Houston, Texas: home internet providers and coverage
Fiber is available at 81.9% of the 557,381 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Houston, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 99.3%. 83.1% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 16.2% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Houston in Texas
Houston gets its cable from Xfinity, which reports service at 98.8% of the city's homes and businesses but only 20.3% of locations across Texas, where Spectrum is the more common cable network. AT&T's fiber, at 76.4% of locations, is the other wire at most addresses, and a newer builder, Ezee Fiber, now reports fiber at 8.7%1.
Xfinity and AT&T: the two wires
Xfinity reports service at 98.8% of Houston's 557,381 homes and businesses, almost entirely over cable, and offers 100/20 Mbps or faster at 98.8%. AT&T reports service at 89.8%. Its fiber covers 76.4%1 of locations; elsewhere it reports DSL over copper phone lines or fixed wireless. Two mobile carriers and a long tail of smaller wired companies follow.
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 98.8% | 98.8% | 2 Gbps | 15.8% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 89.8% | 80.0% | 5 Gbps | 0.3% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 79.0% | 30.1% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 78.4% | 40.0% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Ezee Fiber | Fiber | 8.7% | 8.7% | 8 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Optimum | Fiber Cable | 3.9% | 3.9% | 940 Mbps | 0.1% |
| Brightspeed | Fiber DSL Fixed wireless | 2.3% | 0.5% | 8 Gbps | – |
| Rural Telecommunications of America | Fixed wireless | 0.8% | 0.8% | 300 Mbps | – |
| Astound | Fiber Cable | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.5 Gbps | – |
| Frontier | Fiber DSL | 0.3% | 0.3% | 7 Gbps | – |
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 0.1% | 0.1% | 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 (Viasat, Starlink, HughesNet) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
These are provider reports to the FCC National Broadband Map as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026), for the locations inside Houston's city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census. "Available" means a provider says it could install service within ten business days, and anyone can challenge a listing. For one house or apartment, look it up on the FCC map.
Xfinity's city in a Spectrum state
Across Texas, Spectrum reports service at 47.8% of locations and Xfinity at 20.3%. In Houston the split is reversed: Spectrum appears at 0.1% of locations. Spectrum reports service at 96.7% of San Antonio's locations, 95.5% of Dallas's, 96.1% of Austin's and 91.3%1 of Fort Worth's. Anyone moving to Houston from one of those cities will find a different cable company.
That cable network matters most where AT&T has no fiber. At 16.2% of Houston's locations only one wired provider offers 100/20 Mbps, and Xfinity is that provider at 15.8%; AT&T is the lone option at only 0.3%. In June 2022 the one-wire share was 34.9%. It has fallen by 18.7 percentage points while fiber spread from 57.9%2 to 81.9%1 of locations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 0.7% | 16.2% | 74.6% | 8.5% |
| Texas | 9.6% | 24.2% | 48.8% | 17.4% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Exactly two wired providers at 100/20 is now the norm, at 74.6% of locations, the 67th highest share among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. Three or more reach 8.5%1.
Ezee Fiber and the other fiber companies
14 companies report fiber somewhere inside Houston, a count that ranks 2nd highest among large US cities. Apart from AT&T, few of them reach more than a sliver of the city. Brightspeed reports fiber at 0.5% of locations, Frontier at 0.3%, Astound at 0.2%, and Xfinity's own fiber at 0.8%1.
The exception is Ezee Fiber. It reported almost no Houston locations in June 2022; it now reports 48,552, all fiber, with advertised downloads up to 8 Gbps. Texas is the company's largest state by far, with 593,917 of its 669,375 locations nationally. It is the only wired provider at 100/20 at 0.0%1 of Houston's locations, so where it reports fiber it adds a choice beside cable, AT&T or both.
Even so, a second fiber network is rare. 5.0% of Houston's locations have two or more fiber providers, up from 0.2%2 in June 2022 but below Texas (18.2%) and the US (12.1%1). The strip shows where that puts Houston among the large cities.
