Internet in Tyler, Texas
Fiber is available at 89.8% of the 36,690 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Tyler, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 96.9%. 84.4% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 12.6% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Tyler in Texas
In June 2022, fiber reached 4.8%2 of Tyler's homes and businesses and Optimum's cable was the only fast wire at most of them. As of June 30, 2026, fiber reaches 89.8%, mostly from Metronet and AT&T. Yet 5551 locations inside the city limits have no wired or licensed wireless service at even 25/3 Mbps, a larger share than in all but one other US city of 100,000 or more.
Optimum, Metronet and AT&T, then small filers
13 providers report wired or fixed wireless internet inside Tyler's city limits, across the 36,690 homes and businesses the FCC counts there as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026). Three wired providers reach most of the city. Optimum reports cable at 89.3% of locations, Metronet fiber at 84.4%, and AT&T service at 76.3%, of which fiber accounts for 45.8% of the city and the rest is DSL or fixed wireless. Peoples Communications, Etex Telephone and Frontier report fiber in small areas, each at no more than 2.4%1 of locations.
| Optimum | Fiber Cable | 89.3% | 89.3% | 940 Mbps | 7.3% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 84.9% | 59.9% | 300 Mbps | – |
| Metronet | Fiber | 84.4% | 84.4% | 5 Gbps | 4.8% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 84.2% | 23.0% | 100 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless | 76.3% | 47.9% | 5 Gbps | 0.4% |
| DCTexas | Fixed wireless | 45.2% | 0.0% | 25 Mbps | – |
| Peoples Communications | Fiber | 2.4% | 2.4% | 1 Gbps | 0.1% |
| Frontier | Fiber | 1.1% | 1.1% | 5 Gbps | – |
| Longview Cable Television Company Inc | Cable | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 0.0% | 0.0% | 500 Mbps | – |
| CCECA Broadband | Fiber | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 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.
"Available" in these figures means a provider tells the FCC it could connect a location within ten business days; anyone can challenge that claim on the FCC National Broadband Map. The table describes the city as a whole. A single street can differ.
From one fiber address in twenty to nine in ten
The first National Broadband Map, as of June 30, 2022, showed fiber at 4.8% of Tyler's locations. The figure is now 89.8%, a rise of 85.0 percentage points, the 7th highest increase among the 343 US cities of 100,000 or more. Metronet is now the largest fiber network in the city: it reported no locations in Tyler in 2022 and now reports fiber at 30,969. AT&T reports fiber at 45.8% of locations, so most of its fiber footprint is also newer than the first map, while the share with DSL fell from 55.7%2 to 46.5%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 | 4.8% | 88.8% | 89.8% | 85.0 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 0.1% | 36.5% | 47.3% | 47.2 pts |
| One wired choice | 93.1% | 13.0% | 12.6% | −80.6 pts |
| DSL available | 55.7% | 47.4% | 46.5% | −9.2 pts |
Because the new fiber overlaps, the share of locations with two or more fiber networks went from 0.1%2 to 47.3%, and it changed by +10.8 percentage points1 in the six months since December 31, 2025. Changes here compare shares, not counts, because the FCC's list of locations is revised with each release.
Two or three wires at most addresses
In 2022, 93.1%2 of Tyler's locations had exactly one wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps, almost always Optimum. That share is now 12.6%. Two or more wired providers at that speed are reported at 84.4% of locations, against 66.2% for Texas, and three or more at 42.0%. On average a Tyler location has 2.241 wired providers at 100/20 Mbps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler | 3.1% | 12.6% | 42.4% | 42.0% |
| Texas | 9.6% | 24.2% | 48.8% | 17.4% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Optimum is still the only wired provider at 100/20 Mbps at 7.3% of locations; Metronet is the only one at 4.8%1.
The pockets without a fast wire
Tyler's least typical figures are at the other end of the scale. The FCC classes 555 of the city's locations, 1.5%, as unserved: no provider reports 25/3 Mbps by wire or licensed fixed wireless. Among the 343 largest cities, that is the 2nd highest share. At 336 locations satellite is the only service reported at all, also the 2nd highest share among large cities, and 1,1241 have no wired provider at 100/20 Mbps.
