Internet provider directory
Every US Internet Provider. Tracked. Dated. Sourced.
525 US residential ISPs catalogued. 11 with full editorial reviews. The most comprehensive open-source US ISP directory on the web. Updated against FCC Form 477 + state PSC + BEAD grant disclosures. New records added every session.
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4-County Connect
NE Mississippi electric co-op fiber arm.
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401 Internet (Siskiyou Broadband)
Far Northern California Mt. Shasta region WISP + fiber.
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ACE Communications Group
NE Iowa electric co-op's fiber arm. Solid local operator covering the tri-state corner.
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ACEC Fiber (Coos-Curry)
South Oregon coast electric co-op fiber.
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Adams Electric Cooperative Fiber (PA)
S Pennsylvania electric co-op fiber. Gettysburg area.
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Advanced Cable Communications
Florida HOA cable operator. Where they're the bulk provider, you live with them.
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AireBeam
Southern Arizona fiber + fixed-wireless. Real competition vs Cox in Tucson metro.
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Alaska Communications
Alaska's #2 ISP. Same engineering constraints as GCI. Fiber where built; DSL otherwise. Usually competitive vs GCI in metro areas.
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Alfalfa Electric Fiber (OK)
NW Oklahoma electric co-op fiber arm.
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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…
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All Things Fiber (Albany NY)
Capital Region NY fiber overbuilder. Limited but growing.
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All West Communications
NE Utah / W Wyoming member co-op since 1912.
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Alliance Communications
E SD / W MN member co-op since 1952.
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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…
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Aloha Broadband
Hawaii alt-ISP. Limited footprint, niche to Hawaiian Telcom + Spectrum.
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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 …
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AMA TechTel
TX Panhandle/Eastern NM fiber + WISP. Local crews.
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Amazon Leo
Amazon's Starlink competitor. Beta-only as of mid-2026 — waitlist live but no commercial service yet. When it lights up, it's the most credi…
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Amery Telcom
NW Wisconsin carrier since 1903.
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Amicalola EMC Fiber
N Georgia mountains electric co-op fiber.
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Ammons Internet
Knoxville TN area WISP.
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Anaheim Connect
Anaheim CA open-access muni fiber. Pick from multiple competing retail ISPs over the same fiber.
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Antietam Broadband
Family-owned cable across the MD/PA/WV tri-state corner. Local crews, local hours.
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Apogee
Student-housing managed Wi-Fi specialist. Only available if your dorm/apartment partners with Apogee.
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Appalachian Electric Cooperative Fiber (AEC)
E Tennessee electric co-op fiber.
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Archtop Fiber
Hudson Valley + NW Mass fiber, Grain Management-funded + BEAD-supported. Active build through 2027.
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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…
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Arkwest Communications
Arkansas Ozarks co-op since 1952.
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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…
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Armstrong FiberVision
Operations consolidated under Armstrong Group.
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ASTAC (Arctic Slope Telephone)
Arctic Slope AK Iñupiat-owned co-op since 1976. Pricing reflects sub-Arctic operating realities — this is what it costs to run a network in …
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Astound Broadband
The largest US 'overbuilder' — runs cable + fiber in urban markets where you already have Comcast or Verizon. Cheaper than the incumbent at …
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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…
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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…
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ATC Communications
Arkansas Delta family carrier since 1903.
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Athens Utility Board (AUB Fiber)
Athens TN muni utility fiber.
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Atlantic Network Solutions
Delaware/Maryland shore fiber + fixed-wireless. Targets resort communities where Comcast and Verizon don't reach every address.
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ATMC
Member-owned NC coast co-op, fully fiber. Solid governance, local crews, the model of how a small ISP should run.
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ATMC
NC coastal co-op since 1955. Member-owned, fully fiber across most of the footprint.
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Auburn Essential Services (IN)
Auburn IN muni utility fiber since 2004.
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Axiom Maine
Downeast Maine fiber + WISP. Built where Consolidated/Fidium hadn't reached.
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Ballard Rural Telephone (KY)
Western Kentucky member co-op since 1953.
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Banks-Jackson-Commerce Hospital Internet (BJCH)
Banks County GA muni fiber. Small scale, real fiber.
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BARC Connects
Virginia mountain electric co-op fiber. Built where Verizon DSL was the only alternative.
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Barry County Telephone
Barry County MI family carrier since 1898.
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Bayfield Electric Fiber (WI)
N Wisconsin Lake Superior region electric co-op fiber.
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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…
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Beavercreek Telephone (Reliance Connects)
NW Oregon member co-op since 1952 — Reliance Connects.
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Ben Lomand Connect
Middle TN Cumberland Plateau member co-op since 1953.
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Berkeley Electric Cooperative Fiber
Charleston SC area electric co-op fiber.
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Bevcomm
Bevcomm — Southern MN / Western WI family carrier since 1895.
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Big Bend Telephone
Big Bend TX family carrier since 1956. Reaches addresses nobody else does in West Texas.
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Big River Telephone
Mississippi River basin 4-state fiber carrier since 1958.
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Black River Electric Fiber (SC)
Sumter SC area electric co-op fiber.
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Black Warrior EMC Fiber
W Alabama Black Belt electric co-op fiber.
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Blackfeet Telecommunications
Blackfeet Nation MT carrier.
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Blackfoot Communications
Member co-op straddling MT/ID. Strong fiber footprint in Missoula and surrounding ranges.
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Blue Grass Energy Fiber
Central Kentucky (Lexington area) electric co-op fiber.
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Blue Ridge Communications
NE Pennsylvania family cable since 1955. Local crews. Where Service Electric is also available, Service Electric is usually better.
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Blue Ridge Mountain EMC Fiber
Blue Ridge Mountains electric co-op fiber. GA/NC/TN tri-state.
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Blue Stream Fiber
Apollo-backed FL fiber operator. Strong in HOA/MDU; retail fiber competitive vs Comcast/AT&T where built.
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Blue Valley Tele-Communications
NE Kansas / SE Nebraska member co-op since 1957.