Stockton, California 0.0%Overland Park, Kansas 91.0%
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Each dot is a city. 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 |
|---|---|
| Overland Park, Kansas | 91.0% |
| Bridgeport, Connecticut | 89.5% |
| Simi Valley, California | 89.2% |
| West Valley City, Utah | 86.4% |
| Amarillo, Texas | 84.1% |
| Cary, North Carolina | 82.2% |
| Olathe, Kansas | 82.1% |
| Clarksville, Tennessee | 77.9% |
| Stamford, Connecticut | 77.0% |
| Des Moines, Iowa | 74.0% |
| Newark, New Jersey | 73.5% |
| Elizabeth, New Jersey | 69.8% |
| Conroe, Texas | 69.4% |
| San Angelo, Texas | 69.3% |
| Kansas City, Missouri | 68.9% |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 68.5% |
| Huntsville, Alabama | 67.6% |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 67.5% |
| Yonkers, New York | 67.5% |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | 67.4% |
| Durham, North Carolina | 67.2% |
| Paterson, New Jersey | 64.5% |
| Columbia, Missouri | 63.4% |
| Independence, Missouri | 59.5% |
| Oakland, California | 58.6% |
| Lubbock, Texas | 58.0% |
| Wichita Falls, Texas | 57.8% |
| Killeen, Texas | 53.6% |
| Sugar Land, Texas | 51.9% |
| Richmond, California | 47.5% |
| Tyler, Texas | 47.3% |
| New Haven, Connecticut | 46.2% |
| Fayetteville, North Carolina | 45.9% |
| Round Rock, Texas | 45.3% |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | 44.9% |
| Palm Coast, Florida | 44.1% |
| Springfield, Missouri | 44.0% |
| Lansing, Michigan | 43.8% |
| Broken Arrow, Oklahoma | 43.6% |
| Kansas City, Kansas | 43.0% |
| Surprise, Arizona | 42.7% |
| Buckeye, Arizona | 41.8% |
| Waterbury, Connecticut | 41.0% |
| Abilene, Texas | 40.4% |
| Goodyear, Arizona | 39.8% |
| Centennial, Colorado | 36.6% |
| Omaha, Nebraska | 36.4% |
| Wichita, Kansas | 35.7% |
| Westminster, Colorado | 35.6% |
| Concord, North Carolina | 34.6% |
| Lakewood, Colorado | 34.5% |
| Gainesville, Florida | 34.2% |
| Fayetteville, Arkansas | 34.2% |
| Lancaster, California | 34.1% |
| Nashville, Tennessee | 33.5% |
| Elk Grove, California | 32.7% |
| Chula Vista, California | 32.1% |
| Pearland, Texas | 32.1% |
| Coral Springs, Florida | 32.0% |
| Pueblo, Colorado | 31.4% |
| Austin, Texas | 31.4% |
| Grand Rapids, Michigan | 29.8% |
| Port St. Lucie, Florida | 29.3% |
| Hillsboro, Oregon | 28.7% |
| San Mateo, California | 28.5% |
| Berkeley, California | 28.3% |
| Spokane, Washington | 28.2% |
| Greensboro, North Carolina | 28.0% |
| Lexington, Kentucky | 27.8% |
| St. George, Utah | 27.6% |
| San Francisco, California | 26.8% |
| Irvine, California | 26.7% |
| Fishers, Indiana | 26.7% |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 26.5% |
| Lee's Summit, Missouri | 26.0% |
| Green Bay, Wisconsin | 25.6% |
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico | 25.4% |
| New York, New York | 25.2% |
| Norman, Oklahoma | 25.2% |
| San Antonio, Texas | 24.8% |
| Fullerton, California | 23.7% |
| Carmel, Indiana | 23.1% |
| McKinney, Texas | 23.1% |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | 22.9% |
| Hayward, California | 22.1% |
| Alexandria, Virginia | 21.9% |
| Meridian, Idaho | 21.5% |
| Fort Collins, Colorado | 20.9% |
| Nampa, Idaho | 20.3% |
| Mesa, Arizona | 20.0% |
| Davenport, Iowa | 19.9% |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 19.5% |
| Dayton, Ohio | 19.2% |
| Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 19.1% |
| Palm Bay, Florida | 18.9% |
| Allen, Texas | 18.1% |
| Topeka, Kansas | 18.1% |
| Eugene, Oregon | 18.0% |
| St. Petersburg, Florida | 17.9% |
| Sacramento, California | 17.7% |
| Columbia, South Carolina | 17.6% |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | 17.3% |
| South Fulton, Georgia | 17.3% |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 16.8% |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 16.4% |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 15.8% |
| Thornton, Colorado | 15.2% |
| Columbus, Georgia | 15.0% |
| Deltona, Florida | 15.0% |
| Toledo, Ohio | 14.9% |
| Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 14.8% |
| Savannah, Georgia | 14.8% |
| Concord, California | 14.8% |
| Frisco, Texas | 14.4% |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 13.7% |
