Columbia, Missouri Internet Outage Today
Live Columbia internet outage reports and how households here get online.
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No internet outage reports in Columbia, Missouri in the last 24 hours
The most recent internet outage report from Columbia came in 4 days ago. Over the past 90 days, Columbia residents filed 4 internet outage reports here on 3 separate days; the busiest was October 6, with 2.
Internet access in Columbia
Fiber reaches 84% of homes in Columbia, well above the 55.9% national figure, so a single cable outage leaves most households with a wired backup option.
8 home internet providers reach at least 5% of the city's 60,902 homes. Satellite service is excluded. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 90.5% of 52,564 households (Missouri 89.3%, US 91%). Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 84% of 60,902 homes (US 55.9%). Gigabit plans: 79.3%. Cable: 93.2%.
- Home internet providers filing coverage here: Socket Telecom LLC (90% of homes), Mediacom (90% of homes), Brightspeed (84% of homes), AT&T (54% of homes), Air Link Rural Broadband, LLC (15% of homes). 5G home or mobile coverage: 94% of the city area. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, Dec 2025 data
- Rank: highest of 4 Missouri cities we track (lowest: Springfield, 83.6%).
- Cable, fiber or DSL: 82.1%. Cellular data only: 6% (US 11.5%). Satellite: 5.9%. Wired lines are more common here than nationally.
- No internet subscription: 9.3%. No computer or smartphone: 2.2%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Grid reliability, 2024: Columbia Water & Light customers averaged 35 minutes without power. Source: EIA Form 861, 2024 reliability data
- Boone County storm record since 2015: 124 reports; power outages named in 2 episodes. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Columbia is 2nd of 6 nearby cities on this measure. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
| City | Widest wired provider | Fiber | Gigabit plans | No internet subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia, MO | Socket Telecom LLC (90%) | 84% | 79.3% | 9.3% |
| St. Louis, MO | Brown Dog Networks LLC (100%) | 54.6% | 97% | 13.1% |
| Kansas City, MO | Spectrum (94%) | 93.5% | 95% | 9.5% |
| Kansas City, KS | Spectrum (89%) | 85.7% | 87.3% | 11.2% |
| Overland Park, KS | Everfast Fiber Networks, LLC (96%) | 99.4% | 99.4% | 4% |
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data; Census ACS 2020–2024.
Checked September 2026.
Internet providers in Columbia
Share of Columbia homes each provider reported it can serve, in FCC filings for December 2025: Socket Telecom LLC (90%), Mediacom (90%), Brightspeed (84%), T-Mobile Home Internet (70%), and Verizon (66%). Check your own address on the FCC National Broadband Map. If the lights are out too, see Columbia power outages.
Router checks: internet outage guide. Nationwide: US internet outages.
Who to check first in Columbia
The providers with the widest reported coverage in Columbia. Start with the one on your bill.
Mediacom in Columbia
Reach: reports service to 90% of Columbia homes. Network: Cable, run by Mediacom.
Where to check: Sign in to the MediacomConnect app or mediacomcable.com for outage notices.
Support: 855-633-4226
AT&T in Columbia
Reach: reports service to 54% of Columbia 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 Columbia
Socket Telecom LLC (90% of homes) and Mediacom (90%) each report service to more than half of Columbia homes. At an address that can get both, they run on separate lines.
Home 5G and fixed-wireless plans from T-Mobile Home Internet (70%) and Verizon (66%) report coverage of Columbia 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 94% for 5G.
About 6% of Columbia households, roughly 3,200 homes, get online only through a cell plan. For them a mobile outage is an internet outage.
Power and weather behind internet outages in Columbia
Columbia Water & Light customers averaged 35 minutes without power in 2024, across 0.5 interruptions each, against 224 minutes for Missouri 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 Columbia power outages when both go out together.
Boone County logged 124 storm reports since 2015, most often thunderstorm wind, hail, and flash flood. Reports peak in June. Power outages were named in 2 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 84% of Columbia homes, cable 93.2% and copper lines 75.9%. 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.
Columbia internet outage questions
Does a cell network outage take down home internet in Columbia?
For the 6% of Columbia households that rely only on a mobile data plan, yes. The 82.1% with cable, fiber or DSL are not affected.
What can I use for internet in Columbia when my provider is down?
A phone hotspot: 4G LTE covers 100% of Columbia by area and 5G 94%. Home 5G plans: T-Mobile Home Internet (70%) and Verizon (66%). Where both Socket Telecom LLC and Mediacom are available, the second wired line is a backup.
Can a power outage take internet down in Columbia?
Yes, a long power cut can. Columbia Water & Light customers averaged 35 minutes without power in 2024. NOAA records name power outages in 2 storm episodes in Boone County since 2015.
Is fiber or gigabit internet available in Columbia?
Fiber is reported at 84% of Columbia homes (US 55.9%, Missouri 63.6%), and plans of 1 Gbps or faster at 79.3% (US 69.2%).
How many Columbia households have no home internet?
About 4,900 of 52,564 households, or 9.3%, have no internet subscription of any kind, and another 6% rely only on a cell plan (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Which internet provider covers the most homes in Columbia?
Socket Telecom LLC, at 90% of homes in its FCC filing. Fiber reaches 84% of Columbia homes and gigabit plans 79.3%.
ISP outage status for Columbia
Recent internet reports in Columbia
- Internet reports in Columbia, last 24h
- 0
- Most recent internet report here
- 4 days ago
- Internet reports across Missouri, last 24h
- 0
- City population
- 126,254
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Internet Outages in cities near Columbia
- Independence, MO 112 mi
- St. Louis, MO 117 mi
- Kansas City, MO 121 mi
- Kansas City, KS 124 mi
- Overland Park, KS 126 mi
- Springfield, MO 131 mi
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anon-1 Reported this outage
Socket down 1220 AM 10/6