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Bluepeak
PE-backed Upper Midwest fiber expansion. Aggressive pricing, competitive speeds. Where Bluepeak has built, take it over Mediacom or Midco ca…
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Bluepeak (Dakotas + WY)
PE-backed Upper Midwest fiber expansion. Aggressive pricing, competitive speeds. Where Bluepeak has built, take it over Mediacom or Midco ca…
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Boingo Wireless
Airport / stadium / military-base Wi-Fi operator. Not a residential ISP.
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Boone REMC Fiber
Boone County IN electric co-op fiber.
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Braintree Electric Light Department
Braintree MA muni utility cable + fiber.
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Brandenburg Telephone
Private KY family carrier since 1955. Fiber transition underway.
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Brazos Communications
Central TX cooperative fiber operator.
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Breezeline
East Coast cable operator stitched together from former Atlantic Broadband markets. Where they're the only cable option (which is most of th…
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Breezeline (Cogeco)
Cogeco's US arm, rebranded Breezeline. Reasonable cable; growing fiber overlay. Where fiber's available, take it; cable tier is fine.
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BrightRidge
Johnson City TN muni fiber. Smaller cousin of EPB Chattanooga, same not-for-profit operating model.
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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…
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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 — …
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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.
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Brookings Municipal Utilities (Swiftel)
Brookings SD muni utility. One of the earliest US small-town muni fiber wins.
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Buckeye Broadband
Toledo's family-owned cable + fiber operator. Block Communications has run it since 1965. Better than Spectrum in their footprint.
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Buckeye Rural Electric Fiber
Southern Ohio electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.
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Burlington Telecom
Burlington VT fiber since 2002. Originally muni, now Schurz Communications-operated. Solid fiber in the city.
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BVU OptiNet
The first muni FTTH in the US (2001). Bristol VA Utilities Authority. Survived federal lawsuits from incumbents. Foundational example of wha…
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Cal-Ore Telephone
CA/OR border family carrier since 1955.
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Calaveras Telephone Company
Sierra foothills CA family carrier since 1894.
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Cameron Communications
SW Louisiana / SE Texas member co-op since 1952.
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Carolina Mountain Cable
Small NC mountain cable + fiber operator.
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Carolina West Wireless
NC mountain wireless co-op since 1990. 5G Home in Appalachian counties.
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CarolinaConnect
Multi-co-op fiber consortium covering rural NC/SC electric co-op territories. Member governance.
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Carroll EMC Fiber (Glenwood Connect)
West Georgia electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.
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Carteret-Craven Electric Fiber
NC coastal electric co-op fiber. Outer Banks region.
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CBN Geneva
Finger Lakes region of NY — $121M BEAD-funded fiber build. Targets rural addresses Charter Spectrum doesn't reach.
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Cellcom
Wisconsin family-owned wireless company building 5G + fiber. Local install crews.
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Central Arkansas Fiber (CAEC)
Central Arkansas electric co-op fiber.
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Central Electric Cooperative Fiber (OR)
Central Oregon (Bend/Redmond) electric co-op fiber.
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Central Electric Cooperative Fiber (PA)
Western PA electric co-op fiber.
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Central Electric Power Fiber (MO)
Central Missouri electric co-op fiber arm.
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Central Scott Telephone
Eastern Iowa member co-op since 1903.
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Central Utah Telephone (Manti)
Central Utah member co-op since 1907.
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CenturyLink Fiber (LegacyDSL)
Legacy CenturyLink DSL. If this is your only option, you should be looking at LTE Home, Starlink, or anything else as escape. Fiber operatio…
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Cherryland Electric Fiber
Traverse City area electric co-op fiber.
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Chickasaw Electric Fiber
W Tennessee Memphis exurbs electric co-op fiber.
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Cibola Communications
NM rural carrier in Cibola County.
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Cincinnati Bell Altafiber
Cincinnati Bell — now Altafiber — since 1873. Heavy fiber buildout in Cincy + N. Kentucky.
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Citizens Electric Fiber (MO)
SE Missouri electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.
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Citizens Telephone Cooperative (VA)
Southwest VA member co-op since 1914.
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Citynet
WV's largest non-incumbent BEAD winner ($229M). 30-year-old WV operator with real operating history. Build-out through 2027.
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Claverack Rural Electric Fiber
Northern PA mountains electric co-op fiber.
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Co-Mo Connect
Central Missouri electric co-op fiber. Built the model that other co-ops followed.
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Coast Connect (Coast EPA)
Mississippi Gulf Coast electric co-op fiber arm.
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Coeur d'Alene Tribe Communications
Idaho Coeur d'Alene Tribe carrier.
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Comcast Business (BLUE FAST)
Comcast Business — B2B division. Same physical network as Xfinity residential.
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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…
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Comporium (Rock Hill)
Rock Hill SC family carrier since 1894. 5th-generation family business. Strong fiber overlay.
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Concord Telephone (NH)
Historic NH carrier since 1898 — now operates under TDS Telecom brand.
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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…
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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…
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Consolidated Cooperative (OH)
Central Ohio electric co-op's fiber arm. Not the same company as Consolidated Communications.
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Consolidated Telcom (ND)
W North Dakota oil patch member co-op since 1952.
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Coosa Valley Electric Cooperative Fiber
Central Alabama electric co-op fiber.
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Coweta-Fayette EMC Fiber (TrueNet)
West Metro Atlanta electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.
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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…
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Crawford Electric Fiber (Crawford Connect)
East-central MO electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.
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Crown Castle Fiber
Mostly an enterprise/wholesale carrier. Limited consumer footprint. Listed for completeness — most home customers will encounter this brand …
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Cruzio Internet
Santa Cruz family ISP since the early ISP days. Fiber where built; wireless to fill gaps in the hills.
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Crystal Broadband Networks
Western Montana Bitterroot Valley WISP.
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Cuivre River Electric Fiber
St. Louis exurbs electric co-op fiber arm.
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Cumberland Connect
Clarksville TN area electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.
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DataNet PR
Puerto Rico alt-ISP. Competitive with Liberty PR in select markets.
