Internet Outages in North Carolina by City

Internet access in North Carolina

• Broadband subscription: 90.1% of 4,282,345 households (US 91%), 31st of 50 states (1 = highest).
• How homes connect: cable, fiber or DSL 76.2%; cellular data only 10.4% (US 11.5%); satellite 6.1%; no subscription 9.8%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
• Fiber to the home: available at 58.9% of 5,526,391 homes and businesses (US 55.9%), 28th of 50 states (1 = highest). Gigabit plans: 60.9%. Cable: 81.3%.
• Wireless: 5G at 35/3 Mbps covers 49.9% of the state's area (US 39.4%), 26th of 50 states (1 = widest); fixed wireless home internet reaches 86.7% of locations. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data
• Cities we track: broadband is highest in Cary (96.6%) and lowest in Winston-Salem (88.4%) of 10 North Carolina cities on this site. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
• Fiber by city: High Point has the widest fiber reach among the cities we track (85.2% of homes); Asheville the narrowest (49.1%). Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data
• Power behind the network: North Carolina electric customers averaged 1,441 minutes without power in 2024. Outages that long outlast the backup batteries in cable nodes and fiber cabinets. Source: EIA Form 861 reliability data, 2019–2024

Checked September 2026.