Internet Service Providers in Nebraska
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Nebraska Internet Coverage & Availability in 2026
Nebraska Internet Facts in 2026
Nebraska's Internet Ranking
Nebraska currently ranks 25th among states in BroadbandNow’s annual rankings of internet coverage, speed and availability.
Access to Wired or Fixed Wireless Broadband: 94.8%
This means that roughly one in ten Nebraska 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: 80.1%
This means that nearly two 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: 75.1%
This means that two in ten residents are unable to purchase a fiber internet plan.
Number of Internet Providers in Nebraska: 65
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 Nebraska, 86% of households have access to 1 Gbps wired or fixed wireless broadband, ranking 31th among all states.
2026 Nebraska Broadband Market Analysis
Nebraska ranks #25 nationwide (rising 2 spots from 2025) in BroadbandNow’s 2026 Best and Worst States for Broadband report, earning an overall grade of B- (Score: 80.97/100). The state’s standing is anchored by fundamental prerequisite connectivity, with 94.8% of residents having access to basic wired or fixed wireless broadband and 80.1% covered by affordable low-priced plans. Physical network architecture across the state features a 75.1% fiber-optic availability rate, which directly influences overall consumer reliability and quality scores.
In our evaluation of over 160 million speed tests, Nebraska demonstrated network responsiveness with a median round-trip latency of 49.88 ms alongside median download speeds reaching 138.7 Mbps and upload speeds of 49.1 Mbps. Real-world network performance reveals noticeable variations between leading urban corridors and surrounding communities. Leading municipal markets like Lincoln (ranking #58 nationwide with a Grade B+) and Omaha (#84) demonstrate the state’s highest urban performance, supported by fiber availability exceeding 71.7% in core neighborhoods.
Conversely, markets like Omaha (#84 nationwide, Grade B) face localized infrastructure hurdles, recording a 71.7% fiber availability rate and median upload speeds of 36.7 Mbps. Because infrastructure quality, plan pricing, and fiber availability shift dramatically from city to city across Nebraska, checking address-level provider coverage remains essential for remote workers, competitive gamers, and everyday households.
Internet Coverage by Demographic in Nebraska
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: 94.6%
- Without: 5.4%
Type of internet connection
- Dialup only: <1%
- Broadband of any type: 91.9%
- Cellular data only: 11.3%
- Satellite: 8%
Age
- <18: 2.9%
- 18-64: 4.4%
- 65+ adults: 15.2%
Household Income
- <$20,000: 22.7%
- $20,000-$74,999: 10.2%
- $75,000+: 3.2%
Race
- Black: 6.2%
- Native American/Alaska Native: 3.4%
- Asian: 0%
- Mixed race: 6%
- Hispanic or Latino: 6.7%
- White: 5.8%
Employment Status
- Employed: 4%
- Unemployed: 5.6%
Educational Attainment
- Less than high school: 16.6%
- HS grad, some college or associate's: 8.4%
- Bachelor's degree: 3.2%
Internet Providers in Nebraska
Compare internet providers, maximum speeds, connection types, statewide availability, and ratings.
