Internet provider choice in the largest US cities
Among the 343 US cities of 100,000 people or more, Simi Valley, California has the widest wired choice: 99.0% of its homes and businesses can pick between at least two wired providers advertising 100/20 Mbps. New Bedford, Massachusetts has the narrowest, 0.0%1, in FCC data as of June 30, 2026.
Data: FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026).
The ranking orders the 343 largest US cities by the share of their homes and businesses where two or more different wired providers (fiber, cable or DSL) report service of at least 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload. Simi Valley, California is first at 99.0%; New Bedford, Massachusetts is last at 0.0%1. The data are the FCC National Broadband Map as of June 30, 2026, revision of November 10, 2026. The table at the end also gives each city's share with exactly one such provider and the number of wired companies reporting anywhere in it.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Rank 1 is the highest value; "=" marks a tie at the displayed precision. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
The ten largest cities: long provider lists, uneven choice
Most people ask how many internet providers their own city has, and for big cities the honest answer has two parts. Los Angeles has 15 companies reporting wired service inside its limits, the highest of any large city; Dallas has 14. Most of those companies report service at a small share of the city: in Dallas, Frontier reports wired service at 1.1% of locations and Optimum at 0.7%. In Los Angeles, Spectrum reports 100/20 Mbps at 94.1% of locations, AT&T at 42.9% and Frontier at 16.9%. So at the level of a single location, Los Angeles ranks 82nd lowest: 54.3% of its locations have two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps, and 42.0%1 have exactly one.
| New York, New York | 10 | 86.0% | 5.8% | 1.90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, California | 15 | 54.3% | 0.2% | 1.51 |
| Chicago, Illinois | 5 | 76.8% | 21.4% | 1.98 |
| Houston, Texas | 14 | 83.1% | 8.5% | 1.91 |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 8 | 22.5% | 0.0% | 1.16 |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 6 | 95.6% | 0.0% | 1.96 |
| San Antonio, Texas | 10 | 87.1% | 29.8% | 2.21 |
| San Diego, California | 9 | 51.7% | 0.9% | 1.50 |
| Dallas, Texas | 14 | 83.0% | 1.1% | 1.81 |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 12 | 82.2% | 5.6% | 1.85 |
| United States | 1,541 | 55.6% | 11.1% | 1.60 |
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.
Philadelphia and New York rank high, with 95.6% and 86.0% of locations able to choose, but in both the choice is almost always between two networks: three or more wired providers reach 0.0% and 5.8%. Phoenix is the lowest of the ten at 22.5%, below San Diego (51.7%) and Los Angeles. Chicago sits at 76.8%, a little under the median large city, 76.8%1.
That median is well above the national figure, 55.6%, which includes rural areas. 74 of the 343 cities have two or more wired providers at nine in ten locations or more, and 2731 at half or more.
Massachusetts: three of the bottom ten
New Bedford, Massachusetts is last: Xfinity is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps at 99.9% of its locations, the highest single-provider share of any large city. Two more Massachusetts cities are in the bottom ten: Cambridge, Massachusetts at 6.3% and Quincy at 9.8%1. Cambridge looked like the most competitive city in the country until business-only fiber filings were left out: a fiber network files service across the city for business customers only, which a household cannot order.
| Lynn, Massachusetts | 95.0% | 95.3% | 94.9% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston, Massachusetts | 87.3% | 92.9% | 91.5% |
| Brockton, Massachusetts | 90.1% | 0.0% | 90.1% |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | 80.3% | 3.8% | 80.2% |
| United States | 62.6% | 36.7% | 55.6% |
| Massachusetts | 54.5% | 46.4% | 55.4% |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | 41.1% | 2.8% | 40.9% |
| Worcester, Massachusetts | 35.3% | 0.0% | 34.3% |
| Quincy, Massachusetts | 9.0% | 1.0% | 9.8% |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts | 0.5% | 5.8% | 6.3% |
| New Bedford, Massachusetts | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
Read across the rows and two columns move together. In most of these cities the share of locations with two or more wired providers is within a few points of the share where fiber is reported: 87.3% fiber and 91.5% choice in Boston, 35.3% and 34.3% in Worcester, 9.0% and 9.8%1 in Quincy. Each has cable at nearly every location, so the cities differ in whether a fiber network is reported alongside it.
Some of them had almost no wired choice four years earlier. Brockton went from 0.0% to 90.1% and Lowell from 3.8%2 to 80.2%; New Bedford stayed at 0.0%. Statewide, 55.4%1 of Massachusetts locations have two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps; see the Massachusetts page for the counties.
The bottom ten: one wired provider at most addresses
The rest of the bottom ten look like New Bedford with more exceptions: most locations have exactly one wired provider at 100/20 Mbps, and a second reaches a minority. In Albany, Spectrum is the only wired provider at that speed at 96.1% of locations; in Tempe, Cox at 83.1%; in Anchorage, GCI at 87.1%. The others are Renton, Washington (16.6%), Baltimore, Maryland (16.6%), Corona, California (18.0%) and Rancho Cucamonga, California (20.1%1).
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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| Large city | One wired choice |
|---|---|
| New Bedford, Massachusetts | 99.9% |
| Albany, New York | 96.1% |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts | 93.6% |
| Quincy, Massachusetts | 90.1% |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 87.7% |
| Tempe, Arizona | 83.7% |
| Renton, Washington | 82.9% |
| Baltimore, Maryland | 81.7% |
| Corona, California | 78.4% |
| Kent, Washington | 78.3% |
| Rancho Cucamonga, California | 76.7% |
| Rialto, California | 72.2% |
| Ventura, California | 72.1% |
| Bend, Oregon | 72.0% |
| Spokane Valley, Washington | 71.9% |
| United States | 36.6% |
A single provider is not the same as no fast wired service. Locations with no wired provider at 100/20 Mbps are few even here: 4.0% in Anchorage and 8.8%1 in Tempe. The gap at the bottom of this ranking is competition, not coverage.
