Every US Internet Provider. Tracked. Dated. Sourced.

ACE Communications Group

NE Iowa electric co-op's fiber arm. Solid local operator covering the tri-state corner.

Fiber · 3 states · ~14,000 subs

Advanced Cable Communications

Florida HOA cable operator. Where they're the bulk provider, you live with them.

Cable · Fiber · 1 state · ~28,000 subs

Alaska Communications

Alaska's #2 ISP. Same engineering constraints as GCI. Fiber where built; DSL otherwise. Usually competitive vs GCI in metro areas.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~95,000 subs

All Points Broadband

BEAD-funded rural fiber, $267M in grants across 8 Northern Shenandoah Valley counties. Free install, no contracts, local crews. If they reac…

Fiber · 3 states · ~18,000 subs

Allo Communications

Nebraska-grown fiber operator that expanded into Colorado and Arizona college towns. Lifetime price-lock on the 500 Mbps tier is real and th…

Fiber · 3 states · ~85,000 subs

Aloha Broadband

Hawaii alt-ISP. Limited footprint, niche to Hawaiian Telcom + Spectrum.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~4,500 subs

altafiber

Cincinnati's local telco — turned itself into a fully-fiber metro carrier. If you're in Cincinnati, you probably have altafiber, and it's a …

Fiber · 3 states · ~410,000 subs

AMA TechTel

TX Panhandle/Eastern NM fiber + WISP. Local crews.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 2 states · ~22,000 subs

Anaheim Connect

Anaheim CA open-access muni fiber. Pick from multiple competing retail ISPs over the same fiber.

Fiber · 1 state · ~8,500 subs

Antietam Broadband

Family-owned cable across the MD/PA/WV tri-state corner. Local crews, local hours.

Cable · Fiber · 3 states · ~38,000 subs

Apogee

Student-housing managed Wi-Fi specialist. Only available if your dorm/apartment partners with Apogee.

Fiber · 1 state · ~850,000 subs

Archtop Fiber

Hudson Valley + NW Mass fiber, Grain Management-funded + BEAD-supported. Active build through 2027.

Fiber · 2 states · ~16,000 subs

Aristotle Unified Communications

Two-state operator (AR+OH) with $100M in BEAD across both states. Decent operating history in AR; OH expansion is greenfield — wait until it…

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 2 states · ~11,000 subs

Arkwest Communications

Arkansas Ozarks co-op since 1952.

Fiber · 1 state · ~7,500 subs

Armstrong

Family-owned cable in Western PA and surrounding states. Smaller-town focus, local crews. If you're in their footprint and looking at Spectr…

Cable · Fiber · 6 states · ~230,000 subs

Armstrong FiberVision

Operations consolidated under Armstrong Group.

Fiber · 1 state · ~18,500 subs

Astound Broadband

The largest US 'overbuilder' — runs cable + fiber in urban markets where you already have Comcast or Verizon. Cheaper than the incumbent at …

Cable · Fiber · 12 states · ~1,620,000 subs

AT&T Fiber

Solid symmetric fiber tech across 21 states, but the $10/mo gateway fee mirrors the worst cable habits and install scheduling complaints are…

Fiber · 21 states · ~9,200,000 subs

AT&T Internet Air

AT&T's 5G home — designed to replace DSL in addresses where fiber will never reach. Single tier, $55, no contracts. Don't pick this if A…

5G Home · 33 states · ~950,000 subs

Atlantic Network Solutions

Delaware/Maryland shore fiber + fixed-wireless. Targets resort communities where Comcast and Verizon don't reach every address.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 2 states · ~9,500 subs

ATMC

Member-owned NC coast co-op, fully fiber. Solid governance, local crews, the model of how a small ISP should run.

Fiber · 2 states · ~38,000 subs

ATMC

NC coastal co-op since 1955. Member-owned, fully fiber across most of the footprint.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 2 states · ~38,000 subs

BARC Connects

Virginia mountain electric co-op fiber. Built where Verizon DSL was the only alternative.

Fiber · 2 states · ~9,500 subs

Beaches Internet

Jacksonville Beach muni fiber. Smaller footprint than the LUS/EPB-scale munis, but the same not-for-profit operating model — and it's compet…

Fiber · 1 state · ~8,000 subs

Big Bend Telephone

Big Bend TX family carrier since 1956. Reaches addresses nobody else does in West Texas.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~5,500 subs

Big River Telephone

Mississippi River basin 4-state fiber carrier since 1958.

Fiber · 4 states · ~22,000 subs

Blackfoot Communications

Member co-op straddling MT/ID. Strong fiber footprint in Missoula and surrounding ranges.

Fiber · 2 states · ~22,000 subs

Blue Ridge Communications

NE Pennsylvania family cable since 1955. Local crews. Where Service Electric is also available, Service Electric is usually better.

Cable · Fiber · 1 state · ~95,000 subs

Blue Stream Fiber

Apollo-backed FL fiber operator. Strong in HOA/MDU; retail fiber competitive vs Comcast/AT&T where built.

