Internet Providers in
Kansas City, MO

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Fastest Internet Providers in Kansas City, MO

AT&T is the fastest provider in Kansas City, with speeds up to 5 Gbps.

Kansas City has a few very fast internet service companies. You’ll benefit most from high speed internet when you’re on a fiber connection, since fiber-optic networks are the best at offering high upload speeds (to match those lightning-fast download speeds) and at handling high-traffic hours when the whole neighborhood is taking video calls or streaming Netflix at the same time. Kansas City’s fiber providers put up big speed numbers: AT&T Fiber can reach speeds up to 5 Gbps, while Google Fiber can get up to 8 Gbps.

Of course, the cable providers are no slouches, either. Spectrum offers speeds up to 2 Gbps, and Xfinity has speeds up to 2 Gbps.

What’s a Good Internet Speed?

Internet Speed	Appropriate For	Providers in your Area offering this Speed	Availability in your Area
25 Mbps	Email Web browsing Light streaming Smaller households	KC Coyote	60%
100 Mbps	Streaming Video chat Online gaming Larger households	Brightspeed Viasat T-Mobile Hughesnet Consolidated Mercury Broadband Wisper ISP KC Web Starlink	100%
1000 Mbps (1 Gbps)	Heavy streaming (4K video multiple devices etc.) Video chat Lag-free gaming Large households	Spectrum AT&T Xfinity Verizon XNET WiFi Google Fiber liNKCity Total Highspeed Internet Everfast Fiber EIN	89.60000000000001%

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Internet Availability in Kansas City, MO

In Kansas City, your first choice for high-speed internet should be a fiber provider like Google Fiber or AT&T Fiber. But can you get a plan from these providers?

The good news for Kansas City residents is that most areas of the city are covered by one of these two fiber networks. The more widely available of the two is Google Fiber, which covers 66.4% of Kansas City. Only a few areas are missing from Google Fiber’s KC footprint. You’ll find the biggest gap in availability down near where Interstate 49 meets 470: Sechrest, Hidden Valley, and Oakwood (near the country club) are relatively underserved by Google Fiber. But just about everywhere else, you have a great chance at being able to sign up for a Google Fiber plan.

As for AT&T Fiber, you’ll find it on a handful of city blocks in and around Kansas City’s downtown. Look for it in the Garment District, Quality Hill, and the Power and Light District. You can also expect to see AT&T Fiber as an option in many parts of Midtown, in places like Hyde Park (particularly Central Hyde Park and South Hyde Park) and Westport. You’ll also find it right across the state line in Kansas City, Kansas’ Westwood Hills area.

As for cable providers, that’s a question of Spectrum versus Xfinity. Don’t expect to get to make the choice — very few neighborhoods have both Spectrum and Xfinity, and almost no individual addresses get to choose between the two. Instead, expect it to be a question of availability. Depending on your area of Kansas City, you’ll have either Spectrum or Xfinity as an option — but (probably) not both.The divide is mostly East-West. Spectrum has the Western side and the lion’s share; you’ll find it in almost all of Kansas City proper, as well as across the state line in Kansas. Xfinity’s share of real estate mostly covers the Missouri suburbs of Kansas City, including Independence and Raytown.

Provider Connection Types in Kansas City, MO

Connection Type	About this Connection Type	Availability in Kansas City, MO
Satellite	Available even in very rural areas Typically has high latency (lag)	100%
Cable	Typically 250 Mbps - 1 Gbps Widely available A good choice for most users	95.34%
Fiber	Typically 1 Gbps or faster Upload speeds match download speeds	87.03999999999999%