Internet in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Fiber is available at 100.0% of the 65,515 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Chattanooga, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 100.0%. 98.4% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 1.6% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Chattanooga in Tennessee
Chattanooga's fiber map was already complete when the FCC's National Broadband Map began. EPB, the city's electric utility, reports fiber at 100.0% of its homes and businesses, Xfinity's cable reaches 97.9%1, and the change since 2022 has come from 5G home internet. The open question here is subscription: 11.2%2 of households have no internet subscription, one of the highest shares among large cities.
EPB, Xfinity and the 5G carriers
6 land-based providers report home internet in Chattanooga: 4 over wires and two, T-Mobile and Verizon, over fixed wireless alone. EPB reports fiber at 100.0% of the city's 65,515 homes and businesses. Xfinity reports service at 97.9%, almost all of it cable, with fiber at 0.1%. AT&T's footprint, 90.1% of locations, is mostly copper DSL and fixed wireless; it reports fiber at 6.0% and offers 100/20 Mbps at 14.0%. Brightspeed reports service at 0.2%1.
| EPB | Fiber | 100.0% | 100.0% | – | 1.6% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 97.9% | 97.9% | 2 Gbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 90.1% | 14.0% | 5 Gbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 85.6% | 42.4% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 78.8% | 39.4% | 300 Mbps | – |
| Brightspeed | Fiber DSL | 0.2% | 0.1% | 2 Gbps | – |
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 (Starlink, Viasat, HughesNet) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
The table counts provider reports to the FCC as of June 30, 2026, in the revision of November 10, 2026, for locations inside the city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census. A location counts as served when the provider says it can install standard service there within ten business days, and anyone can challenge a report. Starlink, Viasat and HughesNet report satellite service at every location, as they do almost everywhere, and are left out of the coverage figures below.
Fiber at every address since the first map
Fiber reaches 100.0% of Chattanooga's locations, tied for the highest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more; Clarksville, Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee and a few other cities share that value. Many cities gained fiber between the FCC's first map, as of June 30, 2022, and the latest one. Chattanooga did not need to: fiber was at 100.0%3 in 2022, so its change since then is 0.0 percentage points1, one of the smallest among large cities only because there was nothing left to add.
The network predates the map by more than a decade. EPB was established in 1935 as an independent board of the City of Chattanooga and began offering residential service of 1,000 Mbps in 2010, according to EPB's published history. Its fiber also extends beyond the city: EPB reports 142,547 locations in total, 132,766 in Tennessee and 9,781 in Georgia, so Chattanooga's 65,5141 are under half of its footprint.
A second fiber network is rare. Only 6.2%1 of locations have fiber from two or more companies, mostly where AT&T also reports fiber, up from 4.1%3 in June 2022.
Two wires almost everywhere, a third rarely
The choice at a typical Chattanooga address is EPB's fiber or Xfinity's cable. Exactly two wired providers offer 100/20 Mbps or more at 89.3% of locations, the 16th highest share among large cities. Three or more are available at 9.1%, and a single wired provider at 1.6%; in each of those single-wire locations, the one provider is EPB. Across Tennessee, 66.4% of locations have two or more wired choices at that speed; in Chattanooga it is 98.4%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga | 0.0% | 1.6% | 89.3% | 9.1% |
| Tennessee | 2.8% | 30.8% | 46.1% | 20.3% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
The list of wired providers is short: 4 in the June 2026 data against 53 in June 2022, tied for 42nd lowest1 among large cities.
Where the change came from: 5G home internet
With fiber and cable already in place, the shift since 2022 has been in fixed wireless. Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or more, mostly 5G home internet from the mobile carriers, was reported at 11.9% of locations in June 2022 and at 59.8% in June 2026. T-Mobile reports home internet at 85.6% of locations and Verizon at 78.8%; they offer 100/20 Mbps at 42.4% and 39.4%. Counting fixed wireless alongside the wires, the share of locations with three or more providers at 100/20 Mbps rose from 18.3%3 to 63.9%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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed wireless 100/20 | 11.9% | 59.9% | 59.8% | 48.0 pts |
| Three or more terrestrial choices | 18.3% | 63.4% | 63.9% | 45.6 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 4.1% | 5.6% | 6.2% | 2.1 pts |
| DSL available | 70.2% | 68.3% | 68.1% | −2.1 pts |
Copper is receding slowly: DSL is reported at 68.1% of locations, down 2.1 percentage points1 since 2022. Fixed wireless capacity is shared on each tower sector, so carriers decide sign-ups address by address; the FCC figures show where they report service, not how many homes could join at once.
