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The largest cable provider in the country. Wide availability and fast downloads, but uploads lag fiber and the price steps up sharply once the promo ends.
800 Mbps · $65/mo1.1 Gbps · $75/mo150 Mbps · $30/mo
Internet providers in Boone, IA
7 providers are likely to serve this small town, based on their footprint in Iowa, across 5 technologies. The best value right now is Xfinity Gigabit X2 at 2 Gbps for $95/mo.
Prices last checked September 2026. Provider list estimated from state footprints — how.
7
Providers here
2 Gbps
Fastest — Xfinity
$49.13/mo
Lowest real cost — Rise Broadband
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ZIP codes
Ranked
Every provider in Boone
Ordered by our score, which weighs technology, speed, symmetry, the real two-year cost and the terms. How we rank.
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AT&T Internet Air5G Home
Home internet over AT&T's 5G network. Flat $60, self-install in minutes, and a reasonable fallback where no wire reaches the house.
3
Cable serving small and mid-size Midwest and Southern markets that the national operators never built. Often the only wired option in town.
1 Gbps · $70/mo100 Mbps · $30/mo
4
StarlinkSatellite
Low-earth-orbit satellite. The only satellite service with latency low enough for video calls, and it works essentially anywhere with sky.
100 Mbps · $49/mo
5
Fixed wireless aimed squarely at farms and small towns on the plains, where the alternative is satellite or nothing.
25 Mbps · $45/mo50 Mbps · $65/mo
6
HughesNetSatellite
The other geostationary satellite option. Cheaper than Viasat at the entry tier, with the same latency limits.
100 Mbps · $75/mo100 Mbps · $90/mo
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ViasatSatellite
Geostationary satellite covering the whole country. Latency makes it a last resort, but it reaches addresses nothing else does.
100 Mbps · $150/mo
Coverage is recorded by city, not by street address, and availability in the US changes block by block. Confirm with the provider before you plan around any of this.
Side by side
Boone internet plans compared
Each provider's best plan here. Real cost spreads the promo step-up, equipment rental and installation over two years.
| Provider | Plan | Technology | Download / upload | Advertised | Real cost / mo | Data cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Gigabit X2 | Fiber | 2 Gbps / 300 Mbps | $95 | $95 | Unlimited |
| AT&T Internet Air | Internet Air | 5G Home | 225 Mbps / 30 Mbps | $60 | $60 | Unlimited |
| Mediacom | Internet 400 | Cable | 400 Mbps / 20 Mbps | $50 | $79 | 2,000 GB |
| Starlink | Residential | Satellite | 220 Mbps / 25 Mbps | $55 | $69.54 | Unlimited |
| Rise Broadband | Rise 100 | Fixed wireless | 100 Mbps / 15 Mbps | $85 | $89.13 | Unlimited |
| HughesNet | Select | Satellite | 50 Mbps / 5 Mbps | $50 | $50 | 100 GB |
| Viasat | Unleashed 50 | Satellite | 50 Mbps / 3 Mbps | $100 | $100 | Unlimited |
Technology
What's available in Boone
Not every technology reaches every address, and they are not interchangeable.
Fiber
Glass to the house. Same speed up as down, lowest latency.
- Providers
- 1
- Fastest
- 2 Gbps
- From
- $95/mo
Cable
Coax from the TV network. Fast down, much slower up.
- Providers
- 2
- Fastest
- 1.1 Gbps
- From
- $30/mo
5G Home
A cellular signal to a box in your window. No install, variable speed.
- Providers
- 1
- Fastest
- 225 Mbps
- From
- $60/mo
Fixed wireless
A radio link to a nearby tower. Needs line of sight.
- Providers
- 1
- Fastest
- 100 Mbps
- From
- $45/mo
Satellite
A dish pointed at the sky. Works anywhere, costs more.
- Providers
- 3
- Fastest
- 220 Mbps
- From
- $49/mo
Coverage
ZIP codes in Boone
Nearby
Other places in Iowa
Questions
Internet in Boone, answered
Which internet providers are available in Boone?
Based on where each provider operates in Iowa, 7 providers are likely to serve Boone: Xfinity, AT&T Internet Air, Mediacom, Starlink, Rise Broadband, HughesNet, Viasat. This is an estimate, not an address check — confirm your exact address with the provider.
Is fiber internet available in Boone?
Probably, in parts of it. Xfinity sells fiber plans in Iowa, likely including Boone. Fiber gives you the same speed up as down, which matters if anyone in the house takes video calls, uploads files or backs up to the cloud.
What is the cheapest internet in Boone?
Rise 25 from Rise Broadband has the lowest real cost we track in Boone: $49.13 a month averaged over two years, advertised at $45 with no promo step-up. Real cost folds in equipment rental and installation.
What is the fastest internet in Boone?
Xfinity sells the fastest plan we track here, at 2 Gbps. Most households do not need anything close to that — the number that usually matters is upload speed, not download.
How does Best Internet US decide the order?
Every plan gets a score from five things: the technology, the download speed on a log scale, how symmetrical it is, the true two-year cost including any promo step-up and equipment rental, and the terms — contracts, data caps and fees. Nobody pays for placement.