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Daviess-Martin REMC Fiber
SW Indiana electric co-op fiber.
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DEC Fiber
Delaware Electric Cooperative's fiber arm. Reaching addresses Comcast/Verizon never wired.
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Delta Telephone Company (LA)
Mississippi Delta region co-op since 1949.
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DeWitt-Lavaca Electric Fiber
South Texas electric co-op fiber.
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Direct Communications
Iowa-Idaho dual-state family carrier since 1909. Fiber buildout across both states.
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Direct Link (Reedsport Tel)
Oregon coastal family carrier since 1907.
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Diverse Power Online
Diverse Power EMC's fiber arm. West Georgia + bordering AL.
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Dixie Connect (Dixie EPA)
S Mississippi Pine Belt electric co-op fiber.
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Douglas Electric Cooperative Fiber (OR)
Umpqua Valley OR electric co-op fiber.
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DTC Communications
Middle TN member-owned co-op since 1951. Fully fiber across the footprint.
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Duck River EMC Fiber
Middle Tennessee electric co-op fiber.
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Dunn Energy Cooperative Fiber
Western Wisconsin electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.
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Duo County Telephone (KY)
Lake Cumberland KY/TN co-op since 1953.
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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…
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Eastex Telephone Cooperative
East Texas member co-op since 1953.
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EATEL
Louisiana family fiber carrier since 1935. Strong fiber footprint Baton Rouge SE suburbs.
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ECFiber
Vermont's pioneer Communications Union District (CUD). 32-town member-owned fiber co-op. Pricing reflects actual cost of running rural fiber…
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Edisto Connect
Lower SC electric co-op fiber.
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Elevate Internet (DMEA)
Delta-Montrose Electric Association's fiber arm. Western CO Slope.
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Emery Telcom
Central Utah mining region co-op since 1949.
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Empire Access
117-year-old family carrier in NY Southern Tier / Northern PA. Fully fiber, local install crews. The model rural carrier.
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Endeavor Communications
Indiana member co-op since 1951. Fully fiber.
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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…
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EPB Fiber Optics
Chattanooga's muni fiber. The gold standard for US municipal broadband — first to 10 Gig residential, ridiculous reliability, not-for-profit…
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ETC Communications (Ellijay)
North Georgia mountains family carrier since 1903.
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ETEX Telephone Cooperative
East Texas telephone co-op. Fully fiber across the footprint.
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Etheric Networks
Bay Area fixed-wireless ISP. Reaches Santa Cruz Mountains, Peninsula coast — addresses Comcast skipped.
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EZEE Fiber
Houston-area fiber overbuilder. Flat $65 for symmetric Gig, no contracts. Where they've built, take it over Comcast or AT&T.
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EZEE Fiber Business
EZEE Fiber business operations consolidated under main record.
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FairlawnGig
Fairlawn OH muni fiber. Same model as Chattanooga's EPB but scaled to a single Akron suburb.
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FairPoint (now Consolidated)
FairPoint operations consolidated under Consolidated Communications.
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Federated Telephone Cooperative
Tri-state Plains co-op since 1951.
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Fidium Fiber
Consolidated's fiber-only consumer brand. In Northern New England, this is the best fiber option that exists. Take it.
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Fidium Fiber
Consolidated Communications' fiber brand spanning 8 states. Strong New England + scattered other markets. $30 intro pricing, +$15-20 after Y…
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Firefly Fiber (Central Virginia EC)
Central VA Firefly Fiber — Central Virginia EC's fiber arm. Charlottesville area.
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First Electric Fiber (FECI)
Largest Arkansas electric co-op's fiber arm. Little Rock area.
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Fision Fiber (Hotwire enterprise spin)
Operations consolidated under Hotwire Communications.
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Five Area Telephone Cooperative
West TX Panhandle co-op since 1957.
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Foothills Rural Telephone Cooperative
Eastern Kentucky mountain co-op. Fiber buildout reaching addresses Charter/AT&T never bothered with.
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Fort Collins Connexion
Fort Collins CO muni fiber. Joined Longmont/Loveland as CO Front Range muni leaders.
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Fort Loudoun Electric Fiber (FLEC)
E Tennessee electric co-op fiber.
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Four County EMC Fiber (RiverStreet)
Four County EMC delivers fiber through RiverStreet partnership. Member-owned.
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FPUA Fiber
Fort Pierce FL municipal fiber. Single-city muni model — not-for-profit, transparent.
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Frontier Communications of Wisconsin (legacy)
Frontier WI operations under main Frontier record.
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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…
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FyberCom
Utah County fiber overbuilder.
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Garden Valley Technologies
NW Minnesota member co-op since 1951.
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GCI
Alaska's primary ISP. Real engineering — submarine cables, microwave links to villages. Pricing reflects the build cost. If you live in AK a…
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Gibson Connect
Tennessee electric co-op's fiber arm. Fast, fair, local.
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Glasgow EPB
Glasgow KY muni utility since 1988 — generally credited as America's FIRST muni cable system. Now fully fiber.
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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…
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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…
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goBEC Fiber Network
MO Ozarks electric co-op fiber. Member-owned. Fast and fair.
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Goldfield Access Network
North Iowa member co-op since 1956.
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GoNetspeed
Oak Hill-backed Northeast fiber overbuilder. Aggressive expansion across 7 states. Competitive vs Spectrum + Verizon.
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Google Fi Wireless
Google's MVNO. Not a residential ISP, but listed for completeness.
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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…
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Granite State Telephone
NH family carrier since 1908. Fully fiber.
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Great Plains Communications
Plains-region fiber operator since 1910. Building heavily across NE + 5 surrounding states. Strong rural fiber pick where available.
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Greenlight Networks
Upstate NY fiber overbuilder. Goes head-to-head with Spectrum cable; aggressive pricing wins where they've built.
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Groton Utilities Telecom (Thames Valley)
Groton CT muni utility cable + fiber. Local operations.
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GTA TeleGuam
Guam's primary ISP. Fully fiber across the island.