| West Palm Beach, Florida | 13.5% |
| Lakeland, Florida | 13.5% |
| Edinburg, Texas | 13.4% |
| Peoria, Arizona | 13.3% |
| Memphis, Tennessee | 13.1% |
| Norfolk, Virginia | 12.6% |
| Montgomery, Alabama | 12.5% |
| Plano, Texas | 12.5% |
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 12.4% |
| Laredo, Texas | 12.1% |
| Chesapeake, Virginia | 12.0% |
| Rockford, Illinois | 11.9% |
| Ontario, California | 11.8% |
| Odessa, Texas | 11.5% |
| West Jordan, Utah | 11.1% |
| Louisville, Kentucky | 11.1% |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 11.0% |
| Santa Rosa, California | 11.0% |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | 10.7% |
| Rochester, New York | 10.6% |
| Springfield, Illinois | 10.2% |
| Edmond, Oklahoma | 10.1% |
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 10.0% |
| Denton, Texas | 9.9% |
| Billings, Montana | 9.9% |
| Cape Coral, Florida | 9.3% |
| Vallejo, California | 9.2% |
| Salem, Oregon | 8.9% |
| Glendale, Arizona | 8.4% |
| New Braunfels, Texas | 8.4% |
| Henderson, Nevada | 8.2% |
| Palmdale, California | 8.1% |
| Arlington, Texas | 7.6% |
| Buffalo, New York | 7.6% |
| Charleston, South Carolina | 7.3% |
| Fort Myers, Florida | 7.3% |
| San Jose, California | 7.0% |
| Avondale, Arizona | 6.9% |
| Bend, Oregon | 6.8% |
| Dearborn, Michigan | 6.7% |
| Chicago, Illinois | 6.6% |
| Jackson, Mississippi | 6.4% |
| Hartford, Connecticut | 6.2% |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 6.2% |
| Chandler, Arizona | 6.2% |
| Arvada, Colorado | 6.1% |
| High Point, North Carolina | 6.1% |
| North Las Vegas, Nevada | 6.1% |
| Gilbert, Arizona | 5.9% |
| McAllen, Texas | 5.9% |
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 5.6% |
| Longmont, Colorado | 5.4% |
| North Charleston, South Carolina | 5.3% |
| Scottsdale, Arizona | 5.3% |
| Orlando, Florida | 5.3% |
| Yuma, Arizona | 5.1% |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 5.1% |
| Brownsville, Texas | 5.1% |
| Houston, Texas | 5.0% |
| Chico, California | 4.7% |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 4.3% |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | 4.3% |
| South Bend, Indiana | 4.1% |
| Peoria, Illinois | 4.0% |
| Menifee, California | 4.0% |
| Santa Maria, California | 4.0% |
| Torrance, California | 3.9% |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 3.9% |
| Macon, Georgia | 3.8% |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | 3.5% |
| Aurora, Colorado | 3.5% |
| Tallahassee, Florida | 3.5% |
| Suffolk, Virginia | 3.5% |
| Sparks, Nevada | 3.4% |
| Georgetown, Texas | 3.4% |
| El Cajon, California | 3.4% |
| Midland, Texas | 3.3% |
| Temecula, California | 3.3% |
| Mesquite, Texas | 3.2% |
| Oceanside, California | 3.1% |
| Naperville, Illinois | 3.1% |
| Pompano Beach, Florida | 3.0% |
| Akron, Ohio | 2.8% |
| Clovis, California | 2.4% |
| Kent, Washington | 2.4% |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 2.2% |
| Escondido, California | 2.2% |
| El Paso, Texas | 2.2% |
| Seattle, Washington | 2.1% |
| Boca Raton, Florida | 2.1% |
| Bakersfield, California | 2.1% |
| Davie, Florida | 2.1% |
| Fontana, California | 1.9% |
| Columbus, Ohio | 1.9% |
| Reno, Nevada | 1.9% |
| Daly City, California | 1.9% |
| Greeley, Colorado | 1.8% |
| Athens, Georgia | 1.8% |
| Dallas, Texas | 1.7% |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 1.6% |
| El Monte, California | 1.5% |
| Allentown, Pennsylvania | 1.4% |
| Boise, Idaho | 1.4% |
| Rochester, Minnesota | 1.4% |
| Washington, District of Columbia | 1.3% |
| Fargo, North Dakota | 1.3% |
| Waco, Texas | 1.3% |
| Sterling Heights, Michigan | 1.3% |
| Irving, Texas | 1.2% |
| San Diego, California | 1.2% |
| Rialto, California | 1.2% |
| Aurora, Illinois | 1.1% |
| Spokane Valley, Washington | 1.1% |
| Joliet, Illinois | 1.1% |
| Jurupa Valley, California | 1.1% |
| Hollywood, Florida | 0.9% |
| Carlsbad, California | 0.9% |
| Santa Clara, California | 0.9% |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 0.9% |
| Baltimore, Maryland | 0.8% |
| Moreno Valley, California | 0.8% |
| Grand Prairie, Texas | 0.8% |
| Tempe, Arizona | 0.8% |
| Murrieta, California | 0.7% |
| Madison, Wisconsin | 0.7% |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 0.7% |
