Internet Outages in Washington by City
Only 37.8% of Washington homes and businesses can get fiber, among the lowest shares of any state, so most wired service runs over cable or DSL.
Internet access in Washington
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 93.6% of 3,064,820 households (US 91%), the highest of the 50 states.
- How homes connect: cable, fiber or DSL 80.2%; cellular data only 9.4% (US 11.5%); satellite 6.1%; no subscription 6.3%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 37.8% of 3,682,084 homes and businesses (US 55.9%), 45th of 50 states (1 = highest). Gigabit plans: 67.4%. Cable: 86.6%.
- Wireless: 5G at 35/3 Mbps covers 41.9% of the state's area (US 39.4%), 35th of 50 states (1 = widest); fixed wireless home internet reaches 86.8% of locations. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data
- Cities we track: broadband is highest in Bellevue (96.8%) and lowest in Yakima (89.2%) of 9 Washington cities on this site. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber by city: Seattle has the widest fiber reach among the cities we track (77.1% of homes); Kent the narrowest (10.9%). Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data
- Power behind the network: Washington electric customers averaged 624 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
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Bellevue leads; Yakima trails. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Washington is 3rd of 3 on fiber reach. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Checked September 2026.
Who to call in Washington, city by city
Listed for Washington: CenturyLink, Xfinity. Call the one on your bill; our internet outage guide covers the rest.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an internet outage in Washington right now?
Not on this site: no reports from Washington in the last 24 hours.
How many homes in Washington can get fiber internet?
FCC data for December 2025 shows fiber to the home available at 37.8% of 3,682,084 homes and businesses in Washington, against 55.9% nationally. Gigabit plans reach 67.4%.
What share of Washington households has no internet?
Census ACS 2020–2024 estimates put 6.3% of Washington households without any internet subscription, and 9.4% online only through a cellular data plan.
Which Washington city has the highest broadband rate?
Among the Washington cities on this site, Bellevue has the highest share of households with broadband (96.8%) and Yakima the lowest (89.2%).
Report counts are user-submitted; other figures name their official source. How our data works