Internet in Nashville, Tennessee
Fiber is available at 86.6% of the 202,888 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Nashville, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 99.4%. 86.7% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 12.7% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Nashville in Tennessee
Nashville has more fiber companies than any other large city in Tennessee, 10 of them, but not the most fiber. AT&T and Google Fiber put fiber within reach of 86.6%1 of homes and businesses, Xfinity's cable reaches almost all of them, and four of the state's five other large cities report fiber at a higher share.
Xfinity, AT&T and Google Fiber
Nashville's home internet runs on three wired networks. Xfinity reports service at 98.5% of the city's 202,888 homes and businesses, almost entirely over cable. AT&T reports 92.0%, and fiber is the largest part of it: AT&T fiber reaches 75.7% of locations, while the rest of its footprint is older DSL or fixed wireless. Google Fiber reports fiber at 36.6%1. The table lists every provider with its share of locations and its fastest advertised download.
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 98.5% | 98.5% | 2 Gbps | 11.9% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 92.0% | 78.6% | 5 Gbps | 0.4% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 83.8% | 44.2% | 1 Gbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 78.4% | 31.0% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Google Fiber | Fiber Fixed wireless | 36.7% | 36.7% | 8 Gbps | 0.0% |
| United Communications Inc | Fiber DSL Fixed wireless | 4.2% | 3.9% | 8 Gbps | 0.4% |
| TDS | Fiber DSL | 3.9% | 3.8% | 1 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Andrena | DSL | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Cumblerand Connect, LLC | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Premier Fiber | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 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 (HughesNet, Starlink, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
These are provider reports to the FCC as of June 30, 2026 (revision of November 10, 2026). A provider counts a location as served if it can install a standard connection there within ten business days, and anyone can challenge a report on the FCC map. The area is the Census place "Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)", which the Census Bureau defines as the consolidated city minus the separately incorporated towns inside it. Davidson County as a whole has 211,8391 locations.
More fiber companies than Knoxville or Chattanooga, less fiber
10 different companies report fiber somewhere in Nashville, tied for 8th highest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. Reach comes from the two large builders; the next largest, United Communications and TDS, report fiber at 3.9% and 3.8% of locations. Together all fiber providers cover 86.6% of locations, up from 69.9%2 in June 2022. That is above Tennessee's 80.5% and the national 62.6%1, but most of the state's other large cities show a different pattern: fewer fiber companies and near-complete reach.
| Area | Fiber available | Fiber networks | Two or more fiber networks | One wired choice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville, Tennessee | 86.6% | 10 | 33.5% | 12.7% |
| Memphis, Tennessee | 62.1% | 7 | 13.1% | 35.1% |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 99.0% | 8 | 68.5% | 1.0% |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 100.0% | 4 | 6.2% | 1.6% |
| Clarksville, Tennessee | 100.0% | 4 | 77.9% | 1.7% |
| Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 87.1% | 4 | 19.1% | 12.9% |
| Tennessee | 80.5% | 76 | 22.1% | 30.8% |
| United States | 62.6% | 1,485 | 12.1% | 36.6% |
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.
Chattanooga reports fiber at 100.0% of locations with 4 fiber companies, Clarksville at 100.0%, Knoxville at 99.0% and Murfreesboro, just ahead, at 87.1%. Memphis, at 62.1%1, is the only one of the large cities below Nashville.
Where Nashville stands out is overlap. Two or more separate fiber networks reach 33.5% of locations, mostly where Google Fiber and AT&T have both built, against 12.6%2 in June 2022 and 12.1% nationally. Nashville's share ranks 55th highest among large cities. Within Tennessee, Clarksville (77.9%) and Knoxville (68.5%1) are higher.
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 | Two or more fiber networks |
|---|---|
| Clarksville | 77.9% |
| Knoxville | 68.5% |
| Nashville | 33.5% |
| Tennessee | 22.1% |
| Murfreesboro | 19.1% |
| Memphis | 13.1% |
| United States | 12.1% |
| Chattanooga | 6.2% |
Two wired choices at most addresses, cable alone at some
Counting only wired providers that offer at least 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload, 86.7% of Nashville's locations can choose between two or more, against 66.4% across Tennessee and 55.6% nationally. The share with exactly one such provider fell from 27.4%2 in June 2022 to 12.7%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | 0.6% | 12.7% | 53.1% | 33.6% |
| Knoxville | 0.0% | 1.0% | 20.4% | 78.5% |
| Tennessee | 2.8% | 30.8% | 46.1% | 20.3% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
At nearly all of those single-wire locations the one option is Xfinity: it is the only wired 100/20 provider at 11.9% of the city's locations. AT&T is the sole fast wire at 0.4% and United Communications at 0.4%1. Google Fiber is almost never the only option: where it reports service, another wired provider nearly always offers 100/20 Mbps too.
