Pennsylvania internet, from Philadelphia's fiber to the one-wire middle of the state
Fiber is available at 62.0% of the 4,883,670 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Pennsylvania, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 94.9%. 60.3% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 34.6% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Northeast region, Middle Atlantic division
Pennsylvania had a head start on fiber: in June 2022 it was reported at 43.3% of the state's homes and businesses, against 37.2%2 nationally. Four years later the country has caught up, and the state's fiber map has been redrawn county by county, with large gains in northern and south-central counties and a sharp fall in one western county.
Who reports home internet in Pennsylvania
On the FCC's National Broadband Map, with data as of June 30, 2026 (revision of November 10, 2026), 82 companies report terrestrial home internet somewhere in Pennsylvania, 58 of them over a wire. The map counts 4.9 million1 broadband serviceable locations: houses, apartment buildings and small businesses. A location is listed as served when a provider says it could connect it within ten business days for a standard installation, and anyone can challenge a listing.
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 76.0% | 24.7% | 100 Mbps | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Fiber Licensed wireless | 70.5% | 55.8% | 2.3 Gbps | 0.5% |
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 68.4% | 68.4% | 2 Gbps | 18.0% |
| AT&T | Fiber Licensed wireless | 46.4% | 6.7% | 5 Gbps | – |
| PA.net | Fixed wireless | 9.2% | 9.2% | 200 Mbps | – |
| Service Electric Cable TV | Fiber Cable | 8.3% | 8.3% | 8 Gbps | 2.5% |
| Astound | Fiber Cable | 6.4% | 6.4% | 1.5 Gbps | 0.2% |
| Kinetic | Fiber Cable DSL | 6.1% | 4.0% | 2 Gbps | 0.6% |
| Brightspeed | Fiber DSL Fixed wireless | 5.8% | 2.6% | 8 Gbps | 0.1% |
| PenTeleData | Fiber Cable DSL | 5.2% | 5.2% | 2 Gbps | 3.3% |
| Frontier | Fiber DSL | 4.8% | 3.4% | 7 Gbps | 0.4% |
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 ranking by reach puts radio networks first. T-Mobile's 5G home internet is listed at 76.0% of locations, but offers 100/20 Mbps at only 24.7%. AT&T had no Pennsylvania listings in June 2022 and now reports service at 46.4% of locations, almost all of it fixed wireless; it offers 100/20 Mbps at 6.7%1.
The wired market rests on two companies. Verizon reports fiber at 39.6% of the state's locations and offers 100/20 Mbps or more at 55.8%, counting its fixed wireless service. Xfinity's cable network reaches 68.4%, and at 18.0% of all locations it is the only wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps. Below them sits a layer of regional networks: PenTeleData (5.2% of locations) and Service Electric Cable TV (8.3%) in the east, Astound (6.4%), Kinetic (6.1%) and Brightspeed (5.8%). Optimum's Pennsylvania filing is Lightpath fiber coded as business-only service, so it is left out of the figures here (see Optimum). PA.net, an unlicensed fixed wireless network that had no listings in 2022, now reports 100/20 Mbps at 9.2%1.
Fiber: an early lead the country has caught up with
Fiber, the share of homes and businesses where at least one provider reports a fiber-to-the-premises connection, stood at 43.3% in Pennsylvania in June 2022, well above the national 37.2%2. By June 2026 it had reached 62.0%, while the national share rose to 62.6%. The state's gain of 18.7 percentage points ranks 13th lowest among the states; the national figure rose by 25.4 percentage points1.
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 | 43.3% | 59.3% | 62.0% | 18.7 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 0.3% | 4.2% | 5.0% | 4.6 pts |
| DSL available | 43.5% | 11.1% | 10.5% | −33.1 pts |
| Cable available | 91.0% | 89.0% | 88.4% | −2.6 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 46.7% | 59.0% | 60.3% | 13.6 pts |
Other measures moved faster than fiber. Copper retreated: DSL was reported at 43.5% of locations in 2022 and at 10.5% in 2026, the 10th lowest share in the country. Overlapping fiber grew from almost nothing: two or more fiber networks now reach 5.0% of locations, up from 0.3%2. The two largest cities are not where it happens. In Philadelphia fiber is reported at 95.7% of locations, almost all of it Verizon's (95.7%), and 0.0% have a second fiber network; in Pittsburgh, with fiber at 94.7%, the figure is 0.0%1.
