Wifi Providers in Rhode Island
Rhode Island Wifi Providers
Compare Home Wifi Options in Rhode Island
The largest number of providers offer service in larger urban centers like the Providence-Warwick area. Other providers specialize in serving smaller communities and rural areas. Use our comparison form to check availability of home wifi plans for a specific service address or narrow your search by selecting a more specific location from the options below.
Rhode Island Metro Areas (1)
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Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
Rhode Island Counties (5)
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Bristol
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Kent
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Newport
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Providence
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Washington
Rhode Island Cities and Towns (70)
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Adamsville Albion Ashaway
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Barrington Block Island Bradford Bristol
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Carolina Central Falls Charlestown Chepachet Clayville Coventry Cranston Cumberland
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East Greenwich East Providence Exeter
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Fiskeville Forestdale Foster
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Glendale Greene Greenville
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Harmony Harrisville Hope Hope Valley Hopkinton
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Jamestown Johnston
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Kenyon Kingston
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Lincoln Little Compton
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Manville Mapleville Middletown
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Narragansett Newport North Kingstown North Providence North Scituate North Smithfield
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Oakland
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Pascoag Pawtucket Peace Dale Portsmouth Providence Prudence Island
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Riverside Rockville Rumford
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Saunderstown Shannock Slatersville Slocum Smithfield
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Tiverton
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Wakefield Warren Warwick West Greenwich West Kingston West Warwick Westerly Wood River Junction Woonsocket Wyoming
Service Availability in Rhode Island
Wifi service is available to 98% of residences in Rhode Island, but the coverage drops to 97% if you only include plans with speeds of at least 100 Mbps. Connections with download speeds of 1000 Mbps (1.0 Gbps) or more are available to only 27% of households.
Mobile wireless is available to 65% of residences in Rhode Island, with 5G coverage available to 74% of households. Satellite internet is generally available everywhere.
Cox offer the highest coverage in the state in terms of availability per household, while HughesNet, Starlink, Viasat, Verizon and T-Mobile US offer the highest wireless (including satellite) coverage in the state in terms of availability per household.
Cox, Verizon and Starlink are the fastest providers in Rhode Island, but their highest downloads speeds are not available everywhere in the state. A summary of the fastest providers and their top speeds is shown below.
Statewide coverage by technology and speed.
Fastest Providers in Rhode Island
The listed download speeds are the highest offered by each of the fastest providers in Rhode Island. The state coverage is their overall availability percentage for households in the state at any speed and the list is limited to companies with more than 2% overall coverage on a statewide basis. Most wifi providers do not offer their fastest speeds in all parts of their coverage area in the state. Try using our Comparison Form for a more accurate picture of what's available in your area.
Wired Internet Options in Rhode Island
Traditional telephone companies and TV service providers are the primary providers of wired broadband internet in Rhode Island and many other regions. In larger metropolitan areas, internet providers often offer gigabit speeds and utilize fiber optic infrastructure. However, in smaller towns and rural areas, the infrastructure predominantly consists of copper lines. Maximum speeds on older networks is high as less than 10 Mbps for cable and less than 10 Mbps for DSL. In select areas with fiber, connection speeds are as high as 2.0 Gbps. The top providers's in Rhode Island include Cox.
Among cable, DSL and fiber internet providers, these companies offer the best coverage in Rhode Island on a state-wide basis and in the cities where they operate.
Top Wireless and Satellite Internet Providers in Rhode Island
Satellite internet service is available as long as the user has an unobstructed view of the sky, but in some areas, where satellite subscriber rates are already at capacity, service may be not be available. Fixed and mobile wifi coverage depends on the density and location of ground-based infrastructure.