Internet in Fargo, North Dakota
Fiber is available at 22.6% of the 31,611 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Fargo, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 99.7%. 93.8% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 5.9% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Fargo in North Dakota
Fargo turns North Dakota's pattern upside down. The state has fiber at 73.1% of its homes and businesses and usually one wired provider; its largest city has fiber at 22.6% but two competing wired networks at 93.8%1 of its locations.
Midco and Sparklight, two cable networks
Two cable companies carry most of Fargo's internet. Midco reports service at 100.0% of the city's 31,611 homes and businesses, over cable at most of them, fiber at 6.3% and its own fixed wireless at a small remainder. Sparklight's cable network reaches 98.7%. CenturyLink's telephone lines reach 86.9%, but it offers 100/20 Mbps only at the 8.1%1 where it has fiber.
| Midco | Fiber Cable Licensed wireless | 100.0% | 100.0% | 5 Gbps | 0.8% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparklight | Fiber Cable | 98.7% | 98.7% | 1 Gbps | 5.0% |
| CenturyLink | Fiber DSL | 86.9% | 8.1% | 1 Gbps | 0.0% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 83.2% | 5.1% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 69.7% | 18.0% | 300 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Licensed wireless | 63.6% | 20.4% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Gateway Fiber | Fiber | 6.7% | 6.7% | 5 Gbps | – |
| Otter Tail Telecom | Fiber Licensed wireless | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Consolidated Communications | Fiber DSL | 1.6% | 1.0% | 2 Gbps | – |
| MLGC | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 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.
The table counts the locations inside Fargo's city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census, as reported to the FCC as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026). A provider listed as available says it can install service within ten business days, and any listing can be challenged on the FCC National Broadband Map.
Fiber in a fiber state, but not in its largest city
North Dakota has fiber at 73.1% of its locations, a share that ranks 12th highest among the states and above the national 62.6%. Fargo has the 20th lowest fiber share among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more: at 22.6% of its locations at least one provider reports fiber. Cass County as a whole, which includes Fargo, is at 35.1%1, so fiber is more common in the rest of the county than inside the 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 |
|---|---|
| Ward County | 99.0% |
| Grand Forks County | 74.0% |
| North Dakota | 73.1% |
| United States | 62.6% |
| Cass County | 35.1% |
| Burleigh County | 27.2% |
| Fargo | 22.6% |
The other urban counties split. Ward County, around Minot, is at 99.0% and Grand Forks County at 74.0%; Burleigh County, around Bismarck, is closer to Fargo at 27.2%1.
Fiber in Fargo has grown, from 11.9%2 of locations in June 2022 to 22.6%, a rise of 10.7 percentage points. The growth is spread across many small networks rather than one citywide build. 7 companies report fiber somewhere in the city, a count that ranks tied for 38th highest among large cities, yet the widest footprints are CenturyLink's at 8.1%, Gateway Fiber's at 6.7% and Midco's at 6.3%. Gateway Fiber reported no Fargo locations in 2022. Consolidated Communications (0.7%) and Otter Tail Telecom (1.6%) add smaller areas. Two fiber networks overlap at just 1.3%1 of locations.
Two cable networks on the same streets
Where Fargo stands out is wired choice. Wired service of 100/20 Mbps or more is reported at 99.7% of locations, and 93.8% can pick between two or more wired providers at that speed, a share that ranks tied for 32nd highest among large cities. Statewide the figure is 40.0%, and 59.3% of North Dakota's locations have exactly one wired provider, a share that ranks the highest1 among the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fargo | 0.3% | 5.9% | 77.1% | 16.7% |
| Cass County | 1.4% | 13.2% | 67.8% | 17.6% |
| North Dakota | 0.7% | 59.3% | 37.1% | 2.9% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
In most of the city, those two wires are Midco and Sparklight. Single-wire areas are small: Sparklight is the only wired 100/20 provider at 5.0% of locations and Midco at 0.8%. A third wired choice, usually one of the fiber networks, is reported at 16.7%, up from 8.4%2 in 2022. Only 1001 locations lack a wired 100/20 option, and all of them have fixed wireless at that speed; none is unserved under the federal 25/3 Mbps definition.
Multi-gigabit tiers over cable
The speed tiers show how far cable has moved here. In June 2022 the fastest advertised download at 95.1%2 of Fargo's locations was around 1 Gbps. By June 2026, 94.3% had a top tier of 2 Gbps or more, above both North Dakota (60.3%) and the US (61.0%). Midco and Gateway Fiber each advertise up to 5 Gbps1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fargo | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 5.4% | 94.3% |
| North Dakota | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 38.8% | 60.3% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
Advertised uploads are also high for a city with this little fiber. Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps, the FCC's 1,000/100 tier, is reported at 94.6% of locations, and symmetrical 100/100 Mbps wired service at 94.6%. Both shares are far above fiber's 22.6%, so most of that service is reported over cable. The gigabit share has changed little since 2022 (−0.5 percentage points1). All of these are maximum advertised speeds from the providers' filings, not measurements.
