Internet in Alexandria, Virginia
Fiber is available at 82.4% of the 24,656 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Alexandria, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 99.9%. 82.5% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 17.4% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Alexandria in Virginia
In four years Alexandria's map traded copper for fiber. In the FCC's first map, as of June 30, 2022, DSL was reported at 81.9% of the city's homes and businesses and fiber at 4.7%2; four years later fiber reaches 82.4% and DSL 0.0%1. Xfinity's cable network still reaches almost every address, so most of the city now has two fast wires instead of one.
Xfinity, Verizon and Ting: who reports service
Three companies account for nearly all of Alexandria's wired internet. Xfinity reports service, nearly all of it cable, at 99.8% of the city's 24,656 homes and businesses; its cable share is tied for 11th highest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. Verizon reports fiber at 81.3% of them, and Ting, which reported nothing here in June 2022, reports fiber at 23.0%. Starry reports fixed wireless and some fiber at 3.6%1, and Cox and a few small carriers each report under one percent of locations.
| Xfinity | Fiber Cable | 99.8% | 99.8% | 2 Gbps | 17.4% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Fiber Licensed wireless | 91.8% | 89.5% | 2.3 Gbps | 0.0% |
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 79.9% | 38.3% | 100 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Licensed wireless | 60.3% | 14.1% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Ting | Fiber | 23.0% | 23.0% | 2 Gbps | – |
| Starry Inc | Fiber Licensed wireless | 3.6% | 3.6% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Cox | Fiber Cable | 0.2% | 0.2% | 2 Gbps | – |
| Gigafy | DSL | 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 (Starlink, HughesNet) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
The table counts the share of locations where each company reports it can install service within ten business days, as filed with the FCC for June 30, 2026 (revision of November 10, 2026). The city limits are those of the 2020 Census. A reported location can be challenged on the FCC map, and a reported share is not a promise for any single building: the City of Alexandria's cable and broadband page notes that in apartment and condominium buildings, service often depends on agreements between the provider and the property owner or manager.
Copper out, fiber in
Between the FCC's first map and its latest, DSL, internet over telephone copper, went from 81.9% of locations to 0.0%, which ranks tied for the lowest among large cities. Over the same years fiber went from 4.7%2 to 82.4%, a rise of 77.8 percentage points, the 9th highest1 gain among large cities.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSL available | 81.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | −81.9 pts |
| Fiber available | 4.7% | 82.6% | 82.4% | 77.8 pts |
| Wired 100/100 Mbps | 4.7% | 95.1% | 95.5% | 90.8 pts |
Most of that fiber is Verizon's. The company already reported service at most Alexandria addresses in 2022, when the city's network was overwhelmingly copper; in the latest filing it reports fiber at 81.3%. The city government's broadband page, updated in June 2025, lists both Verizon Fios and Ting as fiber providers still in deployment. Most of the change happened before December 31, 2025: since then the fiber share has changed by −0.2 percentage points1.
Fiber also changed the upload side. Symmetrical wired service of 100/100 Mbps or more was reported at 4.7% of locations in 2022 and at 95.5% now. The FCC's gigabit tier, 1,000 Mbps down with at least 100 Mbps up, went from 0.0% to 86.9%. A 1 Gbps download was already advertised almost everywhere in 2022 (98.7%) over cable; what was missing was the upload. The top download tier moved as well: 86.9%1 of locations now have a provider advertising 2 Gbps or more, against 0.0%2 in 2022. These are maximum advertised speeds reported by the providers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13.0% | 86.9% |
| Virginia | 4.5% | 2.0% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 35.3% | 56.2% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
From one fast wire to two
In June 2022, 94.2%2 of Alexandria's locations had exactly one wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps. By June 30, 2026 that share had fallen to 17.4%, and the share with two or more rose by 77.8 percentage points to 82.5%, the 8th highest increase among large cities. Across Virginia, 58.9%1 of locations have two or more.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | 0.1% | 17.4% | 60.5% | 22.0% |
| Virginia | 8.1% | 33.0% | 55.8% | 3.2% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Xfinity remains the only wired 100/20 provider at 17.4% of locations: the addresses where neither Verizon nor Ting reports a wired connection at that speed. Three wired choices are less common: 22.0% of locations, almost exactly the share where two fiber networks overlap (21.9%). Only 351 of the city's locations have no wired provider at 100/20.