Fiber · Cable · 1 state · ~85,000 subs

Bluepeak

PE-backed Upper Midwest fiber expansion. Aggressive pricing, competitive speeds. Where Bluepeak has built, take it over Mediacom or Midco ca…

Fiber · 4 states · ~32,000 subs

Bluepeak (Dakotas + WY)

PE-backed Upper Midwest fiber expansion. Aggressive pricing, competitive speeds. Where Bluepeak has built, take it over Mediacom or Midco ca…

Fiber · 4 states · ~32,000 subs

Boingo Wireless

Airport / stadium / military-base Wi-Fi operator. Not a residential ISP.

wifi-hotspot · 1 state · ~— subs

Brandenburg Telephone

Private KY family carrier since 1955. Fiber transition underway.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~12,000 subs

Breezeline

East Coast cable operator stitched together from former Atlantic Broadband markets. Where they're the only cable option (which is most of th…

Cable · Fiber · 14 states · ~700,000 subs

Breezeline (Cogeco)

Cogeco's US arm, rebranded Breezeline. Reasonable cable; growing fiber overlay. Where fiber's available, take it; cable tier is fine.

Fiber · Cable · 13 states · ~685,000 subs

Brightspeed

Carved out of Lumen/CenturyLink in 2022 and bought by Apollo. The fiber tech is fine but the operating track record isn't: 1M-PII data breac…

Fiber · DSL · 19 states · ~850,000 subs

Bristol Bay Telephone Cooperative

Alaska Bristol Bay co-op. Sole carrier for many bush villages. Pricing reflects what it costs to operate at the end of the satellite link — …

Fiber · Satellite · 1 state · ~2,800 subs

Bristol Essential Services Internet

Bristol TN muni fiber. Sister to BVU OptiNet across the state line. Both Bristol cities (TN + VA) have muni fiber — a national rarity.

Fiber · 2 states · ~16,500 subs

Brookings Municipal Utilities (Swiftel)

Brookings SD muni utility. One of the earliest US small-town muni fiber wins.

Fiber · Cable · 1 state · ~11,500 subs

Buckeye Broadband

Toledo's family-owned cable + fiber operator. Block Communications has run it since 1965. Better than Spectrum in their footprint.

Fiber · Cable · 2 states · ~175,000 subs

Buckeye Rural Electric Fiber

Southern Ohio electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.

Fiber · 2 states · ~9,500 subs

BVU OptiNet

The first muni FTTH in the US (2001). Bristol VA Utilities Authority. Survived federal lawsuits from incumbents. Foundational example of wha…

Fiber · 2 states · ~13,000 subs

Carolina Mountain Cable

Small NC mountain cable + fiber operator.

Cable · Fiber · 2 states · ~5,500 subs

CarolinaConnect

Multi-co-op fiber consortium covering rural NC/SC electric co-op territories. Member governance.

Fiber · 2 states · ~28,000 subs

Carteret-Craven Electric Fiber

NC coastal electric co-op fiber. Outer Banks region.

Fiber · 1 state · ~11,500 subs

CBN Geneva

Finger Lakes region of NY — $121M BEAD-funded fiber build. Targets rural addresses Charter Spectrum doesn't reach.

Fiber · 1 state · ~8,000 subs

Cellcom

Wisconsin family-owned wireless company building 5G + fiber. Local install crews.

5G Home · Fiber · 2 states · ~55,000 subs

Cibola Communications

NM rural carrier in Cibola County.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~4,500 subs

Citizens Telephone Cooperative (VA)

Southwest VA member co-op since 1914.

Fiber · 1 state · ~14,500 subs

Citynet

WV's largest non-incumbent BEAD winner ($229M). 30-year-old WV operator with real operating history. Build-out through 2027.

Fiber · 1 state · ~18,000 subs

Co-Mo Connect

Central Missouri electric co-op fiber. Built the model that other co-ops followed.

Fiber · 1 state · ~28,000 subs

Comporium

130-year-old SC family business. Local crews, local board. Fully fiber in Rock Hill metro; cable in surrounding small towns. Solid local ope…

Fiber · Cable · 2 states · ~75,000 subs

Conexon Connect

Rural electric-co-op fiber partner. Where the co-op chooses Conexon, build quality is generally fine — but Conexon's centralized customer se…

Fiber · 10 states · ~95,000 subs

Consolidated Communications

17-state legacy carrier with aggressive fiber overlay. Where you can get Consolidated Fiber — take it. Where you're stuck on Consolidated DS…

Fiber · DSL · 17 states · ~800,000 subs

Consolidated Cooperative (OH)

Central Ohio electric co-op's fiber arm. Not the same company as Consolidated Communications.

Fiber · 1 state · ~8,500 subs

Cox Communications

Regional cable across 19 states with a 1.28 TB monthly data cap that bites streaming-heavy households. Privately held — pricing's negotiable…

Cable · Fiber · 19 states · ~5,400,000 subs

Crown Castle Fiber

Mostly an enterprise/wholesale carrier. Limited consumer footprint. Listed for completeness — most home customers will encounter this brand …

Fiber · 16 states · ~12,000 subs

Cruzio Internet

Santa Cruz family ISP since the early ISP days. Fiber where built; wireless to fill gaps in the hills.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~8,500 subs

Crystal Broadband Networks

Western Montana Bitterroot Valley WISP.

