Fort Worth, Texas Internet Outage Today
Live Fort Worth internet outage reports and how households here get online.
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No internet outage reports in Fort Worth, Texas in the last 24 hours
The most recent internet outage report from Fort Worth came in 4 days ago. Over the past 90 days, Fort Worth residents filed 5 internet outage reports here on 5 separate days; the busiest was October 6, with 1.
Internet access in Fort Worth
Fiber reaches 75.2% of homes in Fort Worth, well above the 55.9% national figure, so a single cable outage leaves most households with a wired backup option.
8 home internet providers reach at least 5% of the city's 418,074 homes. Satellite service is excluded. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 92.1% of 342,126 households (Texas 91.4%, US 91%). Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 75.2% of 418,074 homes (US 55.9%). Gigabit plans: 95.3%. Cable: 80.7%.
- Home internet providers filing coverage here: Spectrum (89% of homes), AT&T (88% of homes), Nextlink Internet (67% of homes), Rise Broadband (12% of homes), Generate-Ubiquity Holdings, LLC (10% of homes). 5G home or mobile coverage: 99.8% of the city area. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, Dec 2025 data
- Rank: 9th of 20 Texas cities we track (Plano highest at 96.6%, Brownsville lowest at 86.1%).
- Cable, fiber or DSL: 78.5%. Cellular data only: 10.8% (US 11.5%). Satellite: 7.8%.
- No internet subscription: 7.7%. No computer or smartphone: 3.2%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Grid reliability, 2024: Oncor customers averaged 532 minutes without power. Outages that long outlast the batteries in street-side cable and fiber cabinets. Source: EIA Form 861, 2024 reliability data
- Tarrant County storm record since 2015: 978 reports; power outages named in 2 episodes. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Fort Worth is 5th of 6 nearby cities on this measure. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
| City | Widest wired provider | Fiber | Gigabit plans | No internet subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth, TX | Spectrum (89%) | 75.2% | 95.3% | 7.7% |
| Arlington, TX | AT&T (95%) | 66.9% | 94.4% | 7.6% |
| Grand Prairie, TX | Spectrum (93%) | 69.5% | 95% | 6.9% |
| Irving, TX | Spectrum (94%) | 66.3% | 94.2% | 7.2% |
| Dallas, TX | Spectrum (94%) | 62.2% | 95.8% | 9% |
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data; Census ACS 2020–2024.
Checked September 2026.
Internet providers in Fort Worth
Share of Fort Worth homes each provider reported it can serve, in FCC filings for December 2025: Spectrum (89%), AT&T (88%), Verizon (74%), T-Mobile Home Internet (73%), and Nextlink Internet (67%). Check your own address on the FCC National Broadband Map. If the lights are out too, see Fort Worth power outages.
Router checks: internet outage guide. Nationwide: US internet outages.
Who to check first in Fort Worth
The providers with the widest reported coverage in Fort Worth. Start with the one on your bill.
Spectrum in Fort Worth
Reach: reports service to 89% of Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth
Reach: reports service to 88% of Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth
Spectrum (89% of homes) and AT&T (88%) each report service to more than half of Fort Worth homes. At an address that can get both, they run on separate lines.
Home 5G and fixed-wireless plans from Verizon (74%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (73%) report coverage of Fort Worth 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 99.8% for 5G.
About 10.8% of Fort Worth households, roughly 36,900 homes, get online only through a cell plan. For them a mobile outage is an internet outage.
Power and weather behind internet outages in Fort Worth
Oncor customers averaged 532 minutes without power in 2024, across 1.71 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 Fort Worth power outages when both go out together.
Tarrant County logged 978 storm reports since 2015, most often hail, thunderstorm wind, and flash flood. Reports peak in April. Power outages were named in 2 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 75.2% of Fort Worth homes, cable 80.7% and copper lines 35.7%. 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.
Fort Worth internet outage questions
Does a cell network outage take down home internet in Fort Worth?
For the 10.8% of Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth when my provider is down?
A phone hotspot: 4G LTE covers 100% of Fort Worth by area and 5G 99.8%. Home 5G plans: Verizon (74%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (73%). Where both Spectrum and AT&T are available, the second wired line is a backup.
Can a power outage take internet down in Fort Worth?
Yes, a long power cut can. Oncor customers averaged 532 minutes without power in 2024. NOAA records name power outages in 2 storm episodes in Tarrant County since 2015.
Is fiber or gigabit internet available in Fort Worth?
Fiber is reported at 75.2% of Fort Worth homes (US 55.9%, Texas 64.1%), and plans of 1 Gbps or faster at 95.3% (US 69.2%).
How many Fort Worth households have no home internet?
About 26,300 of 342,126 households, or 7.7%, 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 Fort Worth?
Spectrum, at 89% of homes in its FCC filing. Fiber reaches 75.2% of Fort Worth homes and gigabit plans 95.3%.
ISP outage status for Fort Worth
Recent internet reports in Fort Worth
- Internet reports in Fort Worth, last 24h
- 0
- Most recent internet report here
- 4 days ago
- Internet reports across Texas, last 24h
- 0
- City population
- 918,915
Other outage types in Fort Worth
Internet Outages in cities near Fort Worth
- Arlington, TX 12 mi
- Grand Prairie, TX 19 mi
- Irving, TX 22 mi
- Dallas, TX 30 mi
- Plano, TX 41 mi
- Garland, TX 42 mi
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