Internet in Cincinnati, Ohio

altafiber, Spectrum and three wireless carriers

As of June 30, 2026 (FCC file revision of November 10, 2026), 7 companies report fixed service other than satellite somewhere inside Cincinnati, but two of them reach nearly all of its 83,770 homes and businesses. Spectrum reports service at 96.1% of locations, almost all of it over cable, with a top advertised download of 1 Gbps. altafiber reports 94.0%: fiber at 89.9%, advertised up to 3 Gbps, and DSL over copper telephone lines at 4,376¹ locations.

A provider counts here wherever it reports that it could install service within ten business days; those reports can be challenged on the FCC map. A location is a house, an apartment building or a business, not a household. Ohio is altafiber's largest state: it reports service at 704,211 Ohio locations, 15.5%¹ of the state's total.

Two wired choices, almost never three

Because altafiber's fiber and Spectrum's cable cover nearly the same streets, 87.7% of Cincinnati locations have exactly two wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps or more. Among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, that share ranks tied for 20th highest. A third wired option at that speed is reported at 0.0% of locations, tied for the lowest among those cities; across Ohio, 14.5%¹ of locations have three or more.

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Cincinnati

Ohio

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
Cincinnati	1.8%	10.6%	87.7%	0.0%
Ohio	7.4%	34.0%	44.2%	14.5%
United States	7.8%	36.6%	44.6%	11.1%

The single-wire addresses are mostly where altafiber has not reported fiber. There Spectrum is the only wired 100/20 provider, at 8.4% of the city's locations; altafiber is the only one at 2.2%. The count of wired companies is small as well: 3, tied for 17th lowest among large cities. Brightspeed, Zayo and Xfinity each report fiber at only a few locations, so the city has 3 fiber providers but only 0.5%¹ of locations with two fiber networks.

Gigabit uploads on cable as well as fiber

The FCC's gigabit tier means 1 Gbps down and at least 100 Mbps up. In Cincinnati it is advertised at 98.2% of locations, tied for 56th highest among large cities, and symmetrical wired service of 100/100 Mbps at 98.2%. Fiber alone reaches 90.1%, and altafiber's DSL is advertised at no more than 50 Mbps¹, so the rest of that coverage is reported over Spectrum's cable network, including at addresses without fiber.