Fixed Wireless · Fiber · 1 state · ~3,500 subs

DataNet PR

Puerto Rico alt-ISP. Competitive with Liberty PR in select markets.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~8,500 subs

DEC Fiber

Delaware Electric Cooperative's fiber arm. Reaching addresses Comcast/Verizon never wired.

Fiber · 1 state · ~12,500 subs

Direct Communications

Iowa-Idaho dual-state family carrier since 1909. Fiber buildout across both states.

Fiber · DSL · 2 states · ~14,000 subs

Diverse Power Online

Diverse Power EMC's fiber arm. West Georgia + bordering AL.

Fiber · 2 states · ~14,500 subs

DTC Communications

Middle TN member-owned co-op since 1951. Fully fiber across the footprint.

Fiber · 1 state · ~14,500 subs

EarthLink

Historical brand from the 1990s, now operates as a reseller riding mostly AT&T Fiber. Same speeds you'd get from AT&T directly, with…

Fiber · 5G Home · DSL · 50 states · ~240,000 subs

ECFiber

Vermont's pioneer Communications Union District (CUD). 32-town member-owned fiber co-op. Pricing reflects actual cost of running rural fiber…

Fiber · 1 state · ~9,500 subs

Empire Access

117-year-old family carrier in NY Southern Tier / Northern PA. Fully fiber, local install crews. The model rural carrier.

Fiber · 2 states · ~28,000 subs

Endeavor Communications

Indiana member co-op since 1951. Fully fiber.

Fiber · 1 state · ~11,500 subs

EPB Fiber Optics

Municipal fiber gold standard. EPB serves only Chattanooga and a few neighboring towns, but it set the price, speed, and customer-service be…

Fiber · 1 state · ~130,000 subs

ETEX Telephone Cooperative

East Texas telephone co-op. Fully fiber across the footprint.

Fiber · 1 state · ~14,500 subs

EZEE Fiber

Houston-area fiber overbuilder. Flat $65 for symmetric Gig, no contracts. Where they've built, take it over Comcast or AT&T.

Fiber · 1 state · ~22,000 subs

FairlawnGig

Fairlawn OH muni fiber. Same model as Chattanooga's EPB but scaled to a single Akron suburb.

Fiber · 1 state · ~6,500 subs

Federated Telephone Cooperative

Tri-state Plains co-op since 1951.

Fiber · 3 states · ~7,500 subs

Fidium Fiber

Consolidated's fiber-only consumer brand. In Northern New England, this is the best fiber option that exists. Take it.

Fiber · 5 states · ~240,000 subs

Fision Fiber (Hotwire enterprise spin)

Operations consolidated under Hotwire Communications.

Fiber · 1 state · ~6,500 subs

Five Area Telephone Cooperative

West TX Panhandle co-op since 1957.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~5,500 subs

Foothills Rural Telephone Cooperative

Eastern Kentucky mountain co-op. Fiber buildout reaching addresses Charter/AT&T never bothered with.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~9,500 subs

FPUA Fiber

Fort Pierce FL municipal fiber. Single-city muni model — not-for-profit, transparent.

Fiber · 1 state · ~6,500 subs

Frontier Fiber

Best per-Mbps fiber pricing in the US ($30 for 200 Mbps symmetric). Connecticut AG has 1,400+ consumer complaints on file though, and the DS…

Fiber · DSL · 25 states · ~3,300,000 subs

GCI

Alaska's primary ISP. Real engineering — submarine cables, microwave links to villages. Pricing reflects the build cost. If you live in AK a…

Fiber · Cable · Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~120,000 subs

Gibson Connect

Tennessee electric co-op's fiber arm. Fast, fair, local.

Fiber · 2 states · ~22,000 subs

Glo Fiber

Mid-Atlantic fiber overbuilder. Where they've reached, they undercut Comcast and Fios at the same speed by 20-30%. Worth checking specifical…

Fiber · 5 states · ~105,000 subs

Glo Fiber (Shentel)

Shentel's Glo Fiber brand — Mid-Atlantic fiber overbuilder going head-to-head with Comcast/Spectrum. Symmetric speeds, no data caps, flat $6…

Fiber · 4 states · ~165,000 subs

goBEC Fiber Network

MO Ozarks electric co-op fiber. Member-owned. Fast and fair.

Fiber · 1 state · ~8,500 subs

Google Fiber

Alphabet's fiber play. Where they've built, it's the cleanest residential fiber deal in the US — symmetric, no caps, no contracts, free Wi-F…

Fiber · 14 states · ~540,000 subs

Great Plains Communications

Plains-region fiber operator since 1910. Building heavily across NE + 5 surrounding states. Strong rural fiber pick where available.

Fiber · 6 states · ~85,000 subs

Greenlight Networks

Upstate NY fiber overbuilder. Goes head-to-head with Spectrum cable; aggressive pricing wins where they've built.

