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THE FIBER INTERNET GUIDE

Compare Fiber Internet Providers, Speeds and Prices

Compare leading fiber internet providers, understand real-world speeds, and find out which options to check for your home.

✓ Symmetrical speeds✓ Low-latency connections✓ Provider-by-provider comparison

What is fiber internet?

Fiber internet carries data as pulses of light through strands of glass about as thin as a human hair. Light travels through glass with very little signal loss, so fiber can deliver much higher speeds than copper phone lines or coaxial TV cable, and it keeps those speeds over long distances.

The biggest practical difference you will notice is upload speed. Cable and 5G plans usually upload far slower than they download. Most fiber plans are symmetrical: a 1 Gig plan uploads about as fast as it downloads. That matters for video calls, sending large files, backing up photos to the cloud, streaming to Twitch or YouTube, and working from home.

When people say “fiber,” they usually mean fiber to the home (FTTH), where the glass line runs all the way into your house.

Fiber internet providers in the US

Advertised maximum speeds. Fiber is only available in parts of each state listed, and prices change often, so check your exact address with the provider.

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AT&T Fiber

Up to 5 Gbps

Plans: 300 Mbps, 500 Mbps, 1 Gig, 5 Gig

Parts of 21 states

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Quantum Fiber

Up to 8 Gbps

Fiber from former CenturyLink network

Select cities in West and Midwest

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Kinetic by Windstream

Up to 8 Gbps

Fiber in select communities

Mostly smaller towns in 18 states

View Kinetic plans
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