Joliet, Illinois Internet Outage Today
Live Joliet internet outage reports and how households here get online.
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Internet access in Joliet
Only 20.6% of Joliet homes can get fiber; most wired service here runs over cable or DSL.
6 home internet providers reach at least 5% of the city's 55,447 homes. Satellite service is excluded. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 93.4% of 51,055 households (Illinois 90.8%, US 91%). Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 20.6% of 55,447 homes (US 55.9%). Gigabit plans: 69.8%. Cable: 99.5%.
- Home internet providers filing coverage here: Xfinity (100% of homes), AT&T (94% of homes), Benton Ridge Telephone Company (32% of homes), Bertram Communications LLC (27% of homes). 5G home or mobile coverage: 99.9% of the city area. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, Dec 2025 data
- Rank: 3rd of 10 Illinois cities we track (Naperville highest at 97.5%, Rockford lowest at 86.6%).
- Cable, fiber or DSL: 78.9%. Cellular data only: 11.5% (US 11.5%). Satellite: 7.7%.
- No internet subscription: 6.5%. No computer or smartphone: 3.8%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Grid reliability, 2024: ComEd customers averaged 132 minutes without power. Source: EIA Form 861, 2024 reliability data
- Will County storm record since 2015: 527 reports; power outages named in 8 episodes. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Joliet is 3rd of 6 nearby cities on this measure. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
| City | Widest wired provider | Fiber | Gigabit plans | No internet subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joliet, IL | Xfinity (100%) | 20.6% | 69.8% | 6.5% |
| Naperville, IL | Xfinity (98%) | 7.4% | 88.6% | 2.4% |
| Aurora, IL | Xfinity (100%) | 32.4% | 99.7% | 7.1% |
| Chicago, IL | Xfinity (98%) | 33.3% | 54.5% | 10.8% |
| Elgin, IL | Xfinity (100%) | 22.1% | 82.9% | 6% |
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data; Census ACS 2020–2024.
Checked September 2026.
Internet providers in Joliet
Share of Joliet homes each provider reported it can serve, in FCC filings for December 2025: Xfinity (100%), AT&T (94%), T-Mobile Home Internet (78%), Verizon (41%), and Benton Ridge Telephone Company (32%). Check your own address on the FCC National Broadband Map. If the lights are out too, see Joliet power outages.
Router checks: internet outage guide. Nationwide: US internet outages.
Who to check first in Joliet
The providers with the widest reported coverage in Joliet. Start with the one on your bill.
Xfinity in Joliet
Reach: reports service to 100% of Joliet homes. Network: Cable (with fiber in some areas), run by Comcast.
Where to check: Sign in to the Xfinity app or the Status Center on xfinity.com to see outages reported for your address.
Support: 800-934-6489
AT&T in Joliet
Reach: reports service to 94% of Joliet 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 Joliet
Xfinity (100% of homes) and AT&T (94%) each report service to more than half of Joliet homes. At an address that can get both, they run on separate lines.
Home 5G and fixed-wireless plans from T-Mobile Home Internet (78%) and Verizon (41%) report coverage of Joliet 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 99.9% for 5G.
About 11.5% of Joliet households, roughly 5,900 homes, get online only through a cell plan. For them a mobile outage is an internet outage.
Power and weather behind internet outages in Joliet
ComEd customers averaged 132 minutes without power in 2024, across 0.68 interruptions each, against 157 minutes for Illinois 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 Joliet power outages when both go out together.
Will County logged 527 storm reports since 2015, most often thunderstorm wind, hail, and flood. Reports peak in June. Power outages were named in 8 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 20.6% of Joliet homes, cable 99.5% and copper lines 75.3%. 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.
Joliet internet outage questions
Does a cell network outage take down home internet in Joliet?
For the 11.5% of Joliet households that rely only on a mobile data plan, yes. The 78.9% with cable, fiber or DSL are not affected.
What can I use for internet in Joliet when my provider is down?
A phone hotspot: 4G LTE covers 100% of Joliet by area and 5G 99.9%. Home 5G plans: T-Mobile Home Internet (78%) and Verizon (41%). Where both Xfinity and AT&T are available, the second wired line is a backup.
Can a power outage take internet down in Joliet?
Yes, a long power cut can. ComEd customers averaged 132 minutes without power in 2024. NOAA records name power outages in 8 storm episodes in Will County since 2015.
Is fiber or gigabit internet available in Joliet?
Fiber is reported at 20.6% of Joliet homes (US 55.9%, Illinois 40.4%), and plans of 1 Gbps or faster at 69.8% (US 69.2%).
How many Joliet households have no home internet?
About 3,300 of 51,055 households, or 6.5%, have no internet subscription of any kind, and another 11.5% rely only on a cell plan (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Which internet provider covers the most homes in Joliet?
Xfinity, at 100% of homes in its FCC filing. Fiber reaches 20.6% of Joliet homes and gigabit plans 69.8%.
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Internet Outages in cities near Joliet
- Naperville, IL 18 mi
- Aurora, IL 20 mi
- Chicago, IL 32 mi
- Elgin, IL 37 mi
- Waukegan, IL 59 mi
- Rockford, IL 73 mi
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