Fiber · 1 state · ~35,000 subs

GTA TeleGuam

Guam's primary ISP. Fully fiber across the island.

Fiber · Cable · 1 state · ~65,000 subs

GVTC Communications

Texas Hill Country member-owned co-op, fully fiber across the footprint. Local install crews, member governance — the model for what rural t…

Fiber · 1 state · ~55,000 subs

HabershamEMC Trailwave Fiber

North Georgia electric co-op's Trailwave Fiber. Member-owned.

Fiber · 1 state · ~9,500 subs

Hamilton.net

Nebraska family carrier since 1901. Fully fiber.

Fiber · 3 states · ~22,000 subs

Hargray

SC Lowcountry + GA coastal carrier acquired by Cable One. Decent fiber tier; cable tier has the data-cap problems common to Cable One's othe…

Fiber · Cable · 4 states · ~110,000 subs

Hawaiian Telcom

Hawaii's incumbent telco — gone fully fiber. The right pick if you're in the islands and have a choice between this and Spectrum cable.

Fiber · 1 state · ~130,000 subs

Highland Telephone Cooperative

Cumberland Plateau TN/KY member co-op since 1951. Fully fiber.

Fiber · 2 states · ~11,000 subs

Hill Country Telephone

Texas Hill Country co-op since 1955.

Fiber · 1 state · ~18,000 subs

Holston Connect

East Tennessee electric co-op fiber. Member-owned. Fast and fair.

Fiber · 1 state · ~12,500 subs

Hometown Internet

$135M BEAD across AR + MO. NW Arkansas + SW Missouri rural fiber build. Real operating history but the BEAD-funded expansion is new territor…

Fiber · 2 states · ~14,000 subs

Honest Network (Central GA EMC)

Central Georgia electric co-op's fiber arm. Member governance, local crews.

Fiber · 1 state · ~18,000 subs

Honest Network (Central Georgia EMC)

Central Georgia electric co-op's fiber arm. Member governance, local crews.

Fiber · 1 state · ~18,000 subs

Hood Canal Communications

Olympic Peninsula's local carrier since 1933. Family-owned, local crews. Fully fiber where they've built.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~8,500 subs

Hotwire Communications

MDU-only fiber operator. Common in South FL high-rise condos and NYC luxury towers. If your building has Hotwire, you don't have a meaningfu…

Fiber · 10 states · ~195,000 subs

HughesNet

Legacy geostationary satellite. Real-world latency makes video calling and modern apps painful. Starlink should be your first satellite pick…

Satellite · 50 states · ~980,000 subs

IdeaTek

Kansas-grown rural fiber, 25 years in business. Transparent pricing, local crews, $115M BEAD-funded expansion underway. The model for what a…

Fiber · 1 state · ~22,000 subs

ImOn Communications

Iowa overbuilder going head-to-head with Mediacom. Cedar Rapids area's best price-to-speed in fiber.

Fiber · Cable · 1 state · ~65,000 subs

Inland Cellular

Eastern Washington/N Idaho rural wireless + fiber operator, $332M BEAD-funded fiber expansion. Local crews, real install team in markets whe…

Fixed Wireless · Fiber · 2 states · ~19,000 subs

Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative

Eastern SD / Western MN co-op. Member-owned, fiber across the footprint.

Fiber · 2 states · ~12,500 subs

iTV-3

Central FL fiber overbuilder. Limited footprint.

Fiber · 1 state · ~6,500 subs

Joink

Wabash Valley fiber overbuilder + WISP fill-in.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 2 states · ~18,000 subs

Ketchikan Public Utilities

Ketchikan AK muni utility. The only ISP on the island. Honest pricing for an island serviced by submarine cable.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~6,500 subs

Kinetic by Windstream

Emerged from 2020 bankruptcy as a fiber-first rural carrier. Aggressive build pace (~500k new passings/year, much of it BEAD-funded). Custom…

Fiber · DSL · 23 states · ~1,100,000 subs

LakeNet Communications

DFW exurb WISP with fiber pilots.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~4,500 subs

Liberty Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico's largest ISP. Cable across the island plus fiber overlay in metros. Power-grid issues mean even the best PR ISP has uptime chal…

Fiber · Cable · 1 state · ~580,000 subs

LightHouse Fiber (LHFiber)

Jacksonville FL area fiber overbuilder. Limited but growing footprint.

Fiber · 1 state · ~11,500 subs

Lit by Tilson (Maine)

Maine open-access fiber operator. Multiple retail ISPs sell over the same fiber.

Fiber · 1 state · ~11,500 subs

Lit Communities

PE-backed fiber overbuilder partnering with mid-size cities. Where they've built, competitive pricing vs incumbents.

Fiber · 6 states · ~32,000 subs

LiteStream

FL MDU fiber bundled into HOA fees. Only option in many condos and master-planned communities — meaning you can't switch even if you want to…

Fiber · 1 state · ~95,000 subs

LREC FiberNet

MN electric co-op fiber arm. Member-owned.

