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State overview

Internet providers in Rhode Island.

Explore reported residential internet service in the imported state data, then open a city to compare provider records.

FCC-reported availability as of . Not a live address check.

Search citiesBrowse providers reported in Rhode Island
Reporting providers
12

Includes satellite

Providers with terrestrial service
9

Excludes satellite technologies

Locations in the source universe
341,168

All broadband-serviceable locations, not a household count

These counts describe the state dataset, not just the cities listed below. Providers are counted once across technologies. A provider’s presence somewhere in the state does not establish service at every address.

Available city pages

Showing 1–3 of 3

City coverage is limited to the places imported so far. An absent city is not evidence that service is unavailable.

Every place with reported availability

36 places in Rhode Island have availability reported to the FCC. The largest are named here; the rest are behind their first letter.

What is reported in Rhode Island

Each row counts the locations where at least one provider reports a residential or mixed offering meeting that test, out of the 341,168 broadband-serviceable locations in the source universe. A single location can meet several tests, so these shares overlap and must never be added together. None of this is a guarantee of service at a particular address.

Reported service levels in Rhode Island
Reported serviceShare of locationsLocations
Fiber reported

A provider reports fiber to the location.

86.6%295,358
Gigabit download reported

A provider reports an explicit download of 1,000 Mbps or more.

92.9%316,959
100/20 from a wired provider

Cable, fiber or DSL reported at the FCC's 100 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up benchmark.

97.0%330,958
100/20 including fixed wireless

Adds terrestrial fixed wireless to the wired technologies above.

97.6%332,843
100/20 from any provider

Adds satellite, which is reported at nearly every location, so this figure is the least informative of the five.

Includes satellite.

100.0%341,168

What these technologies mean

Only the technologies reported in Rhode Island are listed. The count is how many providers report each one here, not how many locations it reaches. Each note describes how the technology works; none of it predicts the speed a particular household would get.

Fiber 3 providers
Light carried over an optical line run to the building. Of the technologies reported here it is the one that most often carries upload speeds close to its download speeds.
Cable 5 providers
The shared coaxial cable that also carries cable television. Download speeds are usually much higher than upload speeds on the same connection.
Copper 1 provider
DSL over existing telephone wiring. Speed depends on the distance from the provider's equipment and falls as that distance grows.
Licensed fixed wireless 3 providers
A radio link between an antenna fixed to the building and a nearby tower, on spectrum licensed to the provider. It needs a clear path, so terrain and buildings matter.
NGSO satellite 1 provider
A constellation of satellites in low orbit. They are far closer than geostationary satellites, so the delay added by the trip is much smaller, though service still needs a clear view of the sky.
GSO satellite 2 providers
A satellite in geostationary orbit. The signal travels roughly 70,000 km up and back, which adds a delay noticeable in calls and video conferencing.

Household subscriptions in Rhode Island

Separately from the provider records on this page, the Census Bureau asks households whether they subscribe to internet service. That answers a different question: not who reports they could serve an address, but how many households say they do pay for service. The two are not the same measure and are not combined here.

Household broadband adoption in Rhode Island

How to read these results

Reported locations, not households

A broadband-serviceable location (BSL) is the counting unit in the source data. Counts include locations with residential or mixed residential/business offerings (R/X); they are not household coverage percentages. A location can appear under several providers or technologies, so those counts must not be added together.

An advertised pair, not a speed test

Each speed shown is one explicit download/upload pair from the selected data. We choose the highest explicit download, then upload for ties. It is not a measured speed, a currently purchasable plan, or the highest upload across every record. Tier-coded records do not establish exact Mbps and may conceal higher download values.

Check service at your address

A provider reporting service somewhere in a state or city does not guarantee service at your home. Provider names are FCC filing identities, which may differ from retail brands. Confirm current service, speeds and terms directly with the provider; prices and plans are not verified here.

Sources and freshness

Rhode Island · Source record

FCC availability observation date
FCC file revision
15sep2026
Offering scope
Residential and mixed (R/X)
Census geography vintage
2020 · authoritative
Methodology version
fcc-bsl-scopes-v1
Import validated
October 6, 2026

The observation date describes when the reported service data applies. Validation is an import check, not a new service observation or independent confirmation at an address.

About FCC availability data Census boundary documentation
Exact import files and provenance

These retained files identify the selected dataset. The public documentation links above explain the sources; they do not independently verify the computed counts. Authenticated acquisition links and private raw-file paths are not exposed.

