Internet in Austin, Texas
Fiber is available at 82.4% of the 241,013 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Austin, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 97.9%. 81.9% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 16.0% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Austin in Texas
Most of Austin's fiber map belongs to two companies: Google Fiber reports fiber at 67.2% of its homes and businesses and AT&T at 39.3%, with Spectrum's cable underneath almost everywhere. Where those fiber footprints overlap, at 31.4%1 of locations, a home can choose between at least two fiber networks, a larger share than in Houston, Dallas or San Antonio.
Spectrum, Google Fiber, AT&T and a long tail
The FCC's list for Austin is long. As of June 30, 2026, 10 different companies report wired internet somewhere inside the city limits, a count tied for 14th highest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more, and 81 of them report fiber. Beyond the four largest wired networks, each reports service at only a small share of the city's locations.
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 96.1% | 96.1% | 1 Gbps | 14.8% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 89.2% | 49.4% | 5 Gbps | 0.6% |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 84.0% | 53.1% | 1 Gbps | – |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 82.2% | 41.1% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Google Fiber | Fiber Fixed wireless | 67.2% | 67.2% | 8 Gbps | 0.2% |
| Astound | Fiber Cable DSL | 18.9% | 18.9% | 1.5 Gbps | 0.5% |
| Western Broadband | Fixed wireless | 6.6% | 5.6% | 200 Mbps | – |
| Spry Air Fiber | Fixed wireless | 3.9% | 3.9% | 200 Mbps | – |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 2.5% | 0.8% | 476 Mbps | – |
| Optimum | Fiber Cable | 0.4% | 0.4% | 940 Mbps | – |
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 (Viasat, HughesNet, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
Spectrum reports service at 96.1% of the city's 241,013 homes and businesses, almost entirely over cable. AT&T reaches 89.2%, but with three different technologies: fiber at 39.3% of locations, and older DSL lines and fixed wireless elsewhere, so it offers 100/20 Mbps at only 49.4%. Google Fiber reports fiber at 67.2%. Astound covers 18.9%1 with a mix of cable and fiber.
"Reports service" has a specific meaning here. A provider lists a location as served when it could install service there within ten business days, and anyone can challenge a listing on the FCC National Broadband Map. These figures cover the city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census.
Fiber reaches most homes, and a third have two networks
Fiber is reported at 82.4% of Austin's locations, against 74.4% across Texas and 62.6% nationally. That alone does not set Austin apart from other large Texas cities: Dallas (84.4%), Fort Worth (86.0%) and San Antonio (88.2%1) report higher shares.
What differs is overlap. Google Fiber's and AT&T's fiber footprints overlap across much of the city, so 31.4% of Austin's locations have two or more fiber providers, compared with 24.8% in San Antonio, 16.4% in Fort Worth, 5.0% in Houston and 1.7% in Dallas. Houston and Dallas each have more fiber companies on file (14 and 121), but in those cities a location with fiber usually has a single fiber provider.
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 |
|---|---|
| Austin | 31.4% |
| San Antonio | 24.8% |
| Texas | 18.2% |
| Fort Worth | 16.4% |
| United States | 12.1% |
| Houston | 5.0% |
| Dallas | 1.7% |
The fiber networks also set the advertised top speeds. At 76.4% of locations the fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more, compared with 63.0% statewide. Google Fiber lists up to 8 Gbps and AT&T up to 5 Gbps. Spectrum and Astound top out at 1 Gbps and 1.5 Gbps1. These are the maximums providers advertise to the FCC, not measured speeds.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 21.3% | 76.4% |
| Texas | 1.8% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 27.8% | 63.0% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
Four years of fiber growth
In the first National Broadband Map release, as of June 30, 2022, fiber reached 61.9% of Austin's locations. The share has risen 20.6 percentage points since then, while DSL fell from 58.1% to 51.1%. The share of locations with exactly one wired provider at 100/20 Mbps fell from 30.1% to 16.0%, and the share with two fiber networks rose from 22.9%2 to 31.4%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 | 61.9% | 81.9% | 82.4% | 20.5 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 22.9% | 30.6% | 31.4% | 8.5 pts |
| One wired choice | 30.1% | 16.5% | 16.0% | −14.1 pts |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 61.8% | 87.0% | 82.4% | 20.7 pts |
Most of that growth came before the end of 2025. Between December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026, fiber moved by only 0.5 percentage points. One figure went the other way: gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps (the 1,000/100 tier) dropped from 87.0%3 to 82.4% of locations, a change that ranks tied for 15th lowest1 among large cities. In December 2025 that tier was reported at more locations than fiber was; in June 2026 the two shares are equal. The comparison uses shares, because the FCC's count of locations changes with every release.
