Internet Outages in Illinois by City
Only 40.4% of Illinois homes and businesses can get fiber, among the lowest shares of any state, so most wired service runs over cable or DSL.
Internet access in Illinois
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 90.8% of 5,036,449 households (US 91%), 24th of 50 states (1 = highest).
- How homes connect: cable, fiber or DSL 74.6%; cellular data only 12.2% (US 11.5%); satellite 6.8%; no subscription 9.1%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 40.4% of 6,056,155 homes and businesses (US 55.9%), 44th of 50 states (1 = highest). Gigabit plans: 73.1%. Cable: 90.1%.
- Wireless: 5G at 35/3 Mbps covers 76.1% of the state's area (US 39.4%), 4th widest of 50 states; fixed wireless home internet reaches 93.7% of locations. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data
- Cities we track: broadband is highest in Naperville (97.5%) and lowest in Rockford (86.6%) of 10 Illinois cities on this site. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber by city: Champaign has the widest fiber reach among the cities we track (93.1% of homes); Naperville the narrowest (7.4%). Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data
- Power behind the network: Illinois electric customers averaged 157 minutes without power in 2024. Source: EIA Form 861 reliability data, 2019–2024
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Naperville leads; Rockford trails. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Illinois is 6th of 6 on fiber reach. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Checked September 2026.
Who to call in Illinois, city by city
Listed for Illinois: AT&T Fiber, Xfinity. Call the one on your bill; our internet outage guide covers the rest.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an internet outage in Illinois right now?
Not on this site: no reports from Illinois in the last 24 hours.
How many homes in Illinois can get fiber internet?
FCC data for December 2025 shows fiber to the home available at 40.4% of 6,056,155 homes and businesses in Illinois, against 55.9% nationally. Gigabit plans reach 73.1%.
What share of Illinois households has no internet?
Census ACS 2020–2024 estimates put 9.1% of Illinois households without any internet subscription, and 12.2% online only through a cellular data plan.
Which Illinois city has the highest broadband rate?
Among the Illinois cities on this site, Naperville has the highest share of households with broadband (97.5%) and Rockford the lowest (86.6%).
Report counts are user-submitted; other figures name their official source. How our data works