Copper lines and carrier wireless
DSL over telephone copper is still reported at 79.1% of locations, almost all of it CenturyLink's; that share ranks 28th highest1 among large cities.
Fixed wireless changed the most since 2022. Verizon reported home internet at only a few hundred Fargo locations in June 2022 and at 22,033 in June 2026; AT&T reported none in 2022 and now reports 20,110. Licensed fixed wireless, the FCC category that includes 5G home internet, is now reported at 100/20 Mbps or more at 40.4%1 of locations, up from 12.3%2 in 2022. Capacity on a tower sector is shared, so the carriers confirm availability at each address.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed wireless 100/20 | 12.3% | 37.7% | 40.4% | 28.2 pts |
| Fiber available | 11.9% | 21.4% | 22.6% | 10.7 pts |
| Three or more wired choices | 8.4% | 15.7% | 16.7% | 8.4 pts |
Satellite from HughesNet, Starlink and Viasat is reported at every location, but no location depends on it alone.
Subscriptions trail the wires
Wired choice on the map does not translate into universal subscription. In the Census Bureau's 2025 survey, 9.7% of Fargo households had no internet subscription (margin of error ±2.3 percentage points), a point estimate that ranks 11th highest among large cities; North Dakota's estimate is 7.7%. 75.0% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin ±3.4 percentage points), and 11.9%4 relied only on a cellular data plan.
The 2019 survey put Fargo's no-subscription share at 14.6% (margin ±3.2 percentage points5). A single city's survey sample is small, so these estimates show a direction, not a precise count, and the Census figures describe households while the FCC figures describe locations on one date.
Fargo and cities its size
Fargo is North Dakota's only city of 100,000 or more, so its peers are cities of similar size in other states. Sioux Falls, another large city where Midco reports service, has fiber at 55.1% of locations and two or more wired choices at 67.1%1: more fiber than Fargo, and fewer locations with a second wire.
| Area | Fiber available | Gigabit (1,000/100) | Two or more wired choices | Fiber networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Valley City, Utah | 92.9% | 99.9% | 93.2% | 9 |
| Hampton, Virginia | 70.8% | 73.2% | 67.8% | 2 |
| Dayton, Ohio | 61.8% | 61.8% | 61.7% | 5 |
| Warren, Michigan | 49.8% | 94.4% | 96.5% | 2 |
| Pasadena, California | 44.8% | 45.6% | 49.1% | 5 |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 35.2% | 98.5% | 77.5% | 9 |
| Fargo, North Dakota | 22.6% | 94.6% | 93.8% | 7 |
| Kent, Washington | 15.9% | 68.0% | 20.8% | 4 |
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.
The North Dakota page maps fiber, wired choice and unserved locations for all 536 counties, including Cass County.
Questions and answers
What internet providers are available in Fargo?
Midco reports service at 100.0% of Fargo's locations, mostly over cable, and Sparklight at 98.7%, also mostly cable. CenturyLink reports 86.9%, largely DSL. T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T report fixed wireless home internet, Gateway Fiber reports fiber at 6.7%1, and HughesNet, Starlink and Viasat report satellite everywhere.
Does Fargo have fiber internet?
At 22.6% of locations as of June 30, 2026, up from 11.9%2 in June 2022. That is the 20th lowest share among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, and well below North Dakota's 73.1%1. No single fiber network covers more than a small part of the city.
How many internet providers are there in Fargo?
7 wired providers report service somewhere in the city, and 10 if fixed wireless is included. At one address the number that matters is smaller: 77.1% of locations have exactly two wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps and 16.7%1 have three or more.
Is 5G home internet available in Fargo?
T-Mobile reports licensed fixed wireless at 83.2% of locations, Verizon at 69.7% and AT&T at 63.6%. Service of 100/20 Mbps or more is reported at much smaller shares: 18.0% for Verizon, 20.4% for AT&T and 5.1%1 for T-Mobile. The carriers decide sign-ups address by address.
Checking one address in Fargo
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 Dakota
The state picture, county by county: internet in North Dakota. Large cities in neighboring states: Minneapolis, Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Rochester, Minnesota. Compare Fargo 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
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 1-year detailed tables; 2019. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. 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.