| Provider | Max. Download Speed | Connection | Availability | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UScellular | 100 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 71.7% | View Plans | |
| T-Mobile 5G Home Internet | 2 Gbps | Fixed Wireless, Fiber | 67.3% | View Plans | |
| XNET WiFi | 2 Gbps | Fixed Wireless | 60.0% | View Plans | |
| AT&T Internet Air | 300 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 50.7% | View Plans | |
| Mint Mobile | 415 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 50.3% | View Plans | |
| Verizon 5G Home Internet | 300 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 40.7% | View Plans | |
| CenturyLink | 940 Mbps | DSL, Fiber | 38.9% | View Plans | |
| Allo Communications | 2.3 Gbps | Fiber | 35.2% | View Plans | |
| Cox | 2 Gbps | Cable, Fiber | 34.8% | View Plans | |
| Spectrum | 2 Gbps | Cable, Fiber | 31.9% | View Plans | |
| Nextlink Internet | 5 Gbps | Fixed Wireless, Fiber | 29.1% | View Plans | |
| Rise Internet | 400 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 22.7% | View Plans | |
| Quantum Fiber | 8 Gbps | Fiber | 17.2% | View Plans | |
| Kinetic | 1 Gbps | DSL, Fiber | 13.9% | View Plans | |
| GigFire | 150 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 9.3% | View Plans | |
| Hamilton Telecommunications | 1 Gbps | Fixed Wireless, Fiber | 5.0% | View Plans | |
| Great Plains Communications | 2 Gbps | Fiber | 4.8% | View Plans | |
| Frontier | 115 Mbps | DSL | 4.7% | View Plans | |
| Fastwyre Broadband | 2 Gbps | Fiber, DSL, Cable | 4.2% | View Plans | |
| Metronet | 5.12 Gbps | Fiber | 3.9% | View Plans | |
| Vistabeam | 2 Gbps | Fixed Wireless | 3.6% | View Plans | |
| Stealth Broadband | 1 Gbps | Fixed Wireless, Fiber | 3.6% | View Plans | |
| ATC Communications | 500 Mbps | Fixed Wireless, DSL | 3.6% | View Plans | |
| Big Red Communications | 200 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 3.4% | View Plans | |
| Sparklight | 1 Gbps | Cable | 2.9% | View Plans | |
| Viaero Wireless | 150 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 2.5% | View Plans | |
| GFiber | 8 Gbps | Fiber | 2.2% | View Plans | |
| Diode Communications | 25 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 1.9% | View Plans | |
| Pinpoint Fiber | 2.5 Gbps | Fiber | 1.8% | View Plans | |
| Great Plains Communications | 1 Gbps | DSL, Cable | 1.4% | View Plans | |
| Vyve Broadband | 1 Gbps | Cable, Fiber | 1.4% | View Plans | |
| Glenwood Telephone | 1 Gbps | Fiber, Fixed Wireless | 1.2% | View Plans | |
| Zito Media | 1 Gbps | Fiber | 1.2% | View Plans | |
| Zito Media | 200 Mbps | Cable | 1.0% | View Plans | |
| Western Iowa Wireless | 300 Mbps | Fixed Wireless | 1.0% | View Plans | |
| Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company | 100 Mbps | Fiber | 0.8% | View Plans | |
| Hamilton (formerly NCTC) | 1 Gbps | Fiber | 0.7% | View Plans | |
| Skywave Wireless | 1 Gbps | Fixed Wireless, Fiber | 0.6% | View Plans | |
| Long Lines | 1 Gbps | Fiber | 0.6% | View Plans | |
| Prairie Hills Wireless | 1 Gbps | Fixed Wireless | 0.5% | View Plans | |
| ImOn Communications | 1 Gbps | Fiber | 0.5% | View Plans | |
| Consolidated Telephone Company | 1 Gbps | Fiber | 0.5% | View Plans | |
| Superior Inet | 1.02 Gbps | Fixed Wireless | 0.4% | View Plans | |
| Three River | 1 Gbps | Fiber | 0.4% | View Plans | |