The longer record below joins the FCC's older Form 477 reports, which counted a census block as served if one location in it could be, to the location-by-location map that began in 2022, so the two halves are not directly comparable.
Source: FCC, Form 477 fixed broadband deployment area tables, December 2016 to June 2021; 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. Two FCC methods: until 2021 a census block counted as served if one location in it was (Form 477, share of people); since 2022 every location is counted on its own (National Broadband Map, share of locations). The vertical line marks the break; the series are not comparable across it. Form 477 "100 Mbps" is a download tier with a lower upload tier.
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| Date | Fiber, Form 477 (share of people) | Fiber, broadband map (share of locations) | 100 Mbps terrestrial, Form 477 (people) | 100/20 Mbps terrestrial, broadband map (locations) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2016 | 55.5% | – | 90.1% | – |
| Jun 2017 | 55.9% | – | 93.5% | – |
| Dec 2017 | 56.2% | – | 93.2% | – |
| Jun 2018 | 57.1% | – | 94.7% | – |
| Dec 2018 | 44.5% | – | 94.5% | – |
| Jun 2019 | 45.4% | – | 94.7% | – |
| Dec 2019 | 45.6% | – | 94.9% | – |
| Jun 2020 | 46.8% | – | 96.0% | – |
| Dec 2020 | 47.0% | – | 96.5% | – |
| Jun 2021 | 50.3% | – | 96.7% | – |
| Jun 2022 | – | 43.3% | – | 92.6% |
| Dec 2025 | – | 59.3% | – | 96.4% |
| Jun 2026 | – | 62.0% | – | 96.6% |
Counties where reported fiber rose and fell
Most of Pennsylvania's 675 counties gained fiber after 2022, some by a great deal. In 7 counties the fiber share rose by 50 percentage points or more; the largest rise, +62.4 percentage points, is in Wyoming County, northwest of Scranton, where Frontier is the largest provider. Lancaster County, the largest of them by locations, went from a small minority to 72.9% of its 183,1271 locations.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties are higher. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
At the other end, fiber's share fell in only a few counties, and sharply in one. In Indiana County, northeast of Pittsburgh, it fell by 23.0 percentage points to 9.1%; in neighboring Armstrong County the drop was 2.4 percentage points (table below). The map records what providers file, so a fall of this size means the filings changed; the FCC data do not show whether lines were retired or reclassified. In Indiana County cable reaches 68.3% of locations, and wired 100/20 Mbps service reaches 74.8%1.
| Area | Locations (BSLs) | Fiber available | Fiber available: change since June 30, 2022 | Cable available | Two or more wired choices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming County, Pennsylvania | 13,495 | 64.5% | 62.4 pts | 72.8% | 49.1% |
| Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania | 82,508 | 68.3% | 61.0 pts | 94.4% | 69.4% |
| Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | 129,762 | 76.4% | 60.9 pts | 94.6% | 77.4% |
| Elk County, Pennsylvania | 17,849 | 80.6% | 57.3 pts | 70.4% | 63.2% |
| Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | 183,127 | 72.9% | 56.9 pts | 82.2% | 67.7% |
| Indiana County, Pennsylvania | 34,568 | 9.1% | −23.0 pts | 68.3% | 2.7% |
| Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | 32,727 | 59.9% | −2.4 pts | 79.3% | 55.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 4,883,670 | 62.0% | 18.7 pts | 88.4% | 60.3% |
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.
Two cable networks in the Lehigh Valley, one in Westmoreland
Choice and fiber do not line up in Pennsylvania. Statewide, 60.3% of locations can choose between two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps, the 16th highest share among the states, and 34.6% have exactly one. The Lehigh Valley has some of the most wired competition in the state with relatively little fiber. In Northampton County fiber reaches only 23.7% of locations, yet 86.9% have two or more wired choices: PenTeleData reports service at 90.0% of the county's locations, Service Electric at 87.2% and Astound at 65.3%. Lehigh County looks much the same, with 81.2%1 of locations having a second wire.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 5.1% | 34.6% | 54.2% | 6.1% |
| Northampton County | 1.2% | 11.9% | 68.4% | 18.5% |
| Lehigh County | 1.6% | 17.3% | 39.7% | 41.4% |
| Philadelphia County | 0.1% | 4.4% | 95.6% | 0.0% |
| Westmoreland County | 2.9% | 78.2% | 18.9% | 0.0% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Westmoreland County, east of Pittsburgh, is the opposite case. Wired 100/20 Mbps service reaches 97.1% of its 159,336 locations, but at 78.2% only one wired provider offers it. Xfinity, the largest wired network there, reaches 86.0% of locations, and fiber reaches 21.1%. Verizon reports fiber and fixed wireless in the county and offers 100/20 Mbps at 27.2%1 of the county's locations.
