
Carmel, Indiana	63.3%
Suffolk, Virginia	63.3%
Pompano Beach, Florida	63.2%
Jacksonville, Florida	63.1%
Boca Raton, Florida	63.0%
Santa Maria, California	62.9%
Atlanta, Georgia	62.9%
Deltona, Florida	62.7%
Shreveport, Louisiana	62.7%
Hillsboro, Oregon	62.6%
Meridian, Idaho	62.5%
Evansville, Indiana	62.3%
Brownsville, Texas	61.9%
Lafayette, Louisiana	61.8%
Lee's Summit, Missouri	61.8%
Winston-Salem, North Carolina	61.6%
Roseville, California	61.6%
Fishers, Indiana	61.5%
Wilmington, North Carolina	61.4%
El Paso, Texas	61.2%
Tuscaloosa, Alabama	60.5%
Alexandria, Virginia	60.5%
Burbank, California	60.4%
Buckeye, Arizona	60.2%
North Charleston, South Carolina	60.2%
Elgin, Illinois	60.2%
Oxnard, California	59.8%
Pearland, Texas	59.3%
Orlando, Florida	59.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan	58.7%
Goodyear, Arizona	58.2%
San Antonio, Texas	57.3%
Lexington, Kentucky	57.0%
Aurora, Colorado	56.5%
Santa Clara, California	56.1%
Reno, Nevada	55.7%
Santa Ana, California	55.7%
Cleveland, Ohio	55.7%
Inglewood, California	55.4%
Chicago, Illinois	55.4%
Nampa, Idaho	55.2%
Birmingham, Alabama	54.6%
New Orleans, Louisiana	54.6%
Athens, Georgia	54.5%
Sunnyvale, California	54.5%
Akron, Ohio	54.5%
Fort Collins, Colorado	54.4%
Los Angeles, California	54.1%
College Station, Texas	54.1%
Abilene, Texas	53.7%
Concord, California	53.7%
Wichita, Kansas	53.7%
Arvada, Colorado	53.7%
Pueblo, Colorado	53.5%
Springfield, Illinois	53.5%
Nashville, Tennessee	53.1%
Greensboro, North Carolina	53.0%
Omaha, Nebraska	53.0%
Columbia, South Carolina	52.4%
Laredo, Texas	52.2%
Charleston, South Carolina	52.2%
Norman, Oklahoma	51.9%
Costa Mesa, California	51.8%
Boulder, Colorado	51.7%
St. George, Utah	51.5%
Memphis, Tennessee	51.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan	51.2%
Buffalo, New York	51.1%
San Diego, California	50.8%
Fayetteville, Arkansas	50.7%
Berkeley, California	50.4%
Columbus, Ohio	50.2%
Coral Springs, Florida	50.0%
Fullerton, California	49.7%
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma	49.6%
Pasadena, California	49.1%
Lincoln, Nebraska	48.9%
Lakeland, Florida	48.9%
Augusta, Georgia	48.5%
Concord, North Carolina	48.0%
Spokane, Washington	47.8%
Glendale, California	47.7%
Vancouver, Washington	47.6%
Savannah, Georgia	47.3%
Rockford, Illinois	46.8%
Lancaster, California	46.7%
Jackson, Mississippi	46.6%
Sacramento, California	46.2%
Centennial, Colorado	46.1%
Round Rock, Texas	45.9%
Kansas City, Kansas	45.7%
Palm Bay, Florida	45.6%
Palm Coast, Florida	45.5%
Fremont, California	45.4%
Aurora, Illinois	45.4%
Green Bay, Wisconsin	45.3%
Hayward, California	44.5%
Austin, Texas	44.3%
Toledo, Ohio	44.3%
Fresno, California	44.3%
Edinburg, Texas	44.2%
Antioch, California	44.1%
San Jose, California	43.7%
Macon, Georgia	43.6%
Thornton, Colorado	43.4%
Riverside, California	43.4%
Stockton, California	43.3%
Waterbury, Connecticut	43.3%
Chula Vista, California	43.3%
Dearborn, Michigan	43.1%
Lansing, Michigan	43.0%
Killeen, Texas	42.8%
