Long Beach, California Internet Outage Today
Live Long Beach internet outage reports and how households here get online.
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No internet outage reports in Long Beach, California in the last 24 hours
The most recent internet outage report from Long Beach came in 10 days ago. Across California, 3 reports came in over the same 24 hours. Over the past 90 days, Long Beach residents filed 2 internet outage reports here on 2 separate days; the busiest was September 30, with 1.
Internet access in Long Beach
93.3% of Long Beach households have broadband, against 91% nationally.
7 home internet providers reach at least 5% of the city's 193,922 homes. Satellite service is excluded. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 93.3% of 170,927 households (California 93.5%, US 91%). Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 68.4% of 193,922 homes (US 55.9%). Gigabit plans: 79%. Cable: 95.7%.
- Home internet providers filing coverage here: Spectrum (96% of homes), Frontier (70% of homes), AT&T (47% of homes), Starry (23% of homes), California Internet (14% of homes). 5G home or mobile coverage: 95.5% of the city area. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, Dec 2025 data
- Rank: 10th of 20 California cities we track (Fremont highest at 96.8%, Fresno lowest at 88.7%).
- Cable, fiber or DSL: 79.1%. Cellular data only: 10.9% (US 11.5%). Satellite: 6.8%.
- No internet subscription: 6.6%. No computer or smartphone: 2.3%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Grid reliability, 2024: Southern California Edison (SCE) customers averaged 158 minutes without power. Source: EIA Form 861, 2024 reliability data
- Los Angeles County storm record since 2015: 215 reports; power outages named in 1 episodes. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Long Beach is 3rd of 6 nearby cities on this measure. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
| City | Widest wired provider | Fiber | Gigabit plans | No internet subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach, CA | Spectrum (96%) | 68.4% | 79% | 6.6% |
| Anaheim, CA | Spectrum (92%) | 29.4% | 50.5% | 6.9% |
| Santa Ana, CA | Spectrum (88%) | 38% | 62% | 7.8% |
| Los Angeles, CA | Spectrum (93%) | 37.2% | 52.9% | 7.3% |
| Irvine, CA | Cox (96%) | 54% | 89.8% | 4.1% |
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data; Census ACS 2020–2024.
Checked September 2026.
Internet providers in Long Beach
Share of Long Beach homes each provider reported it can serve, in FCC filings for December 2025: Spectrum (96%), T-Mobile Home Internet (83%), Frontier (70%), Verizon (69%), and AT&T (47%). Check your own address on the FCC National Broadband Map. If the lights are out too, see Long Beach power outages.
Router checks: internet outage guide. Nationwide: US internet outages.
Who to check first in Long Beach
The providers with the widest reported coverage in Long Beach. Start with the one on your bill.
Spectrum in Long Beach
Reach: reports service to 96% of Long Beach homes. Network: Cable, run by Charter Communications.
Where to check: Sign in to the My Spectrum app or spectrum.net; outages at your address show on the account page.
Frontier in Long Beach
Reach: reports service to 70% of Long Beach homes. Network: Fiber and DSL, run by Frontier Communications.
Where to check: Sign in to the MyFrontier app or frontier.com to check for outages at your address.
AT&T in Long Beach
Reach: reports service to 47% of Long Beach 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 Long Beach
Spectrum (96% of homes) and Frontier (70%) each report service to more than half of Long Beach homes. At an address that can get both, they run on separate lines.
Home 5G and fixed-wireless plans from T-Mobile Home Internet (83%) and Verizon (69%) report coverage of Long Beach 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 99.9% for 4G LTE and 95.5% for 5G.
About 10.9% of Long Beach households, roughly 18,600 homes, get online only through a cell plan. For them a mobile outage is an internet outage.
Power and weather behind internet outages in Long Beach
Southern California Edison (SCE) customers averaged 158 minutes without power in 2024, across 0.99 interruptions each, against 280 minutes for California 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 Long Beach power outages when both go out together.
Los Angeles County logged 215 storm reports since 2015, most often flash flood, thunderstorm wind, and debris flow. Reports peak in February. Power outages were named in 1 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 68.4% of Long Beach homes, cable 95.7% and copper lines 11.4%. Where fiber runs to the home, a red or blinking LOS light on the optical terminal points to a line problem that a restart will not fix.
Long Beach internet outage questions
Does a cell network outage take down home internet in Long Beach?
For the 10.9% of Long Beach households that rely only on a mobile data plan, yes. The 79.1% with cable, fiber or DSL are not affected.
What can I use for internet in Long Beach when my provider is down?
A phone hotspot: 4G LTE covers 99.9% of Long Beach by area and 5G 95.5%. Home 5G plans: T-Mobile Home Internet (83%) and Verizon (69%). Where both Spectrum and Frontier are available, the second wired line is a backup.
Can a power outage take internet down in Long Beach?
Yes, a long power cut can. Southern California Edison (SCE) customers averaged 158 minutes without power in 2024. NOAA records name power outages in 1 storm episodes in Los Angeles County since 2015.
Is fiber or gigabit internet available in Long Beach?
Fiber is reported at 68.4% of Long Beach homes (US 55.9%, California 40.6%), and plans of 1 Gbps or faster at 79% (US 69.2%).
How many Long Beach households have no home internet?
About 11,300 of 170,927 households, or 6.6%, have no internet subscription of any kind, and another 10.9% rely only on a cell plan (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Which internet provider covers the most homes in Long Beach?
Spectrum, at 96% of homes in its FCC filing. Fiber reaches 68.4% of Long Beach homes and gigabit plans 79%.
ISP outage status for Long Beach
Recent internet reports in Long Beach
- Internet reports in Long Beach, last 24h
- 0
- Most recent internet report here
- 10 days ago
- Internet reports across California, last 24h
- 3
- City population
- 462,257
Other outage types in Long Beach
Internet Outages in cities near Long Beach
- Anaheim, CA 16 mi
- Santa Ana, CA 19 mi
- Los Angeles, CA 20 mi
- Irvine, CA 22 mi
- Riverside, CA 47 mi
- Fontana, CA 49 mi
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