Gigabit offers on most of the map
Speeds changed faster than coverage. Gigabit service with a 100 Mbps upload (1,000/100 Mbps) was advertised at 8.8% of locations in June 2022 and at 69.4% in June 2026, a rise that ranks 8th highest among the states. Wired service of 100/100 Mbps went from 45.1%2 to 75.8%1. These are providers' maximum advertised speeds, not measurements.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 2.4% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 25.2% | 68.6% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
At 68.6% of locations the fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more, up from 1.8%2 in 2022; at 2.4% it is under 25 Mbps or there is no terrestrial service. In the three largest cities, gigabit service with a 100 Mbps upload is advertised at 99.6% of Pittsburgh's locations, 90.4% of Philadelphia's and 60.5%1 of Allentown's.
| Area | Locations (BSLs) | Fiber available | Two or more fiber networks | Gigabit (1,000/100) | One wired choice | Two or more wired choices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 501,846 | 95.7% | 0.0% | 90.4% | 4.4% | 95.6% |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 102,959 | 94.7% | 0.0% | 99.6% | 5.4% | 94.5% |
| Allentown, Pennsylvania | 32,804 | 88.7% | 1.4% | 60.5% | 2.3% | 97.6% |
| Pennsylvania | 4,883,670 | 62.0% | 5.0% | 69.4% | 34.6% | 60.3% |
| United States | 115,784,915 | 62.6% | 12.1% | 72.3% | 36.6% | 55.6% |
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.
Forest, Juniata and Sullivan: where service runs out
Pennsylvania's unserved locations, 122,893 in all, are scattered across rural counties in the center and west, with a few deep pockets. Forest County, in the northwest, has the highest share: 50.6% of its 6,949 locations are unserved, and at 30.4% satellite is the only service reported. Fiber reaches 4.8%1 there, the lowest of any county.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties have larger gaps. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
Juniata County is a fixed wireless county: at 41.9% of its locations 100/20 Mbps is available only by radio. PA.net, an unlicensed fixed wireless network, offers 100/20 Mbps at 71.0% of the county's locations, more than any wired provider there. 27.7% of locations there remain unserved. In Sullivan County, northeast of Williamsport, 29.8% of locations are unserved even though fiber reaches 46.1%1; Frontier, the largest provider there, reports both fiber and DSL.
| Adams County | 42,000 | 32.8% | 87.1% | 31.8% | 5.3% | Xfinity | 72.8% ±1.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny County | 470,618 | 88.1% | 99.7% | 87.2% | 0.1% | Xfinity | 79.7% ±0.4 |
| Armstrong County | 32,727 | 59.9% | 85.4% | 55.3% | 8.2% | Kinetic | 72.5% ±1.6 |
| Beaver County | 73,452 | 32.5% | 97.9% | 29.5% | 1.1% | Xfinity | 75.6% ±1.0 |
| Bedford County | 24,760 | 16.1% | 70.7% | 12.2% | 14.7% | Brightspeed | 63.6% ±1.8 |
| Berks County | 146,207 | 41.7% | 96.3% | 47.4% | 1.4% | Xfinity | 75.0% ±0.8 |
| Blair County | 52,427 | 37.8% | 94.5% | 43.3% | 1.8% | Breezeline | 73.8% ±1.1 |
