Internet Service Providers in Connecticut
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Connecticut Internet Coverage & Availability in 2026
Connecticut Internet Facts in 2026
Connecticut's Internet Ranking
Connecticut currently ranks 3rd among states in BroadbandNow’s annual rankings of internet coverage, speed and availability.
Access to Wired or Fixed Wireless Broadband: 98.5%
This means that roughly zero in ten Connecticut residents are not able to purchase an internet plan of at least 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload.
Access to Wired Low-Priced Broadband Plan: 97.8%
This means that nearly zero in ten residents are not able to purchase broadband at a price of $60/month or less (excluding promotions and government programs).
Access to Fiber-Optic Service: 79.7%
This means that two in ten residents are unable to purchase a fiber internet plan.
Number of Internet Providers in Connecticut: 16
The U.S. has more than 2,877 internet service providers, with most covering very small areas. It is worth searching by zip code to see who is available in your town.
At BroadbandNow, we advocate for a definition of broadband internet to be at least 100 Mbps, as opposed to the FCC definition of 25 Mbps, which would be considered slow for many internet-intensive activities.
In Connecticut, 95.3% of households have access to 1 Gbps wired or fixed wireless broadband, ranking 3rd among all states.
2026 Connecticut Broadband Market Analysis
Connecticut ranks #3 nationwide (rising 1 spots from 2025) in BroadbandNow’s 2026 Best and Worst States for Broadband report, earning an overall grade of A (Score: 96.26/100). The state’s standing is anchored by fundamental prerequisite connectivity, with 98.5% of residents having access to basic wired or fixed wireless broadband and 97.8% covered by affordable low-priced plans. Physical network architecture across the state features a 79.7% fiber-optic availability rate, which directly influences overall consumer reliability and quality scores.
In our evaluation of over 160 million speed tests, Connecticut demonstrated network responsiveness with a median round-trip latency of 13.74 ms alongside median download speeds reaching 185.9 Mbps and upload speeds of 35.9 Mbps. Real-world network performance reveals noticeable variations between leading urban corridors and surrounding communities. Across regional population centers and municipal hubs, ongoing infrastructure deployments continue to expand fiber penetration and elevate local bandwidth capabilities.
In rural and less densely populated regions across the state, geographic distances and lower fiber infrastructure density can result in slower median upload tiers and higher latency. Because infrastructure quality, plan pricing, and fiber availability shift dramatically from city to city across Connecticut, checking address-level provider coverage remains essential for remote workers, competitive gamers, and everyday households.
Internet Coverage by Demographic in Connecticut
Individuals or households with no internet access by characteristic (includes broadband and non-broadband packages)
Percentage of households with and without any type of internet access
- With: 95.9%
- Without: 4.1%
Type of internet connection
- Dialup only: <1%
- Broadband of any type: 94%
- Cellular data only: 11.2%
- Satellite: 3.8%
Age
- <18: 2.1%
- 18-64: 3.1%
- 65+ adults: 10.4%
Household Income
- <$20,000: 19.5%
- $20,000-$74,999: 8.9%
- $75,000+: 2%
Race
- Black: 4.8%
- Native American/Alaska Native: 0%
- Asian: 1.6%
- Mixed race: 4.2%
- Hispanic or Latino: 6%
- White: 4%
Employment Status
- Employed: 2.5%
- Unemployed: 4.5%
Educational Attainment
- Less than high school: 14.8%
- HS grad, some college or associate's: 6%
- Bachelor's degree: 2.1%
Internet Providers in Connecticut
Compare internet providers, maximum speeds, connection types, statewide availability, and ratings.