Fiber · 1 state · ~12,500 subs

LREC Lightspeed

Oklahoma electric co-op fiber. Conexon-financed/operated — same model as the multistate Conexon Connect record. Local at the customer-facing…

Fiber · 1 state · ~9,500 subs

Lumos

Southeast fiber overbuilder, PE-backed and aggressive. Real competition for Spectrum in NC/SC/VA metros. Where they've built, take it.

Fiber · 3 states · ~240,000 subs

LUS Fiber

Lafayette Louisiana's muni fiber. Survived multi-year lawsuits from Cox and AT&T to get built. Now the gold-standard small-city muni exa…

Fiber · 1 state · ~25,000 subs

Magellan Broadband

Denver suburb fiber overbuilder. Limited footprint.

Fiber · 1 state · ~4,500 subs

Mainstream Fiber

Indiana rural fiber, $121.9M BEAD-funded. Building out south-central IN where Comcast and AT&T don't.

Fiber · 1 state · ~19,000 subs

MassBroadband (CUDs)

Massachusetts state-funded fiber backbone built where Comcast wouldn't go. Multiple retail ISPs sell service over it.

Fiber · 1 state · ~55,000 subs

Matanuska Telephone Association (MTA)

Mat-Su Valley AK member co-op since 1953. Fully fiber in town, DSL outside. Pricing reflects AK realities.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~52,000 subs

Maverix Broadband

Colorado Western Slope fiber, $103M BEAD-funded. Targets the rural mountain communities Comcast won't build to.

Fiber · 1 state · ~6,500 subs

Mediacom

Cable operator focused on smaller US markets the big nationals skipped. Often the only cable choice in town — which means the data caps and …

Cable · Fiber · 29 states · ~1,450,000 subs

Metro Fiber Systems

Memphis tri-state metro fiber. Limited footprint.

Fiber · 3 states · ~9,500 subs

Metronet

Mid-America fiber overbuilder acquired by T-Mobile in 2024. Aggressive expansion; flat $50/mo for 500 Mbps is real. Where they've built, the…

Fiber · 12 states · ~360,000 subs

Mid-Hudson Cable

Hudson Valley cable operator. Limited footprint, fine where it exists.

Cable · Fiber · 1 state · ~14,500 subs

Mid-Plains

NE Kansas / Southern Nebraska co-op since 1953.

Fiber · DSL · 2 states · ~6,500 subs

Mid-Rivers Communications

Eastern Montana co-op since 1952. The carrier that actually reaches ranch addresses.

Fiber · 1 state · ~15,500 subs

Midco

Upper Midwest cable JV with Comcast. Fiber overlay where built; cable elsewhere. Better than Mediacom; worse than Bluepeak where you have th…

Fiber · Cable · Fixed Wireless · 5 states · ~365,000 subs

Mountain Electric Cooperative Fiber

Mountain Electric Cooperative fiber arm.

Fiber · 2 states · ~8,500 subs

Mountain Telephone (Big Sandy)

Eastern KY mountain co-op since 1955.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~8,500 subs

NCTC

Member-owned TN/KY cooperative. Local crews, local board.

Fiber · DSL · 2 states · ~18,000 subs

Nemont

NE Montana / NW Dakotas co-op since 1951. Fully fiber across the footprint.

Fiber · 2 states · ~11,000 subs

Nexstream

Largest single-state BEAD award nationally ($407M, TX Hill Country). Tripling sub base in 24 months is real execution risk — wait for build …

Fiber · 1 state · ~32,000 subs

NextLight

Longmont CO muni fiber. The 'Charter Member' lifetime $50/mo Gig rate is one of the best deals in US broadband — closed to new signups but s…

Fiber · 1 state · ~30,000 subs

North Georgia Network

North Georgia mountain co-op fiber. Built where no incumbent would reach.

Fiber · 1 state · ~11,000 subs

North State

129-year-old NC family carrier. Fully fiber in the Piedmont Triad metro. Solid local operator.

Fiber · 1 state · ~42,000 subs

Northland Cable Television

Scattered small-market cable operator across 5 states. Where they're the only cable in town, you take it.

Cable · Fiber · 5 states · ~38,000 subs

NorthState GRM

Grand River Mutual Telephone — Missouri co-op since 1907. Fiber upgrade across the footprint.

Fiber · DSL · 2 states · ~9,500 subs

NTUA Wireless (Navajo Tribal Utility Authority)

Navajo Nation tribal carrier. Reaching addresses no commercial ISP would.

Fixed Wireless · Fiber · 3 states · ~22,000 subs

Optimum

NYC-area cable + a fiber overlay in NJ and Long Island. Cable tier is fine; fiber tier is genuinely competitive with Verizon Fios. Get fiber…

Cable · Fiber · 15 states · ~4,100,000 subs

Otelco

Rural incumbent local exchange carrier scattered across the South + New England. Fiber tier where built is fine; legacy DSL in the towns the…

Fiber · DSL · 8 states · ~22,000 subs

OzarksGo

Ozarks Electric Cooperative's fiber arm. NW Arkansas's fastest fiber. Take it over Cox or AT&T.