| Bradford County | 28,898 | 73.6% | 87.8% | 42.0% | 7.5% | Frontier | 66.1% ±1.4 |
| Bucks County | 208,468 | 90.9% | 99.4% | 90.4% | 0.4% | Xfinity | 84.9% ±0.5 |
| Butler County | 79,776 | 68.9% | 96.3% | 44.3% | 2.0% | Armstrong | 79.3% ±0.9 |
| Cambria County | 62,117 | 19.7% | 93.5% | 9.5% | 2.5% | Xfinity | 69.7% ±1.2 |
| Cameron County | 3,724 | 77.7% | 86.2% | 51.6% | 8.7% | Kinetic | 71.8% ±4.0 |
| Carbon County | 33,748 | 41.8% | 98.5% | 15.3% | 0.9% | PenTeleData | 75.8% ±2.2 |
| Centre County | 48,870 | 22.3% | 89.3% | 21.6% | 6.2% | Xfinity | 73.5% ±1.4 |
| Chester County | 168,275 | 88.7% | 98.8% | 85.8% | 0.5% | Xfinity | 85.8% ±0.7 |
| Clarion County | 19,034 | 53.4% | 85.9% | 36.3% | 8.6% | Kinetic | 69.9% ±1.3 |
| Clearfield County | 39,406 | 37.1% | 81.5% | 14.2% | 11.4% | Verizon | 65.6% ±1.2 |
| Clinton County | 17,936 | 11.8% | 80.4% | 7.0% | 10.7% | Xfinity | 69.8% ±2.0 |
| Columbia County | 27,662 | 55.5% | 78.8% | 41.8% | 8.8% | Service Electric Cable TV | 68.4% ±1.5 |
| Crawford County | 40,492 | 54.9% | 83.5% | 46.3% | 8.9% | Kinetic | 65.3% ±1.5 |
| Cumberland County | 93,416 | 73.6% | 96.2% | 74.6% | 1.3% | Xfinity | 80.6% ±1.0 |
| Dauphin County | 101,388 | 84.4% | 98.6% | 83.9% | 0.6% | Xfinity | 77.9% ±1.0 |
| Delaware County | 182,384 | 92.7% | 99.9% | 95.5% | 0.0% | Xfinity | 80.4% ±0.7 |
| Elk County | 17,849 | 80.6% | 87.9% | 63.2% | 6.4% | Kinetic | 72.8% ±2.2 |
| Erie County | 101,663 | 35.3% | 94.6% | 30.0% | 1.7% | Spectrum | 72.6% ±1.2 |
| Fayette County | 61,812 | 36.1% | 93.5% | 27.7% | 2.7% | Breezeline | 69.3% ±1.5 |
| Forest County | 6,949 | 4.8% | 35.4% | 0.9% | 50.6% | Armstrong | 49.9% ±3.7 |
| Franklin County | 63,224 | 51.0% | 90.0% | 49.6% | 3.8% | Brightspeed | 75.3% ±1.4 |
| Fulton County | 7,235 | 30.7% | 60.3% | 1.5% | 11.7% | Brightspeed | 58.7% ±2.6 |
| Greene County | 16,321 | 67.2% | 78.5% | 52.8% | 11.3% | Kinetic | 71.7% ±2.8 |
| Huntingdon County | 22,460 | 17.0% | 72.4% | 11.0% | 15.7% | Xfinity | 68.5% ±1.5 |
| Indiana County | 34,568 | 9.1% | 74.8% | 2.7% | 15.7% | Xfinity | 58.2% ±1.8 |
| Jefferson County | 22,900 | 28.4% | 77.7% | 18.1% | 14.4% | Xfinity | 67.2% ±1.6 |
| Juniata County | 11,190 | 21.8% | 50.2% | 7.5% | 27.7% | Brightspeed | 61.2% ±2.7 |
| Lackawanna County | 82,508 | 68.3% | 96.6% | 69.4% | 2.7% | Xfinity | 72.4% ±1.0 |
| Lancaster County | 183,127 | 72.9% | 97.7% | 67.7% | 0.5% | Xfinity | 74.9% ±0.7 |
| Lawrence County | 39,005 | 23.0% | 94.2% | 22.4% | 2.3% | Xfinity | 71.9% ±1.5 |
| Lebanon County | 52,499 | 58.7% | 97.5% | 58.1% | 0.5% | Xfinity | 71.2% ±1.3 |
| Lehigh County | 121,921 | 44.4% | 98.4% | 81.2% | 1.1% | Service Electric Cable TV | 75.6% ±1.0 |
| Luzerne County | 129,762 | 76.4% | 97.5% | 77.4% | 1.5% | Xfinity | 71.1% ±0.8 |
| Lycoming County | 46,962 | 45.8% | 86.3% | 39.9% | 6.5% | Xfinity | 66.9% ±2.0 |
| McKean County | 20,406 | 28.3% | 81.4% | 17.7% | 8.8% | Verizon | 71.3% ±1.7 |
| Mercer County | 51,053 | 23.6% | 85.6% | 20.3% | 7.1% | Spectrum | 68.9% ±1.3 |
| Mifflin County | 20,711 | 27.3% | 83.8% | 20.9% | 7.2% | Mifflin County Wireless | 66.1% ±2.9 |
