Best Internet Providers in Gays, IL
All 12 providers, ranked by coverage, speed and customer ratings
Find internet availability by address in Gays, IL
Gays has 12 internet service providers, they are sorted by coverage, available speed, and customer rating from our unbiased internet provider report. Fiber, Cable, DSL, and Fixed Wireless internet are available in the city. Reviews are grouped by provider and the type of service they offer, covering all 4 available internet technologies in Gays.
Ranks compare Gays with the 31,388 US places under 1,000 people, the tiers of our fastest-cities rankings.
The Best Internet in Gays, IL at a Glance
Gays Internet Providers, Ranked by Coverage, Speed and Customer Ratings
Fidium
Connection
Customer Rating
DSL
Mediacom
Connection
Customer Rating
Cable
EarthLink
Connection
Customer Rating
Fixed Wireless
GigFire
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 Gays ratings may vary and are shown below.
Who is the Best Internet Provider in Gays, IL?
T-Mobile Home Internet is the best internet provider in Gays based on Illinois 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 Gays, making it a solid recommendation among providers with reviews. T-Mobile Home Internet is an option for 62.98% of the city.
Click here to get T-Mobile Home Internet
or call 1-833-601-2935
Which Providers are Available at my Home in Gays?
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 Gays
- Nextlink - fixed wireless coverage map
- Mediacom - cable coverage map
- Verizon - fixed wireless coverage map
- Fidium - dsl coverage map
- Seamless Fiber Innovations - fiber coverage map
- GigFire - fixed wireless coverage map
- Shawnee Communications - fixed wireless coverage map
- AT&T - fixed wireless coverage map
- EarthLink - fixed wireless coverage map
- T-Mobile Home Internet - fixed wireless coverage map
- Community Fiber Solutions - fixed wireless coverage map
- PWR-net - fixed wireless coverage map
How Gays Compares to Places Its Size
Gays's report card score is in the bottom 44% and its connectivity index is in the bottom 7%.
| Measure | Gays | Rank among US places under 1,000 people | Moultrie County | Illinois | US | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISP Report Card inputs: what providers offer here | ||||||
| Fiber availability | 15.6% | bottom 29% | 77.7% | 47.6% | 71.5% | 6,946 places at 100.0% |
| Average top speed | 727 Mbps | bottom 27% | 5,009 Mbps | 3,187 Mbps | 3,486 Mbps | Fairmount, TN and Falling Water, TN and 5 more (25,000 Mbps) |
| Providers at a typical address | 6.7 | top 13% | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.1 | Los Prados, PR (15.1) |
| Connectivity index inputs: how much households need and use the internet | ||||||
| People per household | 2.3 | bottom 36% | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | Paguate, NM (13.4) |
| Workers who work from home | 2% | bottom 8% | 6% | 16% | 15% | Boys Town, NE (100%) |
| Homes with a computer, tablet or phone | 88% | bottom 24% | 89% | 95% | 96% | 1,494 places at 100% |
| Homes with internet | 86% | top 50% | 81% | 91% | 91% | 370 places at 100% |
| Homes on fiber, cable or DSL | 44% | bottom 25% | 56% | 75% | 76% | 23 places at 100% |
| More about the households here | ||||||
| Homes with a desktop or laptop | 73% | top 47% | 65% | 81% | 81% | 72 places at 100% |
| Median household income | $70,421 | top 50% | $80,187 | $95,616 | $93,246 | 22 places at $250,001 |
| Residents in school (6th grade to college) | 9% | bottom 29% | 12% | 16% | 16% | University at Buffalo, NY (100%) |
Fiber reaches 15.6% of homes in Gays, against 77.7% across Moultrie County and 47.6% across Illinois. Households in Gays are smaller than the US average (2.3 people against 2.7); 2% of workers work from home (US 15%); and the median household income is $70,421 (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 Gays
Which Fiber Internet Providers are Available in Gays?
Seamless Fiber Innovations Fiber in Gays, IL
Availability:
15.6%
Customer Rating:
(0)
Avg. Download Speed
1,000 Mbps
Seamless Fiber Innovations offers Fiber service to 15.6% of Gays homes. Across the city, Seamless Fiber Innovations Fiber is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 1,000 Mbps
Which Fixed Wireless and LTE Internet Providers are Available in Gays?
