Internet in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Fiber is available at 55.1% of the 64,022 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Sioux Falls, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 99.6%. 67.1% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 32.5% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Sioux Falls in South Dakota
Sioux Falls went from a cable town to a two-wire city in four years. Fiber reported at 7.1%2 of its homes and businesses in June 2022 reached 55.1%1 by June 30, 2026, down from 65.7%3 six months earlier. Midco and Bluepeak now both offer 100/20 Mbps at most of its locations.
Midco, Bluepeak and the carriers
Two companies run wired networks across most of Sioux Falls. Midco reports service at 99.4% of the city's 64,022 homes and businesses, mostly over cable and at 26.6% over fiber. Bluepeak reports 69.5%, with fiber at 40.6%, the widest fiber footprint of any provider in the city. CenturyLink's lines reach 83.1%, but it offers 100/20 Mbps only at the 7.4%1 where it has fiber; the rest is DSL.
| Midco | Fiber Cable | 99.4% | 99.4% | 5 Gbps | 32.3% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 85.1% | 38.2% | 300 Mbps | – |
| CenturyLink | Fiber DSL | 83.1% | 7.4% | 2 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Bluepeak | Fiber Cable Fixed wireless | 69.5% | 63.2% | 5 Gbps | 0.2% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 67.7% | 10.4% | 100 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Licensed wireless | 50.1% | 6.7% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 7.3% | 0.1% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Alliance Communications Cooperative Inc | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Aureon Communications, L.L.C. | DSL | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | – |
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.
All figures are as reported to the FCC as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026), for the locations inside the city limits drawn for the 2020 Census. "Available" means the provider says it could install service within ten business days; anyone can challenge a listing on the FCC National Broadband Map.
From one wire to two
In June 2022, 66.1%2 of Sioux Falls locations had exactly one wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps. By June 2026 that share was 32.5%, and 67.1% had two or more, up 33.6 percentage points. Statewide, only 41.3% of South Dakota's locations have that second wire, and the national figure is 55.6%1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls | 0.4% | 32.5% | 63.8% | 3.3% |
| South Dakota | 5.6% | 53.1% | 39.7% | 1.6% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Where the choice is still single, it is almost always Midco: it is the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps for 32.3% of the city's locations. Three wired choices remain rare at 3.3%. Just 257 locations have no wired 100/20 option, and 311 count as unserved under the federal definition, with no wired or licensed fixed wireless service of 25/3 Mbps.
| Measure | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | United States | Rank among largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One wired choice | 32.5% | 53.1% | 36.6% | 120th of 343 |
| Two or more wired choices | 67.1% | 41.3% | 55.6% | 216th of 343 |
| Two or more fiber networks | 19.5% | 5.5% | 12.1% | 92nd of 343 |
| Wired providers at 100/20 Mbps | 4 | 42 | 1,510 | tied 222nd of 343 |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Rank 1 is the highest value. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
Fiber: a fast climb, then a step back
Sioux Falls' fiber change in the latest FCC release, −10.6 percentage points, ranks the lowest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. The share of locations where at least one provider reports fiber rose from 7.1%2 in June 2022 to 65.7%3 at the end of 2025, then fell to 55.1% by June 2026. Even after that drop the city is up 48.1 percentage points since 2022, a gain that ranks 38th highest among large cities, but it now sits below South Dakota's 61.8%1.
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 | 7.1% | 65.7% | 55.1% | 48.1 pts |
| Cable available | 98.9% | 77.2% | 74.8% | −24.1 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 33.5% | 63.6% | 67.1% | 33.6 pts |
The FCC data record the change, not its reason, and the city-level figures do not split it by provider. One provider-level figure moved in the same direction: across all the states it serves, Bluepeak's count of fiber locations changed by −8,051 over those six months, while its total count of locations grew by 19,026. Midco's fiber count grew by 4,815 over the same period. Cable coverage in the city slipped too, from 77.2%3 to 74.8%1. For a specific home, the FCC map shows which technology each provider reports today.
Multi-gigabit tiers and fast uploads
The speed tiers changed more than the wires did. In 2022 the fastest advertised download at 97.4%2 of locations was around 1 Gbps; in June 2026, 88.3% had a top tier of 2 Gbps or more. Midco and Bluepeak both advertise up to 5 Gbps1 on fiber.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 11.3% | 88.3% |
| South Dakota | 2.3% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 2.9% | 0.1% | 59.7% | 31.9% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
Uploads moved the most. Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) went from 5.8%2 of locations to 88.9%, above South Dakota's 74.8%1. That share is larger than fiber's, so part of it is reported over cable. These are maximum advertised speeds from the providers' filings, not measurements.
