Denton, Texas: internet providers, fiber and the city's edges
Fiber is available at 77.5% of the 44,377 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Denton, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 95.0%. 72.2% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 22.8% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Denton in Texas
Most of Denton is wired twice, by Frontier's fiber and Spectrum's network, and 12 different companies now report fiber somewhere in the city. The exceptions sit at the edges: wired 100/20 Mbps service misses a larger share of Denton than of most large US cities, and at 3.2%1 of locations only a fixed wireless company reports that speed.
Frontier fiber and Spectrum, then many small filers
The FCC counts 44,3771 broadband serviceable locations in Denton: houses, apartment buildings and businesses inside the city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census. The table lists the companies that report service to them on the National Broadband Map, as of June 30, 2026 (revision of November 10, 2026).
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 85.9% | 85.9% | 1 Gbps | 13.9% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier | Fiber | 72.1% | 72.1% | 7 Gbps | 1.2% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 63.4% | 13.1% | 100 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | DSL Licensed wireless | 44.4% | 6.7% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Nextlink Internet | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 33.9% | 33.8% | 800 Mbps | – |
| ElektraFi | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 24.6% | 18.7% | 400 Mbps | – |
| Rise Broadband | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 15.2% | 6.3% | 1.2 Gbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 14.5% | 9.4% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Astound | Fiber Cable | 7.4% | 7.4% | 1.5 Gbps | 7.1% |
| Pavlov Media | Fiber | 2.7% | 2.7% | 8 Gbps | 0.5% |
| Smartburst | Fixed wireless | 2.3% | 0.1% | 100 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 (Starlink, Viasat, HughesNet) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
"Available" in these filings means the company says it could connect the location within ten business days of an order; an address that is listed wrongly can be challenged on the FCC map. Starlink, HughesNet and Viasat report every location in Denton, but none of them advertises 100/20 Mbps here, so the rest of this page counts fiber, cable, DSL and fixed wireless only.
Two networks carry most of the city. Spectrum reports 85.9% of locations, offering 100/20 Mbps or more at all of them, with a fastest advertised download of 1 Gbps. Frontier's fiber covers 72.1%, with tiers advertised up to 7 Gbps1. Where both reach, a household can choose between two wired networks; that is the case for most of Denton.
A dozen-plus fiber companies, one large network
Denton's count of fiber providers is unusual for a city of its size. 12 companies report fiber to at least one location, a count that ranks tied for 3rd highest among the 343 US cities of 100,000 or more, up from 52 in June 2022. Most of them are small. Besides Frontier, Spectrum reports fiber at 11.8% of locations, Pavlov Media at 2.7% (advertised up to 8 Gbps), and Astound at 0.3%1.
The total, fiber from any company at 77.5% of locations, is close to the Texas figure of 74.4% and ranks 155th highest among large cities. It rose from 70.2% in June 2022. The newer networks mostly overlap existing fiber rather than extend it: the share of locations with two or more different fiber providers went from 0.3%2 to 9.9%1 over the same four years.
Spectrum, Astound or Frontier alone
Wired service of 100/20 Mbps or more from two or more companies is reported at 72.2% of Denton's locations, compared with 66.2% across Texas. Three or more is rare, at 1.4%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denton | 5.0% | 22.8% | 70.8% | 1.4% |
| Lewisville | 4.0% | 22.4% | 73.2% | 0.5% |
| Texas | 9.6% | 24.2% | 48.8% | 17.4% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
At 22.8% of locations exactly one wired company offers that speed, and which company it is depends on the part of town. Spectrum is the only one at 13.9% of locations, the areas Frontier's fiber does not reach. Astound is the only one at 7.1%, almost its whole Denton footprint of 7.4%: across nearly all of Astound's area, neither Spectrum nor Frontier reports 100/20 Mbps. Frontier is alone at 1.2%1.
Where the wires stop
Wired 100/20 Mbps service reaches 95.0% of Denton's locations. That is high in absolute terms but tied for 16th lowest1 among large cities, most of which are wired to almost every address.
| Measure | Denton | Texas | United States | Rank among largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wired 100/20 Mbps | 95.0% | 90.4% | 92.3% | 327th of 343 |
| No wired choice | 5.0% | 9.6% | 7.8% | 17th of 343 |
| Fixed wireless only at 100/20 | 3.2% | 6.6% | 3.6% | 17th of 343 |
| No terrestrial 100/20 | 1.8% | 3.0% | 4.2% | tied 81st of 343 |
| Unserved | 0.4% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 26th of 343 |
| Satellite only | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.8% | tied 16th 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.
The remaining 2,2201 locations without a wired 100/20 option fall into two groups:
- at 1,409, a fixed wireless company is the only one reporting 100/20 Mbps; that share, 3.2%, is tied for 16th highest among large cities, though below the Texas share of 6.6%;
- at 8111, no wired or fixed wireless provider reports 100/20 Mbps at all.
Under the definition used by BEAD, the federal broadband grant program, 175 Denton locations are unserved: no reliable service of 25/3 Mbps by wire or licensed fixed wireless. At 881, satellite is the only service reported.
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 | Fixed wireless only at 100/20 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 6.6% |
| College Station | 4.2% |
| United States | 3.6% |
| Denton | 3.2% |
| Fort Worth | 2.5% |
| McKinney | 0.8% |
| Lewisville | 0.8% |
| Frisco | 0.5% |
These gaps narrowed over four years. Unserved locations fell from 1.4% of the city in June 2022 to 0.4%, and the share with no 100/20 option of any terrestrial kind from 7.0%2 to 1.8%. In the most recent six months both moved slightly the other way, while the FCC's location count for Denton grew by 8731.