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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…
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GVTC Communications
Central TX member co-op since 1951. Big fiber footprint in San Antonio NE suburbs.
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HabershamEMC Trailwave Fiber
North Georgia electric co-op's Trailwave Fiber. Member-owned.
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Halstad Telephone Company
Red River Valley MN/ND co-op since 1950.
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Hamilton.net
Nebraska family carrier since 1901. Fully fiber.
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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…
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Hargray Communications
Low-country SC/GA fiber + cable operator since 1949. Now part of Cable One. Decent fiber where available, post-acquisition price discipline …
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Hartelco Communications
NE Nebraska co-op since 1952.
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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.
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HBC (Hiawatha Broadband)
Winona MN regional fiber + cable since 1997. SE MN / W WI Driftless region.
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Heart of Iowa Communications
Central Iowa member co-op since 1953.
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Henry County REMC Connect
Henry County IN electric co-op fiber.
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Highland Telephone Cooperative
Cumberland Plateau TN/KY member co-op since 1951. Fully fiber.
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HILCO Electric Fiber (HILCONNECT)
Central Texas electric co-op fiber arm.
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Hill Country Telephone
Texas Hill Country co-op since 1955.
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Ho-Chunk Nation Telephone
WI Ho-Chunk Nation tribal carrier.
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Holston Connect
East Tennessee electric co-op fiber. Member-owned. Fast and fair.
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Holyoke Gas & Electric Telecom
Holyoke MA muni utility fiber. Operating since 1996.
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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…
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Honest Network (Central GA EMC)
Central Georgia electric co-op's fiber arm. Member governance, local crews.
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Honest Network (Central Georgia EMC)
Central Georgia electric co-op's fiber arm. Member governance, local crews.
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Hood Canal Communications
Olympic Peninsula's local carrier since 1933. Family-owned, local crews. Fully fiber where they've built.
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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…
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Hotwire Communications
Big HOA / planned-community fiber operator across 14 states. ~2M passings. Where Hotwire is the bulk provider you can't switch — pricing ref…
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Howell-Oregon Electric Fiber
S Missouri Ozarks electric co-op fiber arm.
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HTC Inc (Horry Telephone)
Horry Telephone Cooperative — largest US telephone co-op. Myrtle Beach area. Big fiber footprint.
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HughesNet
Legacy geostationary satellite. Real-world latency makes video calling and modern apps painful. Starlink should be your first satellite pick…
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i3 Broadband
PE-backed central Illinois fiber overbuilder expanding into IA + MO. Real competition vs Xfinity + AT&T in Peoria + Champaign.
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IdeaTek
Kansas-grown rural fiber, 25 years in business. Transparent pricing, local crews, $115M BEAD-funded expansion underway. The model for what a…
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IEC Fiber (Indian Electric)
NE Oklahoma electric co-op fiber arm.
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ImOn Communications
Iowa overbuilder going head-to-head with Mediacom. Cedar Rapids area's best price-to-speed in fiber.
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InfoWest
St. George UT family carrier since 1994. Tri-state SW fiber + WISP.
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Inland Cellular
Eastern Washington/N Idaho rural wireless + fiber operator, $332M BEAD-funded fiber expansion. Local crews, real install team in markets whe…
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Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative
Eastern SD / Western MN co-op. Member-owned, fiber across the footprint.
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Inyo Networks
Eastern Sierra Nevada fiber + WISP.
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IQ Fiber
Jacksonville FL-based fiber overbuilder. $150M private capital fueling East Coast expansion. Acquired ThinkBig Networks for the Mid-Atlantic…
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iTV-3
Central FL fiber overbuilder. Limited footprint.
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Joe Wheeler EMC Fiber
N Alabama electric co-op fiber arm. Member-owned.
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Joink
Wabash Valley fiber overbuilder + WISP fill-in.
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Kalama Telephone
SW WA family carrier since 1907.
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Karnes Electric Fiber
South Texas Eagle Ford Shale region electric co-op fiber.
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KentuckyWired
State-built KY middle-mile fiber backbone. Multiple retail ISPs use it to reach rural addresses.
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Ketchikan Public Utilities
Ketchikan AK muni utility. The only ISP on the island. Honest pricing for an island serviced by submarine cable.
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KiamichiNet (Kiamichi EC)
SE Oklahoma Kiamichi Mountains electric co-op fiber.
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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…
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Kinetic by Windstream
Windstream's consumer brand. Fiber-overlay sweet spot is in AR/TX/KY/GA/IA. DSL elsewhere — that side is brutal.
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Kit Carson Internet
Taos NM electric co-op fiber. National model — first US co-op to commit to fiber-to-every-member. Member-owned.
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La Plata Electric Cooperative Fiber
SW Colorado electric co-op fiber. Durango area.
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Lake County Fiber Broadband (MN)
MN North Shore Lake Superior muni fiber.
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Lake Region Electric Fiber (ND)
N North Dakota electric co-op fiber arm.
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Lakeland Networks (Lakeland Wireless)
Eastern Minnesota co-op fiber.
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LakeNet Communications
DFW exurb WISP with fiber pilots.
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Lebanon Utilities (LU Fiber)
Lebanon IN muni utility fiber.
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Lemonweir Valley Telephone
Central Wisconsin member co-op since 1903.
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LES Wave (Lewisburg Electric)
Lewisburg TN muni utility fiber.
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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…
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LightHouse Fiber (LHFiber)
Jacksonville FL area fiber overbuilder. Limited but growing footprint.
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Lismore Cooperative Telephone
SW Minnesota member co-op since 1954.
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Lit by Tilson (Maine)
Maine open-access fiber operator. Multiple retail ISPs sell over the same fiber.
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Lit Communities
PE-backed fiber overbuilder partnering with mid-size cities. Where they've built, competitive pricing vs incumbents.
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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…
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Logan Telephone Cooperative
Western Kentucky member co-op since 1953.
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Loretel Systems
Southern Minnesota member co-op since 1957.
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Loudon Utilities Board (LUB) Fiber
Loudon TN muni utility fiber.
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LREC FiberNet
MN electric co-op fiber arm. Member-owned.