| Southeast Nebraska Communications | 500 Mbps | Fiber | 0.3% | View Plans | |
| Mobius Communications | 1 Gbps | Fiber | 0.3% | View Plans | |
| Cozad Telephone Company | 1 Gbps | Fiber | 0.3% | View Plans | |
| Hartelco | 1 Gbps | Fiber | 0.2% | View Plans | |
| Pierce Telephone Company | 50 Mbps | DSL | 0.1% | View Plans | |
| BWTelcom | 1 Gbps | Fiber | 0.1% | View Plans |
Internet Providers By City in Nebraska
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| Ainsworth | 84.2% | 13 providers |
| Albion | 72.8% | 14 providers |
| Alliance | 93.0% | 15 providers |
| Alma | 92.7% | 16 providers |
| Arapahoe | 94.9% | 10 providers |
| Arlington | 100.0% | 14 providers |
| Arnold | 86.3% | 9 providers |
| Ashland | 84.0% | 19 providers |
| Atkinson | 63.4% | 17 providers |
| Auburn | 81.7% | 15 providers |
| Aurora | 99.2% | 15 providers |
| Bassett | 96.2% | 13 providers |
| Battle Creek | 84.5% | 15 providers |
| Beatrice | 95.5% | 18 providers |
| Beaver Crossing | 42.8% | 14 providers |
| Bellevue | 98.4% | 18 providers |
| Benkelman | 98.2% | 10 providers |
| Bennet | 69.9% | 18 providers |
| Bennington | 98.0% | 20 providers |
| Bertrand | 69.4% | 11 providers |
| Blair | 99.3% | 17 providers |
| Bloomfield | 58.3% | 10 providers |
| Blue Hill | 96.2% | 11 providers |
| Bridgeport | 68.6% | 17 providers |
| Broken Bow | 89.1% | 15 providers |
| Burwell | 93.9% | 10 providers |
| Cairo | 56.9% | 19 providers |
| Callaway | 73.4% | 8 providers |
| Cambridge | 96.2% | 12 providers |
| Central City | 89.2% | 16 providers |
| Ceresco | 67.3% | 13 providers |
| Chadron | 82.6% | 12 providers |
| Chappell | 48.7% | 14 providers |
| Columbus | 93.3% | 22 providers |
| Cortland | 58.2% | 16 providers |
| Cozad | 90.6% | 16 providers |
| Crawford | 84.4% | 11 providers |
| Creighton | 52.2% | 9 providers |
| Crete | 88.4% | 18 providers |
| Crofton | 66.5% | 12 providers |
| Culbertson | 68.1% | 11 providers |
| Curtis | 94.8% | 9 providers |
| David City | 81.6% | 17 providers |
| De Witt | 69.7% | 16 providers |
| Denton | 67.2% | 15 providers |
| Dodge | 54.6% | 14 providers |
| Doniphan | 95.2% | 18 providers |
| Dorchester | 71.7% | 16 providers |
| Eagle | 98.5% | 16 providers |
| Elgin | 77.1% | 12 providers |
| Elkhorn | 98.5% | 19 providers |
| Elm Creek | 82.7% | 17 providers |
| Elmwood | 73.9% | 16 providers |
| Elwood | 87.0% | 16 providers |
| Emerson | 65.7% | 16 providers |
| Fairbury | 85.5% | 16 providers |
| Falls City | 99.8% | 12 providers |
| Firth | 87.3% | 13 providers |
| Fort Calhoun | 99.7% | 16 providers |
| Franklin | 87.0% | 16 providers |
| Fremont | 96.5% | 22 providers |
| Friend | 77.7% | 19 providers |
| Geneva | 90.9% | 19 providers |
| Genoa | 66.1% | 14 providers |
| Gering | 90.5% | 15 providers |
| Gibbon | 97.2% | 17 providers |
| Gordon | 54.3% | 9 providers |
| Gothenburg | 88.3% | 18 providers |
| Grand Island | 97.6% | 23 providers |
| Grant | 89.6% | 12 providers |
| Greenwood | 66.1% | 16 providers |
| Gretna | 96.7% | 18 providers |
| Hartington | 97.0% | 13 providers |
| Harvard | 87.7% | 16 providers |
| Hastings | 97.1% | 22 providers |
| Hay Springs | 64.5% | 9 providers |
| Hebron | 85.7% | 15 providers |
| Hemingford | 96.7% | 9 providers |
| Henderson | 96.3% | 15 providers |
| Hershey | 95.1% | 11 providers |
| Hickman | 81.5% | 16 providers |
