Best Internet Providers in Arlington, Texas - CNET
If you’re shopping for internet service in Arlington, your first step should be to enter your address on AT&T’s website. Can you get its fiber internet service at your house? If the answer’s yes, your search is over. With ultrafast speeds and reasonable prices, AT&T Fiber is the best internet provider for most households in Arlington. If it’s not available at your address, both Spectrum and T-Mobile are passable, though imperfect, second choices.
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Our methodology
Our team considers speeds, pricing, customer service and overall value to recommend the best internet service in Arlington across various categories. Our evaluation includes spot-checking local addresses for service availability. We also do a close read of providers’ terms and conditions and, when needed, will call ISPs to verify the details.
Our process has some limitations though. Pricing and speed data are variable: Certain addresses may qualify for different tiers of service and monthly costs may vary, even within a city. The best way to identify your particular options is to plug your address into a provider’s website.
Note that the prices, speed and other information listed above and in the provider cards below may differ from what we found in our research. The cards display the full range of a provider’s pricing and speed across the US, according to our database of plan information provided directly by ISPs, while the text is specific to what’s available in Arlington. The prices referenced within this article’s text come from our research and include applicable discounts for setting up automatic payments each month — a standard industry offering. Other discounts and promotions might also be available for things like committing to a contract or bundling with a cellphone plan.
To learn more about how we review internet providers, visit our full methodology page.
Top internet providers in Arlington
The best internet providers offer fast speeds at affordable rates, and have a track record of satisfying customers. In Arlington, the lone ISP that checks all those boxes is AT&T Fiber.
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AT&T Fiber
Best internet provider in Arlington
Product details
AT&T Fiber isn’t just the best internet provider in Arlington — it’s one of the best in the country. CNET named AT&T Fiber the best fiber internet provider in our analysis of the best internet providers nationwide, and it also received the highest score of any ISP in the 2023 American Customer Satisfaction Index survey. AT&T’s 100% fiber-optic service delivers symmetrical upload and download speeds, making it an ideal choice for people who do a lot of online gaming and videoconferencing.
Availability: Though AT&T internet service is available to about 90% of addresses in Arlington, according to data from the Federal Communications Commission, some of those addresses are eligible only for the company’s slower DSL plans. If you check your address on AT&T’s website and see just one plan available (typically up to 50Mbps), take heed: That’s a DSL plan and you’re better off with Spectrum or T-Mobile.
Plans and pricing: AT&T Fiber offers five plans in Arlington, ranging from $55 to $250 per month for maximum download speeds of 300Mbps to 5Gbps (5,000Mbps).
Fees and service details: Equipment is included with every AT&T Fiber plan, and there are no data caps or contracts required. You can also save an extra $20 each month when you bundle with an eligible AT&T Wireless plan.
