Internet in McKinney, Texas

AT&T fiber, Spectrum cable and a long list of smaller networks

Two companies reach almost every one of McKinney's 63,195 broadband serviceable locations, the FCC's count of homes, apartment buildings and businesses inside the city's 2020 Census boundary. Spectrum reports service at 96.6% of them, mostly over cable but with fiber at 10.5%, advertised up to 1 Gbps. AT&T reports 96.0%: fiber at 86.7%, with tiers advertised up to 5 Gbps¹, and DSL or fixed wireless at most of the rest.

The table lists what each company reported to the FCC for the National Broadband Map, as of June 30, 2026 (revision of November 10, 2026). "Available" means the provider says it could connect the location within ten business days of an order; anyone who finds otherwise can challenge the listing on the FCC map. Starlink, HughesNet and Viasat report the whole city, as they do nationwide, but none advertises 100/20 Mbps here, and only 5¹ locations depend on satellite alone.

Below the two large networks the list is long. 8 companies report fiber somewhere in McKinney, tied for 20th highest among the 343 US cities of 100,000 or more. The largest of them after AT&T is NOVOS FiBER, which reported no McKinney locations in June 2022 and now reports fiber at 9,128, advertised up to 5 Gbps. It files in one state only, Texas. Astound (2,092 locations) and Optimum (1,295¹) cover small pockets.

From four in ten to nine in ten since 2022

Among its neighbors, McKinney added the most fiber. The share of locations where at least one provider reports fiber rose by 48.8 percentage points between June 2022 and June 2026, 36th highest among large cities. Frisco rose by 34.1 percentage points over the same years, Allen by 20.0 percentage points and Plano, which already had fiber almost everywhere, by 1.5 percentage points¹. McKinney started furthest behind and now sits close to its neighbors.

Copper receded as fiber spread. DSL over telephone lines was reported at 67.8% of locations in June 2022 and at 39.1% in June 2026, and cable at 89.3%, down from 94.8%². Most of the change was complete by December 2025, when fiber stood at 87.7%³. The comparison uses shares rather than counts because the FCC's list of McKinney locations changed by +5,635¹ over the four years.

June 30, 2022December 31, 2025June 30, 2026

Fiber available89.4% +48.8 pts

DSL available39.1% −28.7 pts

One wired choice10.8% −39.2 pts

Two or more fiber networks23.1% +23.0 pts

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	40.6%	87.7%	89.4%	48.8 pts
DSL available	67.8%	39.7%	39.1%	−28.7 pts
One wired choice	49.9%	12.1%	10.8%	−39.2 pts
Two or more fiber networks	0.1%	21.6%	23.1%	23.0 pts

The one-wire city became a two-wire city

In June 2022, 49.9%² of McKinney's locations had exactly one wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps. That share is now 10.8%, while the share with two or more rose by 39.7 percentage points to 87.7%, against 66.2% across Texas and 55.6% nationally. Spectrum is still the only wired 100/20 option at 9.2% of locations; AT&T is the only one at 1.4%¹.

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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
McKinney	1.6%	10.8%	70.5%	17.2%
Frisco	1.3%	7.4%	75.6%	15.7%
Texas	9.6%	24.2%	48.8%	17.4%
United States	7.8%	36.6%	44.6%	11.1%

Three or more wired providers at that speed are reported at 17.2% of locations. Two separate fiber networks reach 23.1%¹, up from almost none (0.1%²) in 2022.

Fast uploads almost everywhere

The fiber build changed upload speeds more than downloads. A 1 Gbps download was already advertised at 97.7% of locations in 2022, mostly over cable. Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps, the FCC's 1,000/100 tier, was advertised at 40.5%; it is now 98.5%, tied for 47th highest among large cities. Symmetrical wired service of 100/100 Mbps or more moved the same way, to 98.2%, which means cable networks also report uploads of 100 Mbps or more where fiber does not reach. The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 77.4%¹ of locations, against 22.8%² in 2022. These are maximums the providers advertise, not measured speeds.

Fixed wireless grew too

Wireless home internet expanded alongside the fiber. Verizon reported service at 47,573 McKinney locations in June 2026, the largest gain of any provider in the city since 2022, and advertises up to 1 Gbps. T-Mobile reports 88.2% of locations, advertised up to 100 Mbps. Both offer 100/20 Mbps at 33.7%. Two regional fixed wireless companies also report wide coverage: Rise Broadband at 22.8% and ElektraFi, new since 2022, at 19.9%¹. A fixed wireless sector is shared by everyone it serves, so a location the carrier reports is not a guarantee that a new customer can sign up.

Few gaps left

No wired provider offers 100/20 Mbps at 989 locations, and at 491 of those fixed wireless is the only way to reach that speed. Under the definitions of BEAD, the federal broadband grant program, 17 McKinney locations count as unserved, with nothing reliable by wire or licensed fixed wireless at 25/3 Mbps, and 23¹ as underserved.

Subscriptions: near the top of large cities

Availability is counted by location; subscriptions come from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey of households. In 2025, 97.8% of McKinney households had a broadband subscription of some kind (margin of error ±1.4 percentage points), 22nd highest among large cities by point estimate. 88.0% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (±3.1 percentage points) and 8.0% relied only on a cellular data plan (±2.6 percentage points⁴).

The share of households with no internet subscription fell from 10.5% in 2019 (±2.7 percentage points⁵) to 2.2% in 2025 (±1.4 percentage points), a drop larger than both margins of error. Across Texas it was 5.4%⁴ in 2025.

Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations)98.4%

Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)88.0% ±3.1

Households relying only on a cellular data plan8.0% ±2.6

Households with no internet subscription2.2% ±1.4

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)	98.4%
Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)	88.0%	±3.1
Households relying only on a cellular data plan	8.0%	±2.6
Households with no internet subscription	2.2%	±1.4

The Texas page maps every county, including Collin County, and describes the state's BEAD plan. Plano and Frisco have their own pages.