Best Internet Providers in Cincinnati, IA
All 6 providers, ranked by coverage, speed and customer ratings
Find internet availability by address in Cincinnati, IA
Cincinnati has 6 internet service providers, they are sorted by coverage, available speed, and customer rating from our unbiased internet provider report. Fiber, DSL, and Fixed Wireless internet are available in the city. Reviews are grouped by provider and the type of service they offer, covering all 3 available internet technologies in Cincinnati.
Ranks compare Cincinnati with the 31,388 US places under 1,000 people, the tiers of our fastest-cities rankings.
The Best Internet in Cincinnati, IA at a Glance
Cincinnati Internet Providers, Ranked by Coverage, Speed and Customer Ratings
Windstream
Connection
Customer Rating
Fiber
DSL
Fixed Wireless
Farmers Telephone Cooperative
Connection
Customer Rating
Fiber
BST Wifi
Connection
Customer Rating
Fixed Wireless
Rise Broadband
Connection
Customer Rating
Fixed Wireless
Providers with less than 1% coverage in this city are excluded from the list. To see if one of these providers is available at your home, please use the address search above.
Speed and technology may vary by address for all providers. Please note we may have a financial relationship with some of the providers above, which does not impact the customer ratings displayed. Customer ratings listed above are national ratings, local Cincinnati ratings may vary and are shown below.
Who is the Best Internet Provider in Cincinnati, IA?
T-Mobile Home Internet is the best internet provider in Cincinnati based on Iowa customer satisfaction ratings and reviews. Based on our extensive and unbiased survey, T-Mobile Home Internet had the best reviews at the local, state, and national levels versus all available providers in Cincinnati, making it a solid recommendation among providers with reviews. T-Mobile Home Internet is an option for 51.85% of the city.
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Which Providers are Available at my Home in Cincinnati?
Coverage changes block by block. Pick a provider and a technology to see where its service reaches: the darker the area, the larger the share of homes it covers. For your exact address, use the address search above.
Coverage map for each provider in Cincinnati
- Farmers Telephone Cooperative - fiber coverage map
- Liberty Communications - fixed wireless coverage map
- BST Wifi - fixed wireless coverage map
- Windstream - dsl coverage map
- Windstream - fiber coverage map
- Rise Broadband - fixed wireless coverage map
- T-Mobile Home Internet - fixed wireless coverage map
- Windstream - fixed wireless coverage map
How Cincinnati Compares to Places Its Size
Cincinnati's report card score is in the bottom 35% and its connectivity index is in the bottom 36%.
| Measure | Cincinnati | Rank among US places under 1,000 people | Appanoose County | Iowa | US | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISP Report Card inputs: what providers offer here | ||||||
| Fiber availability | 49.6% | bottom 41% | 86.3% | 84.3% | 71.5% | 6,946 places at 100.0% |
| Average top speed | 698 Mbps | bottom 26% | 1,324 Mbps | 3,256 Mbps | 3,486 Mbps | Fairmount, TN and Falling Water, TN and 5 more (25,000 Mbps) |
| Providers at a typical address | 4.7 | top 40% | 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.1 | Los Prados, PR (15.1) |
| Connectivity index inputs: how much households need and use the internet | ||||||
| People per household | 2.8 | top 15% | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Paguate, NM (13.4) |
| Workers who work from home | 9% | top 47% | 9% | 12% | 15% | Boys Town, NE (100%) |
| Homes with a computer, tablet or phone | 87% | bottom 20% | 91% | 95% | 96% | 1,494 places at 100% |
| Homes with internet | 77% | bottom 18% | 84% | 89% | 91% | 370 places at 100% |
| Homes on fiber, cable or DSL | 50% | bottom 35% | 56% | 72% | 76% | 23 places at 100% |
| More about the households here | ||||||
| Homes with a desktop or laptop | 65% | bottom 31% | 68% | 78% | 81% | 72 places at 100% |
| Median household income | $61,866 | bottom 34% | $58,778 | $82,468 | $93,246 | 22 places at $250,001 |
| Residents in school (6th grade to college) | 9% | bottom 29% | 11% | 16% | 16% | University at Buffalo, NY (100%) |
Fiber reaches 49.6% of homes in Cincinnati, against 86.3% across Appanoose County and 84.3% across Iowa. Households in Cincinnati are larger than the US average (2.8 people against 2.7); 9% of workers work from home (US 15%); and the median household income is $61,866 (US $93,246).