| Provider | Max. Download Speed | Connection | Availability | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier | 7 Gbps | Fiber | 80.0% | View Plans | |
| Xfinity | 2 Gbps | Cable, Fiber | 54.1% | View Plans | |
| AT&T Internet Air | 300 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 54.0% | View Plans | |
| EarthLink Fiber | 5 Gbps | Fiber | 50.7% | View Plans | |
| T-Mobile 5G Home Internet | 415 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 47.4% | View Plans | |
| XNET WiFi | 2 Gbps | Fixed Wireless | 46.5% | View Plans | |
| GoNetspeed | 6 Gbps | Fiber | 28.7% | View Plans | |
| Verizon 5G Home Internet | 300 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 26.0% | View Plans | |
| Optimum | 8 Gbps | Fiber | 17.0% | View Plans | |
| Cox | 2 Gbps | Cable, Fiber | 11.6% | View Plans | |
| Spectrum | 2 Gbps | Cable, Fiber | 11.5% | View Plans | |
| Optimum | 940 Mbps | Cable | 8.6% | View Plans | |
| Breezeline | 1 Gbps | Cable | 5.5% | View Plans | |
| Frontier | 115 Mbps | DSL | 3.2% | View Plans | |
| Verizon High Speed Internet | 10 Mbps | DSL | 1.1% | View Plans | |
| Verizon Fios | 2 Gbps | Fiber | 1.0% | View Plans |
Internet Providers By City in Connecticut
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| Amston | 100.0% | 9 providers |
| Andover | 100.0% | 9 providers |
| Ansonia | 99.9% | 12 providers |
| Ashford | 97.1% | 9 providers |
| Avon | 99.8% | 11 providers |
| Baltic | 98.9% | 11 providers |
| Barkhamsted | 99.7% | 11 providers |
| Beacon Falls | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Berlin | 99.5% | 12 providers |
| Bethany | 99.6% | 11 providers |
| Bethel | 99.5% | 11 providers |
| Bethlehem | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Bloomfield | 99.7% | 11 providers |
| Bolton | 99.4% | 11 providers |
| Bozrah | 99.8% | 10 providers |
| Branford | 98.7% | 11 providers |
| Bridgeport | 99.1% | 14 providers |
| Bridgewater | 100.0% | 10 providers |
| Bristol | 99.9% | 12 providers |
| Broad Brook | 99.4% | 10 providers |
| Brookfield | 99.6% | 14 providers |
| Brooklyn | 99.7% | 11 providers |
| Burlington | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Canaan | 99.4% | 10 providers |
| Canterbury | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Canton | 100.0% | 10 providers |
| Chaplin | 99.5% | 10 providers |
| Cheshire | 95.6% | 12 providers |
| Chester | 100.0% | 8 providers |
| Clinton | 99.9% | 11 providers |
| Colchester | 99.5% | 11 providers |
| Columbia | 100.0% | 10 providers |
| Cos Cob | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Coventry | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Cromwell | 99.4% | 12 providers |
| Danbury | 99.2% | 12 providers |
| Danielson | 99.5% | 11 providers |
| Darien | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Dayville | 99.9% | 11 providers |
| Deep River | 99.7% | 10 providers |
| Derby | 99.4% | 11 providers |
| Durham | 99.9% | 10 providers |
| East Granby | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| East Haddam | 99.7% | 9 providers |
| East Hampton | 99.4% | 10 providers |
| East Hartford | 99.8% | 12 providers |
| East Haven | 99.9% | 12 providers |
| East Lyme | 99.7% | 12 providers |
| East Windsor | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Easton | 100.0% | 12 providers |
| Ellington | 99.8% | 12 providers |
| Enfield | 98.3% | 12 providers |
| Essex | 99.7% | 10 providers |
| Fairfield | 94.4% | 14 providers |
| Falls Village | 98.7% | 9 providers |
| Farmington | 99.8% | 13 providers |
| Gales Ferry | 99.6% | 12 providers |
| Glastonbury | 99.5% | 12 providers |
| Goshen | 99.2% | 11 providers |
| Granby | 99.8% | 11 providers |
| Greenwich | 98.6% | 14 providers |
| Groton | 93.8% | 13 providers |
| Guilford | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Haddam | 99.7% | 8 providers |
| Hamden | 93.0% | 13 providers |
| Hampton | 99.9% | 9 providers |
| Hartford | 95.8% | 14 providers |
| Harwinton | 99.5% | 13 providers |
| Hebron | 99.7% | 9 providers |
| Higganum | 99.8% | 10 providers |
| Ivoryton | 100.0% | 9 providers |
| Jewett City | 100.0% | 12 providers |
| Kent | 98.8% | 11 providers |
| Killingworth | 100.0% | 9 providers |
| Lakeville | 98.4% | 8 providers |
| Lebanon | 99.7% | 11 providers |
| Ledyard | 97.1% | 11 providers |
| Litchfield | 99.3% | 11 providers |