| Monroe County | 76,595 | 51.1% | 97.8% | 22.6% | 1.3% | PenTeleData | 80.9% ±1.4 |
| Montgomery County | 262,816 | 90.9% | 99.7% | 90.4% | 0.1% | Xfinity | 84.4% ±0.4 |
| Montour County | 7,661 | 29.2% | 77.2% | 29.0% | 4.4% | Service Electric Cable TV | 69.6% ±3.6 |
| Northampton County | 109,700 | 23.7% | 98.8% | 86.9% | 0.8% | Service Electric Cable TV | 78.7% ±1.0 |
| Northumberland County | 40,440 | 20.0% | 89.8% | 8.8% | 3.4% | Service Electric Cable TV | 66.5% ±1.5 |
| Perry County | 20,256 | 35.8% | 71.7% | 20.2% | 15.4% | Brightspeed | 69.5% ±1.5 |
| Philadelphia County | 501,846 | 95.7% | 99.9% | 95.6% | 0.0% | Xfinity | 72.3% ±0.6 |
| Pike County | 40,638 | 24.3% | 95.9% | 12.4% | 3.0% | PenTeleData | 81.6% ±1.4 |
| Potter County | 12,202 | 79.2% | 96.1% | 18.0% | 2.3% | TRI-CO CONNECTIONS | 69.2% ±2.1 |
| Schuylkill County | 66,030 | 25.0% | 93.8% | 27.8% | 3.2% | Xfinity | 70.8% ±1.2 |
| Snyder County | 16,257 | 11.3% | 72.8% | 3.1% | 10.4% | Service Electric Cable TV | 60.3% ±2.3 |
| Somerset County | 37,995 | 5.0% | 77.8% | 3.1% | 11.0% | Xfinity | 61.2% ±1.8 |
| Sullivan County | 5,987 | 46.1% | 60.9% | 30.5% | 29.8% | Frontier | 60.1% ±2.6 |
| Susquehanna County | 21,935 | 85.4% | 91.6% | 51.1% | 5.1% | The North-Eastern Pennsylvania Telephone Company | 73.1% ±1.5 |
| Tioga County | 21,811 | 61.6% | 87.5% | 32.2% | 4.0% | Frontier | 69.2% ±1.7 |
| Union County | 15,198 | 54.2% | 88.9% | 44.0% | 4.2% | Kinetic | 65.5% ±2.7 |
| Venango County | 26,056 | 7.0% | 81.1% | 2.3% | 10.9% | Xfinity | 67.4% ±1.6 |
| Warren County | 20,643 | 32.7% | 72.9% | 14.1% | 15.1% | Verizon | 60.5% ±1.7 |
| Washington County | 95,255 | 50.5% | 95.1% | 44.0% | 2.3% | Xfinity | 74.8% ±0.9 |
| Wayne County | 34,024 | 43.2% | 86.8% | 8.9% | 7.6% | Adams CATV Inc | 71.0% ±2.2 |
| Westmoreland County | 159,336 | 21.1% | 97.1% | 18.9% | 1.1% | Xfinity | 75.9% ±0.8 |
| Wyoming County | 13,495 | 64.5% | 90.2% | 49.1% | 6.0% | Frontier | 72.4% ±1.6 |
| York County | 165,584 | 40.5% | 95.2% | 39.6% | 1.7% | Xfinity | 73.1% ±0.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 4,883,670 | 62.0% | 94.9% | 60.3% | 2.5% | 75.8% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables. Shares of broadband serviceable locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC). 2+ wired choices: two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps. Unserved: BEAD definition. Largest wired provider: reports fiber, cable or DSL at the most locations. Wired subscription: households with a cable, fiber or DSL subscription, American Community Survey 2020–2024 (± 90% margin of error).
Subscriptions, cost and the end of the ACP
Having service available is not the same as paying for it. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 92.9% of Pennsylvania households had a broadband subscription of any kind (margin of error ±0.2 percentage points), and 75.7% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL. 13.6% relied only on a cellular data plan, the 16th highest share among the states. Income makes a large difference: 80.8% of households earning under $20,000 had broadband, against 97.3%7 of those earning $75,000 or more.