Where Spectrum is the only wire
Choice is uneven inside the city. At 14.8% of Austin's locations Spectrum is the only wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps, meaning no other company reports wired service at that speed there. The share with a single wired option is 16.0% citywide, below the Texas figure of 24.2%; 81.9%1 of locations have two or more.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | 2.1% | 16.0% | 44.3% | 37.5% |
| Texas | 9.6% | 24.2% | 48.8% | 17.4% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
A small number of locations have no wired 100/20 service at all: 5,063 of them. Of those, 518 count as unserved under the federal definition (no reliable land-based service of at least 25/3 Mbps), and 3561 are reported as reachable only by satellite. The FCC map shows them at the address level.
Fixed wireless: Verizon's expansion
The mobile carriers' home internet services report service across most of the city. Verizon lists fixed wireless at 84.0% of locations, with 100/20 Mbps at 53.1% and advertised downloads up to 1 Gbps; its Austin footprint is several times larger than in the June 2022 release. T-Mobile reports 82.2%, with 100/20 at 41.1% and a reported maximum of 100 Mbps. Licensed fixed wireless of at least 100/20 Mbps from any provider is reported at 68.1%1 of locations, up from 30.2%2 in 2022.
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 | Austin | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 82.4% | 74.4% |
| Cable | 95.0% | 77.0% |
| DSL (copper) | 51.1% | 26.7% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 92.3% | 91.0% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 12.1% | 30.0% |
Smaller wireless providers using unlicensed spectrum cover parts of the city: Western Broadband at 6.6% of locations, Spry Air Fiber at 3.9% and Rise Broadband at 2.5%1. Wireless capacity is shared on each tower sector, so carriers decide sign-ups address by address; 5G home internet reported as available is not a promise of a free slot.
Subscriptions since 2019
The Census Bureau's American Community Survey measures what households buy, not what is offered. In 2025, 96.0% of Austin households had a broadband subscription of some kind (margin of error ±0.8 percentage points) and 84.2% paid for cable, fiber or DSL (±1.6 percentage points). The share with no internet subscription was 4.0% (±0.8 percentage points4), down from 10.7% (±1.0 percentage points5) in the 2019 survey; the margins do not overlap. Survey figures count households over a year, so they do not line up exactly with the FCC's count of locations on one date.
Austin and its population peers
The table compares Austin with the large 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth, Texas | 86.0% | 97.0% | 82.2% | 11 |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 83.6% | 83.7% | 82.7% | 8 |
| Austin, Texas | 82.4% | 82.4% | 81.9% | 8 |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | 74.8% | 86.4% | 77.4% | 10 |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 73.3% | 90.3% | 73.8% | 12 |
| San Francisco, California | 60.8% | 79.6% | 71.1% | 9 |
| San Jose, California | 43.9% | 96.2% | 51.3% | 8 |
| Columbus, Ohio | 40.4% | 46.1% | 93.3% | 10 |
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 Texas page maps every county around Austin and covers the state's BEAD plan, and the fiber guide explains what the technology can and cannot do.
Austin internet questions
What internet providers are available in Austin, Texas?
As of June 30, 2026, Spectrum reports wired service at 96.1% of locations (mostly cable), AT&T at 89.2% (fiber, DSL and fixed wireless), Google Fiber at 67.2% and Astound at 18.9% (cable and fiber). Verizon (84.0%) and T-Mobile (82.2%1) report fixed wireless home internet. The provider table on this page lists the rest.
How many internet providers does Austin have?
17 companies report land-based service somewhere in the city, 10 of them over wires and 8 over fiber. At one address the choice is narrower: the average location has 2.29 wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps, and 16.0%1 of locations have only one.
Is Google Fiber available everywhere in Austin?
No. Google Fiber reports fiber at 67.2% of Austin's locations as of June 30, 2026. Fiber from any provider reaches 82.4%1.
Checking one address in Austin
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 Texas
The state picture, county by county: internet in Texas. Other large cities in the state: Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Plano, Lubbock, Laredo, Irving and Garland. Compare Austin 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.