Internet Providers in Seattle, WA
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Ziply Fiber is the fastest ISP in Seattle, with 10,000Mbps download speeds. The runner up is Xfinity, offering internet plans up to 1,200 Mbps.
One advantage Ziply Fiber has over Xfinity is its’ symmetrical speeds, meaning with 1,000Mbps download speeds, you also get 1,000Mbps upload speeds.
Two other fast ISPs in Seattle are CenturyLink and Astound Broadband with internet plans as fast as 940 Mbps.
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Ziply Fiber | 10,000 Mbps/10,000 Mbps | Fiber | View Plans |
Xfinity | 1,200 Mbps/35 Mbps | Cable | View Plans |
Astound Broadband | 1,200 Mbps/20 Mbps | Cable, Fiber | |
CenturyLink | 940 Mbps/940 Mbps | Fiber | View Plans |
Astound Broadband is the cheapest internet provider in Seattle. Its 100 Mbps internet plan costs just $19.95 per month, which is a great value. Xfinity is a close second with plans starting at $19.99 per month, but the Xfinity plan provides double the speed (200 Mbps) for nearly the same price.
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Astound Broadband | $25.00 | 100 Mbps | |
Xfinity | $25.00 | 200 Mbps | View Plans |
CenturyLink | $50.00 | Up to 100 Mbps | View Plans |
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CenturyLink, Ziply Fiber, and EarthLink provide fiber internet in Seattle. Ziply Fiber is the fastest, with plans up to 10,000 Mbps, but CenturyLink is still very fast with speeds up to 940 Mbps.
Fiber is the best internet connection you can get, with fast, symmetrical speeds and excellent reliability.
Ziply Fiber — Fiber speeds up to 10,000 Mbps
CenturyLink — Fiber speeds up to 940 Mbps
EarthLink — Fiber speeds up to 5,000 Mbps.
The best internet providers in Seattle are CenturyLink, Xfinity, and Astound Broadband.
Overall, Xfinity is the fastest internet provider in Seattle with speeds up to 1,200 Mbps. Xfinity offers a good variety of other internet plans in the Seattle area at lower speeds if you don’t need a gigabit (1,000 Mbps) connection.
CenturyLink is a fiber internet provider that’s widely available in the Seattle area with speeds up to 940 Mbps, but it also offers slower DSL service if fiber isn’t in your area.
is a cable and fiber internet provider available in northern Seattle—an area that’s often out of reach for CenturyLink. Astound Broadband offers speeds up to 5,000 Mbps. Like Xfinity and CenturyLink, Astound Broadband is also widely available across the Seattle area.
If you live in areas around Seattle where landlines don’t reach, Viasat and Hughesnet are your best options. Satellite internet generally delivers slower speeds than cable, or fiber (100 Mbps or less), but it’s an internet provider that’s available virtually everywhere in Seattle.
Provider | Type | Download speeds |
User rating | Order online |
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Ziply Fiber | Fiber | 50000 Mbps | 3.5/5 | View Plans for Ziply Fiber |
T-Mobile Home Internet | 5G Home | 245 Mbps | 4.0/5 | View Plans for T-Mobile Home Internet |
Xfinity | Cable | 2000 Mbps | 3.5/5 | View Plans for Xfinity |
Quantum Fiber | Fiber | 2000 Mbps | 4.1/5 | View Plans for Quantum Fiber |
Verizon Home Internet | 5G Home | 300 Mbps | 4/5 | View Plans for Verizon Home Internet |
Hughesnet | Satellite | 100 Mbps | 3/5 | View Plans for Hughesnet |
Viasat | Satellite | 150 Mbps | 3/5 | View Plans for Viasat |
ispMint | 5G Home | 5 Mbps | 4.5/5 | Link not provided |
Astound Broadband | Cable, DSL & Fiber | 1200 Mbps | 3.5/5 | Link not provided |
Salmon Bay Wireless | Fixed Wireless | 250 Mbps | N/A | Learn more about Salmon Bay Wireless |
Availability and speeds displayed are not guaranteed and are subject to change.
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DSL provides internet service via phone cables and is up to ten times faster than dial-up service.