Our demographic data is sourced from the latest 5-year release of the American Community Survey by the US Census Bureau.
Fiber, 5G, Cable and DSL Internet in Cincinnati
Which Fiber Internet Providers are Available in Cincinnati?
Farmers Telephone Cooperative Fiber in Cincinnati, IA
Availability:
49.6%
Customer Rating:
(1)
Avg. Download Speed
1,000 Mbps
Farmers Telephone Cooperative offers Fiber service to 49.6% of Cincinnati homes. Across the city, Farmers Telephone Cooperative Fiber is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 1,000 Mbps
Windstream Fiber in Cincinnati, IA
Availability:
4.1%
Customer Rating:
(40)
Avg. Download Speed
2,000 Mbps
Windstream offers Fiber service to 4.1% of Cincinnati homes. Across the city, Windstream Fiber has speeds up to 2,000 Mbps
Which Fixed Wireless and LTE Internet Providers are Available in Cincinnati?
BST Wifi Fixed Wireless in Cincinnati, IA
Availability:
98.7%
Customer Rating:
(0)
Avg. Download Speed
88 Mbps
BST Wifi offers Fixed Wireless service to 98.7% of Cincinnati homes. Across the city, BST Wifi Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 88 Mbps, with speeds from 25 Mpbs up to 100 Mbps depending on the address. Upload speeds differ from download speeds, and are as low 3.0 and as high as 25, with an average of 21 Mbps throughout the city.
Rise Broadband Fixed Wireless in Cincinnati, IA
Availability:
96.7%
Customer Rating:
(15)
Avg. Download Speed
42 Mbps
Rise Broadband offers Fixed Wireless service to 96.7% of Cincinnati homes. Across the city, Rise Broadband Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 42 Mbps, with speeds from 25 Mpbs up to 50 Mbps depending on the address. Upload speeds differ from download speeds, and are as low 5.0 and as high as 10, with an average of 8.3 Mbps throughout the city.
Liberty Communications Fixed Wireless in Cincinnati, IA
Availability:
90.2%
Customer Rating:
(0)
Avg. Download Speed
382 Mbps
Liberty Communications offers Fixed Wireless service to 90.2% of Cincinnati homes. Across the city, Liberty Communications Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 382 Mbps, with speeds from 100 Mpbs up to 500 Mbps depending on the address. Upload speeds differ from download speeds, and are as low 50 and as high as 200, with an average of 156 Mbps throughout the city.
T-Mobile Home Internet Fixed Wireless in Cincinnati, IA
Availability:
51.8%
Customer Rating:
(342)
Avg. Download Speed
28 Mbps
T-Mobile Home Internet offers Fixed Wireless service to 51.8% of Cincinnati homes. Across the city, T-Mobile Home Internet Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 28 Mbps, with speeds from 25 Mpbs up to 100 Mbps depending on the address. Upload speeds differ from download speeds, and are as low 3.0 and as high as 20, with an average of 3.6 Mbps throughout the city.
Windstream Fixed Wireless in Cincinnati, IA
Availability:
5.1%
Customer Rating:
(4)
Avg. Download Speed
38 Mbps
Windstream offers Fixed Wireless service to 5.1% of Cincinnati homes. Across the city, Windstream Fixed Wireless has speeds up to 38 Mbps, with speeds from 25 Mpbs up to 50 Mbps depending on the address. Upload speeds differ from download speeds, and are as low 4.0 and as high as 5.0, with an average of 4.5 Mbps throughout the city.
Which Cable Internet Providers are Available in Cincinnati?
According to the most recently submitted data by internet service providers to the FCC, there are currently no cable providers available in Cincinnati, IA.
Which DSL Internet Providers are Available in Cincinnati?