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LREC Lightspeed
Oklahoma electric co-op fiber. Conexon-financed/operated — same model as the multistate Conexon Connect record. Local at the customer-facing…
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Lumenate Networks
Charleston SC fiber overbuilder.
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Luminate Broadband (Mountain Parks)
Colorado mountain electric co-op fiber. Ski-town country.
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Lumos
Southeast fiber overbuilder, PE-backed and aggressive. Real competition for Spectrum in NC/SC/VA metros. Where they've built, take it.
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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…
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Magellan Broadband
Denver suburb fiber overbuilder. Limited footprint.
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Magic Valley Electric Fiber (TX)
Rio Grande Valley TX electric co-op fiber arm.
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Magnolia Electric Fiber
SW Mississippi electric co-op fiber arm.
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Mainstream Fiber
Indiana rural fiber, $121.9M BEAD-funded. Building out south-central IN where Comcast and AT&T don't.
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Mammoth Networks
Northern Rockies 5-state fiber + WISP. Built where no incumbent would.
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Mansfield Municipal Electric Communications
Mansfield MA muni fiber.
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MassBroadband (CUDs)
Massachusetts state-funded fiber backbone built where Comcast wouldn't go. Multiple retail ISPs sell service over it.
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Matanuska Telephone Association (MTA)
Mat-Su Valley AK member co-op since 1953. Fully fiber in town, DSL outside. Pricing reflects AK realities.
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Maverix Broadband
Colorado Western Slope fiber, $103M BEAD-funded. Targets the rural mountain communities Comcast won't build to.
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Mecklenburg Electric Fiber (EMPOWER)
South Virginia electric co-op fiber.
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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 …
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Meriwether Lewis Electric Fiber
Middle Tennessee electric co-op fiber.
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Metro by T-Mobile Home Internet
Metro by T-Mobile's prepaid Home Internet variant. Essentially T-Mobile Home Internet with Metro branding.
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Metro Fiber Systems
Memphis tri-state metro fiber. Limited footprint.
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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…
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MGW Communications
VA Allegheny mountains co-op since 1953.
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MHA Nation Telecommunications
ND Three Affiliated Tribes carrier. Fort Berthold Reservation.
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Mid-Carolina EMC Fiber
Central SC electric co-op fiber arm.
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Mid-Hudson Cable
Hudson Valley cable operator. Limited footprint, fine where it exists.
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Mid-Plains
NE Kansas / Southern Nebraska co-op since 1953.
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Mid-Rivers Communications
Eastern Montana co-op since 1952. The carrier that actually reaches ranch addresses.
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Midco
Upper Midwest cable JV with Comcast. Fiber overlay where built; cable elsewhere. Better than Mediacom; worse than Bluepeak where you have th…
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Middle Tennessee EMC (United Communications)
Nashville-area suburbs electric co-op fiber. Largest TN co-op.
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MidSouth Electric Fiber (TX)
Central TX Brazos Valley electric co-op fiber arm.
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Midstate Communications
Central SD member co-op since 1952.
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Midwest Connections (Midwest Energy MI)
Operations consolidated under Midwest Energy Connections record.
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Midwest Energy Connections
SW Michigan electric co-op fiber. Built where nobody else would.
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Midwest Energy Fiber (KS)
Western Kansas electric co-op fiber arm.
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Molalla Communications
Oregon Willamette Valley co-op since 1956.
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Monroe Telephone (OR)
Oregon family carrier since 1901.
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Morristown Utilities (FiberNet)
Morristown TN muni utility fiber since 2006.
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Mosaic Telecom
NW Wisconsin member co-op since 1903 — Mosaic brand. Strong fiber footprint.
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Mountain Electric Cooperative Fiber
Mountain Electric Cooperative fiber arm.
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Mountain Telephone (Big Sandy)
Eastern KY mountain co-op since 1955.
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Navasota Valley Electric Fiber
Brazos Valley TX electric co-op fiber.
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NCTC
Member-owned TN/KY cooperative. Local crews, local board.
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NelsonVision (Nelsonville TV Cable)
SE Ohio family cable since 1962.
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Nemont
NE Montana / NW Dakotas co-op since 1951. Fully fiber across the footprint.
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Newberry Electric Fiber
Central SC electric co-op fiber.
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Nex-Tech (Rural Telephone)
Plains region member co-op since 1951 (Rural Telephone). Strong fiber buildout.
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Nexstream
Largest single-state BEAD award nationally ($407M, TX Hill Country). Tripling sub base in 24 months is real execution risk — wait for build …
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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…
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NextLight (Longmont)
Longmont CO muni fiber. National model for Front Range muni success.
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Ninnescah Electric Fiber
South-central Kansas electric co-op fiber arm.
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North Arkansas Electric Fiber (NAECC)
N Arkansas / S Missouri Ozarks electric co-op fiber.
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North Central Electric Fiber (ND)
N North Dakota electric co-op fiber arm.
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North Coast Broadband
NorCal redwood coast WISP + fiber.
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North Georgia Network
North Georgia mountain co-op fiber. Built where no incumbent would reach.
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North Iowa Telephone (NIT)
N Iowa member co-op since 1900.
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North State
129-year-old NC family carrier. Fully fiber in the Piedmont Triad metro. Solid local operator.
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Northcentral Connect (Northcentral EPA)
N Mississippi electric co-op fiber. Memphis exurbs.
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Northern Neck Electric Fiber
Virginia Northern Neck electric co-op fiber.
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Northland Cable Television
Scattered small-market cable operator across 5 states. Where they're the only cable in town, you take it.
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NorthState GRM
Grand River Mutual Telephone — Missouri co-op since 1907. Fiber upgrade across the footprint.
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Norwich Public Utilities Internet
Norwich CT muni fiber. Limited but expanding.
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Norwood Light Broadband
Norwood MA muni utility cable + fiber since 1996.
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NREMC Fiber (Northeastern REMC)
NE Indiana electric co-op fiber.
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NRS Fiber (Northeast OK Electric)
NE Oklahoma electric co-op fiber. 4-state footprint.