| Provo, Utah | 0.7% |
| Sunnyvale, California | 0.7% |
| Rancho Cucamonga, California | 0.6% |
| Tucson, Arizona | 0.6% |
| Newport News, Virginia | 0.6% |
| Roseville, California | 0.5% |
| League City, Texas | 0.5% |
| Denver, Colorado | 0.5% |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 0.5% |
| Everett, Washington | 0.5% |
| Costa Mesa, California | 0.5% |
| Cincinnati, Ohio | 0.5% |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 0.5% |
| Visalia, California | 0.5% |
| Lewisville, Texas | 0.5% |
| College Station, Texas | 0.5% |
| Richardson, Texas | 0.5% |
| Long Beach, California | 0.5% |
| Ventura, California | 0.4% |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan | 0.4% |
| Bellevue, Washington | 0.4% |
| Evansville, Indiana | 0.4% |
| Los Angeles, California | 0.4% |
| Fremont, California | 0.3% |
| Orange, California | 0.3% |
| Carrollton, Texas | 0.3% |
| Portland, Oregon | 0.3% |
| Sandy Springs, Georgia | 0.3% |
| Tampa, Florida | 0.3% |
| Santa Clarita, California | 0.3% |
| Garland, Texas | 0.3% |
| Vancouver, Washington | 0.3% |
| Downey, California | 0.3% |
| Providence, Rhode Island | 0.3% |
| Pomona, California | 0.3% |
| Jersey City, New Jersey | 0.3% |
| Hampton, Virginia | 0.3% |
| Las Cruces, New Mexico | 0.3% |
| Fresno, California | 0.2% |
| Riverside, California | 0.2% |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | 0.2% |
| Syracuse, New York | 0.2% |
| Anaheim, California | 0.2% |
| Santa Ana, California | 0.2% |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 0.2% |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 0.2% |
| Mobile, Alabama | 0.2% |
| Oxnard, California | 0.2% |
| Fort Wayne, Indiana | 0.2% |
| Hesperia, California | 0.2% |
| Miami, Florida | 0.2% |
| Gresham, Oregon | 0.2% |
| West Covina, California | 0.2% |
| San Bernardino, California | 0.1% |
| Cleveland, Ohio | 0.1% |
| Pasadena, California | 0.1% |
| Boulder, Colorado | 0.1% |
| Inglewood, California | 0.1% |
| Hialeah, Florida | 0.1% |
| Huntington Beach, California | 0.1% |
| Miramar, Florida | 0.1% |
| Burbank, California | 0.1% |
| Glendale, California | 0.1% |
| Clearwater, Florida | 0.1% |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | 0.1% |
| Corona, California | 0.1% |
| Pasadena, Texas | 0.1% |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | 0.1% |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 0.1% |
| Garden Grove, California | 0.1% |
| Victorville, California | 0.1% |
| Quincy, Massachusetts | 0.1% |
| Tacoma, Washington | 0.0% |
| Worcester, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Salinas, California | 0.0% |
| Thousand Oaks, California | 0.0% |
| Beaumont, Texas | 0.0% |
| Albany, New York | 0.0% |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 0.0% |
| Detroit, Michigan | 0.0% |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | 0.0% |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 0.0% |
| Richmond, Virginia | 0.0% |
| Augusta, Georgia | 0.0% |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Miami Gardens, Florida | 0.0% |
| St. Paul, Minnesota | 0.0% |
| Fairfield, California | 0.0% |
| Antioch, California | 0.0% |
| Renton, Washington | 0.0% |
| Lynn, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Tracy, California | 0.0% |
| Stockton, California | 0.0% |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 0.0% |
| Modesto, California | 0.0% |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 0.0% |
| Warren, Michigan | 0.0% |
| Manchester, New Hampshire | 0.0% |
| Elgin, Illinois | 0.0% |
| Brockton, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
| Vacaville, California | 0.0% |
| New Bedford, Massachusetts | 0.0% |
Verizon and T-Mobile home internet
Verizon reports fixed wireless home internet at 78.4% of Houston's locations, advertises up to 1 Gbps and offers 100/20 Mbps at 40.0%. Its Houston footprint has grown more than any other provider's since June 2022. T-Mobile reports 79.0%, with a reported maximum of 100 Mbps and 100/20 at 30.1%. Licensed fixed wireless of 100/20 Mbps or more now reaches 56.5%1 of locations, up from 42.4%2. Wireless capacity is shared within each tower sector, so a carrier can decline an address its coverage map includes.
