Laredo, Texas: internet providers and the new fiber
Fiber is available at 65.2% of the 71,908 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Laredo, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 97.6%. 62.6% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 35.0% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Laredo in Texas
Four years ago Laredo was a one-wire city: at 87.0% of its homes and businesses, only one wired provider offered 100/20 Mbps. Fiber now reaches 65.2% of locations, up from 8.1%2, mostly from AT&T and Metronet, and the single-wire share has fallen to 35.0%1.
Spectrum and three fiber networks
Spectrum is the one network that reaches almost everywhere: it reports service at 95.3% of Laredo's 71,908 homes and businesses, nearly all of it over cable. Two companies report fiber on a large scale: AT&T at 25.9% of locations and Metronet at 44.5%, with Smartcom Telephone adding fiber at 4.9%1. T-Mobile, Verizon and Autophone report fixed wireless home internet over most of the city.
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 95.3% | 95.3% | 1 Gbps | 33.0% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 79.1% | 12.0% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 73.0% | 41.3% | 300 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 63.1% | 33.8% | 5 Gbps | 0.1% |
| Autophone | Fixed wireless | 62.4% | 0.0% | 50 Mbps | – |
| Metronet | Fiber | 44.5% | 44.5% | 5 Gbps | 1.4% |
| Smartcom Telephone LLC | Fiber | 4.9% | 4.9% | 5 Gbps | 0.3% |
| Pathway Com-Tel | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1 Gbps | 0.1% |
| VTX Communications, LLC | Fiber DSL | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Southwest Oklahoma Telephone Company | 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, Viasat, Starlink) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
These are the providers' own filings to the FCC, as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026), for locations inside the city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census. "Available" means the provider says it could install standard service within ten business days; the filings can be challenged on the FCC map.
From one wire to several since 2022
In June 2022, fiber reached 8.1% of Laredo's locations and 7.2%2 had a choice of two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps. By June 2026 those shares were 65.2% and 62.6%. The rise in two-wire choice, +55.4 percentage points, ranks 23rd highest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more; the fiber gain, +57.1 percentage points, is the 27th highest. Texas as a whole gained +28.8 percentage points1 in fiber over the same four years.
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 | 8.1% | 55.5% | 65.2% | 57.1 pts |
| One wired choice | 87.0% | 44.3% | 35.0% | −52.0 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 7.2% | 52.9% | 62.6% | 55.4 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 0.2% | 9.6% | 12.1% | 11.9 pts |
Metronet, the one large network that is new since 2022, went from no Laredo locations to 31,963. Two or more fiber companies now report service at 12.1% of locations, up from 0.2%2; across Texas the share is 18.2%1.
That two-fiber share ranks 125th highest1 among large cities; the strip below shows where it sits.
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% |
Laredo beside Brownsville, McAllen and El Paso
Two other Texas border cities started from the same point. In June 2022 fiber reached 8.2% of Brownsville's locations and 8.8% of McAllen's, almost the same as Laredo's 8.1%. They now stand at 69.2% and 43.7%: Brownsville a little ahead of Laredo, McAllen well behind. El Paso started with much more fiber, 42.4%2, and now trails Laredo at 60.0%1.
| Area | Fiber available | Fiber available: change since June 30, 2022 | Two or more fiber networks | One wired choice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laredo, Texas | 65.2% | 57.1 pts | 12.1% | 35.0% |
| Brownsville, Texas | 69.2% | 61.0 pts | 5.1% | 30.1% |
| McAllen, Texas | 43.7% | 34.9 pts | 5.9% | 52.2% |
| El Paso, Texas | 60.0% | 17.6 pts | 2.2% | 36.1% |
| Texas | 74.4% | 28.8 pts | 18.2% | 24.2% |
| United States | 62.6% | 25.4 pts | 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.