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NTUA Wireless (Navajo Tribal Utility Authority)
Navajo Nation tribal carrier. Reaching addresses no commercial ISP would.
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Nucentury Internet
MO Ozarks WISP + fiber.
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Okefenoke REMC Fiber
S Georgia / N Florida electric co-op fiber.
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OnlineNW (Yamhill County)
OR Willamette Valley fiber since 1997.
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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…
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Otelco
Rural incumbent local exchange carrier scattered across the South + New England. Fiber tier where built is fine; legacy DSL in the towns the…
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Otter Tail Power Fiber
Investor-owned MN utility's fiber arm. New entry, but well-funded.
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Ouachita Connect
S Arkansas electric co-op fiber. One of the earliest electric-co-op fiber wins.
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Owen Electric Cooperative Fiber
N Kentucky electric co-op fiber.
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Owensboro Municipal Utilities
Owensboro KY muni fiber.
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OzarksGo
Ozarks Electric Cooperative's fiber arm. NW Arkansas's fastest fiber. Take it over Cox or AT&T.
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Park Region Telephone
Western Minnesota member co-op since 1957.
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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.
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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…
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Pearl River Valley Fiber
South Mississippi electric co-op fiber arm.
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PEC Fiber (Pedernales)
Texas Hill Country electric co-op fiber. PEC is the largest US electric co-op by membership.
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Pee Dee Electric Cooperative Fiber
NC/SC electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.
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Pilot Fiber
NYC fiber overbuilder. SMB + multifamily focused. Symmetric Gig at fair pricing.
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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 …
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Pinpoint Communications
Cambridge Nebraska rural telco since 1903. Local install team, fully fiber transition underway. The kind of operator that picks up the phone…
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Pioneer Connect
Oregon Coast Range cooperative since 1909. Member-owned, local crews. Fiber in town, DSL legacy in the surrounding hills.
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Pioneer Electric Cooperative Fiber (AL)
South Alabama electric co-op fiber.
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Pioneer Electric Cooperative Fiber (KS)
SW Kansas electric co-op fiber arm. Member-owned.
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Pioneer Long Distance
4-state Plains member co-op. Strong fiber buildout.
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Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (OK)
Oklahoma's largest member-owned telco cooperative. Aggressive fiber transition from legacy DSL.
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Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (OR)
Oregon coastal member co-op since 1951.
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Plateau
Eastern NM / West TX co-op since 1951.
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Plumas-Sierra REC Fiber
California Sierra Nevada electric co-op fiber.
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PMT
Idaho Magic Valley co-op since 1951.
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Polar Communications
NE North Dakota member co-op since 1952.
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Ponderosa Telephone
Sierra Nevada family carrier since 1910.
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Pony Express Communications
W Missouri family carrier since 1958.
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Powell Valley Electric Fiber (PVEC)
E TN / SW VA mountains electric co-op fiber.
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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.
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Presque Isle Electric & Gas (Truestream MI East)
NE Michigan electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.
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Price Electric Cooperative Fiber (WI)
Northwoods Wisconsin electric co-op fiber.
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PTCI (Panhandle Tel Coop)
OK Panhandle co-op since 1958.
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Public Service Telephone
Central Georgia rural carrier since 1906. Fiber transition underway.
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Pulaski Electric System
Pulaski TN muni utility fiber.
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Pulse (Loveland)
Loveland CO muni fiber.
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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…
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Quincy Telecom (TalkAmerica)
FL Panhandle family carrier since 1898.
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Race Communications
California rural fiber operator. Targets desert and Sierra foothill addresses Charter/Comcast won't reach. CASF-funded.
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Race Fiber
Operations consolidated under main Race Communications record.
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RandolphConnect
Piedmont NC electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.
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Range
Eastern MT / NE WY member co-op since 1953.
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Rappahannock Electric Fiber (REC)
Central VA electric co-op fiber arm.
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Ravalli Electric Cooperative Fiber (MT)
Bitterroot Valley MT electric co-op fiber.
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RCN (Astound-Boston)
Operations consolidated under Astound Broadband (RCN brand still on some Boston signage).
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REA Energy (PA)
Western PA electric co-op fiber arm.
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Reedsburg Utility Commission
Reedsburg WI muni utility cable + fiber since 2004.
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Reservation Telephone Cooperative
Member-owned ND cooperative covering Fort Berthold Reservation. Local crews, fiber upgrade in progress.
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Rhino Communications / Rhino Fiber
Nashville metro fiber overbuilder. Real competition for AT&T and Comcast.
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Ringgold Telephone Company
North Georgia family carrier since 1912.
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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…
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RiverStreet Networks
Tri-state fiber operator that partners with electric co-ops. Decent operator.
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RiverValley Telephone
South Georgia member co-op since 1953.
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Riviera Utilities
Foley AL muni utility since 1922. Gulf-area service.
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Roanoke Connect
NE NC electric co-op fiber. Built fiber to addresses CenturyLink/Spectrum had abandoned.
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Rocky Mountain Power Fiber (WY)
PacifiCorp's fiber arm in Wyoming. Limited residential.
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Roggen Telephone
NE Colorado member co-op since 1956.
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Sacred Wind Communications
NM Navajo Nation carrier (Eastern Agency). Complementary to NTUA.
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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…
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Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Communications
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe carrier on Akwesasne Reservation.
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Salem Electric (OR)
Salem OR electric co-op fiber.
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Salt River Electric (KY)
Bardstown KY area electric co-op fiber.
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Sam Houston Electric Fiber
Piney Woods Texas electric co-op fiber arm.
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San Isabel Electric Fiber
SE Colorado electric co-op fiber arm.
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SandyNet
Sandy OR muni fiber, building since 2003. One of the earliest small-town muni fiber wins. $35/mo for 300 Mbps is real.
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Santel Communications
South-central SD member co-op since 1952.
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SCI Broadband
Iowa-Minnesota border cooperative since 1903. Fiber upgrade across the footprint complete.
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Scio Mutual Telephone
Oregon member co-op since 1903.
