Austin, Texas Internet Outage Today
Live Austin internet outage reports and how households here get online.
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No internet outage reports in Austin, Texas in the last 24 hours
The most recent internet outage report from Austin came in on September 17, 2026. Across Texas, 2 reports came in over the same 24 hours. Over the past 90 days, Austin residents filed 2 internet outage reports here on 2 separate days; the busiest was September 17, with 1. Fort Worth, 172 miles away, has 1 report.
Internet access in Austin
Wired service is unusually common in Austin: 84% of households have cable, fiber or DSL, against 75.6% nationally.
6 home internet providers reach at least 5% of the city's 551,183 homes. Satellite service is excluded. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 93.8% of 456,113 households (Texas 91.4%, US 91%). Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 68.2% of 551,183 homes (US 55.9%). Gigabit plans: 84%. Cable: 91.6%.
- Home internet providers filing coverage here: Spectrum (93% of homes), AT&T (75% of homes), Google Fiber (43% of homes), Astound (21% of homes). 5G home or mobile coverage: 99.6% of the city area. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, Dec 2025 data
- Rank: 4th of 20 Texas cities we track (Plano highest at 96.6%, Brownsville lowest at 86.1%).
- Cable, fiber or DSL: 84%. Cellular data only: 7.9% (US 11.5%). Wired lines are more common here than nationally.
- No internet subscription: 6.2%. No computer or smartphone: 2%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Grid reliability, 2024: Austin Energy customers averaged 92 minutes without power. Source: EIA Form 861, 2024 reliability data
- Travis County storm record since 2015: 419 reports; power outages named in 6 episodes. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Austin is 2nd of 6 nearby cities on this measure. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
| City | Widest wired provider | Fiber | Gigabit plans | No internet subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin, TX | Spectrum (93%) | 68.2% | 84% | 6.2% |
| Round Rock, TX | Spectrum (94%) | 76.4% | 77.2% | 4.8% |
| San Antonio, TX | Spectrum (94%) | 71.7% | 85.5% | 9% |
| Houston, TX | Xfinity (97%) | 55.2% | 89% | 9.8% |
| Fort Worth, TX | Spectrum (89%) | 75.2% | 95.3% | 7.7% |
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data; Census ACS 2020–2024.
Checked September 2026.
Internet providers in Austin
Share of Austin homes each provider reported it can serve, in FCC filings for December 2025: Spectrum (93%), AT&T (75%), Verizon (70%), T-Mobile Home Internet (67%), and Google Fiber (43%). Check your own address on the FCC National Broadband Map. If the lights are out too, see Austin power outages.
Router checks: internet outage guide. Nationwide: US internet outages.
Who to check first in Austin
The providers with the widest reported coverage in Austin. Start with the one on your bill.
Spectrum in Austin
Reach: reports service to 93% of Austin 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 Austin
Reach: reports service to 75% of Austin 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
Google Fiber in Austin
Reach: reports service to 43% of Austin homes. Network: Fiber, run by Google Fiber.
Where to check: Check the Google Fiber app or your account page on fiber.google.com for service notices.
Backup internet options in Austin
Spectrum (93% of homes) and AT&T (75%) each report service to more than half of Austin homes. At an address that can get both, they run on separate lines.
Home 5G and fixed-wireless plans from Verizon (70%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (67%) report coverage of Austin 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 99.6% for 5G.
About 7.9% of Austin households, roughly 36,000 homes, get online only through a cell plan. For them a mobile outage is an internet outage.
Fiber networks in Austin
Besides the statewide providers, Austin has fiber service that most cities do not:
- Google Fiber. Google Fiber sells fiber internet in parts of Austin. Its service status and outage notices are in the Google Fiber app and at fiber.google.com, and it does not share equipment with the cable or phone company.
A fiber network runs on separate lines, so an outage on one provider in Austin does not mean the others are down.
Power and weather behind internet outages in Austin
Austin Energy customers averaged 92 minutes without power in 2024, across 0.96 interruptions each, against 1,271 minutes for Texas 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 Austin power outages when both go out together.
Travis County logged 419 storm reports since 2015, most often hail, thunderstorm wind, and flash flood. Reports peak in May. Power outages were named in 6 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 68.2% of Austin homes, cable 91.6% and copper lines 42.9%. 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.
Austin internet outage questions
Does a cell network outage take down home internet in Austin?
For the 7.9% of Austin households that rely only on a mobile data plan, yes. The 84% with cable, fiber or DSL are not affected.
What can I use for internet in Austin when my provider is down?
A phone hotspot: 4G LTE covers 100% of Austin by area and 5G 99.6%. Home 5G plans: Verizon (70%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (67%). Where both Spectrum and AT&T are available, the second wired line is a backup.
Can a power outage take internet down in Austin?
Yes, a long power cut can. Austin Energy customers averaged 92 minutes without power in 2024. NOAA records name power outages in 6 storm episodes in Travis County since 2015.
Is fiber or gigabit internet available in Austin?
Fiber is reported at 68.2% of Austin homes (US 55.9%, Texas 64.1%), and plans of 1 Gbps or faster at 84% (US 69.2%).
How many Austin households have no home internet?
About 28,300 of 456,113 households, or 6.2%, have no internet subscription of any kind, and another 7.9% rely only on a cell plan (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Which internet provider covers the most homes in Austin?
Spectrum, at 93% of homes in its FCC filing. Fiber reaches 68.2% of Austin homes and gigabit plans 84%.
ISP outage status for Austin
Recent internet reports in Austin
- Internet reports in Austin, last 24h
- 0
- Most recent internet report here
- September 17, 2026
- Internet reports across Texas, last 24h
- 2
- City population
- 978,908
Other outage types in Austin
Internet Outages in cities near Austin
- Round Rock, TX 17 mi
- San Antonio, TX 74 mi
- Houston, TX 147 mi
- Fort Worth, TX 172 mi · 1 report in 24h
- Corpus Christi, TX 172 mi
- Arlington, TX 175 mi
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