Fixed wireless from three carriers
The carriers' home internet expanded quickly. Verizon reported service at 54,464 Sioux Falls locations in June 2026, up from a small footprint in 2022, and AT&T, which reported none here in 2022, now reports 32,046. Licensed fixed wireless, the category that includes 5G home internet, covers 94.5%1 of locations.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of broadband serviceable locations where at least one provider reports the technology, at any speed; a location can have several. Satellite is reported almost everywhere and is left out.
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| Technology | Sioux Falls | South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 55.1% | 61.8% |
| Cable | 74.8% | 50.7% |
| DSL (copper) | 75.8% | 45.3% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 94.5% | 72.8% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 26.9% | 20.7% |
Most of that coverage is below 100/20 Mbps: licensed fixed wireless at that speed reaches 47.2% of locations, mainly through Verizon, which advertises up to 300 Mbps. Capacity on a tower is shared, so carriers decide sign-ups address by address. Satellite (HughesNet, Starlink, Viasat) is reported at every location, but it is the only option at just 71.
What households subscribe to
Choice on the map and subscriptions at home differ. In the Census Bureau's 2025 survey, 92.2% of Sioux Falls households had a broadband subscription of any type (margin of error ±1.8 percentage points), an estimate that ranks tied for 44th lowest among large cities; South Dakota's is 91.9%. 79.4% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL, 11.3% relied only on a cellular data plan and 7.7% had no internet subscription (margin ±1.8 percentage points4). Survey estimates for one city carry wide margins, so small differences from other cities may not be real.
Sioux Falls beside similar cities
Sioux Falls is the only South Dakota city of 100,000 or more, so the useful comparison is with cities of similar size elsewhere. Among all 343 large cities, its fiber share ranks tied for 105th lowest and its cable share 11th lowest. The low cable figure does not mean fewer wires: Midco reports fiber rather than cable at part of the 99.4%1 of locations it serves.
| Area | Fiber available | Gigabit (1,000/100) | Two or more wired choices | Fiber networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonkers, New York | 96.3% | 96.0% | 70.7% | 2 |
| Des Moines, Iowa | 93.6% | 99.4% | 93.2% | 7 |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | 89.8% | 99.7% | 89.8% | 6 |
| Fayetteville, North Carolina | 87.8% | 87.4% | 85.4% | 5 |
| Grand Prairie, Texas | 87.4% | 96.9% | 86.1% | 6 |
| Moreno Valley, California | 70.0% | 70.0% | 69.4% | 4 |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 55.1% | 88.9% | 67.1% | 4 |
| Worcester, Massachusetts | 35.3% | 0.7% | 34.3% | 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 city spans Minnehaha and Lincoln counties; the South Dakota page maps fiber, choice and unserved locations for every county.
Questions and answers
What internet providers are available in Sioux Falls?
Midco reports service at 99.4% of locations, over cable and fiber. Bluepeak (69.5%) reports fiber and cable, and CenturyLink (83.1%1) mostly DSL with some fiber. Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T report fixed wireless home internet, and three satellite services report the whole city.
Is fiber internet available in Sioux Falls?
At 55.1% of locations as of June 30, 2026, against 61.8% for South Dakota and 62.6% nationally. Bluepeak reports fiber at 40.6% of the city's locations, Midco at 26.6% and CenturyLink at 7.4%. Two or more fiber networks overlap at 19.5%1.
How many internet providers does Sioux Falls have?
10 providers report wired or fixed wireless service somewhere in the city, 6 of them over wires and 4 over fiber. At a given address the count is smaller: 63.8% of locations have exactly two wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps and 3.3%1 have three or more.
Is 5G home internet available in Sioux Falls?
Verizon reports licensed fixed wireless at 85.1% of locations, T-Mobile at 67.7% and AT&T at 50.1%. At 100/20 Mbps the shares are lower: 38.2% for Verizon, 10.4% for T-Mobile and 6.7%1 for AT&T. Carriers confirm sign-up by address.
Checking one address in Sioux Falls
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 South Dakota
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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
- 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
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.