Internet Outages in Kentucky by City
About 1 in 9 Kentucky households has no internet subscription at all.
Internet access in Kentucky
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 88.6% of 1,814,469 households (US 91%), 44th of 50 states (1 = highest).
- How homes connect: cable, fiber or DSL 71.1%; cellular data only 13% (US 11.5%); satellite 6.8%; no subscription 11.2%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 66.3% of 2,278,158 homes and businesses (US 55.9%), 11th of 50 states (1 = highest). Gigabit plans: 80.7%. Cable: 72.4%.
- Wireless: 5G at 35/3 Mbps covers 53.8% of the state's area (US 39.4%), 21st of 50 states (1 = widest); fixed wireless home internet reaches 80.3% of locations. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data
- Cities we track: broadband is highest in Lexington (92.5%) and lowest in Covington (86.9%) of 5 Kentucky cities on this site. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber by city: Owensboro has the widest fiber reach among the cities we track (86% of homes); Bowling Green the narrowest (48.4%). Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data
- Power behind the network: Kentucky electric customers averaged 648 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
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Lexington leads; Covington trails. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Kentucky is 2nd of 8 on fiber reach. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Checked September 2026.
Who to call in Kentucky, city by city
Listed for Kentucky: AT&T, Spectrum. Call the one on your bill; our internet outage guide covers the rest.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an internet outage in Kentucky right now?
Not on this site: no reports from Kentucky in the last 24 hours.
How many homes in Kentucky can get fiber internet?
FCC data for December 2025 shows fiber to the home available at 66.3% of 2,278,158 homes and businesses in Kentucky, against 55.9% nationally. Gigabit plans reach 80.7%.
What share of Kentucky households has no internet?
Census ACS 2020–2024 estimates put 11.2% of Kentucky households without any internet subscription, and 13% online only through a cellular data plan.
Which Kentucky city has the highest broadband rate?
Among the Kentucky cities on this site, Lexington has the highest share of households with broadband (92.5%) and Covington the lowest (86.9%).
Report counts are user-submitted; other figures name their official source. How our data works