Billings, Montana Internet Outage Today
Live Billings internet outage reports and how households here get online.
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Internet access in Billings
91.6% of Billings households have broadband, against 91% nationally.
8 home internet providers reach at least 5% of the city's 59,690 homes. Satellite service is excluded. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 91.6% of 50,994 households (Montana 89.4%, US 91%). Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 40.7% of 59,690 homes (US 55.9%). Gigabit plans: 40.9%. Cable: 92%.
- Home internet providers filing coverage here: BHT Investment Holdings LLC (96% of homes), Spectrum (93% of homes), CenturyLink / Quantum Fiber (88% of homes), AT&T (39% of homes), TDS (30% of homes). 5G home or mobile coverage: 97.9% of the city area. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, Dec 2025 data
- Rank: 3rd of 4 Montana cities we track (Missoula highest at 93.2%, Great Falls lowest at 90.1%).
- Cable, fiber or DSL: 78.5%. Cellular data only: 9.1% (US 11.5%). Satellite: 5.3%.
- No internet subscription: 8.3%. No computer or smartphone: 4.2%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Grid reliability, 2024: NorthWestern Energy customers averaged 233 minutes without power. Source: EIA Form 861, 2024 reliability data
- Yellowstone County storm record since 2015: 351 reports; power outages named in 9 episodes. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Billings is 5th of 6 nearby cities on this measure. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
| City | Widest wired provider | Fiber | Gigabit plans | No internet subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billings, MT | BHT Investment Holdings LLC (96%) | 40.7% | 40.9% | 8.3% |
| Bozeman, MT | SkyNet Communications LLC (100%) | 61.1% | 99.3% | 7.8% |
| Great Falls, MT | Konceptio Data Services, LLC (100%) | 35% | 36.1% | 9.7% |
| Gillette, WY | Collins Communications, LLC (100%) | 53.7% | 53.5% | 7.9% |
| Casper, WY | Mountain West Technologies Corporation (100%) | 82.8% | 82.5% | 7.6% |
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data; Census ACS 2020–2024.
Checked September 2026.
Internet providers in Billings
Share of Billings homes each provider reported it can serve, in FCC filings for December 2025: BHT Investment Holdings LLC (96%), Spectrum (93%), CenturyLink / Quantum Fiber (88%), Verizon (56%), and T-Mobile Home Internet (48%). Check your own address on the FCC National Broadband Map. If the lights are out too, see Billings power outages.
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Who to check first in Billings
The providers with the widest reported coverage in Billings. Start with the one on your bill.
Spectrum in Billings
Reach: reports service to 93% of Billings homes. Network: Cable, run by Charter Communications.
Where to check: Sign in to the My Spectrum app or spectrum.net; outages at your address show on the account page.
CenturyLink / Quantum Fiber in Billings
Reach: reports service to 88% of Billings homes. Network: DSL and fiber (Quantum Fiber), run by Lumen.
Where to check: Sign in to the CenturyLink app or centurylink.com to check for a service outage at your address.
AT&T in Billings
Reach: reports service to 39% of Billings 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 Billings
BHT Investment Holdings LLC (96% of homes) and Spectrum (93%) each report service to more than half of Billings homes. At an address that can get both, they run on separate lines.
Home 5G and fixed-wireless plans from Verizon (56%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (48%) report coverage of Billings 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 97.9% for 5G.
About 9.1% of Billings households, roughly 4,600 homes, get online only through a cell plan. For them a mobile outage is an internet outage.
Power and weather behind internet outages in Billings
NorthWestern Energy customers averaged 233 minutes without power in 2024, across 1.3 interruptions each, against 352 minutes for Montana 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 Billings power outages when both go out together.
Yellowstone County logged 351 storm reports since 2015, most often hail, thunderstorm wind, and flash flood. Reports peak in August. Power outages were named in 9 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 40.7% of Billings homes, cable 92% and copper lines 83.7%. 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.
Billings internet outage questions
Does a cell network outage take down home internet in Billings?
For the 9.1% of Billings households that rely only on a mobile data plan, yes. The 78.5% with cable, fiber or DSL are not affected.
What can I use for internet in Billings when my provider is down?
A phone hotspot: 4G LTE covers 100% of Billings by area and 5G 97.9%. Home 5G plans: Verizon (56%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (48%). Where both BHT Investment Holdings LLC and Spectrum are available, the second wired line is a backup.
Can a power outage take internet down in Billings?
Yes, a long power cut can. NorthWestern Energy customers averaged 233 minutes without power in 2024. NOAA records name power outages in 9 storm episodes in Yellowstone County since 2015.
Is fiber or gigabit internet available in Billings?
Fiber is reported at 40.7% of Billings homes (US 55.9%, Montana 40.8%), and plans of 1 Gbps or faster at 40.9% (US 69.2%).
How many Billings households have no home internet?
About 4,200 of 50,994 households, or 8.3%, have no internet subscription of any kind, and another 9.1% rely only on a cell plan (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Which internet provider covers the most homes in Billings?
BHT Investment Holdings LLC, at 96% of homes in its FCC filing. Fiber reaches 40.7% of Billings homes and gigabit plans 40.9%.
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