GigFire Fixed Wireless in Gays, IL
Availability:
98.7%
Customer Rating:
(1)
Avg. Download Speed
149 Mbps
GigFire offers Fixed Wireless service to 98.7% of Gays homes. Across the city, GigFire Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 149 Mbps, with speeds from 100 Mpbs up to 150 Mbps depending on the address. Upload speeds differ from download speeds, and are as low 20 and as high as 130, with an average of 127 Mbps throughout the city.
Verizon Fixed Wireless in Gays, IL
Availability:
93.2%
Customer Rating:
(362)
Avg. Download Speed
263 Mbps
Verizon offers Fixed Wireless service to 93.2% of Gays homes. Across the city, Verizon Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 263 Mbps, with speeds from 25 Mpbs up to 300 Mbps depending on the address. Upload speeds differ from download speeds, and are as low 6.0 and as high as 20, with an average of 18 Mbps throughout the city.
Nextlink Fixed Wireless in Gays, IL
Availability:
93.1%
Customer Rating:
(14)
Avg. Download Speed
570 Mbps
Nextlink offers Fixed Wireless service to 93.1% of Gays homes. Across the city, Nextlink Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 570 Mbps, with speeds from 200 Mpbs up to 1,000 Mbps depending on the address. Upload speeds differ from download speeds, and are as low 100 and as high as 500, with an average of 245 Mbps throughout the city.
EarthLink Fixed Wireless in Gays, IL
Availability:
63.9%
Customer Rating:
(4)
Avg. Download Speed
25 Mbps
EarthLink offers Fixed Wireless service to 63.9% of Gays homes. Across the city, EarthLink Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 25 Mbps
AT&T Fixed Wireless in Gays, IL
Availability:
63.9%
Customer Rating:
(205)
Avg. Download Speed
25 Mbps
AT&T offers Fixed Wireless service to 63.9% of Gays homes. Across the city, AT&T Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 25 Mbps
T-Mobile Home Internet Fixed Wireless in Gays, IL
Availability:
63.0%
Customer Rating:
(342)
Avg. Download Speed
25 Mbps
T-Mobile Home Internet offers Fixed Wireless service to 63.0% of Gays homes. Across the city, T-Mobile Home Internet Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 25 Mbps
Shawnee Communications Fixed Wireless in Gays, IL
Availability:
45.3%
Customer Rating:
(0)
Avg. Download Speed
100 Mbps
Shawnee Communications offers Fixed Wireless service to 45.3% of Gays homes. Across the city, Shawnee Communications Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 100 Mbps
PWR-net Fixed Wireless in Gays, IL
Availability:
8.4%
Customer Rating:
(0)
Avg. Download Speed
10 Mbps
PWR-net offers Fixed Wireless service to 8.4% of Gays homes. Across the city, PWR-net Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 10 Mbps
Community Fiber Solutions Fixed Wireless in Gays, IL
Availability:
8.1%
Customer Rating:
(0)
Avg. Download Speed
100 Mbps
Community Fiber Solutions (CFS) offers Fixed Wireless service to 8.1% of Gays homes. Across the city, Community Fiber Solutions Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 100 Mbps
Which Cable Internet Providers are Available in Gays?
Mediacom Cable in Gays, IL
Availability:
33.8%
Customer Rating:
(82)
Avg. Download Speed
1,000 Mbps
Mediacom offers Cable service to 33.8% of Gays homes. Across the city, Mediacom Cable is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 1,000 Mbps
Which DSL Internet Providers are Available in Gays?
Fidium DSL in Gays, IL
Availability:
81.1%
Customer Rating:
(18)
Avg. Download Speed
217 Mbps
Fidium Fiber offers DSL service to 81.1% of Gays homes. Across the city, Fidium DSL is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 217 Mbps, with speeds from 10 Mpbs up to 500 Mbps depending on the address. Upload speeds differ from download speeds, and are as low 1.0 and as high as 75, with an average of 33 Mbps throughout the city.
Internet in Gays by Neighborhood and ZIP Code
Gays has 1 ZIP code with its own page. Each row links to that place’s page.