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Cable provides internet speeds faster than DSL through the same cables used for cable TV.
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Satellite internet is widely available, but offers slower speeds due to a far-traveling signal.
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Fiber relies on glass strands to relay digital code and is much faster than both DSL and cable.
CenturyLink and Xfinity are both widely available in the city. For the second year in a row, Xfinity customers gave the highest speed ratings in our customer satisfaction survey. While CenturyLink received average ratings overall, its fiber internet scores knocked it out of the park.
Astound Broadband didn’t have the highest scores in the survey, but it’s still worth taking a look at. It offers gig speeds and smart home integration.
Home of Amazon, Microsoft, Tableau, Expedia, and hundreds of other tech companies, Seattle has several internet providers throughout the entire area.
In North Seattle, you can get the fastest internet service from CenturyLink and Xfinity. Neighborhoods in the Northwest (west of 1st Avenue NE) can get Viasat and Hughesnet.
People living near the University of Washington can get speeds up to 1,000 Mbps (1 gigabit) from CenturyLink—up to 1,200 Mbps with Xfinity.
CenturyLink and Xfinity are the main internet providers in Magnolia, Queen Ann, and South Lake Union neighborhoods of Seattle. You can also get satellite service from Hughesnet or Viasat.
Astound Broadband, CenturyLink, and Xfinity all compete for the title of best internet in the Central Seattle area. These providers offer varying speeds and packages from 10 Mbps to 1,200 Mbps.
Xfinity and Astound Broadband offer cable and fiber internet service to the downtown Seattle area. CenturyLink also offers internet in the downtown area and in the Chinatown-International District, but those areas have much slower speeds than other neighborhoods.
If you live just south of downtown (SoDo) or in the historic Georgetown area, you can choose from Astound Broadband, Xfinity, CenturyLink, Viasat, or Hughesnet.
There are several good internet options in the neighborhoods east of the 5 and south of the 90. South Seattleites can choose from Xfinity, Astound Broadband, and CenturyLink, all of which offer gigabit speeds. Astound Broadband comes in first among that bunch as the lowest price for a 940 Mbps connection. Xfinity costs more, but its Gigabit plan speeds up to 1,200 Mbps.
In West Seattle, CenturyLink, Astound Broadband, and Xfinity all offer gigabit speeds. Viasat and Hughesnet also offer satellite internet service in the area.
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“I have enjoyed the high speed internet from Wave Broadband because of the speed! The service has been fine. The only problem that I have experienced is the high cost!”
–J. Andree
Xfinity, CenturyLink, and Wave Broadband are the top internet providers in available in the Seattle metro area. Ziply Fiber is also available in Seattle but its service area is small. See all your internet options by using our zip tool.
Viasat and HughesNet are satellite internet alternatives if you live in rural Seattle areas where landlines can’t reach, or if you’re unhappy with the other land-based options.
Internet plans in Seattle cost $30 to $300 per month.
CenturyLink offers plans up to 940 Mbps in the Seattle area. The Simply Unlimited Internet plan is a DSL internet service with speeds up to 100 Mbps. There are two CenturyLink internet plans—a 100 Mbps DSL plan and a gigabit plan that uses fiber to deliver up to 940 Mbps.
Xfinity internet plans in Seattle start at $30.00 per month for 75 Mbps, and go up to $79.99 for the Gigabit plan, which is 1,200 Mbps.* A popular mid-range plan is the Superfast plan that provides 600 Mbps for $59.99 per month, which includes unlimited access to the Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspot network.*
*For the first 12 months with a 1-year agreement. Includes $10/mo automatic payments and paperless billing discount.
Start by installing the Xfinity app (from Comcast Cable Communications) from the App Store or Google Play. Once you install the app, do the following:
Step 1: Enter your username and password. Be sure to save the password, so you don’t have to reenter it every time you use a hotspot.
Step 2: Navigate to the Connect tab and tap Xfinity WiFi Hotspots
The app will show you a map of all nearby Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots.
Step 3: Once you find a nearby hotspot and are in range, connect to the network named xfinitywifi in your Wi-Fi settings.