| Holdrege | 91.3% | 15 providers |
| Hooper | 96.3% | 15 providers |
| Humphrey | 57.3% | 17 providers |
| Imperial | 94.1% | 13 providers |
| Kearney | 93.8% | 23 providers |
| Kimball | 89.7% | 13 providers |
| La Vista | 100.0% | 14 providers |
| Laurel | 74.3% | 12 providers |
| Leigh | 54.8% | 14 providers |
| Lexington | 92.0% | 17 providers |
| Lincoln | 96.9% | 18 providers |
| Louisville | 83.8% | 15 providers |
| Loup City | 77.2% | 13 providers |
| Lyons | 63.6% | 14 providers |
| Macy | 32.5% | 12 providers |
| Madison | 82.6% | 18 providers |
| Malcolm | 88.3% | 15 providers |
| Martell | 44.0% | 18 providers |
| Mc Cook | 90.3% | 16 providers |
| Mead | 70.7% | 13 providers |
| Milford | 75.0% | 17 providers |
| Minden | 87.6% | 18 providers |
| Mitchell | 74.6% | 14 providers |
| Morrill | 72.0% | 16 providers |
| Nebraska City | 90.5% | 17 providers |
| Neligh | 86.1% | 13 providers |
| Newman Grove | 66.0% | 14 providers |
| Niobrara | 81.4% | 9 providers |
| Norfolk | 96.9% | 22 providers |
| North Bend | 71.5% | 17 providers |
| North Platte | 94.6% | 18 providers |
| Oakland | 76.6% | 17 providers |
| Ogallala | 92.7% | 18 providers |
| Omaha | 99.3% | 22 providers |
| Oneill | 87.2% | 16 providers |
| Ord | 79.1% | 11 providers |
| Oshkosh | 80.2% | 11 providers |
| Osmond | 93.3% | 15 providers |
| Palmer | 47.1% | 15 providers |
| Palmyra | 79.7% | 14 providers |
| Papillion | 99.1% | 17 providers |
| Pawnee City | 74.8% | 14 providers |
| Paxton | 72.0% | 12 providers |
| Pender | 67.4% | 14 providers |
| Peru | 45.5% | 13 providers |
| Phillips | 98.7% | 14 providers |
| Pierce | 75.0% | 16 providers |
| Plainview | 99.7% | 10 providers |
| Plattsmouth | 93.2% | 17 providers |
| Pleasant Dale | 76.0% | 16 providers |
| Pleasanton | 58.7% | 11 providers |
| Ponca | 95.0% | 9 providers |
| Ravenna | 89.6% | 16 providers |
| Raymond | 42.4% | 14 providers |
| Red Cloud | 90.0% | 13 providers |
| Roca | 75.2% | 17 providers |
| Rushville | 84.2% | 10 providers |
| Saint Edward | 81.8% | 15 providers |
| Saint Paul | 93.6% | 17 providers |
| Schuyler | 89.5% | 16 providers |
| Scottsbluff | 93.6% | 16 providers |
| Scribner | 76.8% | 16 providers |
| Seward | 88.9% | 20 providers |
| Shelby | 61.7% | 17 providers |
| Sidney | 90.2% | 19 providers |
| South Sioux City | 99.2% | 16 providers |
| Springfield | 94.7% | 15 providers |
| Stanton | 98.3% | 17 providers |
| Stromsburg | 77.9% | 16 providers |
| Stuart | 90.5% | 12 providers |
| Superior | 86.8% | 12 providers |
| Sutherland | 77.3% | 14 providers |
| Sutton | 85.5% | 17 providers |
| Syracuse | 83.0% | 16 providers |
| Tecumseh | 78.2% | 16 providers |
| Tekamah | 81.4% | 19 providers |
| Tilden | 78.6% | 15 providers |
| Utica | 84.2% | 16 providers |
| Valentine | 88.9% | 16 providers |
| Valley | 94.4% | 19 providers |
| Valparaiso | 59.8% | 15 providers |
| Verdigre | 89.5% | 8 providers |
| Wahoo | 84.9% | 15 providers |
| Wakefield | 71.9% | 15 providers |
| Walthill | 96.2% | 11 providers |
| Wausa | 70.5% | 12 providers |
| Waverly | 91.7% | 17 providers |
| Wayne | 75.8% | 19 providers |
| Weeping Water | 75.3% | 16 providers |
| West Point | 80.9% | 19 providers |
| Wilber | 89.5% | 15 providers |
| Winnebago | 77.4% | 12 providers |
| Wood River | 59.9% | 23 providers |
| York | 89.1% | 20 providers |
| Yutan | 76.7% | 14 providers |