Neighborhoods in Gays
| Neighborhood | People | Homes with fiber | Average top speed | Providers at a typical address | Report card | Connectivity |
|---|
ZIP codes in Gays
| ZIP code | People | Homes with fiber | Average top speed | Providers at a typical address | Report card | Connectivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61928 | 580 | 17.2% | 740 Mbps | 6.5 | C- | 16/100 |
How Gays Compares to Nearby Places
The 10 places nearest to Gays that have their own pages are all within 10 miles. Among them, Windsor Shelby County has the most homes with fiber (84.1%) and Neoga the fewest (76.6%); Gays has 15.6%.
| Place | People | Homes with fiber | Average top speed | Providers at a typical address | Report card | Connectivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gays (this page) | 678 | 15.6% | 727 Mbps | 6.7 | C- | 17/100 |
| Mattoon | 19,951 | 82.7% | 1,783 Mbps | 6.7 | B | 40/100 |
| Neoga | 2,666 | 76.6% | 967 Mbps | 6.9 | C+ | 45/100 |
| Windsor Shelby County | 1,425 | 84.1% | 6,250 Mbps | 7.2 | B+ | 28/100 |
| Strasburg | 949 | 58.6% | 4,649 Mbps | 6.4 | B- | 39/100 |
| Bruce | 442 | 29.0% | 2,426 Mbps | 5.4 | C+ | 30/100 |
| Trilla | 387 | 0.0% | 871 Mbps | 5.5 | D+ | 39/100 |
| Trowbridge | 339 | 22.1% | 620 Mbps | 5.7 | C- | 36/100 |
| Magnet | 323 | 47.4% | 942 Mbps | 7.1 | C+ | 61/100 |
| Paradise | 216 | 72.2% | 880 Mbps | 6.5 | C+ | 30/100 |
| Allenville | 132 | 0.0% | 258 Mbps | 3.6 | D- | 39/100 |
Who is the Fastest Internet Provider in Gays?
According to unbiased feedback from real internet customers, they reported being happiest with speeds provided by T-Mobile Home Internet. On the other hand, based on data provided by the internet providers to the FCC, Mediacom 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 Gays
| Nextlink | 1,000 |
|---|---|
| Mediacom | 1,000 |
| Seamless Fiber Innovations | 1,000 |
| Fidium Fiber | 500 |
| Verizon | 300 |
| GigFire | 150 |
| Viasat | 100 |
| Shawnee Communications | 100 |
| Community Fiber Solutions (CFS) | 100 |
| HughesNet | 25 |
| AT&T | 25 |
| EarthLink | 25 |
| T-Mobile Home Internet | 25 |
| PWR-net | 10 |
How fast is your internet?
Test your connection here and see it next to the speeds providers advertise in Gays. It takes about 20 seconds and, on a fast line, can move a few hundred MB of data.
Customer Ratings for Gays Internet Providers
Based on 102 reviews from Illinois internet customers, T-Mobile Home Internet is the best internet service provider for Gays residents. T-Mobile Home Internet was rated at an average of 3.94 out of 5 in our report for overall customer satisfaction. Verizon wins for second-place in Illinois, with 4.00 out of 5 stars and 93.2% coverage in Gays.
At a national level, based on 2425 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 Gays Internet Providers
The table below shows average customer ratings from customers in Gays, Illinois, and customers throughout the country.
| ISP / Tech Type | Gays Overall | Illinois Overall | National Overall | For Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile Home Internet | (0) | (18) | (342) | View Plans | ||
| Verizon | (0) | (9) | (816) | View Plans | ||
| Fidium | (0) | (4) | (88) | View Plans | ||
| AT&T | (0) | (51) | (1051) | View Plans | ||
| Mediacom | (0) | (20) | (93) | View Plans | ||
| Viasat | (0) |  (1) |  (12) | View Plans | ||
| EarthLink | (0) | (0) | (15) | View Plans | ||
| Nextlink | (0) | (0) | (19) | View Plans | ||
| GigFire | (0) | (0) | (1) | View Plans | ||
| HughesNet | (0) | (0) |  (25) | View Plans | ||
| PWR-net | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Community Fiber Solutions | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Shawnee Communications | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Seamless Fiber Innovations | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans |
Customer Ratings for Internet Provider Speeds in Gays
Based on data reported by Gays ISPs to the FCC, the fastest speeds in the city are available through Mediacom. The company offers speeds up to 1,000 Mbps in Gays. 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 T-Mobile Home Internet. This indicates T-Mobile Home Internet reliably delivers speeds expected by the customer based on the plan they are paying for.