Fiber · 2 states · ~42,000 subs

Paul Bunyan Communications

Northern MN member co-op since 1952. The GigaZone — first US co-op to ship residential 10 Gig. National model for rural fiber.

Fiber · 1 state · ~32,000 subs

Pavlov Media

Specialty ISP for university towns and student housing. If you're a college student living in a building they wire, the connection is fast a…

Fiber · 37 states · ~95,000 subs

Pee Dee Electric Cooperative Fiber

NC/SC electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.

Fiber · 2 states · ~14,500 subs

Pine Telephone Company

Choctaw Nation's tribal-owned ILEC since 1932. Now upgrading to fiber with BEAD support. Local operator, tribal governance, the right model …

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~11,000 subs

Pinpoint Communications

Cambridge Nebraska rural telco since 1903. Local install team, fully fiber transition underway. The kind of operator that picks up the phone…

Fiber · DSL · 3 states · ~14,000 subs

Pioneer Connect

Oregon Coast Range cooperative since 1909. Member-owned, local crews. Fiber in town, DSL legacy in the surrounding hills.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~12,000 subs

Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (OK)

Oklahoma's largest member-owned telco cooperative. Aggressive fiber transition from legacy DSL.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~35,000 subs

Plateau

Eastern NM / West TX co-op since 1951.

Fiber · 2 states · ~14,500 subs

PMT

Idaho Magic Valley co-op since 1951.

Fiber · 1 state · ~14,500 subs

Premier Holdings

Newer entrant with $78M BEAD across AL + AR. Limited operating history pre-BEAD — confirm builds are live at your address before signing up.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 2 states · ~5,500 subs

Public Service Telephone

Central Georgia rural carrier since 1906. Fiber transition underway.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~7,500 subs

Quantum Fiber (CenturyLink)

Lumen's residential fiber brand. Where they've built fiber it's competitive (lifetime price-lock is genuinely valuable). The legacy CenturyL…

Fiber · DSL · 33 states · ~2,900,000 subs

Race Communications

California rural fiber operator. Targets desert and Sierra foothill addresses Charter/Comcast won't reach. CASF-funded.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~22,000 subs

Race Fiber

Operations consolidated under main Race Communications record.

Fiber · 1 state · ~4,500 subs

Range

Eastern MT / NE WY member co-op since 1953.

Fiber · 2 states · ~7,500 subs

RCN (Astound-Boston)

Operations consolidated under Astound Broadband (RCN brand still on some Boston signage).

Cable · Fiber · 1 state · ~95,000 subs

Reservation Telephone Cooperative

Member-owned ND cooperative covering Fort Berthold Reservation. Local crews, fiber upgrade in progress.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~5,500 subs

Ringgold Telephone Company

North Georgia family carrier since 1912.

Fiber · Cable · 2 states · ~18,500 subs

Rise Broadband

Largest US fixed-wireless ISP. Real option in rural counties where cable and fiber haven't reached. Lower tiers carry data caps and 24-month…

Fixed Wireless · WISP · 14 states · ~220,000 subs

Riviera Utilities

Foley AL muni utility since 1922. Gulf-area service.

Fiber · Cable · 1 state · ~18,500 subs

Roggen Telephone

NE Colorado member co-op since 1956.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~3,500 subs

Sacred Wind Communications

NM Navajo Nation carrier (Eastern Agency). Complementary to NTUA.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~4,500 subs

Sail Internet

SF Bay Area rooftop fixed-wireless. Real Gig speeds without paying Comcast. Address-specific — confirm line-of-sight to their tower before s…

Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~18,000 subs

SandyNet

Sandy OR muni fiber, building since 2003. One of the earliest small-town muni fiber wins. $35/mo for 300 Mbps is real.

Fiber · 1 state · ~5,500 subs

SCI Broadband

Iowa-Minnesota border cooperative since 1903. Fiber upgrade across the footprint complete.

Fiber · 2 states · ~8,000 subs

Service Electric Cable TV

Literally the first commercial cable TV system in the US (Mahanoy City PA, 1948 — predates everyone else). Still family-owned. Lehigh Valley…

Cable · Fiber · 2 states · ~60,000 subs

Service Electric Cable TV

Family-owned PA cable since 1948 — generally considered the very first cable TV system in America. Fiber overlay underway. Better than Spect…

Fiber · Cable · 3 states · ~165,000 subs

Shawnee Communications

Southern IL family carrier since 1958.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~6,500 subs

SiFi Networks

UK-headquartered open-access fiber builder. SiFi puts in the fiber, you pick from competing retail ISPs over it. Same model as UTOPIA — actu…

Fiber · 9 states · ~7,500 subs

Silver Star Communications

Rocky Mountain tri-state member co-op since 1912.

Fiber · 3 states · ~18,000 subs

SkyBest

NC mountains member co-op. Fiber across the Blue Ridge.

Fiber · 3 states · ~22,000 subs

Smithville

Indiana family-owned ILEC turned fiber operator. 100+ years, third-generation. Strong local presence.