Fixed wireless covers more, offers less
T-Mobile reports 5G home internet at 79.9% of locations, but offers 100/20 Mbps at only 38.3%, with a top advertised download of 100 Mbps. AT&T, which had no reported service in Alexandria in 2022, now reports fixed wireless at 60.3% and 100/20 at 14.1%1; it reports no wired service in the city. Verizon also reports fixed wireless at part of the city. Wireless capacity is shared on each tower sector, and carriers accept sign-ups address by address, so a reported location is not a guaranteed opening.
Behind Arlington and the District
Alexandria's fiber share is above Virginia's (70.3%) and the national figure (62.6%), and in the middle of the country's large cities: tied for 130th highest. Its immediate neighbors are further along. Fiber is reported at 94.9% of locations in Arlington County, 95.8% in Fairfax County and 87.4%1 in the District of Columbia.
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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| Area | Fiber available |
|---|---|
| Fairfax County | 95.8% |
| Arlington County | 94.9% |
| Washington | 87.4% |
| Alexandria | 82.4% |
| Virginia | 70.3% |
| United States | 62.6% |
The difference carries over to choice. Two or more wired providers at 100/20 are reported at 94.7% of Arlington County's locations and 94.3% of the District's, against 82.5%1 in Alexandria, where Xfinity's single-wire areas remain.
| Area | Fiber available | Two or more wired choices | One wired choice | Gigabit (1,000/100) | Wired 100/100 Mbps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria, Virginia | 82.4% | 82.5% | 17.4% | 86.9% | 95.5% |
| Arlington County, Virginia | 94.9% | 94.7% | 5.2% | 99.6% | 99.8% |
| Fairfax County, Virginia | 95.8% | 93.9% | 4.7% | 75.7% | 96.9% |
| Washington, District of Columbia | 87.4% | 94.3% | 5.5% | 90.7% | 96.8% |
| Virginia | 70.3% | 58.9% | 33.0% | 60.1% | 76.9% |
| United States | 62.6% | 55.6% | 36.6% | 72.3% | 73.7% |
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.
Among Virginia's other large cities, Richmond and the Hampton Roads cities have their own mixes of Cox, Verizon and new fiber; the Virginia page compares every county and independent city.
A highly connected city in the Census survey
Alexandria's households subscribe at high rates. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 96.5% had a broadband subscription of some kind (margin of error ±1.5 percentage points), 83.3% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (±2.6 percentage points), and 11.2% relied only on a cellular data plan (±2.9 percentage points). The share without any internet subscription was 3.5% (±1.5 percentage points4), against 7.7% (±1.5 percentage points5) in the 2019 survey; the two ranges do not overlap.
The survey counts households over a year; the FCC counts locations on one date. The two measures describe different things, so one is not subtracted from the other.
Questions about internet service in Alexandria
What internet providers are available in Alexandria, Virginia?
Xfinity reports service at 99.8% of locations, almost all over cable, and Verizon at 91.8%, with fiber at 81.3%. Ting reports fiber at 23.0%. T-Mobile (79.9%) and AT&T (60.3%1) report fixed wireless home internet, and three satellite companies report the whole city.
Is Verizon Fios available in Alexandria?
At most addresses, according to Verizon's own filing: it reports fiber at 81.3% of the city's locations as of June 30, 2026, with advertised downloads up to 2.3 Gbps1. At some other addresses it reports fixed wireless. Whether one building is wired is an address question for the FCC map.
How many internet providers does Alexandria have?
6 wired providers report service somewhere in the city, up from 42 in June 2022, but several of them serve only a few dozen locations. At 60.5% of locations exactly two wired providers offer 100/20 Mbps, and at 22.0%1 three or more do.
Checking one address in Alexandria
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.