| ISP / Tech Type | Gays Speed | Illinois Speed | National Speed | For Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile Home Internet | (0) | (18) | (342) | View Plans | ||
| Mediacom | (0) | (20) | (93) | View Plans | ||
| Fidium | (0) | (4) | (88) | View Plans | ||
| Verizon | (0) | (9) | (816) | View Plans | ||
| AT&T | (0) | (51) | (1051) | View Plans | ||
| Viasat | (0) | (1) | (12) | View Plans | ||
| Nextlink | (0) | (0) | (19) | View Plans | ||
| EarthLink | (0) | (0) | (15) | View Plans | ||
| HughesNet | (0) | (0) | (25) | View Plans | ||
| GigFire | (0) | (0) |  (1) | View Plans | ||
| PWR-net | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Community Fiber Solutions | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Shawnee Communications | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Seamless Fiber Innovations | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans |
Who is the Cheapest Internet Provider in Gays?
Of the providers in Gays, customers rate Verizon the best for price. Data comes from customers rating their satisfaction with pricing: in Gays where enough of them have reviewed a provider, otherwise across Illinois or the country. This feedback is valuable because it considers price changes and whether the speeds paid for are worth it.
Verizon is rated 4.00 out of 5 for price, which is higher than the average across all internet providers in the country. T-Mobile Home Internet is rated second for affordability, with an average price rating of 3.78 out of 5.
The table below shows how customers in Gays, Illinois, and the United States rated the affordability of their internet service.
Rated Affordability in Gays
| ISP / Tech Type | Gays Affordability | Illinois Affordability | National Affordability | For Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | (0) | (9) | (816) | View Plans | ||
| T-Mobile Home Internet | (0) | (18) | (342) | View Plans | ||
| Fidium | (0) | (4) | (88) | View Plans | ||
| AT&T | (0) | (51) | (1051) | View Plans | ||
| Viasat | (0) | (1) | (12) | View Plans | ||
| Mediacom | (0) | (20) | (93) | View Plans | ||
| GigFire | (0) | (0) | (1) | View Plans | ||
| Nextlink | (0) | (0) | (19) | View Plans | ||
| EarthLink | (0) | (0) | (15) | View Plans | ||
| HughesNet | (0) | (0) | (25) | View Plans | ||
| PWR-net | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Community Fiber Solutions | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Shawnee Communications | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Seamless Fiber Innovations | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans |
Customer Reviews for Internet Service Providers in Illinois
Customer Reviews
ISPReports User
Pavlov Media Fiber
November 13, 2026 
Carol
McDonough Telephone Cooperative Fiber
October 26, 2026 Fast, friendly service. Appreciate being able to get quick help by calling. Actually get a person on the phone
ISPReports User
McDonough Telephone Cooperative Fiber
October 09, 2026 61438
McDonough Telephone Cooperative Fiber
October 08, 2026 MTC has been a great internet for my family. Rather it be gaming system speed, or just watching tv in multiple rooms, The internet seems to run smoothly. I very seldom have internet interruption. When we do it is usually due to storm taking out a pole, or upgrading the system. It usually has been a short time when it does happen.
ISPReports User
MTC Technologies Fiber
October 08, 2026 Rate your provider
Share your experience to help others in your area choose.
Verified customer: we detected your connection is on this provider.
Reviews are independent and unedited. Published after a quick spam check.
Which ISP Should You Choose in Gays?
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 Gays is T-Mobile Home Internet.
- The fastest internet provider should be Mediacom. Considering speed for the money and reliability in speeds, T-Mobile Home Internet may be a better choice based on real-world local customer feedback.
- The most affordable internet provider in Gays is Verizon.
- Viasat, HughesNet, and GigFire has the broadest coverage in Gays, 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.