Worcester, Massachusetts 0.7%Clarksville, Tennessee 100.0%

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	Gigabit (1,000/100)
Chattanooga, Tennessee	100.0%
Clarksville, Tennessee	100.0%
West Valley City, Utah	99.9%
Sparks, Nevada	99.9%
Boulder, Colorado	99.9%
Lincoln, Nebraska	99.9%
Simi Valley, California	99.9%
Longmont, Colorado	99.9%
Reno, Nevada	99.8%
Pompano Beach, Florida	99.8%
Eugene, Oregon	99.8%
Aurora, Illinois	99.7%
Arvada, Colorado	99.7%
Salt Lake City, Utah	99.7%
Fishers, Indiana	99.7%
Hillsboro, Oregon	99.6%
Gresham, Oregon	99.6%
Manchester, New Hampshire	99.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	99.6%
Knoxville, Tennessee	99.5%
Independence, Missouri	99.5%
Hollywood, Florida	99.5%
Centennial, Colorado	99.5%
San Mateo, California	99.4%
Sandy Springs, Georgia	99.4%
Des Moines, Iowa	99.4%
Fairfield, California	99.3%
Greeley, Colorado	99.3%
Olathe, Kansas	99.3%
Overland Park, Kansas	99.3%
Miami Gardens, Florida	99.3%
Rochester, Minnesota	99.3%
Pasadena, Texas	99.2%
Hialeah, Florida	99.2%
Provo, Utah	99.2%
Visalia, California	99.2%
Miami, Florida	99.1%
Colorado Springs, Colorado	99.1%
Minneapolis, Minnesota	98.9%
Miramar, Florida	98.8%
Louisville, Kentucky	98.7%
Lexington, Kentucky	98.7%
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma	98.6%
Huntsville, Alabama	98.6%
Frisco, Texas	98.6%
Allen, Texas	98.6%
Cedar Rapids, Iowa	98.5%
Murfreesboro, Tennessee	98.5%
McKinney, Texas	98.5%
Hartford, Connecticut	98.5%
Peoria, Illinois	98.5%
Amarillo, Texas	98.4%
Sugar Land, Texas	98.4%
Conroe, Texas	98.3%
League City, Texas	98.3%
Cincinnati, Ohio	98.2%
Nashville, Tennessee	98.2%
Fort Collins, Colorado	98.1%
Waterbury, Connecticut	98.0%
Norfolk, Virginia	98.0%
Clovis, California	98.0%
Fremont, California	97.9%
Pembroke Pines, Florida	97.9%
Pearland, Texas	97.9%
Stockton, California	97.8%
Mesquite, Texas	97.7%
Arlington, Texas	97.7%
San Angelo, Texas	97.6%
Sacramento, California	97.5%
Fort Lauderdale, Florida	97.5%
Kansas City, Missouri	97.4%
West Jordan, Utah	97.4%
Baltimore, Maryland	97.2%
Abilene, Texas	97.2%
Springfield, Massachusetts	97.2%
Rochester, New York	97.1%
Fort Worth, Texas	97.0%
Lakewood, Colorado	97.0%
Plano, Texas	97.0%
North Las Vegas, Nevada	97.0%
Atlanta, Georgia	96.9%
St. Louis, Missouri	96.9%
Dallas, Texas	96.9%
Grand Prairie, Texas	96.9%
Vancouver, Washington	96.9%
Rio Rancho, New Mexico	96.9%
Richardson, Texas	96.9%
New Haven, Connecticut	96.9%
Oakland, California	96.9%
Spokane, Washington	96.8%
Las Vegas, Nevada	96.8%
Lee's Summit, Missouri	96.8%
Henderson, Nevada	96.8%
Bridgeport, Connecticut	96.7%
Westminster, Colorado	96.7%
Jackson, Mississippi	96.6%
Lynn, Massachusetts	96.6%
Little Rock, Arkansas	96.6%
Garland, Texas	96.5%
Wichita Falls, Texas	96.4%
Cape Coral, Florida	96.4%
Pueblo, Colorado	96.3%
Jersey City, New Jersey	96.3%
Wichita, Kansas	96.2%
San Jose, California	96.2%
Carrollton, Texas	96.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan	96.2%
Buckeye, Arizona	96.1%
Denver, Colorado	96.0%
Yonkers, New York	96.0%
Gilbert, Arizona	96.0%
Houston, Texas	95.9%
Norman, Oklahoma	95.9%
Irving, Texas	95.9%
Lewisville, Texas	95.9%
Oceanside, California	95.8%
Boca Raton, Florida	95.8%
Seattle, Washington	95.7%
Naperville, Illinois	95.7%
Davenport, Iowa	95.6%
South Fulton, Georgia	95.6%
Everett, Washington	95.4%
Chula Vista, California	95.4%
Cary, North Carolina	95.1%
Lowell, Massachusetts	95.0%
Thornton, Colorado	94.9%
Irvine, California	94.9%
Palm Coast, Florida	94.8%
St. Paul, Minnesota	94.8%
Surprise, Arizona	94.6%
Fargo, North Dakota	94.6%
Elizabeth, New Jersey	94.5%
Warren, Michigan	94.4%
Kansas City, Kansas	94.2%
Daly City, California	94.2%
Roseville, California	94.2%
Vallejo, California	94.2%
Paterson, New Jersey	93.9%
Omaha, Nebraska	93.8%
Menifee, California	93.8%
Vacaville, California	93.6%
Bellevue, Washington	93.5%
Stamford, Connecticut	93.5%
Hayward, California	93.4%
Newark, New Jersey	93.3%
Concord, California	93.3%
Round Rock, Texas	93.2%
West Palm Beach, Florida	92.9%
Fayetteville, Arkansas	92.8%
Peoria, Arizona	92.7%
Temecula, California	92.6%
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	92.4%
Murrieta, California	92.3%
Berkeley, California	92.3%
Columbia, Missouri	92.3%
Port St. Lucie, Florida	92.3%
Santa Clara, California	92.2%
Memphis, Tennessee	92.1%
Lubbock, Texas	92.1%
Topeka, Kansas	91.8%
Fresno, California	91.8%
Lansing, Michigan	91.8%
Raleigh, North Carolina	91.6%
Lafayette, Louisiana	91.6%
Augusta, Georgia	91.5%
Scottsdale, Arizona	91.4%
Fort Wayne, Indiana	91.2%
Glendale, Arizona	91.2%
High Point, North Carolina	91.2%
El Cajon, California	91.1%
Tulsa, Oklahoma	91.0%
Rockford, Illinois	91.0%
