Internet Providers in Bend, Oregon

TDS reaches every street, and usually alone

Wired service of at least 100/20 Mbps is reported at 100.0% of Bend's 39,744 homes and businesses, as of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026). Only 2¹ locations inside the city limits, as drawn for the 2020 Census, count as unserved under the federal BEAD definition (no wired or licensed fixed wireless service at 25/3 Mbps). Coverage is not the problem here; competition is.

TDS reports service at 100.0% of locations and is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps for 72.0% of them. That single-provider share ranks 14th highest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, and it compares with 42.3% across Oregon. Two or more wired providers at that speed are reported at 28.0% of Bend's locations, the 20th lowest¹ share among large cities.

Most of TDS's network is cable: cable is reported at 98.5%¹ of the city's locations, and TDS is the only cable provider in the table. "Available" means the provider says it can install standard service within ten business days; anyone can challenge a listing on the FCC map.

NoneOneTwoThree or more

Bend

Oregon

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
Bend	0.0%	72.0%	25.6%	2.4%
Oregon	9.0%	42.3%	43.5%	5.2%
United States	7.8%	36.6%	44.6%	11.1%

Fiber, from rare to a third of the city

In June 2022 fiber was reported at 6.5% of Bend's locations. By June 2026 the share was 35.2%, a rise of 28.6 percentage points, and the number of companies reporting fiber in the city went from 2² to 7. The gain continued in the latest half year: +2.9 percentage points¹ since December 31, 2025.

Three networks carry nearly all of it. TDS reports fiber at 21.3% of locations, with an advertised maximum of 1 Gbps on both its fiber and its cable lines. Vero Fiber reports fiber at 12.5%, with the city's highest advertised tier, 10 Gbps. CenturyLink reports fiber at 8.0%, up to 2 Gbps. The footprints overlap only in places: two or more fiber providers are reported at 6.8%¹ of locations.

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

Fiber available35.2% +28.6 pts

Wired 100/100 Mbps35.6% +29.1 pts

Two or more wired choices28.0% +12.4 pts

Two or more fiber networks6.8% +4.1 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	6.5%	32.3%	35.2%	28.6 pts
Wired 100/100 Mbps	6.5%	32.3%	35.6%	29.1 pts
Two or more wired choices	15.7%	26.4%	28.0%	12.4 pts
Two or more fiber networks	2.7%	6.3%	6.8%	4.1 pts

Even after that growth, Bend's fiber share ranks tied for 42nd lowest among large US cities and well below Oregon's 55.2%. Deschutes County as a whole is at 34.4%¹.

Gigabit downloads, cable uploads

A 1 Gbps download is advertised at 100.0% of Bend's locations, over TDS's cable and fiber lines. The FCC's full gigabit tier, 1,000 Mbps down with at least 100 Mbps up, is advertised at only 35.1%, the 14th lowest share among large cities, against 69.1% statewide. Cable uploads are a small fraction of cable downloads; uploads of 100 Mbps or more come from fiber. Symmetrical 100/100 Mbps wired service shows the same line, at 35.6%¹.

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%

At the top end, a fastest advertised download of 2 Gbps or more is reported at 12.3%¹ of locations. All of these are providers' advertised maximums, not measured speeds.

Copper still reaches most of the city

CenturyLink's telephone network reaches 89.0% of Bend's locations, and DSL is reported at 81.2%, the 22nd highest share among large cities and well above Oregon's 43.1%. The DSL share has barely moved since 2022 (−1.4 percentage points). CenturyLink offers 100/20 Mbps at only 17.9%¹ of locations, on its fiber and on a minority of its DSL lines. For most of the city its copper line is not a second wire at that speed.

Fixed wireless: wide footprints, fewer fast ones

Licensed fixed wireless home internet is reported in Bend by 4 providers. Verizon reports it at 87.3% of locations, T-Mobile at 70.6% and AT&T at 40.0%, with 100/20 Mbps at 16.4%, 23.0% and 3.6% respectively. Webformix reports 54.1%, offers 100/20 Mbps at 52.2% and advertises up to 641 Mbps¹. In June 2022 Verizon and Webformix each reported only a small part of the city.

The wireless figures also show how much a filing can move a city's numbers. Fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps was reported at 99.1% of locations in December 2025 and at 70.0% in June 2026, after a provider that had reported licensed-by-rule wireless across the city did not appear in the new filing. Unlicensed fixed wireless fell from 40.0% to 4.6% over the same six months. As a result, the share of locations with three or more terrestrial providers at 100/20 Mbps, wired or wireless, dropped from 58.6%³ to 38.8%¹.

Next to Oregon's other large cities

Of Oregon's six cities of 100,000 or more, Bend has the highest share of locations with a single wired provider at 100/20 Mbps, and only Salem has less fiber (26.9%¹).

Bend72.0%

Salem64.9%

Eugene47.4%

Oregon42.3%

United States36.6%

Portland19.6%

Gresham19.3%

Hillsboro9.2%

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	One wired choice
Bend	72.0%
Salem	64.9%
Eugene	47.4%
Oregon	42.3%
United States	36.6%
Portland	19.6%
Gresham	19.3%
Hillsboro	9.2%

Salem and Eugene also depend on one cable network across much of the city, but there the cable is Xfinity's. In Portland (80.1%), Gresham (80.5%) and Hillsboro (90.5%¹), most locations have two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps. The Oregon page maps all 36⁴ counties, including Deschutes.

Subscriptions: high, with more cellular-only homes

In the Census Bureau's 2025 survey, 96.5% of Bend households had a broadband subscription of some kind (margin of error ±1.6 percentage points), and 80.5% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (±3.9 percentage points). The share relying only on a cellular data plan was 13.5% (±4.0 percentage points), against 6.3% (±2.7 percentage points⁶) in 2019; the two ranges, each with its margin of error, do not overlap. 3.5%⁵ had no subscription. These are households in a survey year, not the FCC's locations on one date.

Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations)100.0%

Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)80.5% ±3.9

Households relying only on a cellular data plan13.5% ±4.0

Households with no internet subscription3.5% ±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)	100.0%
Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)	80.5%	±3.9
Households relying only on a cellular data plan	13.5%	±4.0
Households with no internet subscription	3.5%	±1.5