Step 4: A browser page should automatically appear. Enter your Xfinity username and password.
If you want to see where the Xfinity hotspots are in your area before you sign up, you can check out the Xfinity hotspot map.
Ziply Fiber is the best internet provider in the Seattle area due to its fast speeds, low rates, and customer-friendly policy. Ziply’s Internet Gig plan is one of the cheapest plans in the nation, providing 1,000Mbps symmetrical speeds for just $50 per month. On top of that, you get unlimited data, no term contract, and the installation is free.
Ziply Fiber also offers a few extremely affordable internet plans, with high-quality fiber-optic connections available for as little as $20 per month.
If you can’t get Ziply Fiber, Quantum Fiber is an excellent alternative that also brings the benefits of fiber internet while providing a lot of internet speed for the money. If you don’t have access to any fiber providers, Xfinity’s cable internet is the next-best option, with fast speeds and good reliability.
Xfinity is the best budget ISP in Seattle. Its Connect plan provides 150Mbps download speeds for just $20 per month; it’s the best cheap internet plan in the Seattle area. Ziply Fiber also offers a good budget plan for $20 per month. At 100Mbps, the speeds aren’t as fast as Xfinity’s Connect plan, but Ziply makes up for it with unlimited data and faster upload speeds. You can’t go wrong with either choice.
Ziply Fiber is the fastest provider in the Seattle area with plans reaching up to 6Gbps of symmetrical speed. That’s certainly more bandwidth than you can use, but Ziply Fiber also has one of the cheapest gigabit plans out there: Its Fiber Gig plan delivers 1,000Mbps symmetrical speeds for only $50 per month.
Verizon’s fixed-wireless service has the widest coverage area in Seattle. Fixed-wireless services like Verizon’s use cell towers to deliver internet signal to your home, allowing for enormous coverage areas.
Xfinity and Quantum Fiber coverage areas are a close second to Verizon; both are widely available throughout the Seattle area.
Seattle provides free Wi-Fi via access points at many public locations, including libraries and community centers. Use the interactive map and search tool on the Seattle government website to find free Wi-Fi near you.
Another approach is to choose an internet provider, like Xfinity, that includes Wi-Fi hotspot access with its internet plans.
A good internet connection is one that you hardly notice as it works in the background to keep all your online activity running smoothly. If you regularly experience interruptions in your streaming, browsing, and downloading, chances are your internet plan isn’t adequate.
We recommend checking your internet speeds with our speed test. If you’re not sure how much internet speed you need, use our How Much Internet Speed Do I Need tool to estimate your household’s bandwidth needs. Lastly, use our zip code search tool to compare your plan speeds and prices to other plans in your area.
Lindsey W | 01-29-2025
Had the company come and install, which after the service was available, was quick. Internet speeds started off great, but over the last 6 months it's declined. Constantly dropped connections, slow speeds. I work from home and at least once a day my connection is lost for about 5 to 10 mins during my workday. Incredibly frustrating. We often switch to use our mobile data on our phones since the internet is unstable. We switched from Tmobile's internet and it's about the same, if not worse with connection speeds. Not sure there are good options out there.
Was this review helpful?Bridget W | 08-30-2024
Crappy internet and they hike your monthly cost astronomically every few months. Stay away if you can.
Was this review helpful?David P | 07-09-2024
Foolishly agreed to switch phone service from Verizon to Xfinity while dealing with home internet problems. Was not told by agent about outages in our area. Spent day after day for week never to actually get service. When attempted switch back to Verizon that requires a transfer Pin. Standard way is to get text message. My phone would not get texts. In store agent gave phone number to call. Had to go back next night where agent was on hold for over hour to finally give transfer pin only works for 4 hours. Not enough time contact Verizon since got number at 6:15 pm. Went back into store again two days later. Incorrect IMEI number was in my Xfinity account. When attempted to get set back up with Verizon - Xfinity has days of where not able to just switch back to other provider. Now stuck where having trouble activating Verizon account again. Entire experience has been stressful and negative for now past week. Have talked to easily around 20 different agents or so and can not recommend this company if better options available.
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