Flint, Michigan Internet Outage Today
Live Flint internet outage reports and how households here get online.
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No internet outage reports in Flint, Michigan in the last 24 hours
The most recent internet outage report from Flint came in 4 days ago.
Internet access in Flint
About 1 in 6 Flint households has no internet subscription at all.
4 home internet providers reach at least 5% of the city's 46,634 homes. Satellite service is excluded. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 83.1% of 34,572 households (Michigan 90.5%, US 91%). Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 1.4% of 46,634 homes (US 55.9%). Gigabit plans: 46.4%. Cable: 99.7%.
- Home internet providers filing coverage here: Xfinity (100% of homes), AT&T (24% of homes). 5G home or mobile coverage: 100% of the city area. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, Dec 2025 data
- Rank: lowest of 9 Michigan cities we track (highest: Livonia, 94.5%).
- Cable, fiber or DSL: 68.5%. Cellular data only: 12.4% (US 11.5%).
- No internet subscription: 16.8%. No computer or smartphone: 8.4%. One of the wider digital gaps among the cities on this site. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Grid reliability, 2024: Consumers Energy customers averaged 503 minutes without power. Outages that long outlast the batteries in street-side cable and fiber cabinets. Source: EIA Form 861, 2024 reliability data
- Genesee County storm record since 2015: 116 reports; power outages named in 23 episodes. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Flint is 6th of 6 nearby cities on this measure. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
| City | Widest wired provider | Fiber | Gigabit plans | No internet subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flint, MI | Xfinity (100%) | 1.4% | 46.4% | 16.8% |
| Sterling Heights, MI | Xfinity (100%) | 10.8% | 46.3% | 6% |
| Livonia, MI | AT&T (97%) | 47.9% | 47.6% | 5.4% |
| Lansing, MI | Xfinity (98%) | 73.6% | 79.4% | 10.5% |
| Warren, MI | Xfinity (99%) | 40.3% | 91.5% | 8% |
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data; Census ACS 2020–2024.
Checked September 2026.
Internet providers in Flint
Share of Flint homes each provider reported it can serve, in FCC filings for December 2025: Xfinity (100%), Verizon (68%), T-Mobile Home Internet (63%), and AT&T (24%). Check your own address on the FCC National Broadband Map. If the lights are out too, see Flint power outages.
Router checks: internet outage guide. Nationwide: US internet outages.
Who to check first in Flint
The providers with the widest reported coverage in Flint. Start with the one on your bill.
Xfinity in Flint
Reach: reports service to 100% of Flint 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
Backup internet options in Flint
Xfinity is the only wired provider reporting service to more than half of Flint homes (100%); the next largest, AT&T, reaches 24%. 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 (68%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (63%) report coverage of Flint 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 100% for 5G.
About 12.4% of Flint households, roughly 4,300 homes, get online only through a cell plan. For them a mobile outage is an internet outage.
Power and weather behind internet outages in Flint
Consumers Energy customers averaged 503 minutes without power in 2024, across 1.32 interruptions each, against 470 minutes for Michigan 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 Flint power outages when both go out together.
Genesee County logged 116 storm reports since 2015, most often thunderstorm wind, hail, and tornado. Reports peak in July. Power outages were named in 23 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 1.4% of Flint homes, cable 99.7% and copper lines 15.3%. 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.
Flint internet outage questions
Does a cell network outage take down home internet in Flint?
For the 12.4% of Flint households that rely only on a mobile data plan, yes. The 68.5% with cable, fiber or DSL are not affected.
What can I use for internet in Flint when my provider is down?
A phone hotspot: 4G LTE covers 100% of Flint by area and 5G 100%. Home 5G plans: Verizon (68%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (63%).
Can a power outage take internet down in Flint?
Yes, a long power cut can. Consumers Energy customers averaged 503 minutes without power in 2024. NOAA records name power outages in 23 storm episodes in Genesee County since 2015.
Is fiber or gigabit internet available in Flint?
Fiber is reported at 1.4% of Flint homes (US 55.9%, Michigan 35.3%), and plans of 1 Gbps or faster at 46.4% (US 69.2%).
How many Flint households have no home internet?
About 5,800 of 34,572 households, or 16.8%, have no internet subscription of any kind, and another 12.4% rely only on a cell plan (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Which internet provider covers the most homes in Flint?
Xfinity, at 100% of homes in its FCC filing. Fiber reaches 1.4% of Flint homes and gigabit plans 46.4%.
ISP outage status for Flint
Recent internet reports in Flint
- Internet reports in Flint, last 24h
- 0
- Most recent internet report here
- 4 days ago
- Internet reports across Michigan, last 24h
- 0
- City population
- 81,005
Other outage types in Flint
Internet Outages in cities near Flint
- Troy, MI 39 mi
- Sterling Heights, MI 45 mi
- Lansing, MI 48 mi
- Livonia, MI 48 mi
- Warren, MI 50 mi
- Ann Arbor, MI 51 mi
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