Fiber · 1 state · ~75,000 subs

Smithville Networks Inc (SNI)

Operations consolidated under Smithville Communications record.

Fiber · 1 state · ~4,500 subs

Socket Telecom

Missouri family carrier since 1994. Fiber in towns, WISP in country.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~25,000 subs

SOMOS Internet

Puerto Rico-grown alternative to Liberty PR. Fixed-wireless + expanding fiber. Local team, real customer service.

Fixed Wireless · Fiber · 1 state · ~22,000 subs

Sonic

Bay Area + LA County independent fiber operator. Founded 1994, still independently owned. Best-in-class transparency on policies (no data ca…

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~110,000 subs

South Slope Cooperative Communications

Iowa co-op since 1903. Fully fiber across the footprint. The model rural carrier.

Fiber · 1 state · ~16,500 subs

Sparklight

Cable monopolist in small US towns where there's no fiber alternative. The 700 GB cap on the entry tier in 2026 is genuinely indefensible. I…

Cable · 23 states · ~1,020,000 subs

Spectrum

#2 US cable ISP after Comcast. No data caps and no contracts — the rare cable carrier that doesn't lock you in. But promo pricing jumps hard…

Cable · Fiber · 43 states · ~28,300,000 subs

Standing Rock Telecommunications

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe carrier. Built where no commercial ISP would reach.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 2 states · ~2,500 subs

Starlink

LEO satellite. The only realistic option in true rural America where fiber and cable will never reach. Real latency, actual broadband speeds…

Satellite · 50 states · ~1,800,000 subs

Stimulus Technologies

Vegas-based rural ISP that won BEAD grants in three states ($307M total CA+NV+OR). One of the more competent independent BEAD recipients.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 3 states · ~9,000 subs

Surf Internet

PE-backed Midwest fiber expansion. Family roots since 1995, scaled up by Bain.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 5 states · ~65,000 subs

Surry Telephone Membership Corporation

Member-owned NC co-op straddling VA border. Fiber across the footprint.

Fiber · 2 states · ~11,000 subs

T-Mobile Home Internet

5G fixed wireless. Cheap, no contracts, no install — but speeds depend entirely on tower load at your address. Great in suburbs near towers.…

5G Home · 50 states · ~7,000,000 subs

Tachus Fiber

Houston-area fiber overbuilder. If you're in NW Houston suburbs and Tachus serves your address, they undercut Comcast and AT&T Fiber on …

Fiber · 1 state · ~65,000 subs

TDS Telecom

Wisconsin-HQ 24-state ILEC. Fast fiber where built, slow DSL where not. Address-check is everything.

Fiber · DSL · 24 states · ~525,000 subs

Tilson Technology

Maine-headquartered fiber builder + ISP. Partners with municipalities. Strong New England rural presence.

Fiber · 3 states · ~22,000 subs

Ting Internet

Tucows' fiber brand. Flat-rate $89/mo for symmetric Gig with no contracts, no data caps, no install fees. Smart pick where they've built.

Fiber · 14 states · ~48,000 subs

Tipmont Wires

Indiana electric co-op fiber. Local crews, member governance, the same playbook every functioning rural fiber operator runs.

Fiber · 1 state · ~12,000 subs

Trace Fiber Networks

Chickasaw Nation's fiber operator, $250.7M BEAD-funded — second-largest fiber award nationally. Build-out runs through 2027 across south-cen…

Fiber · 1 state · ~6,000 subs

Tribal Digital Village

SoCal tribal consortium WISP since 2001. Built where commercial ISPs wouldn't go.

Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~2,800 subs

True North Broadband (Arrowhead EC)

MN North Shore electric co-op fiber. Pioneer in rural electric co-op fiber. Subscribers own it.

Fiber · 1 state · ~3,500 subs

TruVista

SC/GA family carrier since 1898. Fully fiber across most of the footprint. Local crews, local board.

Fiber · Cable · 2 states · ~28,000 subs

Tularosa Communications

Southern NM cooperative since 1950. Fiber transition underway.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~7,500 subs

Twin Valley

Kansas family carrier since 1903. Fiber across the footprint.

Fiber · 1 state · ~9,500 subs

United Fiber

NW Missouri electric co-op fiber. Member-owned, fully symmetric.

Fiber · 2 states · ~18,500 subs

UTOPIA Fiber

Open-access muni fiber. You pick from 17+ retail ISPs over the same physical fiber — actual price competition. Where it exists, it's the gol…

Fiber · 3 states · ~75,000 subs

Valley FiberCom

Border-region SD/ND member co-op. Fully fiber across the footprint.

Fiber · 2 states · ~6,500 subs

ValueNet (KC Metro)

Kansas City metro fiber overbuilder. Flat $70 for symmetric Gig. Beats Spectrum and AT&T where built.

Fiber · 2 states · ~18,500 subs

Venture Communications

South Dakota member co-op. Local crews, fully fiber.