Sugar Land, Texas	42.6%
Tyler, Texas	42.4%
Fort Myers, Florida	42.3%
Springfield, Missouri	42.1%
Warren, Michigan	42.0%
El Cajon, California	41.9%
Carlsbad, California	41.9%
Dayton, Ohio	41.8%
Rochester, New York	41.7%
Vallejo, California	41.7%
Glendale, Arizona	41.5%
Peoria, Arizona	41.4%
Anaheim, California	41.1%
Boston, Massachusetts	41.1%
Springfield, Massachusetts	40.9%
New Haven, Connecticut	40.9%
Fayetteville, North Carolina	40.7%
Bakersfield, California	40.7%
Boise, Idaho	39.5%
Clovis, California	39.4%
Las Cruces, New Mexico	39.0%
Modesto, California	38.8%
Lakewood, Colorado	38.6%
Tacoma, Washington	38.6%
Salinas, California	38.5%
Westminster, Colorado	38.1%
Wichita Falls, Texas	38.0%
Elk Grove, California	37.5%
Mesa, Arizona	37.3%
Clearwater, Florida	36.8%
Orange, California	36.7%
McAllen, Texas	36.6%
Las Vegas, Nevada	35.8%
Joliet, Illinois	35.5%
Gilbert, Arizona	35.3%
Detroit, Michigan	35.3%
Bellevue, Washington	35.3%
Fontana, California	35.2%
Independence, Missouri	35.1%
Montgomery, Alabama	34.5%
Worcester, Massachusetts	34.3%
Daly City, California	34.2%
Visalia, California	34.1%
Tucson, Arizona	33.7%
Billings, Montana	33.2%
El Monte, California	33.1%
Palmdale, California	33.0%
Georgetown, Texas	33.0%
Albuquerque, New Mexico	32.7%
Eugene, Oregon	32.4%
Fairfield, California	31.7%
Lubbock, Texas	31.5%
Chandler, Arizona	31.5%
Jurupa Valley, California	31.4%
Irvine, California	31.4%
Columbia, Missouri	31.0%
Richmond, California	30.9%
Tracy, California	30.8%
Santa Clarita, California	30.1%
Colorado Springs, Colorado	30.0%
Santa Rosa, California	29.9%
Columbus, Georgia	29.9%
Washington, District of Columbia	29.8%
Vacaville, California	29.6%
Oakland, California	29.5%
San Francisco, California	29.4%
Waco, Texas	28.9%
Scottsdale, Arizona	28.1%
Henderson, Nevada	27.3%
Midland, Texas	27.3%
Gainesville, Florida	27.1%
Oceanside, California	26.1%
Chico, California	25.7%
North Las Vegas, Nevada	25.6%
Bend, Oregon	25.6%
Salem, Oregon	25.2%
Odessa, Texas	25.0%
Spokane Valley, Washington	24.8%
Raleigh, North Carolina	24.5%
Kansas City, Missouri	24.5%
St. Petersburg, Florida	24.3%
Rialto, California	24.1%
Ventura, California	24.0%
Avondale, Arizona	24.0%
Clarksville, Tennessee	23.6%
Corpus Christi, Texas	23.5%
Escondido, California	23.0%
Phoenix, Arizona	22.5%
Salt Lake City, Utah	21.6%
Durham, North Carolina	21.5%
Bridgeport, Connecticut	21.1%
Knoxville, Tennessee	20.4%
Rancho Cucamonga, California	19.6%
San Angelo, Texas	19.2%
Des Moines, Iowa	18.9%
Kent, Washington	18.2%
Corona, California	18.0%
Renton, Washington	16.6%
Conroe, Texas	16.3%
Baltimore, Maryland	15.8%
Amarillo, Texas	15.5%
San Mateo, California	14.1%
Olathe, Kansas	14.0%
Cary, North Carolina	13.3%
Huntsville, Alabama	12.0%
Allentown, Pennsylvania	11.0%
Simi Valley, California	10.0%
Quincy, Massachusetts	9.8%
Anchorage, Alaska	8.3%
Tempe, Arizona	7.5%
West Valley City, Utah	6.6%
Cambridge, Massachusetts	6.3%
Overland Park, Kansas	6.2%
Albany, New York	0.4%
New Bedford, Massachusetts	0.0%