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SCS Broadband
Shenandoah Valley WISP + fiber.
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SEMO Electric Cooperative Fiber
SE Missouri Bootheel electric co-op fiber.
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Sequachee Valley Electric Fiber (SVEC)
Sequatchie Valley TN electric co-op fiber.
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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…
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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…
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Shawnee Communications
Southern IL family carrier since 1958.
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Shelby Energy Cooperative Fiber (KY)
Shelbyville KY area electric co-op fiber.
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Sho-Me Technologies
Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative fiber arm. SW MO Ozarks.
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Shrewsbury Electric & Cable Operations
Shrewsbury MA muni utility — cable + fiber since 1980. One of the longest-running muni cable operations in the US.
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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…
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Silver Star Communications
Rocky Mountain tri-state member co-op since 1912.
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Singing River Connect (Singing River EC)
S Mississippi / S Alabama electric co-op fiber arm.
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Siouxland Communications
Iowa/SD Siouxland member co-op since 1958.
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Siskiyou Telephone
Far NorCal family carrier since 1896.
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SkyBest
NC mountains member co-op. Fiber across the Blue Ridge.
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SkyRiver Communications
NorCal Bay Area fixed-wireless ISP since 2005.
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Smarter Broadband
Sierra foothills CA WISP. Reaches addresses no fiber will.
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Smithville
Indiana family-owned ILEC turned fiber operator. 100+ years, third-generation. Strong local presence.
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Smithville Fiber
Family-owned central Indiana fiber since 1922. Real competition vs Xfinity in Bloomington IN.
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Smithville Networks Inc (SNI)
Operations consolidated under Smithville Communications record.
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Snapping Shoals EMC Fiber
Metro Atlanta exurbs electric co-op fiber. Member-owned. Member-governed.
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Socket Telecom
Missouri family carrier since 1994. Fiber in towns, WISP in country.
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SOMOS Internet
Puerto Rico-grown alternative to Liberty PR. Fixed-wireless + expanding fiber. Local team, real customer service.
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Sonic
Bay Area + LA County independent fiber operator. Founded 1994, still independently owned. Best-in-class transparency on policies (no data ca…
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South Central Communications (UT)
S Utah / N Arizona member co-op since 1952.
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South Central Rural Telephone (KY)
S Central Kentucky / N Tennessee co-op since 1953.
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South Central Telephone Association
South-central KS / North OK member co-op since 1953.
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South Plains Electric Fiber (TX)
TX South Plains electric co-op fiber.
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South Slope Cooperative Communications
Iowa co-op since 1903. Fully fiber across the footprint. The model rural carrier.
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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…
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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…
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Spectrum Business
Spectrum Business — B2B division. Same physical network as Spectrum residential.
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Spring Creek Wireless (MT)
Flathead Valley NW Montana WISP.
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Sprout Fiber (Cullman EC)
Cullman AL electric co-op fiber arm. Member-owned.
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SSRL Fiber (Sho-Me Power)
Operations consolidated under Sho-Me Technologies record.
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Standing Rock Telecommunications
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe carrier. Built where no commercial ISP would reach.
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Starlink
LEO satellite. The only realistic option in true rural America where fiber and cable will never reach. Real latency, actual broadband speeds…
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Stayton Cooperative Telephone
Oregon member co-op since 1903.
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Stealth Communications
NYC family fiber operator since 1995. Builds its own fiber under Manhattan streets.
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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.
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Strata Networks (UBTA-UBET)
Uintah Basin UT member co-op since 1953 — Strata Networks brand. Tri-state fiber.
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Sullivan County REC Fiber
PA Endless Mountains electric co-op fiber.
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Surf Internet
PE-backed Midwest fiber expansion. Family roots since 1995, scaled up by Bain.
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Surf Internet
Bain + Macquarie backed Midwest fiber overbuilder. Aggressive build pace across IN, MI, IL, WI suburbs.
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Surry Telephone Membership Corporation
Member-owned NC co-op straddling VA border. Fiber across the footprint.
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Syringa Networks
Idaho cooperative fiber backbone + retail. Built where nobody else would.
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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.…
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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 …
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TDS Telecom
Wisconsin-HQ 24-state ILEC. Fast fiber where built, slow DSL where not. Address-check is everything.
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TDS Toledo (TDS Telecom Toledo)
WA family carrier acquired by TDS Telecom.
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Tillamook PUD Fiber (TBN)
OR coast Tillamook PUD muni fiber.
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Tilson Connect Maine
Operations consolidated under Lit by Tilson Maine record.
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Tilson Technology
Maine-headquartered fiber builder + ISP. Partners with municipalities. Strong New England rural presence.
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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.
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Ting Internet
Tucows-owned fiber overbuilder operating in ~7 states. Pricey vs new PE-backed competitors but rock-solid reliability and customer service.
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Tipmont Wires
Indiana electric co-op fiber. Local crews, member governance, the same playbook every functioning rural fiber operator runs.
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Tombigbee Fiber
N MS / W AL electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.
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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…
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TREC Fiber
East TX electric co-op fiber.
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Tri-County EMC Fiber (GA)
Middle Georgia electric co-op fiber.
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Tri-County REC Fiber (PA)
N Pennsylvania electric co-op fiber.
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Tribal Digital Village
SoCal tribal consortium WISP since 2001. Built where commercial ISPs wouldn't go.
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True North Broadband (Arrowhead EC)
MN North Shore electric co-op fiber. Pioneer in rural electric co-op fiber. Subscribers own it.
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Truestream Fiber (Great Lakes Energy)
Great Lakes Energy's Truestream fiber arm. Northern Michigan member-owned.
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TruVista
SC/GA family carrier since 1898. Fully fiber across most of the footprint. Local crews, local board.
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Tularosa Communications
Southern NM cooperative since 1950. Fiber transition underway.
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Tullahoma Utilities
Tullahoma TN muni utility's LightTUBe fiber. Operating since 2007.
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Twin Lakes Telephone
Upper Cumberland TN/KY member co-op since 1952.
