Internet in New Braunfels, Texas
Fiber is available at 71.3% of the 34,798 homes and businesses the FCC counts in New Braunfels, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 97.3%. 72.0% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 25.3% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
New Braunfels in Texas
In the six months to June 30, 2026, fiber's reach in New Braunfels grew by 8.4 percentage points, the 24th highest gain among the 343 largest US cities, to 71.3% of homes and businesses. Spectrum's cable still reaches almost every address, and an electric cooperative that reported no service in the city in 2022 now reports it at 61.9%1 of locations.
Spectrum, AT&T and a cooperative
Two wired networks cover most of New Braunfels. Spectrum reports service at 96.4% of the city's 34,798 homes and businesses, almost all of it over cable, with fiber at 3.9%. AT&T reports service at 93.7%: fiber at 69.5%1, and older DSL lines or fixed wireless across much of the rest. The figures are what providers reported to the FCC as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026), for the city limits as drawn for the 2020 Census.
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 96.4% | 96.4% | 1 Gbps | 24.5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 93.7% | 73.4% | 5 Gbps | 0.8% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 79.5% | 25.9% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 75.0% | 40.7% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Guadalupe Valley Electric Coop | Fiber Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 61.9% | 61.9% | 1 Gbps | 0.0% |
| VTX Communications, LLC | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 39.3% | 39.3% | 400 Mbps | – |
| Centric Fiber | Fiber | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Hotwire Communications | Fiber | 0.3% | 0.3% | 8 Gbps | 0.0% |
| Astound | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.5 Gbps | – |
| GVTC | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 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, Starlink, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
The least expected name on the list is an electric utility's: Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC), which did not report any service inside the city in June 2022 and now reports 61.9% of locations. Most of that footprint is fixed wireless; GVEC reports fiber at 6.7% of the city. Three small fiber networks, Centric Fiber (0.4%), Hotwire Communications (0.3%1) and Astound, each report fiber at a small fraction of the city.
Fiber went from minority to majority
In June 2022 fiber was reported at 43.9% of New Braunfels locations. By December 2025 the share was 63.0%3, and six months later 71.3%. That last step, +8.4 percentage points, ranked 24th highest among the 343 US cities of 100,000 or more; Texas as a whole moved +2.4 percentage points over the same period. DSL went the other way, from 61.8%2 of locations in 2022 to 51.0%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 | 43.9% | 63.0% | 71.3% | 27.4 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 48.8% | 64.4% | 72.0% | 23.1 pts |
| One wired choice | 46.8% | 32.8% | 25.3% | −21.4 pts |
The city has not caught up with its surroundings. Fiber reaches 74.4% of locations statewide. New Braunfels is the seat of Comal County and extends into Guadalupe County, according to the Handbook of Texas; fiber reaches 81.3% of locations in Comal County and 73.5%1 in Guadalupe County.
One wire at about a quarter of addresses
As fiber spread, single-wire addresses became less common. In 2022, 46.8%2 of locations had exactly one wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps; now 25.3% do. Two or more such providers are reported at 72.0%, above the Texas share of 66.2% and the national 55.6%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels | 2.7% | 25.3% | 65.3% | 6.6% |
| Texas | 9.6% | 24.2% | 48.8% | 17.4% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Where only one wire remains, it is nearly always Spectrum's: it is the sole wired provider at 100/20 Mbps for 24.5% of the city's locations. Three or more wired choices are rare, at 6.6%1. "Available" in these figures means the provider says it could install standard service within ten business days; anyone can challenge a listing on the FCC map.
Fixed wireless from four directions
Fixed wireless, a radio link from a tower to an antenna at the home, is reported almost everywhere in New Braunfels. The national carriers report the widest footprints: T-Mobile at 79.5% of locations, with 100/20 Mbps at 25.9%, and Verizon at 75.0%, with 100/20 at 40.7%. GVEC offers 100/20 Mbps at 61.9% of locations, and VTX Communications, which reports only fixed wireless here, at 39.3%1.
Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps or more was reported at 6.4%2 of locations in 2022 and at 71.6% now. At 1.6%1 of locations, fixed wireless is the only service at that speed. Wireless capacity is shared by everyone on a tower, and providers decide eligibility address by address, so a reported area is not a promise that every home can sign up.
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 | New Braunfels | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 71.3% | 74.4% |
| Cable | 93.8% | 77.0% |
| DSL (copper) | 51.0% | 26.7% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 94.9% | 91.0% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 58.0% | 30.0% |
Download tiers above 2 Gbps
The fastest advertised download at 59.1% of locations is 2 Gbps or more, against 27.5% in 2022; AT&T's fiber tops out at 5 Gbps and Hotwire's at 8 Gbps. At most other locations the top tier is Spectrum's 1 Gbps over cable. Gigabit service with uploads of 100 Mbps or more (the 1,000/100 tier) is advertised at 75.1%1 of locations, up from 43.8%2. These are maximums providers advertise, not speeds anyone measured.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 38.5% | 59.1% |
| 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% |
Beside San Antonio and Austin
New Braunfels sits between two much larger cities. The table puts it beside them, the state and the country, all from the same FCC release.
| Area | Fiber available | Two or more fiber networks | Two or more wired choices | Gigabit (1,000/100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels, Texas | 71.3% | 8.4% | 72.0% | 75.1% |
| San Antonio, Texas | 88.2% | 24.8% | 87.1% | 88.2% |
| Austin, Texas | 82.4% | 31.4% | 81.9% | 82.4% |
| Texas | 74.4% | 18.2% | 66.2% | 79.1% |
| United States | 62.6% | 12.1% | 55.6% | 72.3% |
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.
| Area | Fiber available | Gigabit (1,000/100) | Two or more wired choices | Fiber networks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand Oaks, California | 83.0% | 82.8% | 82.8% | 4 |
| Odessa, Texas | 80.0% | 85.9% | 91.9% | 3 |
| Hartford, Connecticut | 74.9% | 98.5% | 74.8% | 3 |
| New Braunfels, Texas | 71.3% | 75.1% | 72.0% | 7 |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan | 52.7% | 77.9% | 58.8% | 4 |
| Arvada, Colorado | 50.2% | 99.7% | 62.2% | 5 |
| Fairfield, California | 21.8% | 99.3% | 31.7% | 2 |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts | 0.5% | 78.0% | 6.3% | 4 |
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.
Subscriptions in the 2025 survey
The Census Bureau's 2025 survey found 96.5% of New Braunfels households with a broadband subscription of any kind (margin of error ±2.0 percentage points); among large cities that ranks tied for 77th highest by point estimate. In 2019 it was 92.0% (±2.9 percentage points5); the margins of error of the two estimates do not overlap. Wired subscriptions (cable, fiber or DSL) were 83.7% (±4.3 percentage points), and 11.3%4 of households relied only on a cellular data plan. Survey households and FCC locations are different counts, so the comparison below shows direction, not an exact gap.
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) | 97.3% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 83.7% | ±4.3 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 11.3% | ±4.0 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 3.5% | ±2.0 |
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Questions and answers
What internet providers are available in New Braunfels?
Spectrum (96.4% of locations, fiber and cable) and AT&T (93.7%; fiber and DSL and licensed fixed wireless) report the widest service. T-Mobile (79.5%) and Verizon (75.0%) report fixed wireless home internet, as do Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (61.9%, with some fiber) and VTX (39.3%1).
Is fiber internet available in New Braunfels?
At 71.3% of locations as of June 30, 2026, almost all of it AT&T's: AT&T reports fiber at 69.5% of the city's homes and businesses. Two or more fiber networks overlap at 8.4%1.
How many internet providers are there in New Braunfels?
10 providers report wired or fixed wireless service somewhere in the city, up from 72 in June 2022; 7 are wired and 7 report fiber. At a given location, 72.0%1 have two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps.
Checking one address in New Braunfels
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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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.