Laredo, Texas Internet Outage Today
Live Laredo internet outage reports and how households here get online.
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No internet outage reports in Laredo, Texas in the last 24 hours
Across Texas, 2 reports came in over the same 24 hours.
Internet access in Laredo
About 1 in 8 Laredo households has no internet subscription at all.
7 home internet providers reach at least 5% of the city's 93,611 homes. Satellite service is excluded. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 87.4% of 78,082 households (Texas 91.4%, US 91%). Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 55.5% of 93,611 homes (US 55.9%). Gigabit plans: 59.4%. Cable: 91.5%.
- Home internet providers filing coverage here: Spectrum (92% of homes), AT&T (57% of homes), B&B Communications, Ltd. (55% of homes), Metronet (39% of homes), Smartcom Telephone, LLC (6% of homes). 5G home or mobile coverage: 99.3% of the city area. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, Dec 2025 data
- Rank: 19th of 20 Texas cities we track (Plano highest at 96.6%, Brownsville lowest at 86.1%).
- Cable, fiber or DSL: 75.1%. Cellular data only: 9.1% (US 11.5%). Satellite: 5.5%.
- No internet subscription: 12.5%. No computer or smartphone: 4.8%. One of the wider digital gaps among the cities on this site. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Grid reliability, 2024: AEP Texas customers averaged 228 minutes without power. Source: EIA Form 861, 2024 reliability data
- Webb County storm record since 2015: 145 reports; power outages named in 7 episodes. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Laredo is 5th of 6 nearby cities on this measure. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
| City | Widest wired provider | Fiber | Gigabit plans | No internet subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laredo, TX | Spectrum (92%) | 55.5% | 59.4% | 12.5% |
| Mcallen, TX | Spectrum (90%) | 35.1% | 43.4% | 7.8% |
| Corpus Christi, TX | Spectrum (94%) | 61.9% | 69.2% | 10.4% |
| San Antonio, TX | Spectrum (94%) | 71.7% | 85.5% | 9% |
| Brownsville, TX | Ts Network (98%) | 44% | 48.1% | 13.9% |
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data; Census ACS 2020–2024.
Checked September 2026.
Internet providers in Laredo
Share of Laredo homes each provider reported it can serve, in FCC filings for December 2025: Spectrum (92%), T-Mobile Home Internet (69%), Verizon (62%), AT&T (57%), and B&B Communications, Ltd. (55%). Check your own address on the FCC National Broadband Map. If the lights are out too, see Laredo power outages.
Router checks: internet outage guide. Nationwide: US internet outages.
Who to check first in Laredo
The providers with the widest reported coverage in Laredo. Start with the one on your bill.
Spectrum in Laredo
Reach: reports service to 92% of Laredo 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 Laredo
Reach: reports service to 57% of Laredo 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 Laredo
Spectrum (92% of homes) and AT&T (57%) each report service to more than half of Laredo homes. At an address that can get both, they run on separate lines.
Home 5G and fixed-wireless plans from T-Mobile Home Internet (69%) and Verizon (62%) report coverage of Laredo 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 99.3% for 5G.
About 9.1% of Laredo households, roughly 7,100 homes, get online only through a cell plan. For them a mobile outage is an internet outage.
Power and weather behind internet outages in Laredo
AEP Texas customers averaged 228 minutes without power in 2024, across 1.63 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 Laredo power outages when both go out together.
Webb County logged 145 storm reports since 2015, most often hail, flash flood, and thunderstorm wind. Reports peak in May. Power outages were named in 7 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 55.5% of Laredo homes, cable 91.5% and copper lines 31.6%. 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.
Laredo internet outage questions
Does a cell network outage take down home internet in Laredo?
For the 9.1% of Laredo households that rely only on a mobile data plan, yes. The 75.1% with cable, fiber or DSL are not affected.
What can I use for internet in Laredo when my provider is down?
A phone hotspot: 4G LTE covers 100% of Laredo by area and 5G 99.3%. Home 5G plans: T-Mobile Home Internet (69%) and Verizon (62%). Where both Spectrum and AT&T are available, the second wired line is a backup.
Can a power outage take internet down in Laredo?
Yes, a long power cut can. AEP Texas customers averaged 228 minutes without power in 2024. NOAA records name power outages in 7 storm episodes in Webb County since 2015.
Is fiber or gigabit internet available in Laredo?
Fiber is reported at 55.5% of Laredo homes (US 55.9%, Texas 64.1%), and plans of 1 Gbps or faster at 59.4% (US 69.2%).
How many Laredo households have no home internet?
About 9,800 of 78,082 households, or 12.5%, have no internet subscription of any kind, and another 9.1% rely only on a cell plan (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Which internet provider covers the most homes in Laredo?
Spectrum, at 92% of homes in its FCC filing. Fiber reaches 55.5% of Laredo homes and gigabit plans 59.4%.
ISP outage status for Laredo
Recent internet reports in Laredo
- Internet reports in Laredo, last 24h
- 0
- Most recent internet report here
- None on record
- Internet reports across Texas, last 24h
- 2
- City population
- 255,473
Other outage types in Laredo
Internet Outages in cities near Laredo
- McAllen, TX 120 mi
- Corpus Christi, TX 131 mi
- San Antonio, TX 146 mi
- Brownsville, TX 166 mi
- Austin, TX 219 mi
- Round Rock, TX 235 mi
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