Internet Outages in Alabama by City

Internet access in Alabama

• Broadband subscription: 87.5% of 1,997,247 households (US 91%), 45th of 50 states (1 = highest).
• How homes connect: cable, fiber or DSL 67.9%; cellular data only 14.4% (US 11.5%); satellite 8.6%; no subscription 12.3%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
• Fiber to the home: available at 59% of 2,683,418 homes and businesses (US 55.9%), 27th of 50 states (1 = highest). Gigabit plans: 63.2%. Cable: 72.7%.
• Wireless: 5G at 35/3 Mbps covers 46.7% of the state's area (US 39.4%), 30th of 50 states (1 = widest); fixed wireless home internet reaches 80.4% of locations. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data
• Cities we track: broadband is highest in Huntsville (91.8%) and lowest in Mobile (86.9%) of 4 Alabama cities on this site. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
• Fiber by city: Huntsville has the widest fiber reach among the cities we track (80.9% of homes); Birmingham the narrowest (42.5%). Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data
• Power behind the network: Alabama electric customers averaged 279 minutes without power in 2024. Outages that long outlast the backup batteries in cable nodes and fiber cabinets. Source: EIA Form 861 reliability data, 2019–2024

Checked September 2026.