| Madison | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Manchester | 99.8% | 12 providers |
| Mansfield Center | 99.8% | 10 providers |
| Marlborough | 100.0% | 10 providers |
| Meriden | 99.7% | 13 providers |
| Middlebury | 99.3% | 11 providers |
| Middlefield | 99.4% | 10 providers |
| Middletown | 94.7% | 13 providers |
| Milford | 100.0% | 12 providers |
| Monroe | 99.8% | 13 providers |
| Moodus | 98.8% | 10 providers |
| Moosup | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Morris | 100.0% | 13 providers |
| Mystic | 99.9% | 11 providers |
| Naugatuck | 99.9% | 11 providers |
| New Britain | 95.8% | 13 providers |
| New Canaan | 99.5% | 11 providers |
| New Fairfield | 99.8% | 11 providers |
| New Hartford | 99.8% | 13 providers |
| New Haven | 93.0% | 12 providers |
| New London | 93.4% | 12 providers |
| New Milford | 99.4% | 12 providers |
| Newington | 99.8% | 12 providers |
| Newtown | 100.0% | 12 providers |
| Niantic | 93.1% | 11 providers |
| Norfolk | 96.1% | 10 providers |
| North Branford | 99.7% | 11 providers |
| North Franklin | 100.0% | 10 providers |
| North Granby | 100.0% | 9 providers |
| North Grosvenordale | 99.4% | 11 providers |
| North Haven | 99.9% | 12 providers |
| North Stonington | 99.3% | 12 providers |
| North Windham | 100.0% | 10 providers |
| Northford | 88.0% | 9 providers |
| Norwalk | 99.7% | 11 providers |
| Norwich | 99.8% | 13 providers |
| Oakdale | 99.2% | 11 providers |
| Oakville | 100.0% | 13 providers |
| Old Greenwich | 100.0% | 10 providers |
| Old Lyme | 99.9% | 11 providers |
| Old Saybrook | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Orange | 99.9% | 11 providers |
| Oxford | 99.8% | 11 providers |
| Pawcatuck | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Plainfield | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Plainville | 99.2% | 12 providers |
| Plantsville | 99.9% | 11 providers |
| Pomfret Center | 99.4% | 12 providers |
| Portland | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Preston | 99.8% | 12 providers |
| Prospect | 99.6% | 11 providers |
| Putnam | 100.0% | 12 providers |
| Quaker Hill | 99.3% | 12 providers |
| Redding | 99.9% | 12 providers |
| Ridgefield | 99.9% | 12 providers |
| Riverside | 99.9% | 11 providers |
| Rocky Hill | 98.9% | 13 providers |
| Roxbury | 99.7% | 11 providers |
| Salem | 99.5% | 11 providers |
| Salisbury | 99.0% | 10 providers |
| Sandy Hook | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Seymour | 100.0% | 12 providers |
| Sharon | 98.3% | 10 providers |
| Shelton | 100.0% | 15 providers |
| Sherman | 100.0% | 9 providers |
| Simsbury | 99.8% | 11 providers |
| Somers | 98.1% | 11 providers |
| South Glastonbury | 99.8% | 12 providers |
| South Windsor | 99.8% | 12 providers |
| Southbury | 97.8% | 11 providers |
| Southington | 99.9% | 12 providers |
| Southport | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Stafford Springs | 99.8% | 11 providers |
| Stamford | 99.9% | 14 providers |
| Sterling | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Stonington | 99.5% | 11 providers |
| Storrs Mansfield | 45.0% | 11 providers |
| Stratford | 99.7% | 13 providers |
| Suffield | 100.0% | 12 providers |
| Terryville | 99.8% | 11 providers |
| Thomaston | 99.7% | 13 providers |
| Thompson | 99.9% | 12 providers |
| Tolland | 99.8% | 10 providers |
| Torrington | 99.9% | 13 providers |
| Trumbull | 99.9% | 15 providers |
| Uncasville | 100.0% | 12 providers |
| Unionville | 99.9% | 11 providers |
| Vernon Rockville | 99.7% | 12 providers |
| Voluntown | 99.4% | 10 providers |
| Wallingford | 99.7% | 11 providers |
| Waterbury | 99.4% | 13 providers |
| Waterford | 99.9% | 12 providers |
| Watertown | 99.9% | 14 providers |
| West Hartford | 98.4% | 12 providers |
| West Haven | 99.1% | 12 providers |
| West Simsbury | 100.0% | 9 providers |
| Westbrook | 99.5% | 11 providers |
| Weston | 100.0% | 12 providers |
| Westport | 99.9% | 12 providers |
| Wethersfield | 98.8% | 12 providers |
| Willimantic | 88.0% | 10 providers |
| Willington | 99.5% | 12 providers |
| Wilton | 99.9% | 12 providers |
| Windham | 100.0% | 10 providers |
| Windsor | 99.7% | 13 providers |
| Windsor Locks | 99.6% | 12 providers |
| Winsted | 98.9% | 12 providers |
| Wolcott | 99.9% | 11 providers |
| Woodbridge | 100.0% | 13 providers |
| Woodbury | 100.0% | 11 providers |
| Woodstock | 99.8% | 12 providers |