Windstream DSL in Cincinnati, IA
Availability:
72.2%
Customer Rating:
(52)
Avg. Download Speed
118 Mbps
Windstream offers DSL service to 72.2% of Cincinnati homes. Across the city, Windstream DSL has speeds up to 118 Mbps, with speeds from 10 Mpbs up to 200 Mbps depending on the address. Upload speeds differ from download speeds, and are as low 1.0 and as high as 20, with an average of 14 Mbps throughout the city. Windstream DSL is rated higher than other types of internet service available in Cincinnati from Windstream in terms of customer satisfaction.
Internet in Cincinnati by Neighborhood and ZIP Code
Cincinnati has 1 ZIP code with its own page. Each row links to that place’s page.
Neighborhoods in Cincinnati
| Neighborhood | People | Homes with fiber | Average top speed | Providers at a typical address | Report card | Connectivity |
|---|
ZIP codes in Cincinnati
| ZIP code | People | Homes with fiber | Average top speed | Providers at a typical address | Report card | Connectivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52549 | 645 | 51.0% | 684 Mbps | 4.7 | C- | 32/100 |
How Cincinnati Compares to Nearby Places
The 10 places nearest to Cincinnati that have their own pages are all within 10 miles, 2 of them in Missouri. Among them, Unionville, MO has the most homes with fiber (99.9%) and Seymour the fewest (56.7%); Cincinnati has 49.6%.
| Place | People | Homes with fiber | Average top speed | Providers at a typical address | Report card | Connectivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati (this page) | 704 | 49.6% | 698 Mbps | 4.7 | C- | 33/100 |
| Centerville | 6,368 | 88.3% | 1,514 Mbps | 7.4 | B | 32/100 |
| Unionville, MO | 2,923 | 99.9% | 1,000 Mbps | 3.2 | C+ | 41/100 |
| Seymour | 1,170 | 56.7% | 612 Mbps | 4.3 | D+ | 22/100 |
| Exline | 421 | 99.3% | 1,325 Mbps | 5.3 | B | 22/100 |
| Thirty | 168 | 100.0% | 1,000 Mbps | 7 | B+ | 37/100 |
| Numa | 148 | 68.9% | 720 Mbps | 4.8 | C- | 38/100 |
| Jerome | 115 | 53.0% | 887 Mbps | 4.9 | C- | 38/100 |
| Omaha, MO | 112 | 100.0% | 1,000 Mbps | 1.6 | C | 34/100 |
| Darbyville | 60 | 100.0% | 1,000 Mbps | 8 | B+ | 44/100 |
| Sunshine | 32 | 75.0% | 1,000 Mbps | 7 | B- | 39/100 |
Who is the Fastest Internet Provider in Cincinnati?
According to unbiased feedback from real internet customers, they reported being happiest with speeds provided by Windstream. On the other hand, based on data provided by the internet providers to the FCC, Farmers Telephone Cooperative should have faster speeds at a local level. While we typically put more weight on real-world customer ratings, we display both satisfaction and technical maximum information for customers to decide for themselves.
Data Reported to FCC by ISPs: Average Maximum Available in Cincinnati
| Windstream | 2,000 |
|---|---|
| Farmers Telephone Cooperative | 1,000 |
| Liberty Communications | 500 |
| BST Wifi | 100 |
| Viasat | 100 |
| T-Mobile Home Internet | 100 |
| Rise Broadband | 50 |
| HughesNet | 25 |
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Customer Ratings for Cincinnati Internet Providers
Based on 8 reviews from Iowa internet customers, T-Mobile Home Internet is the best internet service provider for Cincinnati residents. T-Mobile Home Internet was rated at an average of 4.40 out of 5 in our report for overall customer satisfaction. Windstream wins for second-place in Iowa, with 4.33 out of 5 stars and 77.3% coverage in Cincinnati.
At a national level, based on 460 national reviews for any of the providers listed above, T-Mobile Home Internet is rated higher than any other provider, with a rating of 4.02 out of 5.