  • bdc_44_Copper_fixed_broadband_D25_15sep2026.csv.zip

    Role: availability_10 · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:55:27.200333+00:00

    SHA-256: b8e2aa97019b98796c7144276324aa4fbc33498409dea5ffddaa6dbb57ea3d3e

  • bdc_44_Cable_fixed_broadband_D25_15sep2026.csv.zip

    Role: availability_40 · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:56:16.428543+00:00

    SHA-256: 067ac8bcd4471829a0fb00ad79f4039ccc0da263922f65933aeb55ae0ef874e9

  • bdc_44_FibertothePremises_fixed_broadband_D25_15sep2026.csv.zip

    Role: availability_50 · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:56:23.050443+00:00

    SHA-256: b115384861e62e083348cce510239e480a7e4ebe9b0fa0b3444c88f7de8730c9

  • bdc_44_GSOSatellite_fixed_broadband_D25_15sep2026.csv.zip

    Role: availability_60 · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:56:29.629862+00:00

    SHA-256: c728fbfb2655f7df9f33fb86059b0ebeda7d6a73c8602d94273a7a9fa86fce18

  • bdc_44_NGSOSatellite_fixed_broadband_D25_15sep2026.csv.zip

    Role: availability_61 · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:56:35.865850+00:00

    SHA-256: 9bb90cffc9a3022b573a4ef6e9bb9089503ed792f298231ccfd0b5a9a68c4eac

  • bdc_44_UnlicensedFixedWireless_fixed_broadband_D25_15sep2026.csv.zip

    Role: availability_70 · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:56:42.293304+00:00

    SHA-256: 3c1f8a6e92de37a4340b387b1f7aaeac0d23dca0a0e95b030160a0d36a8310cb

  • bdc_44_LicensedFixedWireless_fixed_broadband_D25_15sep2026.csv.zip

    Role: availability_71 · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:56:50.480746+00:00

    SHA-256: 1b8f1500e7defe8076b71e0969ab64cc503525c032103eeaed0094ce26cabbc9

  • Counts_by_2020_blocks.zip

    Role: block_counts · Retrieved: 2026-09-27T20:41:18.908747+00:00

    SHA-256: 632f7c757f905600cff747edf2b7fea8f1c0b83dbf96d49df3b52f7ece472478

  • census2020-ri-block-count.json

    Role: census_block_count · Retrieved: 2026-09-27T20:57:07.503791+00:00

    SHA-256: 7a3d9206916909b2539057160d31a497a90f1940a399b96d15ce116e04c6872c

  • census2020-ri-blocks.json

    Role: census_blocks · Retrieved: 2026-09-27T20:49:30.104553+00:00

    SHA-256: f75f800a71eabdea8b4277e78d3df3c8e10497de562ecdb07d051bd89724dbe7

  • census2020-three-cities.geojson

    Role: census_places · Retrieved: 2026-09-27T20:49:20.264447+00:00

    SHA-256: a5ca0803b8fe94bbe07bec76bb3d05151baae58693c3b6c54ade2465567b9b2a

  • bdc_44_fixed_broadband_summary_by_geography_place_D25_15sep2026.csv.zip

    Role: place_summary · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:55:40.226415+00:00

    SHA-256: 53c737233bebc3a0548121bf66e28661c11d23628a3f55b06b076f7af91eb912

  • provider-list-catalog.json

    Role: provider_catalog · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:55:53.361091+00:00

    SHA-256: 5fcf3930fdbc3e15957b7a5eb450194032f7552282e8da513904e6ee89801e8b

  • bdc_us_provider_list_D25_15sep2026.csv.zip

    Role: provider_list · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:56:58.843415+00:00

    SHA-256: 3463a3eefbfce6b9987b510d717ccb04c2d6eb1f5fa2cf97a49448fbfd738a43

  • bdc_us_fixed_broadband_provider_summary_D25_15sep2026.csv.zip

    Role: provider_summary · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:55:46.681789+00:00

    SHA-256: 357fd27a779978b6457be6ec80627064a4d7331fb86349041b197a57c501aea1

  • state-fixed-catalog.json

    Role: state_catalog · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:54:45.689066+00:00

    SHA-256: bec65cd86a813de45a06e7ca4468a576498b2c838c38425f90ced4f64fbb34a6

  • summary-fixed-catalog.json

    Role: summary_catalog · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:54:52.004504+00:00

    SHA-256: ea5358a76a592ae19a43c9c8d4dfdfa885dc7783bb5c9c3b991e9c6af3d5cbfe

  • bdc_44_fixed_broadband_served_unserved_D25_15sep2026.csv.zip

    Role: universe · Retrieved: 2026-09-28T04:55:34.216723+00:00

    SHA-256: a1af7f29e9c71e5a9a6b09cfb52c89d0574a7a12d168800ba06a009d9559d4bc