Uploads: 100/100 now reported beyond the fiber footprint
The largest change since 2022 is in upload speeds. Wired service of at least 100 Mbps in both directions was reported at 69.9% of locations in June 2022, about the fiber share at the time. It is now reported at 98.1%, more than the 86.6% with fiber, so symmetrical 100/100 service is now advertised on some non-fiber lines too. The FCC's gigabit tier, 1,000 Mbps down and 100 up, followed the same path, from 69.9%2 to 98.2%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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 69.9% | 96.8% | 98.1% | 28.2 pts |
| Fiber available | 69.9% | 84.9% | 86.6% | 16.7 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 12.6% | 31.2% | 33.5% | 20.9 pts |
| One wired choice | 27.4% | 14.2% | 12.7% | −14.7 pts |
The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 96.3% of locations, against 52.0%2 in 2022. Xfinity advertises up to 2 Gbps where it has fiber, Google Fiber up to 8 Gbps and AT&T up to 5 Gbps1. These are the providers' advertised maximums, not measured speeds, and say nothing about price; each provider's broadband facts label gives its plans and prices.
5G home internet from two carriers
Only 3 companies report licensed fixed wireless in Nashville, tied for 2nd lowest among large cities; the two mobile carriers report the widest service. Verizon reports home internet at 83.8% of locations and offers 100/20 Mbps at 44.2%, with a fastest advertised download of 1 Gbps. Its Nashville footprint has nearly doubled since June 2022. T-Mobile reports 78.4%, with 100/20 at 31.0%1. AT&T's own fixed wireless covers a smaller area. Fixed wireless capacity is shared on each tower sector and the carriers decide eligibility address by address, so a reported location may still be turned away.
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 | Nashville | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 86.6% | 80.5% |
| Cable | 98.4% | 78.5% |
| DSL (copper) | 69.5% | 49.4% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 94.1% | 86.2% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 0.4% | 2.0% |
DSL over copper telephone lines is still reported at 69.5% of locations, the 74th highest share among large cities, down 4.0 percentage points1 since 2022. AT&T advertises its DSL at up to 100 Mbps download, against multi-gigabit tiers on its fiber.
The locations without a fast option
1,259 locations have no wired provider at 100/20 Mbps. Fixed wireless reaches that speed at 378 of them, which leaves 881, or 0.4% of the city, with no terrestrial option at 100/20, a share that ranks tied for 166th highest among large cities. At 174 locations satellite is the only service reported at any speed. Under the federal BEAD definitions, 365 locations are unserved (no wired or licensed fixed wireless service at 25/3 Mbps) and 4011 are underserved (below 100/20).
Subscriptions are up since 2019
Availability is one thing; what households buy is another. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 95.4% of Nashville households had a broadband subscription (margin of error ±1.0 percentage points), against 89.8% in 2019 (±1.0 percentage points). The share with no internet subscription fell from 10.0%5 to 4.6%4. Both gaps are larger than the margins of error.
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) | 99.4% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 78.8% | ±1.6 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 13.7% | ±1.5 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 4.6% | ±1.0 |
The wired subscription share, 78.8% (±1.6 percentage points), is not clearly different from 2019's 77.1%. Cellular-only service rose: 13.7% of households now rely only on a mobile data plan (±1.5 percentage points4), against 10.4%5 in 2019. Survey households and FCC locations are counted differently, so the two sets of figures describe the same city from different angles rather than one number.
The Tennessee page covers every county, including Davidson, and the state's BEAD plan.
Nashville internet questions
What internet providers are available in Nashville?
Three wired providers report service at scale: Xfinity at 98.5% of locations (cable, with a little fiber), AT&T at 92.0% (fiber, DSL and fixed wireless) and Google Fiber at 36.7%. Verizon (83.8%) and T-Mobile (78.4%1) report 5G or LTE home internet, and United Communications and TDS report fiber in smaller areas.
Is Google Fiber available in Nashville?
Google Fiber reports fiber at 36.6% of Nashville's locations, with a fastest advertised download of 8 Gbps1, as of June 30, 2026.
How many internet providers does Nashville have?
11 wired providers report service somewhere in the city and 10 report fiber. At one address the number is smaller: 33.6% of locations have three or more wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps, 53.1% have two and 12.7%1 have one.
Checking one address in Nashville
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: Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Clarksville and Murfreesboro. Compare Nashville 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
- 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
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 1-year detailed tables; 2019. 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.