Local, State, and National Ratings for all Cincinnati Internet Providers
The table below shows average customer ratings from customers in Cincinnati, Iowa, and customers throughout the country.
| ISP / Tech Type | Cincinnati Overall | Iowa Overall | National Overall | For Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile Home Internet | (0) |  (5) | (342) | View Plans | ||
| Windstream | (0) | (3) |  (99) | View Plans | ||
| HughesNet | (0) | (0) |  (25) | View Plans | ||
| Farmers Telephone Cooperative | (0) | (0) | (1) | View Plans | ||
| Rise Broadband | (0) | (0) | (18) | View Plans | ||
| Viasat | (0) | (0) |  (12) | View Plans | ||
| BST Wifi | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Liberty Communications | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans |
Customer Ratings for Internet Provider Speeds in Cincinnati
Based on data reported by Cincinnati ISPs to the FCC, the fastest speeds in the city are available through Farmers Telephone Cooperative. The company offers speeds up to 1,000 Mbps in Cincinnati. Therefore, the average customer can get up to 1,000 Mbps if they’re willing to purchase the fastest subscription tier available at their homes.
However, actual customers rated their satisfaction with internet speed highest with Windstream. This indicates Windstream reliably delivers speeds expected by the customer based on the plan they are paying for.
| ISP / Tech Type | Cincinnati Speed | Iowa Speed | National Speed | For Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windstream | (0) | (3) | (99) | View Plans | ||
| T-Mobile Home Internet | (0) | (5) | (342) | View Plans | ||
| HughesNet | (0) | (0) | (25) | View Plans | ||
| Farmers Telephone Cooperative | (0) | (0) | (1) | View Plans | ||
| Rise Broadband | (0) | (0) | (18) | View Plans | ||
| Viasat | (0) | (0) | (12) | View Plans | ||
| BST Wifi | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Liberty Communications | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans |
Who is the Cheapest Internet Provider in Cincinnati?
Of the providers in Cincinnati, customers rate T-Mobile Home Internet the best for price. Data comes from customers rating their satisfaction with pricing: in Cincinnati where enough of them have reviewed a provider, otherwise across Iowa or the country. This feedback is valuable because it considers price changes and whether the speeds paid for are worth it.
T-Mobile Home Internet is rated 4.00 out of 5 for price, which is higher than the average across all internet providers in the country. Windstream is rated second for affordability, with an average price rating of 3.33 out of 5.
The table below shows how customers in Cincinnati, Iowa, and the United States rated the affordability of their internet service.
Rated Affordability in Cincinnati
| ISP / Tech Type | Cincinnati Affordability | Iowa Affordability | National Affordability | For Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile Home Internet | (0) | (5) | (342) | View Plans | ||
| Windstream | (0) | (3) | (99) | View Plans | ||
| HughesNet | (0) | (0) | (25) | View Plans | ||
| Farmers Telephone Cooperative | (0) | (0) | (1) | View Plans | ||
| Rise Broadband | (0) | (0) | (18) | View Plans | ||
| Viasat | (0) | (0) | (12) | View Plans | ||
| BST Wifi | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Liberty Communications | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans |
Customer Reviews for Internet Service Providers in Iowa
Customer Reviews
Steve S.
ImOn Communications Fiber
November 04, 2026 Install was sloppy, wire hanging inside and outside. My main issue was the price kept increasing. The customer support took over a hour to speak to someone and then another hour of testing before they would isue replacement equipment.
ISPReports User
Metronet Fiber
October 14, 2026 great
Tim W
ImOn Communications Fiber
October 08, 2026 Poor signal strength intermittent speeds and I need the signal I pay for
Diane
Comelec Internet Services
September 01, 2026 Great so far. Brian Evans did a great job. Give him a 5
ISPReports User
Partner Communications Cooperative Fiber
July 01, 2026 awful. the key advantage of fiber technology is symmetrical upload and download speeds - fiber optic with pcctel is unreliable and awful. rarely have had symmetrical speeds with this service do NOT recommend pcctel
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Which ISP Should You Choose in Cincinnati?
The right ISP for you depends upon your needs, but in general we can make the following suggestions:
- The best all-around internet service provider in Cincinnati is T-Mobile Home Internet.
- The fastest internet provider should be Farmers Telephone Cooperative. Considering speed for the money and reliability in speeds, Windstream may be a better choice based on real-world local customer feedback.
- The most affordable internet provider in Cincinnati is T-Mobile Home Internet.
- Viasat, HughesNet, and BST Wifi has the broadest coverage in Cincinnati, available to 98.7% of homes, and is most likely to cover your home. To find out exactly what’s available at your home, please use our address search tool.