Internet providers in North Carolina

We track 19 providers with a footprint somewhere in North Carolina: Metronet, Frontier, a Verizon Company, AT&T Fiber, Brightspeed, Quantum Fiber, Kinetic by Windstream, Google Fiber, TDS Telecom, EarthLink, Optimum, Xfinity, Spectrum, Verizon 5G Home, T-Mobile Home Internet, AT&T Internet Air, Mediacom, Starlink, HughesNet, Viasat. No single one covers the whole state, so the choice at any address is much shorter — check your city for the providers that reach it.

Yes, in parts of the state. Metronet, Frontier, a Verizon Company, AT&T Fiber, Brightspeed, Quantum Fiber, Kinetic by Windstream, Google Fiber, TDS Telecom, EarthLink, Optimum, Xfinity, Spectrum sell fiber in North Carolina, mostly in and around the larger cities. Fiber gives you the same speed up as down and the lowest latency.

The lowest real cost we track in North Carolina is Fiber 200 from Frontier, a Verizon Company, at $30 a month averaged over two years with equipment and installation included (advertised at $30). Prices last checked September 2026; whether it reaches your address depends on the provider's local footprint.

Quantum Fiber sells the fastest plan we track in the state, at 8 Gbps down and 8 Gbps up. Plans that fast are usually only built in the largest markets.

Outside the cable and fiber footprints, the options are 5G home internet (Verizon 5G Home, T-Mobile Home Internet, AT&T Internet Air) where the cell signal is strong, and satellite (Starlink, HughesNet, Viasat), which reaches essentially every address. Starlink's low-orbit service has latency low enough for video calls; the geostationary services do not.