North Carolina Internet Providers

The tables below list the most widely available internet providers in North Carolina, split out by technology. Availability captures the percent of the population covered, not the percent of land area covered in North Carolina.

Fiber

Provider	Availability
AT&T	53%
Google Fiber	22%
Brightspeed	10%
Metronet Holdings	8%
Lumos	7%
Spectrum	6%
Hotwire Communications	4%

Cable

Provider	Availability
Spectrum	85%
Optimum	6%

DSL/CopperDSL

Provider	Availability
Brightspeed	13%
AT&T	5%
Frontier	5%
Windstream North Carolina	3%

Fixed WirelessFixed Wireless

Provider	Availability
T-Mobile	97%
Verizon	81%
US Cellular	25%
AT&T	14%
Carolina West Wireless	6%
OpenBroadband	5%
Skyrunner	5%

Next-Gen SatelliteLEO Satellite

Provider	Availability
Starlink	99%

Traditional SatelliteGSO Satellite

Provider	Availability
HughesNet	99%
Viasat	89%

Data Details

Availability metrics are likely overestimates and don't account for residents of North Carolina living outside of census places.

Up to 7 providers are listed for each technology. Providers with less than 1% availability in North Carolina are omitted.