5G home internet in the United States

At 87.3% of the 115.8 million homes and businesses on the FCC's map, at least one provider reports licensed fixed wireless service, as of June 30, 2026 (FCC file revision of November 10, 2026). That is 101.1 million locations, more than cable (80.3%) or fiber (62.6%) reach. The share reaches nine in ten locations or more in 12 of the 50 states and DC; Mississippi is highest at 95.3%, Alaska lowest at 44.2%¹.

The headline share hides a second, smaller map. Only at 47.9%¹ of locations does a provider report licensed fixed wireless at 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload or more, the speed the FCC adopted as its broadband benchmark in March 2024. That second map is the one shaded below.

What the FCC files under 5G home internet

The FCC does not record whether a wireless network is 5G or 4G LTE. It records the spectrum. Providers report home service over licensed spectrum as technology code 71 and over licensed-by-rule spectrum as code 72; this site combines both as licensed fixed wireless, the category where the mobile carriers' home internet plans appear. Small wireless internet providers using unlicensed spectrum report code 70 and are counted separately, as are satellite services.

Each record is a provider's statement that it offers service at a location and could install it within ten business days, with its fastest advertised download and upload speeds. Records can be challenged on the map. The shares on this page count the FCC's broadband serviceable locations (houses, apartment buildings, small businesses), not people, and say nothing about what anyone subscribes to.

Three carriers report most of it

377¹ providers report licensed fixed wireless somewhere in the country, up from 287³ in June 2022. Three national carriers have by far the largest footprints:

• T-Mobile reports it at 81.5 million locations (70.4% of the US), at 100/20 Mbps or more at 25,917,721 of them; its fastest advertised fixed wireless download is 100 Mbps.
• Verizon reports 62.5 million locations (54.0%), 27,089,583 of them at 100/20 Mbps or more, and the highest advertised tier of the three, 1 Gbps.
• AT&T reports 37.4 million locations (32.3%), 4,412,528 at 100/20 Mbps or more, with a fastest advertised download of 100 Mbps¹.

The footprints overlap heavily, so they cannot be added up. The next-largest provider, Nextlink Internet, reports 2.5 million locations. One regional company stands out for how much of its footprint reaches 100/20 rather than for its size: C Spire reports all of its 1.0 million licensed fixed wireless locations at 100/20 Mbps or more, and its service of any kind reaches 93.0%¹ of Mississippi's locations.

Reported almost everywhere, at 100/20 at half of locations

The gap between "reported" and "reported at 100/20" is what separates the states. Mississippi and Maine both have licensed fixed wireless reported at most of their locations (95.3% and 77.5%). On the 100/20 measure they are at opposite ends: Mississippi ranks the highest at 84.7%, followed by Oklahoma (70.7%) and New Mexico (68.5%), while Maine ranks the lowest at 19.9%, with Hawaii (20.1%¹) just above it.

New England is the low corner of the second map. Besides Maine, Connecticut (24.6%), New Hampshire (26.2%), Rhode Island (26.9%), Vermont (30.6%) and Massachusetts (30.9%) all sit far below the national 47.9%, although licensed fixed wireless itself is reported at 84.2% of Massachusetts locations and 81.4% of Connecticut's. The same split runs through the largest cities. In New Bedford, Massachusetts, licensed fixed wireless is reported at 76.5% of locations but at 100/20 Mbps at 12.2%, the lowest share among the 343 largest US cities; in Lowell it is 89.8% against 17.0%. In San Angelo, Texas, the 100/20 share is 100.0%¹.

United States47.9%

Deltona, Florida25.9%

Temecula, California25.6%

Lynn, Massachusetts25.6%

Newport News, Virginia24.7%

Worcester, Massachusetts24.7%

Oxnard, California24.0%

Providence, Rhode Island23.5%

Moreno Valley, California23.0%

North Las Vegas, Nevada22.7%

Menifee, California22.6%

Santa Maria, California22.4%

Santa Clarita, California21.9%

Elizabeth, New Jersey20.5%

Honolulu, Hawaii19.5%

Victorville, California19.4%

Brockton, Massachusetts18.6%

Bridgeport, Connecticut18.4%

Waterbury, Connecticut18.0%

Lowell, Massachusetts17.0%

New Bedford, Massachusetts12.2%

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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Large city	Fixed wireless 100/20
United States	47.9%
Deltona, Florida	25.9%
Temecula, California	25.6%
Lynn, Massachusetts	25.6%
Newport News, Virginia	24.7%
Worcester, Massachusetts	24.7%
Oxnard, California	24.0%
Providence, Rhode Island	23.5%
Moreno Valley, California	23.0%
North Las Vegas, Nevada	22.7%
Menifee, California	22.6%
Santa Maria, California	22.4%
Santa Clarita, California	21.9%
Elizabeth, New Jersey	20.5%
Honolulu, Hawaii	19.5%
Victorville, California	19.4%
Brockton, Massachusetts	18.6%
Bridgeport, Connecticut	18.4%
Waterbury, Connecticut	18.0%
Lowell, Massachusetts	17.0%
New Bedford, Massachusetts	12.2%

Fewer locations since 2022, more of them at 100/20

The two measures have moved in opposite directions. Between June 2022 and June 2026 the share of locations with any licensed fixed wireless fell by 3.6 percentage points, from 90.9% to 87.3%, while the share with it at 100/20 Mbps rose from 16.7%³ to 47.9%. In the latest six months the footprint grew by 1.0 percentage points¹ and the 100/20 share did not move (47.7%⁴ in December 2025).

