Greensboro, North Carolina Internet Outage Today
Live Greensboro internet outage reports and how households here get online.
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Internet access in Greensboro
90.9% of Greensboro households have broadband, against 91% nationally.
4 home internet providers reach at least 5% of the city's 149,148 homes. Satellite service is excluded. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 90.9% of 123,984 households (North Carolina 90.1%, US 91%). Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 60% of 149,148 homes (US 55.9%). Gigabit plans: 61.6%. Cable: 92.9%.
- Home internet providers filing coverage here: Spectrum (94% of homes), AT&T (90% of homes). 5G home or mobile coverage: 96.5% of the city area. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, Dec 2025 data
- Rank: 8th of 10 North Carolina cities we track (Cary highest at 96.6%, Winston-Salem lowest at 88.4%).
- Cable, fiber or DSL: 78%. Cellular data only: 10.8% (US 11.5%). Satellite: 5.5%.
- No internet subscription: 9%. No computer or smartphone: 4.2%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Grid reliability, 2024: Duke Energy customers averaged 1,626 minutes without power. Outages that long outlast the batteries in street-side cable and fiber cabinets. Source: EIA Form 861, 2024 reliability data
- Guilford County storm record since 2015: 302 reports; power outages named in 30 episodes. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Greensboro is 5th of 6 nearby cities on this measure. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
| City | Widest wired provider | Fiber | Gigabit plans | No internet subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensboro, NC | Spectrum (94%) | 60% | 61.6% | 9% |
| High Point, NC | Spectrum (93%) | 85.2% | 86.4% | 9% |
| Winston-Salem, NC | Spectrum (95%) | 56.7% | 57.9% | 11.5% |
| Durham, NC | Spectrum (96%) | 70.2% | 74% | 6.3% |
| Cary, NC | AT&T (96%) | 83.5% | 87% | 3.4% |
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data; Census ACS 2020–2024.
Checked September 2026.
Internet providers in Greensboro
Share of Greensboro homes each provider reported it can serve, in FCC filings for December 2025: Spectrum (94%), AT&T (90%), T-Mobile Home Internet (83%), and Verizon (81%). Check your own address on the FCC National Broadband Map. If the lights are out too, see Greensboro power outages.
Router checks: internet outage guide. Nationwide: US internet outages.
Who to check first in Greensboro
The providers with the widest reported coverage in Greensboro. Start with the one on your bill.
Spectrum in Greensboro
Reach: reports service to 94% of Greensboro 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.
AT&T in Greensboro
Reach: reports service to 90% of Greensboro 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 Greensboro
Spectrum (94% of homes) and AT&T (90%) each report service to more than half of Greensboro homes. At an address that can get both, they run on separate lines.
Home 5G and fixed-wireless plans from T-Mobile Home Internet (83%) and Verizon (81%) report coverage of Greensboro 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 96.5% for 5G.
About 10.8% of Greensboro households, roughly 13,400 homes, get online only through a cell plan. For them a mobile outage is an internet outage.
Power and weather behind internet outages in Greensboro
Duke Energy customers averaged 1,626 minutes without power in 2024, across 1.96 interruptions each, against 1,441 minutes for North Carolina 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 Greensboro power outages when both go out together.
Guilford County logged 302 storm reports since 2015, most often thunderstorm wind, flash flood, and hail. Reports peak in July. Power outages were named in 30 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 60% of Greensboro homes, cable 92.9% and copper lines 52%. 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.
Greensboro internet outage questions
Does a cell network outage take down home internet in Greensboro?
For the 10.8% of Greensboro households that rely only on a mobile data plan, yes. The 78% with cable, fiber or DSL are not affected.
What can I use for internet in Greensboro when my provider is down?
A phone hotspot: 4G LTE covers 100% of Greensboro by area and 5G 96.5%. Home 5G plans: T-Mobile Home Internet (83%) and Verizon (81%). Where both Spectrum and AT&T are available, the second wired line is a backup.
Can a power outage take internet down in Greensboro?
Yes, a long power cut can. Duke Energy customers averaged 1,626 minutes without power in 2024. NOAA records name power outages in 30 storm episodes in Guilford County since 2015.
Is fiber or gigabit internet available in Greensboro?
Fiber is reported at 60% of Greensboro homes (US 55.9%, North Carolina 58.9%), and plans of 1 Gbps or faster at 61.6% (US 69.2%).
How many Greensboro households have no home internet?
About 11,200 of 123,984 households, or 9%, have no internet subscription of any kind, and another 10.8% rely only on a cell plan (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Which internet provider covers the most homes in Greensboro?
Spectrum, at 94% of homes in its FCC filing. Fiber reaches 60% of Greensboro homes and gigabit plans 61.6%.
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Internet Outages in cities near Greensboro
- High Point, NC 14 mi
- Winston-Salem, NC 25 mi
- Durham, NC 50 mi
- Cary, NC 60 mi
- Raleigh, NC 68 mi
- Charlotte, NC 83 mi
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