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) | 94.9% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 75.7% | ±0.4 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 13.6% | ±0.3 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 7.0% | ±0.2 |
The FCC map has no prices. The official help with cost is Lifeline, a federal discount of up to $9.25 on a monthly phone or internet bill; 224,1168 Pennsylvania subscribers were enrolled, about 26.1%9 of those eligible. The larger Affordable Connectivity Program had 763,74210 Pennsylvania households enrolled when it stopped taking applications in February 2024; it ended on June 1, 2024. In NTIA's 2023 Internet Use Survey, 7.5% of Pennsylvania households without home internet named cost as the main reason, and 56.3%11 said they did not need it.
BEAD in Pennsylvania: fiber first, satellite second
Pennsylvania's $1.16 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) allocation ranks 14th highest12, and its plan is one of the larger ones by reach: the approved Final Proposal covers 129,356 locations, the 9th highest count of any state plan, at a BEAD cost of $711.3 million, or $5,499 per location. Providers committed a further $669.7 million13.
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. Locations in the state's approved BEAD Final Proposal by technology of the selected projects, as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview; subject to NTIA and NIST final review and award.
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| Technology | Share of BEAD locations |
|---|---|
| Fiber | 57.9% |
| Cable | 5.3% |
| Fixed wireless | 13.7% |
| Low-Earth-orbit satellite | 23.1% |
74,878 of the plan's locations (57.9%) are assigned to fiber, 29,884 (23.1%) to low-Earth-orbit satellite, 17,739 (13.7%) to fixed wireless and 5.3% to cable. $450.5 million13 of the allocation is not assigned to construction in the plan; how that money may be used was not settled as of November 2026. The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority publishes the plan and its awards.
Earlier programs are still building. Pennsylvania received $278.8 million14 from the Treasury's Capital Projects Fund, and Rural Digital Opportunity Fund recipients have reported service at 34,56715 locations so far.
| Program | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| BEAD allocation (NTIA, announced June 26, 2023) | $1,161,778,272 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: locations to be connected | 129,356 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: deployment cost | $711,295,843 | |
| BEAD cost per location | $5,499 | |
| BEAD allocation not assigned to deployment | $450,482,429 | |
| Treasury Capital Projects Fund allocation | $278,793,641 | |
| RDOF: locations built with support (cumulative) | 34,567 | |
| USDA ReConnect grants reported to USAspending | $0 | |
| Lifeline subscribers claimed | 224,116 | |
| Lifeline participation rate | 26.1% | |
| Households in the Affordable Connectivity Program, February 2024 | 763,742 |
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs; Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data; Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; USAC, Lifeline participation rate; USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024. BEAD figures are as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview, subject to final review; "not assigned to deployment" is the allocation minus the deployment cost (NTIA calls it savings; how it may be used is not settled). The ACP stopped taking applications on February 8, 2024 and ended on June 1, 2024.
Pennsylvania cities and towns
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown have their own pages; every Pennsylvania city and town of 25,000 or more is listed below.
| Philadelphia | 1,574,281 | 95.7% | 90.4% | 95.6% | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 307,632 | 94.7% | 99.6% | 94.5% | 4 |
| Allentown | 126,044 | 88.7% | 60.5% | 97.6% | 3 |
| Reading | 95,832 | 49.8% | 97.3% | 49.8% | 3 |
| Erie | 91,838 | 44.3% | 44.3% | 43.2% | 3 |
| Bethlehem | 79,644 | 43.1% | 27.9% | 95.6% | 4 |
| Scranton | 75,514 | 93.4% | 98.7% | 93.4% | 6 |
| Lancaster | 58,366 | 67.7% | 99.9% | 67.7% | 6 |
| Harrisburg | 50,522 | 89.0% | 58.1% | 89.0% | 3 |
| York | 45,342 | 3.9% | 86.8% | 3.9% | 3 |
| Wilkes-Barre | 44,523 | 87.2% | 99.7% | 97.9% | 6 |
| Altoona | 42,347 | 76.0% | 75.9% | 70.9% | 2 |
| State College | 40,844 | 26.7% | 51.3% | 83.8% | 3 |
| Norristown | 35,911 | 93.9% | 94.3% | 93.8% | 2 |
| Chester | 33,996 | 89.5% | 99.3% | 89.3% | 1 |
| Bethel Park | 32,074 | 98.6% | 40.7% | 98.5% | 2 |
| Easton | 30,402 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 95.3% | 4 |
| Hazleton | 30,286 | 80.3% | 99.8% | 81.2% | 5 |
| Monroeville | 27,685 | 91.3% | 54.8% | 91.0% | 3 |
| Williamsport | 27,384 | 62.4% | 82.1% | 62.4% | 3 |
| Lebanon | 26,479 | 89.9% | 69.7% | 89.8% | 3 |
| Plum | 26,225 | 92.0% | 23.6% | 91.6% | 3 |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files. Shares of broadband serviceable locations inside city limits (2020 census blocks), as of June 30, 2026. Population: July 1, 2025 estimate. Gigabit: 1,000/100 Mbps.