Washington, District of Columbia	90.7%
Davie, Florida	90.6%
Edmond, Oklahoma	90.5%
Phoenix, Arizona	90.4%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	90.4%
Jacksonville, Florida	90.3%
Goodyear, Arizona	90.3%
Yuma, Arizona	90.0%
Elk Grove, California	90.0%
Honolulu, Hawaii	90.0%
Killeen, Texas	89.9%
Carmel, Indiana	89.9%
Elgin, Illinois	89.8%
Tyler, Texas	89.6%
Durham, North Carolina	89.5%
Chandler, Arizona	89.3%
Sioux Falls, South Dakota	88.9%
Richmond, California	88.8%
Avondale, Arizona	88.8%
Concord, North Carolina	88.7%
Antioch, California	88.6%
Mobile, Alabama	88.4%
Denton, Texas	88.2%
San Antonio, Texas	88.2%
Tampa, Florida	87.8%
Tuscaloosa, Alabama	87.6%
Fayetteville, North Carolina	87.4%
Gainesville, Florida	87.2%
Hesperia, California	87.1%
Alexandria, Virginia	86.9%
New Orleans, Louisiana	86.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana	86.4%
New York, New York	86.3%
Downey, California	86.2%
Spokane Valley, Washington	86.0%
Odessa, Texas	85.9%
Macon, Georgia	85.9%
Portland, Oregon	85.8%
Tacoma, Washington	85.7%
Baton Rouge, Louisiana	85.5%
Tucson, Arizona	85.4%
Mesa, Arizona	85.3%
Aurora, Colorado	85.3%
Escondido, California	85.1%
Tempe, Arizona	84.7%
Salinas, California	84.7%
Long Beach, California	83.9%
Charlotte, North Carolina	83.7%
Modesto, California	83.5%
Coral Springs, Florida	83.1%
Fort Myers, Florida	83.0%
Boston, Massachusetts	82.8%
Thousand Oaks, California	82.8%
Tallahassee, Florida	82.7%
Joliet, Illinois	82.7%
Midland, Texas	82.6%
Lancaster, California	82.5%
Austin, Texas	82.4%
Salem, Oregon	82.2%
Providence, Rhode Island	82.1%
Victorville, California	82.0%
Greensboro, North Carolina	81.8%
Ontario, California	81.5%
Pomona, California	81.4%
Savannah, Georgia	81.4%
West Covina, California	80.7%
San Francisco, California	79.6%
Santa Maria, California	79.5%
South Bend, Indiana	79.1%
Charleston, South Carolina	78.7%
Brockton, Massachusetts	78.6%
Detroit, Michigan	78.6%
Corpus Christi, Texas	78.1%
Cambridge, Massachusetts	78.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan	77.9%
Shreveport, Louisiana	77.8%
Fullerton, California	77.7%
Newport News, Virginia	77.2%
Sunnyvale, California	76.8%
Deltona, Florida	76.4%
Nampa, Idaho	75.8%
New Braunfels, Texas	75.1%
Green Bay, Wisconsin	74.4%
North Charleston, South Carolina	73.3%
Hampton, Virginia	73.2%
Torrance, California	72.7%
Springfield, Illinois	72.7%
Anchorage, Alaska	72.3%
Dearborn, Michigan	72.2%
Huntington Beach, California	72.1%
Meridian, Idaho	72.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia	71.8%
New Bedford, Massachusetts	71.6%
Madison, Wisconsin	71.6%
Columbia, South Carolina	70.4%
Moreno Valley, California	70.0%
St. Petersburg, Florida	69.9%
Suffolk, Virginia	69.7%
Orlando, Florida	69.5%
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	69.5%
Waco, Texas	69.2%
Brownsville, Texas	69.2%
San Bernardino, California	69.1%
Wilmington, North Carolina	68.9%
Santa Rosa, California	68.7%
Chicago, Illinois	68.4%
Kent, Washington	68.0%
Sterling Heights, Michigan	67.9%
Chesapeake, Virginia	67.5%
Garden Grove, California	67.4%
Winston-Salem, North Carolina	67.2%
Beaumont, Texas	65.6%
Renton, Washington	65.3%
Laredo, Texas	65.2%
Evansville, Indiana	63.6%
St. George, Utah	63.4%
Albuquerque, New Mexico	63.4%
Tracy, California	63.3%
San Diego, California	63.1%
Lakeland, Florida	62.9%
Palm Bay, Florida	62.6%
El Paso, Texas	62.0%
Dayton, Ohio	61.8%
Columbus, Georgia	61.3%
Montgomery, Alabama	60.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania	60.5%
Oxnard, California	60.2%
Edinburg, Texas	58.6%
Quincy, Massachusetts	57.8%
Athens, Georgia	57.4%
Clearwater, Florida	57.0%
Cleveland, Ohio	56.2%
Akron, Ohio	55.1%
College Station, Texas	55.1%
Santa Ana, California	54.8%
Chico, California	54.6%
Birmingham, Alabama	53.5%
Los Angeles, California	53.3%
Inglewood, California	52.9%
Toledo, Ohio	52.8%
Burbank, California	52.5%
Costa Mesa, California	49.4%
Columbus, Ohio	46.1%
Pasadena, California	45.6%
Springfield, Missouri	45.5%
Billings, Montana	44.3%
McAllen, Texas	43.7%
Las Cruces, New Mexico	42.9%
Glendale, California	40.2%
Buffalo, New York	40.1%
Bakersfield, California	40.1%
Riverside, California	38.3%
Anaheim, California	37.9%
Georgetown, Texas	37.4%
Boise, Idaho	37.2%
Palmdale, California	36.9%
Carlsbad, California	36.0%
Bend, Oregon	35.1%
El Monte, California	34.1%
Richmond, Virginia	32.9%
Orange, California	32.6%
Fontana, California	30.5%
Jurupa Valley, California	27.8%
Ventura, California	23.8%
Rancho Cucamonga, California	21.8%
Rialto, California	20.7%
Santa Clarita, California	18.4%
Corona, California	13.6%
Albany, New York	1.6%
Syracuse, New York	1.3%
Worcester, Massachusetts	0.7%