Where three or more wired providers overlap
At the other end, some cities have more than two wired networks at most addresses. Overland Park has the largest share with three or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps, 90.5%, followed by Simi Valley at 89.1% and Allentown at 86.7%. In West Valley City, Utah, which ranks 4th highest on that measure, the average location has 4.77 wired providers at 100/20 Mbps, against 1.601 nationally.
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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| Large city | Three or more wired choices |
|---|---|
| Overland Park, Kansas | 90.5% |
| Simi Valley, California | 89.1% |
| Allentown, Pennsylvania | 86.7% |
| West Valley City, Utah | 86.6% |
| Olathe, Kansas | 84.0% |
| Huntsville, Alabama | 83.2% |
| San Mateo, California | 81.7% |
| Cary, North Carolina | 81.2% |
| Amarillo, Texas | 81.0% |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 78.5% |
| Conroe, Texas | 78.2% |
| Clarksville, Tennessee | 74.7% |
| Des Moines, Iowa | 74.2% |
| Kansas City, Missouri | 70.2% |
| Bridgeport, Connecticut | 68.6% |
| United States | 11.1% |
Three-way choice is rare even in big cities that rank well on two. Dallas, with one of the longest provider lists and 83.0% of locations at two or more, has three or more at 1.1%. Boston, by contrast, reaches 50.4%1.
Change since 2022: most cities gained, a few fell
Nationally, the share of locations with two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps rose from 36.7% as of June 30, 2022 to 55.6%. The largest city gains were in Rio Rancho, New Mexico (4.3% to 96.2%) and Brockton. Among the biggest cities, Baltimore went from 1.6% to 16.6% and Jacksonville from 45.0%2 to 73.8%1.
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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| Large city | Two or more wired choices: change since June 30, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico | 91.9 pts |
| Brockton, Massachusetts | 90.1 pts |
| Greeley, Colorado | 85.6 pts |
| Yuma, Arizona | 83.6 pts |
| Norfolk, Virginia | 83.3 pts |
| Simi Valley, California | 81.4 pts |
| Tyler, Texas | 79.7 pts |
| Alexandria, Virginia | 77.8 pts |
| Killeen, Texas | 76.9 pts |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | 76.4 pts |
| Pueblo, Colorado | 72.5 pts |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 69.6 pts |
| West Jordan, Utah | 69.6 pts |
| Lancaster, California | 66.7 pts |
| Suffolk, Virginia | 66.5 pts |
A handful of cities moved the other way. Evansville, Indiana had the largest fall, from 94.4%2 to 62.6%1, followed by Oxnard, California and three cities in the New York area. The FCC data record what providers report in each release, and a fall can follow a provider's revised filing as well as a change on the ground; the map does not say which.
| Area | Two or more wired choices (June 30, 2022) | Two or more wired choices | Two or more wired choices: change since June 30, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville, Indiana | 94.4% | 62.6% | −31.9 pts |
| Oxnard, California | 87.8% | 59.9% | −27.9 pts |
| Paterson, New Jersey | 86.5% | 64.7% | −21.8 pts |
| Elizabeth, New Jersey | 87.3% | 71.8% | −15.5 pts |
| Yonkers, New York | 84.3% | 70.7% | −13.7 pts |
| Newark, New Jersey | 85.5% | 75.4% | −10.1 pts |
| United States | 36.7% | 55.6% | 18.9 pts |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; 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.
How to read a city's figure
- City limits as of 2020. The FCC data are assigned to cities by 2020 census blocks, so a suburb outside the limits is not counted, however close.
- Wired only, and each company once. A provider counts if it reports fiber, cable or DSL at 100/20 Mbps or faster at the location; one company reporting both fiber and cable there is one choice. Speeds are maximum advertised speeds, not tested ones.
- Locations, not households. One house, one apartment building or one small business is one location, whatever the number of units inside.
- Reported available, not confirmed. A listing means the provider says it can install within ten business days; listings can be challenged on the FCC National Broadband Map, which is the place to check a single address.
- Nothing on prices. The FCC collects no prices, so this page cannot say whether more choice means lower bills. For the same measure by state, see internet competition by state.
Questions about internet choice in cities
How many internet providers are in my city?
Two different numbers answer that. One is the list of companies that report wired service anywhere inside the city limits: 14 in Dallas, 1 in New Bedford. The other is how many of them reach the same home or business at 100/20 Mbps; across the US that averages 1.601 per location. Each city's page lists its providers, and the FCC National Broadband Map shows the ones reported at a single address.
Which large city has the most internet providers?
Los Angeles, if you count companies: 15 report fiber, cable or DSL service somewhere in the city, the highest of the 343 largest cities, with Dallas at 14. If you count the choice at each location, Simi Valley, California leads this ranking, and Overland Park, Kansas has the largest share with three or more wired providers, 90.5%1.
Why does this ranking leave out 5G home internet and Starlink?
Because they would make almost every city look competitive. Starlink alone reports service at almost every location in every one of the 343 largest cities. The ranking counts fiber, cable and DSL only; each city's page lists the fixed wireless providers, including 5G home internet, separately.
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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
How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.