Anything other than two is uncommon. Three or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps are reported at 4.1% of locations. A single wired provider is reported at 5.6%, against 39.5% statewide; at 5.1% of locations that one wire is Spectrum's, at 0.5% Lumos's. The FCC lists 1,673 locations with no wired 100/20 service and 3¹ reachable only by satellite.

How copper gave way to fiber since 2022

Fiber was already widespread when the FCC published its first National Broadband Map, with data as of June 30, 2022: it was reported at 74.4% of High Point's locations, then filed under the Lumos brand by a different provider from today's. The same brand also reported copper DSL at several thousand locations, mostly at 10 Mbps download. By June 30, 2026, fiber had risen by 16.8 percentage points to 91.2% and DSL had fallen from 15.2%³ of locations to 1.9%¹.

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

DSL available1.9% −13.3 pts

Fiber available91.2% +16.8 pts

One wired choice5.6% −15.9 pts

Two wired choices86.0% +15.4 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)
DSL available	15.2%	2.0%	1.9%	−13.3 pts
Fiber available	74.4%	90.7%	91.2%	16.8 pts
One wired choice	21.5%	6.0%	5.6%	−15.9 pts
Two wired choices	70.6%	85.5%	86.0%	15.4 pts

Locations with only one wired 100/20 provider fell over the same four years, from 21.5%³ to 5.6%, while those with two or more rose by 17.2 percentage points. Nearly all of the shift was complete by the December 31, 2025 data, when fiber already stood at 90.7%⁴. This page compares percentages rather than counts across releases, since the FCC revises its location list each time; for High Point the count has changed by +1,924¹ since 2022.

The chart below shows where that leaves High Point today, beside its two Triad neighbors, North Carolina and the US.

NoneOneTwoThree or more

High Point

Winston-Salem

Greensboro

North Carolina

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
High Point	4.3%	5.6%	86.0%	4.1%
Winston-Salem	2.6%	30.0%	61.6%	5.8%
Greensboro	2.7%	16.8%	53.0%	27.5%
North Carolina	5.8%	39.5%	40.3%	14.5%
United States	7.8%	36.6%	44.6%	11.1%

Advertised speeds: 5 Gbps on fiber, 35 Mbps up on cable

The fastest advertised download at 89.9% of locations is 2 Gbps or more, up from 9.8%³ in June 2022. In the FCC's files most Lumos fiber records in the city were listed at 1 Gbps in both directions in 2022 and at 5 Gbps in both directions in 2026, the top tier T-Mobile reports here (5 Gbps¹).

Spectrum's cable lists 1 Gbps downloads with uploads of 35 or 50 Mbps. Gigabit service with an upload of at least 100 Mbps, the FCC's 1,000/100 tier, is therefore reported at 91.2% of locations, the same share as fiber, while a 1 Gbps download alone reaches 95.7%¹. All of these are the top speeds providers advertise in their FCC filings, not results of speed tests.

Fixed wireless: Verizon's footprint more than tripled

Licensed fixed wireless, which includes 5G home internet, is reported at 96.6% of locations. Verizon now reports it at 30,386 locations, more than three times its High Point footprint in the June 2022 map, and offers 100/20 Mbps at 28.4%. Across all three carriers, fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or faster went from 18.0%³ of locations to 41.0%¹. With two wires already at almost every door, fixed wireless in High Point is an extra option rather than a stand-in for a missing line. Coverage on the map does not guarantee a sign-up: the carrier checks capacity on the local tower sector for each address.

A fiber city where many homes rely on a phone plan

The FCC map counts what is offered; the Census Bureau's American Community Survey asks households what they subscribe to. In its 2025 one-year estimates, 68.8% of High Point households subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±4.3 percentage points), below the state's 78.3%. 23.0% had a cellular data plan and no other internet subscription (±4.4 percentage points), the 3rd highest estimate among large cities, against 11.8%² statewide. The ranking itself is loose, since cities a few places apart may not differ significantly, but the 90% confidence ranges for High Point and for North Carolina do not overlap on either measure.

Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations)95.7%

Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)68.8% ±4.3

Households relying only on a cellular data plan23.0% ±4.4

Households with no internet subscription5.6% ±1.9

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)	95.7%
Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)	68.8%	±4.3
Households relying only on a cellular data plan	23.0%	±4.4
Households with no internet subscription	5.6%	±1.9

The steadier five-year estimate for 2020–2024 puts wired subscriptions at 72.5% (±1.4 percentage points⁵). In 2019 the phone-only share was 15.9% (±3.2 percentage points⁶); the margins of the two years overlap slightly, so the survey does not clearly establish a rise. The survey records no reasons for choosing a phone plan where fiber is on file, and a household is not the same unit as an FCC location, so the two sources describe the city side by side rather than address by address.

The Triad and the state's largest cities

T-Mobile's fiber covers much less of High Point's neighbors: it is reported at 36.7% of locations in Greensboro and 16.6% in Winston-Salem, where AT&T is the larger fiber provider (71.6% and 50.0%¹). The table sets the three Triad cities beside Charlotte, Raleigh, the state and the country, with availability from the same FCC release and subscriptions from the same survey year.

The North Carolina page maps every county and covers the state's BEAD plan.