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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| Large city | Unserved |
|---|---|
| United States | 2.4% |
| Tyler, Texas | 1.5% |
| Midland, Texas | 0.9% |
| College Station, Texas | 0.5% |
| Conroe, Texas | 0.4% |
| Denton, Texas | 0.4% |
| Lubbock, Texas | 0.3% |
| Houston, Texas | 0.3% |
| Abilene, Texas | 0.2% |
| Pearland, Texas | 0.2% |
| League City, Texas | 0.2% |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 0.2% |
| Austin, Texas | 0.2% |
| Measure | Tyler | Texas | United States | Rank among largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wired choice | 3.1% | 9.6% | 7.8% | tied 78th of 343 |
| No terrestrial 100/20 | 2.6% | 3.0% | 4.2% | tied 44th of 343 |
| Unserved | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 2nd of 343 |
| Satellite only | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 2nd 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.
These are small numbers against a city of 37,000 locations, and the unserved share has barely moved since 2022, when it was 1.6%. The satellite-only share rose from 0.0%2. Across Smith County as a whole, 3.3% of locations are unserved. DCTexas, an unlicensed fixed wireless provider, reports service at 45.2% of Tyler's locations, but with advertised downloads of 25 Mbps1 at most, below the FCC's 100/20 benchmark. For an address in one of these pockets, the FCC map is the place to check what is reported and to file a challenge.
Upload speeds followed the fiber
Optimum's fastest advertised download in Tyler is 940 Mbps; Metronet and AT&T advertise up to 5 Gbps on fiber. The fastest advertised tier is 2 Gbps or more at 67.3% of locations, against 0.0% in 2022. The change in uploads is as large: symmetrical wired service of 100/100 Mbps, which in practice means fiber, is advertised at 89.8%1 of locations, up from 4.8%2. All of these are maximum speeds providers advertise, not measurements.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler | 1.7% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 29.6% | 67.3% |
| 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% |
5G home internet from Verizon and T-Mobile
Verizon reports fixed wireless home internet at 84.9% of Tyler's locations, and offers 100/20 Mbps at 59.9%. T-Mobile reports 84.2%, with 100/20 Mbps at 23.0%. Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps from any carrier is reported at 66.0%1 of locations. The carriers share tower capacity among nearby users and accept sign-ups address by address, so these shares mark where service is reported, not a guarantee of an opening.
Tyler beside other Texas cities where Metronet built
Metronet reports fiber at most locations in Abilene, Amarillo and Lubbock and in part of Killeen. Those cities had more fiber than Tyler in 2022, so Tyler's gain since then is the largest of the group. It also has the highest shares of unserved and satellite-only locations among them.
| Area | Fiber available | Fiber available: change since June 30, 2022 | Unserved | Satellite only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler, Texas | 89.8% | 85.0 pts | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Abilene, Texas | 97.2% | 29.8 pts | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Lubbock, Texas | 92.2% | 22.1 pts | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Amarillo, Texas | 98.0% | 19.0 pts | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Killeen, Texas | 92.3% | 77.4 pts | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Texas | 74.4% | 28.8 pts | 2.1% | 0.5% |
| United States | 62.6% | 25.4 pts | 2.4% | 0.8% |
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.
Households moved to wired service
Census surveys show subscriptions shifting in the same years. In 2019, 47.9% of Tyler households subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±4.7 percentage points) and 29.4% relied only on a cellular data plan. In the 2025 survey the wired share was 78.5% (±3.6 percentage points), cellular-only 12.0% (±3.0 percentage points), and 6.3%5 of households had no internet subscription, against 18.8%4 in 2019. The ranges do not overlap, so the shift is larger than survey error. The survey counts households over a year; the FCC counts locations on one date.
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) | 96.9% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 78.5% | ±3.6 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 12.0% | ±3.0 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 6.3% | ±2.0 |
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Questions about internet service in Tyler
What internet providers are available in Tyler, Texas?
Three wired networks report service across most of the city: Optimum (89.3% of locations, almost all cable), Metronet (84.4%, fiber) and AT&T (76.3%1, fiber, DSL and fixed wireless). Verizon and T-Mobile report 5G or LTE home internet, DCTexas reports unlicensed fixed wireless, and satellite is reported everywhere. Data as of June 30, 2026; check one address on the FCC map.
Is fiber internet available in Tyler?
At 89.8% of locations at least one provider reports fiber, against 74.4% for Texas and 62.6% for the US. At 47.3%1 two or more fiber networks report service, usually Metronet and AT&T.
How many internet providers does Tyler have?
10 wired providers report service somewhere in the city, 8 of them over fiber, but several cover only a few hundred locations. At a typical address the useful count is two or three: 42.0% of locations have three or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps and 42.4%1 have exactly two.
Is Metronet available in Tyler?
Metronet reports fiber at 84.4% of Tyler's locations as of June 30, 2026, with advertised downloads up to 5 Gbps1. It reported no Tyler locations in June 2022.
Checking one address in Tyler
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 2019 1-year detailed tables; 2019. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. 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.