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Twin Valley
Kansas family carrier since 1903. Fiber across the footprint.
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Underline
Colorado open-access fiber. 10 Gig at $199 changes the math vs Xfinity in CO Front Range cities.
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United Cooperative Services Fiber
DFW SW exurbs electric co-op fiber.
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United Fiber
NW Missouri electric co-op fiber. Member-owned, fully symmetric.
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Up Country Fiber (York EC)
N SC electric co-op fiber.
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US Internet (USI Fiber)
Twin Cities fiber. Their $110/mo 10 Gig plan is one of the cheapest 10G prices anywhere in the US.
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USI Fiber (Saint Paul)
Minneapolis area fiber overbuilder since 1995. Symmetric Gig $65, 10 Gig where built.
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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…
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Valley Electric Fiber (NV)
S Nevada / Death Valley region electric co-op fiber.
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Valley FiberCom
Border-region SD/ND member co-op. Fully fiber across the footprint.
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Valley Rural Electric Fiber (PA)
Central PA electric co-op fiber.
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Valley Telephone Cooperative (TX)
Rio Grande Valley TX co-op since 1957.
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ValueNet (KC Metro)
Kansas City metro fiber overbuilder. Flat $70 for symmetric Gig. Beats Spectrum and AT&T where built.
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Venture Communications
South Dakota member co-op. Local crews, fully fiber.
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Veracity Networks
Utah retail ISP over UTOPIA open-access fiber. One of the big competitive picks.
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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 …
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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…
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Vermillion Light & Power (Vast)
Vermillion SD muni utility fiber.
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Vernon Communications
SW Wisconsin / NE Iowa member co-op since 1952. Driftless region.
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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…
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Vexus Fiber
TX/LA fiber + cable operator under Cable One. Decent fiber overbuilds in West Texas; legacy cable footprint elsewhere.
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Viaero Wireless
High Plains family-owned wireless carrier since 1990. Where you can't get Bluepeak or T-Mobile, this is often the next-best option.
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Viasat
Legacy GEO satellite. Same fundamental latency problem as HughesNet but with a flat unlimited tier. Pick Starlink first if available. Viasat…
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Viya
US Virgin Islands primary ISP. Hurricane recovery and old plant means uptime varies by island.
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Volcano Telephone
Sierra foothills CA family carrier since 1898. Gold-rush country.
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Volunteer Energy Cooperative Fiber
East Tennessee electric co-op fiber. Member-owned.
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VTel (Vermont Telephone)
Vermont family carrier since 1902. Fiber across the footprint. Local operations.
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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.
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Wabash Communications
Southern IL fiber + WISP.
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Wabash Mutual Telephone
Ohio member co-op since 1899. One of the oldest US telephone carriers still running.
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Wallingford Electric Fiber
Wallingford CT muni fiber.
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Walnut Communications
SW Iowa member co-op since 1953.
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WATCH Communications
Tri-state OH/IN/KY WISP + fiber. Cooperative ownership model.
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Wave Rural Connect (Walton EMC)
Walton EMC's fiber arm in NE Georgia. Member-owned. Fast and fair pricing.
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Wave Wireless
Wave Broadband — operations consolidated under Astound Broadband.
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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…
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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…
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West Central Telephone Association
West-Central MN co-op since 1952.
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West River Cooperative Telephone
Western SD prairie co-op. Fiber across a footprint that nobody else would build out.
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Western Iowa Telephone Association
W Iowa member co-op since 1952.
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Western New Mexico Telephone
Far Western NM mountain co-op since 1934.
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Westminster MD Fiber
Westminster MD muni fiber, open-access with Ting as retail ISP. Small but the model works.
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Wheatland Electric Fiber
Western Kansas electric co-op fiber arm. Member-owned.
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Whip City Fiber
Westfield MA municipal utility's fiber arm — runs retail fiber in 20+ small western MA towns. Built where Comcast wouldn't.
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White County REMC Fiber (Solarus)
NW Indiana electric co-op fiber.
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White River Valley Electric Fiber
Branson MO area electric co-op fiber. Lake of the Ozarks region.
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Wide Open Networks
WideOpenWest B2B division.
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WideOpenWest (WOW!)
Cable that's been overlaying fiber aggressively. Fiber tier is real competition to Comcast/Spectrum. Cable tier is fine.
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Wikstrom Telephone
NW Minnesota family carrier since 1903.
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WIN Energy REMC Connect
SW Indiana electric co-op fiber arm.
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Winn Telecom
Central MI family carrier since 1955.
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Wintek (Tipmont)
Tipmont REMC fiber arm — Wintek brand. Lafayette IN area. Member-owned.
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WireFiber (Wilson EMC)
Nashville E suburbs electric co-op fiber.
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Wisper ISP
Largest BEAD award nationally ($350M) and a real coverage footprint, but the billing-after-cancellation pattern in BBB complaints is real. C…
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Wittenberg Telephone (TDS / Citizens)
WI family carrier since 1904.
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Wood County Electric Fiber (TX)
NE Texas electric co-op fiber arm.
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WOW! Internet
Regional cable overbuilder pivoting to greenfield fiber in the Southeast. Where they've built fiber, it's competitive. Cable footprint is fi…
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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…
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XMission
Utah's oldest ISP since 1993. Privacy-first ethos. Retail ISP over UTOPIA Fiber.
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Yampa Valley Electric Fiber
NW Colorado electric co-op fiber. Steamboat Springs region.
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Yelcot Communications
North Arkansas family carrier since 1953. Ozarks fiber.
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Yelm Communications (Rainier Connect)
WA family carrier since 1912 — Rainier Connect brand. Fully fiber.
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YK Communications
Virginia Peninsula fiber. Built where Cox/Verizon left gaps.
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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.
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Yondoo Utah
Operations consolidated under Yondoo Broadband.
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Yurok Telecom
Yurok Tribe carrier in NorCal redwood coast.
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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…
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Ziply Fiber
PNW's dominant fiber overbuilder. Bell Canada bought them in 2024. Excellent pricing across 4 states, up to 10 Gig.
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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…