Fiber · 1 state · ~11,500 subs

Verizon 5G Home Internet

Verizon's 5G fixed wireless. Tighter ZIP availability than T-Mobile but the speeds are real where it works. Mobile-bundle discount makes it …

5G Home · 35 states · ~1,900,000 subs

Verizon Fios

Pre-built fiber from the FiOS deployment era — fully symmetric, no data caps, no contracts. Where it's available, it's the gold standard cab…

Fiber · 9 states · ~7,100,000 subs

Vexus Fiber

Cable One's fiber brand for the South/Southwest. Same parent as Sparklight but with NO data caps on Vexus fiber — better deal where both are…

Fiber · 4 states · ~130,000 subs

Viasat

Legacy GEO satellite. Same fundamental latency problem as HughesNet but with a flat unlimited tier. Pick Starlink first if available. Viasat…

Satellite · 50 states · ~580,000 subs

Viya

US Virgin Islands primary ISP. Hurricane recovery and old plant means uptime varies by island.

Cable · Fiber · 5G Home · 1 state · ~22,000 subs

Volunteer Energy Cooperative Fiber

East Tennessee electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.

Fiber · 1 state · ~22,000 subs

VTel (Vermont Telephone)

Vermont family carrier since 1902. Fiber across the footprint. Local operations.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~14,500 subs

Vyve Broadband

Cable One subsidiary. 350 GB cap on the entry tier is genuinely thin. If they're your only option, you have a problem.

Cable · Fiber · 12 states · ~195,000 subs

Wabash Communications

Southern IL fiber + WISP.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 2 states · ~8,500 subs

Wabash Mutual Telephone

Ohio member co-op since 1899. One of the oldest US telephone carriers still running.

Fiber · 1 state · ~4,500 subs

Wave Rural Connect (Walton EMC)

Walton EMC's fiber arm in NE Georgia. Member-owned. Fast and fair pricing.

Fiber · 1 state · ~35,000 subs

Webpass

Alphabet's MDU-only ISP. If your apartment building is wired for Webpass, you get gigabit Ethernet to the wall for $70/mo flat — no contract…

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 4 states · ~42,000 subs

Wecom Fiber

$195.8M BEAD-funded rural fiber for Arizona's Mohave County and surrounding addresses. Build-out through 2027. The kind of carrier that woul…

Fiber · 1 state · ~12,000 subs

West Central Telephone Association

West-Central MN co-op since 1952.

Fiber · 1 state · ~7,500 subs

West River Cooperative Telephone

Western SD prairie co-op. Fiber across a footprint that nobody else would build out.

Fiber · 1 state · ~3,500 subs

Western New Mexico Telephone

Far Western NM mountain co-op since 1934.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 2 states · ~6,500 subs

Westminster MD Fiber

Westminster MD muni fiber, open-access with Ting as retail ISP. Small but the model works.

Fiber · 1 state · ~4,500 subs

Whip City Fiber

Westfield MA municipal utility's fiber arm — runs retail fiber in 20+ small western MA towns. Built where Comcast wouldn't.

Fiber · 1 state · ~18,500 subs

WideOpenWest (WOW!)

Cable that's been overlaying fiber aggressively. Fiber tier is real competition to Comcast/Spectrum. Cable tier is fine.

Fiber · Cable · 8 states · ~510,000 subs

Wisper ISP

Largest BEAD award nationally ($350M) and a real coverage footprint, but the billing-after-cancellation pattern in BBB complaints is real. C…

Fixed Wireless · Fiber · 8 states · ~65,000 subs

WOW! Internet

Regional cable overbuilder pivoting to greenfield fiber in the Southeast. Where they've built fiber, it's competitive. Cable footprint is fi…

Cable · Fiber · 13 states · ~480,000 subs

Xfinity

Largest US ISP. Cable tech with fiber-class top tiers in select markets. Aggressive 12-month promo pricing, hard data cap unless you upgrade…

Cable · Fiber · 38 states · ~31,300,000 subs

Yelcot Communications

North Arkansas family carrier since 1953. Ozarks fiber.

Fiber · DSL · 1 state · ~8,500 subs

YK Communications

Virginia Peninsula fiber. Built where Cox/Verizon left gaps.

Fiber · 1 state · ~8,500 subs

Yondoo Broadband

Yondoo is part of Cable One's umbrella (with Sparklight + Vexus). Mostly fiber now, some legacy DSL. Where it's fiber, it's fine.

Fiber · DSL · 2 states · ~14,000 subs

Yondoo Utah

Operations consolidated under Yondoo Broadband.

Fiber · 1 state · ~1,500 subs

Yurok Telecom

Yurok Tribe carrier in NorCal redwood coast.

Fiber · Fixed Wireless · 1 state · ~1,800 subs

Ziply Fiber

PNW-focused fiber operator. Same fiber tech as Verizon Fios but cheaper, and they actually answer the phone. Independent (about to be Bell C…

Fiber · DSL · 4 states · ~320,000 subs

Zito Media

9-state rural cable. Data caps on every tier — 350 GB on the entry plan is genuinely thin in 2026. If they're your only option, you have a p…

Cable · Fiber · 9 states · ~85,000 subs