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

Licensed fixed wireless87.3% −3.6 pts

Fixed wireless 100/2047.9% +31.1 pts

Fixed wireless only at 100/203.6% +1.0 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)
Licensed fixed wireless	90.9%	86.4%	87.3%	−3.6 pts
Fixed wireless 100/20	16.7%	47.7%	47.9%	31.1 pts
Fixed wireless only at 100/20	2.6%	3.7%	3.6%	1.0 pts

The state figures show how unevenly that happened. Mississippi's 100/20 share went from 6.6% in June 2022 to 73.3%⁴ in December 2025 and 84.7% in June 2026. Alaska's overall footprint grew from 5.8% of locations to 44.2%, the only large increase among the states. Elsewhere the reported footprint shrank: Hawaii from 91.8% to 66.1%, Maine from 92.0% to 77.5%, West Virginia from 79.4%³ to 66.5%¹.

These are changes in what providers report, and the FCC's location list itself is revised with each release. The data record the result, not the reason, so a smaller footprint on the map is not by itself evidence that a network was switched off.

Where fixed wireless is the only route to 100/20

Wired service at 100/20 Mbps is reported at 92.3% of US locations. At 3.6% of locations, 4.2 million in all, there is none: the only terrestrial service at 100/20 Mbps or more is fixed wireless, licensed or unlicensed, with no cable, fiber or DSL at that speed. Wyoming's share is the highest among the states, at 15.5%, followed by Idaho (13.2%) and Alaska (11.6%¹).

Under 2%2% to 5%5% to 10%10% to 20%20% or more

Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people. The table lists the 25 highest and 25 lowest counties; every county is in the downloads.

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County	Fixed wireless only at 100/20
Eureka County, Nevada	92.0%
Shannon County, Missouri	79.0%
Osage County, Missouri	78.4%
Alexander County, Illinois	75.5%
Maries County, Missouri	75.3%
Simpson County, Mississippi	74.7%
Goliad County, Texas	71.3%
Jefferson County, Mississippi	69.3%
White Pine County, Nevada	67.8%
Rich County, Utah	67.0%
Issaquena County, Mississippi	66.7%
Upton County, Texas	66.7%
Love County, Oklahoma	66.2%
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico	66.0%
Wright County, Missouri	64.5%
Storey County, Nevada	64.4%
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska	62.9%
Washington County, Colorado	62.2%
Boundary County, Idaho	62.1%
Pershing County, Nevada	60.5%
Lander County, Nevada	60.2%
Claiborne County, Mississippi	59.2%
Hidalgo County, New Mexico	59.0%
Amite County, Mississippi	58.7%
Gasconade County, Missouri	58.4%
Marion County, Alabama	0.0%
Aleutians East Borough, Alaska	0.0%
Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska	0.0%
Bethel Census Area, Alaska	0.0%
Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska	0.0%
Chugach Census Area, Alaska	0.0%
Copper River Census Area, Alaska	0.0%
Denali Borough, Alaska	0.0%
Dillingham Census Area, Alaska	0.0%
Haines Borough, Alaska	0.0%
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska	0.0%
Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska	0.0%
Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska	0.0%
Nome Census Area, Alaska	0.0%
North Slope Borough, Alaska	0.0%
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	0.0%
Petersburg Borough, Alaska	0.0%
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska	0.0%
Sitka City and Borough, Alaska	0.0%
Skagway Municipality, Alaska	0.0%
Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska	0.0%
Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska	0.0%
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska	0.0%
Hinsdale County, Colorado	0.0%
Mineral County, Colorado	0.0%

How it sits next to wired service

On reach, licensed fixed wireless leads: 87.3% of locations, against 80.3% for cable and 62.6% for fiber. At 100/20 Mbps the order turns around. Wired service at that speed is reported at 92.3% of locations, licensed fixed wireless at 47.9%. T-Mobile and AT&T each report 100 Mbps¹ as their fastest fixed wireless download anywhere in the country.

All of these are advertised maximums. The FCC data contain no measured speeds, no latency and no prices, and they cannot show how many customers share a wireless sector at a given address. Prices and plan terms belong to the provider's broadband facts label; whether an address qualifies belongs to the provider's own check, after the FCC's National Broadband Map shows who reports service there.