One wire at a third of addresses
The new fiber has not reached every street. Spectrum remains the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps for 33.0% of locations. Counting every provider, the single-wire share is 35.0%, above the Texas share of 24.2%. At the other end, 10.4%1 of Laredo's locations can choose among three or more wired providers at that speed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laredo | 2.5% | 35.0% | 52.2% | 10.4% |
| Texas | 9.6% | 24.2% | 48.8% | 17.4% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Only 1,760 locations have no wired 100/20 service at all, and 71 are left with satellite as their only option, a share tied for the lowest among large cities.
Fiber sets the upload ceiling
Spectrum advertises downloads up to 1 Gbps across its network, and a 1 Gbps download is advertised at 97.6% of locations. Uploads separate the networks. Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) is advertised at 65.2%1 of locations, exactly the fiber share, because cable uploads are far slower than its downloads.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laredo | 1.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 46.4% | 51.2% |
| 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% |
The top advertised tier moved too. Downloads of 2 Gbps or more are advertised at 51.2% of locations, against 7.0%2 in 2022: AT&T (5 Gbps) and Smartcom (5 Gbps) list multi-gigabit maximums on fiber, and so does Metronet, up to 5 Gbps1. All of these are provider-reported maximums, not measured speeds.
Wireless and copper alongside
Fixed wireless covers 95.5% of locations, mostly at lower advertised speeds than the wired networks. T-Mobile reports service at 79.1% of locations with a maximum advertised download of 100 Mbps; Verizon reports 73.0%, with 100/20 Mbps at 41.3%. Verizon's footprint, 52,456 locations, is almost entirely new since 2022. Autophone uses unlicensed spectrum and advertises up to 50 Mbps1. Wireless capacity is shared by everyone on a tower sector, so reported availability is not a promise of capacity at every address.
AT&T's copper telephone network still carries DSL to 32.0% of locations, down 2.5 percentage points1 since 2022, at advertised speeds well below 100 Mbps.
Built, but not yet subscribed
The network figures and the subscription figures tell different stories. In the Census Bureau's 2025 survey, 8.5% of Laredo households had no internet subscription (margin of error ±2.0 percentage points), down from 18.2% in 2019 (±2.5 percentage points5); the two ranges do not overlap. Two other measures stand out among large cities. 6.9% of households had no internet access of any kind, the 7th highest share, against 3.5% statewide. And 18.9% had a smartphone as their only computer (±2.7 percentage points), a share tied for 12th highest among large cities, against 11.6%4 for Texas.
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) | 97.6% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 77.2% | ±2.7 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 10.3% | ±2.1 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 8.5% | ±2.0 |
Survey figures count households over a year; the FCC counts locations on one date, and an apartment building is one location, so the two cannot be subtracted. The FCC data contain no prices. The standing federal discount on phone or internet service is Lifeline, which reached 9.4%6 of eligible Texas households; each provider's broadband facts label lists the price of every plan.
Laredo is in Webb County, where 57.8%1 of locations have two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps.
Laredo internet questions
What internet providers are available in Laredo, Texas?
Spectrum reports cable service at 95.3% of locations. AT&T (25.9%), Metronet (44.5%) and Smartcom Telephone (4.9%) report fiber; AT&T also reports DSL and fixed wireless. T-Mobile (79.1%), Verizon (73.0%) and Autophone (62.4%1) report fixed wireless home internet.
Is fiber internet available in Laredo?
At 65.2% of locations inside city limits, up from 8.1%2 in June 2022. That is below the Texas share of 74.4% and above the US share of 62.6%. At 12.1%1 of locations two or more different companies report fiber.
Is Metronet available in Laredo?
Metronet reports fiber at 31,963 Laredo locations, 44.5% of the city, with advertised downloads up to 5 Gbps1. It reported no Laredo locations in June 2022.
How many internet providers does Laredo have?
7 wired providers report service somewhere in the city, 7 of them with fiber, but most cover only small areas. At a typical address the count that matters is lower: on average 1.71 wired providers offer 100/20 Mbps per location, and 10.4%1 of locations have three or more.
Checking one address in Laredo
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.
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- 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
- USAC, Lifeline participation rate; released August 17, 2026. www.usac.org
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.