Tucson, Arizona Internet Outage Today
Live Tucson internet outage reports and how households here get online.
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A few internet outage reports in Tucson, Arizona in the last 24 hours
1 person has reported an internet outage in Tucson, Arizona in the last 24 hours. The most recent internet outage report from Tucson came in 1 hour ago. Across Arizona, 1 report came in over the same 24 hours. Over the past 90 days, Tucson residents filed 9 internet outage reports here on 8 separate days; the busiest was October 7, with 2.
A handful of reports usually points to one street, one building or one piece of equipment rather than the whole of Tucson. If you are affected, report it to PCC Holdings, Inc., Simply Bits, LLC, Cox or CenturyLink / Quantum Fiber first, then add your report here.
Internet access in Tucson
90.4% of Tucson households have broadband, against 91% nationally.
8 home internet providers reach at least 5% of the city's 274,416 homes. Satellite service is excluded. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 90.4% of 228,020 households (Arizona 91.5%, US 91%). Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 25.4% of 274,416 homes (US 55.9%). Gigabit plans: 77.8%. Cable: 87%.
- Home internet providers filing coverage here: PCC Holdings, Inc. (100% of homes), Simply Bits, LLC (95% of homes), Cox (87% of homes), CenturyLink / Quantum Fiber (74% of homes), AT&T (49% of homes). 5G home or mobile coverage: 99.8% of the city area. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, Dec 2025 data
- Rank: lowest of 5 Arizona cities we track (highest: Scottsdale, 96.2%).
- Cable, fiber or DSL: 74.7%. Cellular data only: 13% (US 11.5%). Satellite: 5%.
- No internet subscription: 9.5%. No computer or smartphone: 4.2%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Grid reliability, 2024: Tucson Electric Power (TEP) customers averaged 113 minutes without power. Source: EIA Form 861, 2024 reliability data
- Pima County storm record since 2015: 623 reports; power outages named in 38 episodes. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Tucson is 6th of 6 nearby cities on this measure. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
| City | Widest wired provider | Fiber | Gigabit plans | No internet subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson, AZ | PCC Holdings, Inc. (100%) | 25.4% | 77.8% | 9.5% |
| Mesa, AZ | Wi-Fiber, Inc. (89%) | 45.8% | 75.6% | 6.7% |
| Tempe, AZ | Wi-Fiber, Inc. (97%) | 22.4% | 59.6% | 5.7% |
| Scottsdale, AZ | Cox (89%) | 44.7% | 57.8% | 3.7% |
| Phoenix, AZ | Cox (89%) | 27.2% | 73.1% | 8.5% |
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data; Census ACS 2020–2024.
Checked September 2026.
Internet providers in Tucson
Share of Tucson homes each provider reported it can serve, in FCC filings for December 2025: PCC Holdings, Inc. (100%), Simply Bits, LLC (95%), Cox (87%), CenturyLink / Quantum Fiber (74%), and T-Mobile Home Internet (59%). Check your own address on the FCC National Broadband Map. If the lights are out too, see Tucson power outages.
Router checks: internet outage guide. Nationwide: US internet outages.
Who to check first in Tucson
The providers with the widest reported coverage in Tucson. Start with the one on your bill.
Cox in Tucson
Reach: reports service to 87% of Tucson homes. Network: Cable (with fiber in some areas), run by Cox Communications.
Where to check: Cox shows outages for your address after you sign in to the Cox app or cox.com, rather than on a public map.
Support: 800-234-3993
CenturyLink / Quantum Fiber in Tucson
Reach: reports service to 74% of Tucson homes. Network: DSL and fiber (Quantum Fiber), run by Lumen.
Where to check: Sign in to the CenturyLink app or centurylink.com to check for a service outage at your address.
AT&T in Tucson
Reach: reports service to 49% of Tucson homes. Network: Fiber, DSL/IPBB and AT&T Internet Air (fixed wireless), run by AT&T.
Where to check: Use AT&T's outage check in the Smart Home Manager app or on att.com after signing in.
Support: 800-288-2020
Backup internet options in Tucson
PCC Holdings, Inc. (100% of homes) and Simply Bits, LLC (95%) each report service to more than half of Tucson homes. At an address that can get both, they run on separate lines.
Home 5G and fixed-wireless plans from T-Mobile Home Internet (59%) and Verizon (55%) report coverage of Tucson homes (Verizon’s figure combines Fios fiber and 5G Home). They run over cell towers rather than cable or fiber, so they can work when a wired network is down. Cell coverage by area is 100% for 4G LTE and 99.8% for 5G.
About 13% of Tucson households, roughly 29,600 homes, get online only through a cell plan. For them a mobile outage is an internet outage.
Power and weather behind internet outages in Tucson
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) customers averaged 113 minutes without power in 2024, across 0.99 interruptions each, against 88 minutes for Arizona as a whole. Cable nodes and fiber cabinets run on batteries that last hours, not days, so a long power cut can take internet down even for homes whose own power has returned. See Tucson power outages when both go out together.
Pima County logged 623 storm reports since 2015, most often thunderstorm wind, flash flood, and hail. Reports peak in July. Power outages were named in 38 of those storm episodes. Wind, ice and flooding damage poles and buried lines, which is how a storm turns into an internet outage as well as a power outage.
Fiber reports reach 25.4% of Tucson homes, cable 87% and copper lines 55%. Cable is the main wired technology here. One neighborhood node feeds many homes, so a node fault usually shows up as a whole street offline at once.
Tucson internet outage questions
Does a cell network outage take down home internet in Tucson?
For the 13% of Tucson households that rely only on a mobile data plan, yes. The 74.7% with cable, fiber or DSL are not affected.
What can I use for internet in Tucson when my provider is down?
A phone hotspot: 4G LTE covers 100% of Tucson by area and 5G 99.8%. Home 5G plans: T-Mobile Home Internet (59%) and Verizon (55%). Where both PCC Holdings, Inc. and Simply Bits, LLC are available, the second wired line is a backup.
Can a power outage take internet down in Tucson?
Yes, a long power cut can. Tucson Electric Power (TEP) customers averaged 113 minutes without power in 2024. NOAA records name power outages in 38 storm episodes in Pima County since 2015.
Is fiber or gigabit internet available in Tucson?
Fiber is reported at 25.4% of Tucson homes (US 55.9%, Arizona 35.1%), and plans of 1 Gbps or faster at 77.8% (US 69.2%).
How many Tucson households have no home internet?
About 21,700 of 228,020 households, or 9.5%, have no internet subscription of any kind, and another 13% rely only on a cell plan (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Which internet provider covers the most homes in Tucson?
PCC Holdings, Inc., at 100% of homes in its FCC filing. Fiber reaches 25.4% of Tucson homes and gigabit plans 77.8%.
ISP outage status for Tucson
Recent internet reports in Tucson
- Internet reports in Tucson, last 24h
- 1
- Most recent internet report here
- 1 hour ago
- Internet reports across Arizona, last 24h
- 1
- City population
- 548,073
Other outage types in Tucson
Internet Outages in cities near Tucson
- Mesa, AZ 98 mi
- Tempe, AZ 100 mi
- Scottsdale, AZ 105 mi
- Phoenix, AZ 108 mi
- Las Cruces, NM 242 mi
- El Paso, TX 262 mi
Report counts are user-submitted; other figures name their official source. How our data works
anon-1 Reported this outage
out since 9am
anon-2 Reported this outage
Cox/Spectrum site is "down for maintenance" and my internet has been out for hours now. The phone system at Spectrum is circular, I cannot get through to anyone, just keep getting cycled through the menus.