Uploads caught up with downloads
The speed change since 2022 shows up most in uploads. Symmetrical wired service of 100/100 Mbps went from 57.9% to 95.9% of locations, and the gigabit tier with uploads of at least 100 Mbps (1,000/100) from 57.9% to 95.9%. Both shares are now higher than the fiber share, so part of that service is reported over a wire other than fiber. At the top, the fastest advertised download at 79.5%2 of locations in 2022 was between 940 Mbps and 2 Gbps; today it is 2 Gbps or more at 94.7%1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 4.5% | 94.7% |
| 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% |
All of these are maximum speeds that providers advertise to the FCC. None is a measurement.
More households on phone data alone
Coverage is near-universal, and subscriptions are not. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 16.8% of Houston households relied only on a cellular data plan for internet (margin of error ±0.9 percentage points). That is above Texas (13.1%, ±0.2 percentage points) and above Dallas (14.1%, ±1.4 percentage points), San Antonio (14.0%, ±1.3 percentage points) and Austin (10.2%, ±1.4 percentage points), with margins that do not overlap. Subscriptions to cable, fiber or DSL covered 73.8% of households (±1.1 percentage points), against 76.8%3 statewide.
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) | 99.3% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 73.8% | ±1.1 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 16.8% | ±0.9 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 6.0% | ±0.6 |
The share with no internet subscription at all was 14.9%4 in the 2019 survey and 6.0% (±0.6 percentage points3) in 2025. Survey households and FCC locations are different units counted at different times, so the two sources show a direction, not an exact gap.
Pockets without a wired connection
Houston's gaps are small shares of a very large city. At 976 locations, satellite is the only service any provider reports; that share, 0.2%, ranks tied for 14th highest among large cities. 1,708 locations count as unserved under the federal BEAD program's definition, with no fiber, cable, DSL or licensed fixed wireless at 25/3 Mbps; their share, 0.3%, ranks tied for 28th highest. A further 1,1891 locations reach 100/20 Mbps only by fixed wireless. A resident who sees a wrong listing at their address can file a challenge through the FCC map.
Houston and the other large Texas cities
| Area | Fiber available | Two or more fiber networks | One wired choice | Satellite only | Households relying only on a cellular data plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston, Texas | 81.9% | 5.0% | 16.2% | 0.2% | 16.8% ±0.9 |
| Dallas, Texas | 84.4% | 1.7% | 14.1% | 0.0% | 14.1% ±1.4 |
| San Antonio, Texas | 88.2% | 24.8% | 11.0% | 0.0% | 14.0% ±1.3 |
| Austin, Texas | 82.4% | 31.4% | 16.0% | 0.2% | 10.2% ±1.4 |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 86.0% | 16.4% | 14.8% | 0.0% | 10.3% ±1.3 |
| Texas | 74.4% | 18.2% | 24.2% | 0.5% | 13.1% ±0.2 |
| United States | 62.6% | 12.1% | 36.6% | 0.8% | – |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people. ± is the 90% margin of error.
The Texas page maps every county, including Harris County, and sets out the state's BEAD plan.
Houston internet questions
What internet providers serve Houston?
Xfinity reports service at 98.8% of Houston's locations, mostly over cable, and AT&T at 89.8%, over fiber, DSL and fixed wireless. Verizon (78.4%) and T-Mobile (79.0%) report fixed wireless home internet, and Ezee Fiber reports fiber at 8.7%. In all, 141 wired providers report service somewhere in the city, as of June 30, 2026.
Is fiber internet available in Houston?
At 81.9% of homes and businesses, against 74.4% for Texas and 62.6% for the US. AT&T accounts for most of it; Ezee Fiber adds 8.7%1.
Is Spectrum available in Houston?
Barely. Spectrum reports service at 0.1% of Houston's locations, against 47.8%1 of locations statewide. The city's cable network is Xfinity's.
How many wired providers does a Houston address usually have?
Two at 100/20 Mbps or faster is the usual case: 74.6% of locations have exactly two, 8.5% have three or more and 16.2%1 have only one. Fixed wireless and satellite come on top of those.
Checking one address in Houston
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: San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, El Paso, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Plano, Lubbock, Laredo, Irving and Garland. Compare Houston 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
- 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.