Questions and answers
What internet providers serve Pennsylvania?
Apart from satellite, the providers with the widest reported reach are T-Mobile (76.0% of locations, licensed fixed wireless), Verizon (70.5%, fiber and licensed fixed wireless), Xfinity (68.4%, fiber and cable) and AT&T (46.4%). Regional networks follow: PA.net at 9.2%, Service Electric Cable TV at 8.3% and Kinetic at 6.1%. Reach is not the same as speed: T-Mobile offers 100/20 Mbps at 24.7%1 of locations.
How much of Pennsylvania has fiber internet?
As of June 30, 2026, at least one provider reports fiber at 62.0% of Pennsylvania's 4,883,670 broadband serviceable locations, and two or more separate fiber networks at 5.0%. Verizon alone reports fiber at 39.6% of locations. County shares range from 95.7% in Philadelphia County to 4.8%1 in Forest County.
How many Pennsylvanians lack broadband?
Forest County, in the northwest, is the extreme case: half its locations are unserved. Statewide, counting FCC locations rather than people, 122,893 Pennsylvania homes and businesses (2.5%) were unserved under the BEAD definition, with no reliable terrestrial service of 25/3 Mbps, and 57,848 more were underserved, below 100/20 Mbps. At 45,4171 locations satellite is the only service reported. Separately, the Census Bureau's 2025 survey found 7.0% of households (margin of error ±0.2 percentage points7) without any internet subscription.
How much BEAD money does Pennsylvania get?
Pennsylvania's allocation is $1.16 billion, the 14th highest12 among the states. Its approved plan reaches 129,356 locations for $711.3 million, 57.9% of them by fiber, and $450.5 million13 is not yet assigned.
Checking one address in Pennsylvania
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 and around Pennsylvania
Large cities with their own page: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown.
Neighboring states: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and West Virginia. Put Pennsylvania side by side with any state or large city in the comparison tool.
| Ranking | Value | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber internet availability by state | 62.0% | 31st of 51 |
| Internet speed by state: where gigabit service is offered | 69.4% | 31st of 51 |
| Broadband coverage by state | 94.9% | 16th of 51 |
| Internet provider competition by state | 60.3% | 16th of 51 |
| Unserved and underserved broadband locations by state | 2.5% | 24th of 51 |
| Where fiber has grown since 2022 | 18.7% | 39th of 51 |
| 5G home internet and licensed fixed wireless by state | 86.8% | 25th of 51 |
| Households with an internet subscription by state | 92.9% | tied 37th of 51 |
| BEAD broadband funding by state | 5,499.0% | 15th of 50 |
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
- FCC, Form 477 fixed broadband deployment area tables, December 2016 to June 2021; December 2016 to June 2021. opendata.fcc.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. www2.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; Support months 2018-01 to 2026-09. opendata.usac.org
- USAC, Lifeline participation rate; released August 17, 2026. www.usac.org
- USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024; Enrolled households as of 2024-02-08 (Data Month January 2024 file). www.usac.org
- NTIA Data Explorer "Analyze Table"; November 2023 (also all prior waves 1994-2021). www.ntia.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; Allocations announced 2023-06-26; released June 26, 2023. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; Allocations under ARPA sec. 604 (awards announced 2022-06 to 2023). home.treasury.gov
- USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data. opendata.usac.org
- Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Awards with action dates FY2008 to 2026-09-30. api.usaspending.gov
- Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; July 1, 2025; released May 14, 2026. www.census.gov
- Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files; released December 11, 2020. 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.