Bowie, Maryland Internet Outage Today
Live Bowie internet outage reports and how households here get online.
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
No internet outage reports in Bowie, Maryland in the last 24 hours
Internet access in Bowie
Fiber reaches 93.8% of homes in Bowie, well above the 55.9% national figure, so a single cable outage leaves most households with a wired backup option.
5 home internet providers reach at least 5% of the city's 25,458 homes. Satellite service is excluded. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 97.2% of 21,551 households (Maryland 92.4%, US 91%). Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 93.8% of 25,458 homes (US 55.9%). Gigabit plans: 93.9%. Cable: 99%.
- Home internet providers filing coverage here: Xfinity (99% of homes), AT&T (41% of homes), Believe Wireless, LLC (8% of homes). 5G home or mobile coverage: 98.8% of the city area. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, Dec 2025 data
- Rank: highest of 5 Maryland cities we track (lowest: Baltimore, 85.4%).
- Cable, fiber or DSL: 87.2%. Cellular data only: 8.6% (US 11.5%). Satellite: 5.4%. Wired lines are more common here than nationally.
- No internet subscription: 2.7%. No computer or smartphone: 1.7%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Grid reliability, 2024: Pepco customers averaged 65 minutes without power. Source: EIA Form 861, 2024 reliability data
- Prince George's County storm record since 2015: 389 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.
Bowie is 1st of 6 nearby cities on this measure. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
| City | Widest wired provider | Fiber | Gigabit plans | No internet subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowie, MD | Xfinity (99%) | 93.8% | 93.9% | 2.7% |
| Alexandria, VA | Xfinity (97%) | 42.8% | 81.5% | 5.9% |
| Rockville, MD | Xfinity (99%) | 84.1% | 98.7% | 4.7% |
| Baltimore, MD | Xfinity (98%) | 13.4% | 96.7% | 14.5% |
| Gaithersburg, MD | Xfinity (98%) | 68.7% | 90.7% | 3.5% |
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data; Census ACS 2020–2024.
Checked September 2026.
Internet providers in Bowie
Share of Bowie homes each provider reported it can serve, in FCC filings for December 2025: Xfinity (99%), Verizon (97%), T-Mobile Home Internet (95%), AT&T (41%), and Believe Wireless, LLC (8%). Check your own address on the FCC National Broadband Map. If the lights are out too, see Bowie power outages.
Router checks: internet outage guide. Nationwide: US internet outages.
Who to check first in Bowie
The providers with the widest reported coverage in Bowie. Start with the one on your bill.
Xfinity in Bowie
Reach: reports service to 99% of Bowie 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 Bowie
Reach: reports service to 41% of Bowie 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 Bowie
Xfinity is the only wired provider reporting service to more than half of Bowie homes (99%); the next largest, AT&T, reaches 41%. When its network fails, most households here have no second wired line to switch to, so a phone hotspot or a home 5G plan is the practical backup.
Home 5G and fixed-wireless plans from Verizon (97%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (95%) report coverage of Bowie 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 98.8% for 5G.
About 8.6% of Bowie households, roughly 1,900 homes, get online only through a cell plan. For them a mobile outage is an internet outage.
Power and weather behind internet outages in Bowie
Pepco customers averaged 65 minutes without power in 2024, across 0.59 interruptions each, against 118 minutes for Maryland 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 Bowie power outages when both go out together.
Prince George's County logged 389 storm reports since 2015, most often thunderstorm wind, flood, and flash flood. Reports peak in July. 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 93.8% of Bowie homes, cable 99% and copper lines 0%. 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.
Bowie internet outage questions
Does a cell network outage take down home internet in Bowie?
For the 8.6% of Bowie households that rely only on a mobile data plan, yes. The 87.2% with cable, fiber or DSL are not affected.
What can I use for internet in Bowie when my provider is down?
A phone hotspot: 4G LTE covers 100% of Bowie by area and 5G 98.8%. Home 5G plans: Verizon (97%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (95%).
Can a power outage take internet down in Bowie?
Yes, a long power cut can. Pepco customers averaged 65 minutes without power in 2024. NOAA records name power outages in 1 storm episodes in Prince George's County since 2015.
Is fiber or gigabit internet available in Bowie?
Fiber is reported at 93.8% of Bowie homes (US 55.9%, Maryland 63.6%), and plans of 1 Gbps or faster at 93.9% (US 69.2%).
How many Bowie households have no home internet?
About 600 of 21,551 households, or 2.7%, have no internet subscription of any kind, and another 8.6% rely only on a cell plan (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Which internet provider covers the most homes in Bowie?
Xfinity, at 99% of homes in its FCC filing. Fiber reaches 93.8% of Bowie homes and gigabit plans 93.9%.
ISP outage status for Bowie
More outage pages for Bowie and nearby
Other outage types in Bowie
Internet Outages in cities near Bowie
- Alexandria, VA 20 mi
- Baltimore, MD 25 mi
- Rockville, MD 25 mi
- Gaithersburg, MD 29 mi
- Frederick, MD 49 mi
- Dover, DE 66 mi
Report counts are user-submitted; other figures name their official source. How our data works
Comments from Bowie
Want to add a comment?