Great Falls, Montana Internet Outage Today
Live Great Falls internet outage reports and how households here get online.
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No internet outage reports in Great Falls, Montana in the last 24 hours
Across Montana, 1 report came in over the same 24 hours. Bozeman, 126 miles away, has 1 report.
Internet access in Great Falls
90.1% of Great Falls households have broadband, against 91% nationally.
8 home internet providers reach at least 5% of the city's 30,925 homes. Satellite service is excluded. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 90.1% of 26,379 households (Montana 89.4%, US 91%). Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 35% of 30,925 homes (US 55.9%). Gigabit plans: 36.1%. Cable: 93.2%.
- Home internet providers filing coverage here: Konceptio Data Services, LLC (100% of homes), Spectrum (94% of homes), CenturyLink / Quantum Fiber (89% of homes), AT&T (75% of homes), Montana Internet Corporation (40% of homes). 5G home or mobile coverage: 100% of the city area. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, Dec 2025 data
- Rank: lowest of 4 Montana cities we track (highest: Missoula, 93.2%).
- Cable, fiber or DSL: 76.7%. Cellular data only: 10.9% (US 11.5%).
- No internet subscription: 9.7%. No computer or smartphone: 5.7%. 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
- Cascade County storm record since 2015: 224 reports; power outages named in 14 episodes. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Great Falls is 4th of 4 nearby cities on this measure. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
| City | Widest wired provider | Fiber | Gigabit plans | No internet subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Falls, MT | Konceptio Data Services, LLC (100%) | 35% | 36.1% | 9.7% |
| Bozeman, MT | SkyNet Communications LLC (100%) | 61.1% | 99.3% | 7.8% |
| Missoula, MT | Centric Integrated Systems, Corp. (100%) | 40.7% | 100% | 6.7% |
| Billings, MT | BHT Investment Holdings LLC (96%) | 40.7% | 40.9% | 8.3% |
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data; Census ACS 2020–2024.
Checked September 2026.
Internet providers in Great Falls
Share of Great Falls homes each provider reported it can serve, in FCC filings for December 2025: Konceptio Data Services, LLC (100%), Spectrum (94%), CenturyLink / Quantum Fiber (89%), AT&T (75%), and Verizon (55%). Check your own address on the FCC National Broadband Map. If the lights are out too, see Great Falls power outages.
Router checks: internet outage guide. Nationwide: US internet outages.
Who to check first in Great Falls
The providers with the widest reported coverage in Great Falls. Start with the one on your bill.
Spectrum in Great Falls
Reach: reports service to 94% of Great Falls 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 Great Falls
Reach: reports service to 89% of Great Falls 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 Great Falls
Reach: reports service to 75% of Great Falls 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 Great Falls
Konceptio Data Services, LLC (100% of homes) and Spectrum (94%) each report service to more than half of Great Falls homes. At an address that can get both, they run on separate lines.
Home 5G and fixed-wireless plans from Verizon (55%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (48%) report coverage of Great Falls 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 10.9% of Great Falls households, roughly 2,900 homes, get online only through a cell plan. For them a mobile outage is an internet outage.
Power and weather behind internet outages in Great Falls
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 Great Falls power outages when both go out together.
Cascade County logged 224 storm reports since 2015, most often thunderstorm wind, hail, and heavy rain. Reports peak in June. Power outages were named in 14 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 35% of Great Falls homes, cable 93.2% and copper lines 86.8%. 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.
Great Falls internet outage questions
Does a cell network outage take down home internet in Great Falls?
For the 10.9% of Great Falls households that rely only on a mobile data plan, yes. The 76.7% with cable, fiber or DSL are not affected.
What can I use for internet in Great Falls when my provider is down?
A phone hotspot: 4G LTE covers 100% of Great Falls by area and 5G 100%. Home 5G plans: Verizon (55%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (48%). Where both Konceptio Data Services, LLC and Spectrum are available, the second wired line is a backup.
Can a power outage take internet down in Great Falls?
Yes, a long power cut can. NorthWestern Energy customers averaged 233 minutes without power in 2024. NOAA records name power outages in 14 storm episodes in Cascade County since 2015.
Is fiber or gigabit internet available in Great Falls?
Fiber is reported at 35% of Great Falls homes (US 55.9%, Montana 40.8%), and plans of 1 Gbps or faster at 36.1% (US 69.2%).
How many Great Falls households have no home internet?
About 2,600 of 26,379 households, or 9.7%, have no internet subscription of any kind, and another 10.9% rely only on a cell plan (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Which internet provider covers the most homes in Great Falls?
Konceptio Data Services, LLC, at 100% of homes in its FCC filing. Fiber reaches 35% of Great Falls homes and gigabit plans 36.1%.
ISP outage status for Great Falls
Recent internet reports in Great Falls
- Internet reports in Great Falls, last 24h
- 0
- Most recent internet report here
- None on record
- Internet reports across Montana, last 24h
- 1
- City population
- 59,478
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