Gigabit everywhere, in both directions
Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps, the FCC's 1,000/100 tier, is advertised at 100.0% of locations, and symmetrical 100/100 Mbps wired service at 100.0%1. Where cable is the only wire, upload speeds hold that figure down; here the fiber network does not.
The top tier is reported differently than in 2022. In the first map, the fastest advertised download at 100.0%3 of locations was 2 Gbps or more; as of June 30, 2026, that share is 4.8%, and 93.7% fall in the gigabit tier just below 2 Gbps. These are maximum speeds providers choose to report for standard residential service, not measurements, and a change in what is filed does not show a change in the network. Xfinity advertises up to 2 Gbps and AT&T up to 5 Gbps1 where they have fiber.
| Measure | Chattanooga | Tennessee | United States | Rank among largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gbps download | 100.0% | 97.2% | 91.0% | tied 1st of 343 |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 100.0% | 87.5% | 72.3% | tied 1st of 343 |
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 100.0% | 87.5% | 73.7% | tied 1st of 343 |
| 2 Gbps or more | 4.8% | 60.5% | 61.0% | – |
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 available, subscriptions lower
Availability is close to universal; subscription is not. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 88.8% of Chattanooga households had a broadband subscription of any type (margin of error ±3.1 percentage points), 4th lowest among the large cities in the survey. 11.2% had no internet subscription (margin ±3.0 percentage points), against 6.5% for Tennessee. 74.6% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL, and 12.6%2 relied on a cellular data plan alone.
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) | 74.6% | ±2.9 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 12.6% | ±2.5 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 11.2% | ±3.0 |
One-year estimates for a city this size are wide, and neighboring cities in the ranking may not differ significantly. The five-year survey for 2020–2024, which pools more responses, puts households with no subscription at 9.5% (margin ±1.1 percentage points5). Both figures count households over a period, while the FCC figures count locations on one date, so the gap between them is an indication rather than a count of homes that could connect and do not.
Compared with Tennessee and cities of its size
Within Tennessee, Clarksville also reports fiber at 100.0% of locations and Knoxville at 99.0%, while Nashville is at 86.6%, Memphis at 62.1% and the state as a whole at 80.5%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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| Area | Fiber available |
|---|---|
| Chattanooga | 100.0% |
| Clarksville | 100.0% |
| Knoxville | 99.0% |
| Nashville | 86.6% |
| Tennessee | 80.5% |
| United States | 62.6% |
| Memphis | 62.1% |
The table puts Chattanooga beside the cities closest to it in population, all from the same FCC release.
| Area | Fiber available | Gigabit (1,000/100) | Two or more wired choices | Fiber networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 100.0% | 100.0% | 98.4% | 4 |
| Providence, Rhode Island | 91.1% | 82.1% | 86.5% | 2 |
| Huntington Beach, California | 69.9% | 72.1% | 69.0% | 6 |
| Brownsville, Texas | 69.2% | 69.2% | 67.1% | 5 |
| Montgomery, Alabama | 60.7% | 60.7% | 92.2% | 5 |
| Akron, Ohio | 55.1% | 55.1% | 57.3% | 8 |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 53.5% | 53.5% | 54.6% | 8 |
| Tempe, Arizona | 22.3% | 84.7% | 7.5% | 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.
In Hamilton County, which includes Chattanooga, fiber reaches 97.6% of 140,9671 locations. The Tennessee page maps every county, and Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville have their own pages.
Chattanooga internet questions
What internet providers are available in Chattanooga?
Two wired networks cover almost the whole city: EPB, with fiber at 100.0% of locations, and Xfinity, mostly cable, at 97.9%. AT&T reports service at 90.1%, mostly DSL and fixed wireless with fiber at 6.0%. T-Mobile (85.6%) and Verizon (78.8%1) report 5G or LTE home internet.
Is fiber internet available everywhere in Chattanooga?
Fiber is reported at 100.0% of the city's 65,515 locations as of June 30, 2026, almost all of it from EPB. Tennessee as a whole is at 80.5% and the US at 62.6%1. A reported location is one where a provider says it can install standard service within ten business days; check a single address on the FCC map.
How many internet providers does Chattanooga have?
4 wired providers and 6 wired or fixed wireless providers report service somewhere in the city. At a single address, 89.3% of locations have exactly two wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps and 9.1%1 have three or more.
Checking one address in Chattanooga
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 Tennessee
The state picture, county by county: internet in Tennessee. Other large cities in the state: Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Clarksville and Murfreesboro. Compare Chattanooga with any other city or state in the comparison tool.
Sources
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Availability as of June 30, 2026; released November 10, 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
- 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 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 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.