Wireless home internet: national carriers and regional firms
Fixed wireless is reported almost everywhere in Denton, at 91.3% of locations, but it is a different service from one company to the next. T-Mobile reports home internet at 63.4% of locations, advertised up to 100 Mbps, with 100/20 Mbps at 13.1%. AT&T reported almost no Denton locations in June 2022; it now reports 44.4%, nearly all of it licensed fixed wireless, with 100/20 at 6.7%. Verizon reports 14.5%, with 100/20 at 9.4%1.
Two regional companies report 100/20 Mbps across much of their areas. Nextlink Internet reports 33.9% of locations and 100/20 Mbps at 33.8%, with tiers advertised up to 800 Mbps. ElektraFi, which did not report any Denton locations in June 2022, now reports 24.6%, mostly over unlicensed spectrum, with 100/20 at 18.7%. Rise Broadband reports 15.2%1.
The latest filing pulled some of this back. Unlicensed fixed wireless fell from 42.6% of locations in December 2025 to 25.3%, and licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps from 61.3%3 to 51.6%1. Wireless capacity is shared by every home on a sector, so carriers accept orders address by address; a reported location is not a promise of a sign-up.
Denton beside nearby and similar cities
Against McKinney and Frisco, Denton has less fiber and less overlap between fiber networks. Against Lewisville, its fiber share is about the same but its unwired fringe is larger. College Station, outside the region, has a fixed-wireless-only share of similar size.
| Area | Fiber available | Two or more fiber networks | Wired 100/20 Mbps | One wired choice | Fixed wireless only at 100/20 | Fiber networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denton, Texas | 77.5% | 9.9% | 95.0% | 22.8% | 3.2% | 12 |
| Lewisville, Texas | 75.9% | 0.5% | 96.0% | 22.4% | 0.8% | 5 |
| McKinney, Texas | 89.4% | 23.1% | 98.4% | 10.8% | 0.8% | 8 |
| Frisco, Texas | 93.5% | 14.4% | 98.7% | 7.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| College Station, Texas | 58.3% | 0.5% | 94.0% | 39.9% | 4.2% | 5 |
| Texas | 74.4% | 18.2% | 90.4% | 24.2% | 6.6% | 129 |
| United States | 62.6% | 12.1% | 92.3% | 36.6% | 3.6% | 1,485 |
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.
Copper telephone service has left the map
In June 2022, DSL over copper telephone lines was reported at 22.7% of Denton's locations. By June 2026 it was 0.2%, the largest change for any technology in the city's data. Lewisville, to the south, went from 23.5%2 to 0.8%. Shares are compared rather than counts because the FCC's list of Denton locations changed by +4,8621 in that time.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSL available | 22.7% | 0.2% | 0.2% | −22.5 pts |
| Fiber available | 70.2% | 76.7% | 77.5% | 7.3 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 0.3% | 8.8% | 9.9% | 9.7 pts |
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 69.9% | 88.6% | 88.2% | 18.3 pts |
Uploads improved over the same period. Symmetrical wired service of at least 100/100 Mbps went from 69.9% of locations to 88.2%, and gigabit service with 100 Mbps uploads (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) from 69.9%2 to 88.2%. The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 73.9%1 of locations. All of these are maximums the providers advertise, not measured speeds.
Subscriptions are close to universal
The Census Bureau's survey counts households, not locations, and asks what they subscribe to. In 2025, 97.3% of Denton households had a broadband subscription of some kind (margin of error ±1.4 percentage points), tied for 40th highest among large cities by point estimate. 83.8% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (±2.8 percentage points) and 9.7% relied on a cellular data plan alone (±2.5 percentage points). The share with no internet subscription was 2.7% (±1.4 percentage points4), against 10.1% (±2.7 percentage points5) in the 2019 survey; the two estimates do not overlap within their margins.
The Texas page maps every county, including Denton County, and describes the state's BEAD plan. Lewisville, McKinney and Frisco have their own pages.
Denton internet questions
What internet providers are available in Denton, Texas?
Spectrum reports service at 85.9% of Denton's homes and businesses and Frontier at 72.1%, all of it fiber. Astound reports cable or fiber at 7.4%. Fixed wireless comes from T-Mobile (63.4%), AT&T (44.4%), Nextlink Internet (33.9%), ElektraFi (24.6%), Verizon (14.5%) and Rise Broadband (15.2%1).
Is fiber internet available in Denton?
At 77.5% of locations at least one company reports fiber, against 74.4% for Texas and 62.6% for the US, as of June 30, 2026. Frontier's network accounts for most of it; Spectrum reports fiber at 11.8% of locations and Pavlov Media at 2.7%1.
Does AT&T offer fiber in Denton?
Not according to its FCC filing for June 30, 2026. AT&T reports service at 44.4% of Denton's locations, nearly all of it licensed fixed wireless and none of it fiber, with a fastest advertised download of 100 Mbps. It offers 100/20 Mbps at 6.7%1 of locations.
How many internet providers are there in Denton?
20 companies report fiber, cable, DSL or fixed wireless service somewhere in the city, 14 of them by wire. At one address the number is smaller: on average a Denton location has 1.69 wired providers offering 100/20 Mbps, and 1.4%1 have three or more.
Checking one address in Denton
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
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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
- 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.