Spectrum does not file this way everywhere. In Dayton, where Spectrum reports service at 95.5% of locations, the gigabit share is 61.8%, the same as the fiber share of 61.8%. Honolulu, where altafiber and Spectrum are also the two main wires, has the same fiber share as Cincinnati (90.0%) but gigabit service at 90.0%¹. The FCC data record what each provider files, not why filings differ between markets.

The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 89.3% of locations, close to the share where altafiber reports fiber; at 9.0%¹ the top advertised tier is between 940 Mbps and 2 Gbps. All of these are maximum advertised speeds reported to the FCC, not measured speeds.

Since 2022: fiber up, copper and single-wire addresses down

In the first National Broadband Map, as of June 30, 2022, fiber was reported at 79.5% of Cincinnati locations; it is now 90.1%, a change of +10.7 percentage points. DSL went the other way, from 11.8% to 5.2%, and the share of locations with a single wired choice at 100/20 Mbps fell from 20.1%² to 10.6%¹.

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

Fiber available90.1% +10.7 pts

Gigabit (1,000/100)98.2% +18.8 pts

DSL available5.2% −6.6 pts

One wired choice10.6% −9.6 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)
Fiber available	79.5%	89.8%	90.1%	10.7 pts
Gigabit (1,000/100)	79.5%	98.2%	98.2%	18.8 pts
DSL available	11.8%	4.5%	5.2%	−6.6 pts
One wired choice	20.1%	11.0%	10.6%	−9.6 pts

The gigabit share moved most: from 79.5% to 98.2%, a change of +18.8 percentage points. Gigabit downloads were already reported at 96.7%² of locations in 2022, so the gain is in uploads: part of it comes with new fiber, the rest from faster uploads filed for Spectrum's cable outside altafiber's fiber. Since December 31, 2025, the fiber share has changed by +0.3 percentage points and the gigabit share by +0.1 percentage points¹. Shares are compared rather than counts because the FCC's list of locations changes with each release.

AT&T is here only by radio

Elsewhere in Ohio AT&T is a wired provider: it reports fiber at 55.6% of Cleveland's locations and 45.7% of Dayton's. In Cincinnati it reports no wired service at all: its 57.9% of locations is fixed wireless, with a top advertised download of 100 Mbps and 100/20 Mbps at 9.2%. AT&T reported no service in the city in June 2022. Verizon's footprint has more than tripled since then and now covers 75.3% of locations, advertised up to 1 Gbps; T-Mobile reports 77.5%, up to 100 Mbps¹.

Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps from any carrier is reported at 61.0% of locations. A wireless sector's capacity is shared, so the carriers limit sign-ups by address, and a reported location is not a promise of service. Only 1,186 locations in the city have no terrestrial service at 100/20 Mbps, and 79¹ have satellite alone.

Subscriptions: many households on a phone plan

Near-universal wired coverage has not made wired subscriptions universal. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 74.0% of Cincinnati households subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±1.8 percentage points), while 17.3% (±2.2 percentage points) relied only on a cellular data plan, a share tied for 33rd highest⁴ among large cities by point estimate. In 2019 the cellular-only share was 12.5% (±1.8 percentage points⁵), and the two estimates' ranges do not overlap.

Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations)98.3%

Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)74.0% ±1.8

Households relying only on a cellular data plan17.3% ±2.2

Households with no internet subscription6.1% ±1.5

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)	98.3%
Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)	74.0%	±1.8
Households relying only on a cellular data plan	17.3%	±2.2
Households with no internet subscription	6.1%	±1.5

Households with no internet subscription fell from 14.4% (±1.7 percentage points⁵) in 2019 to 6.1% (±1.5 percentage points⁴). Survey figures count households over a year; the FCC counts locations on one date, so the two measure different things.

Cities of similar size

The table puts Cincinnati beside the cities closest to it in population, all from the same FCC release.

The figures on this page cover Cincinnati inside its city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census. Hamilton County as a whole has fiber at 93.1% of its 267,469¹ locations; every county is on the Ohio page.