Best Internet Providers in Needles, CA
All 7 providers, ranked by coverage, speed and customer ratings
Find internet availability by address in Needles, CA
Needles has 7 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 Needles.
Ranks compare Needles with the 15,682 US towns of 1,000 to 9,999 people, the tiers of our fastest-cities rankings.
The Best Internet in Needles, CA at a Glance
Needles Internet Providers, Ranked by Coverage, Speed and Customer Ratings
Fort Mojave Telecommunications
Connection
Customer Rating
Fiber
Fixed Wireless
Frontier
Connection
Customer Rating
Fiber
DSL
Tristate Wi-Fi
Connection
Customer Rating
Fixed Wireless
T-Mobile Home Internet
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 Needles ratings may vary and are shown below.
Who is the Best Internet Provider in Needles, CA?
T-Mobile Home Internet is the best internet provider in Needles based on California 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 Needles, making it a solid recommendation among providers with reviews. Unfortunately, T-Mobile Home Internet is an option for 31.20% of the city.
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Which Providers are Available at my Home in Needles?
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 Needles
- Frontier - fiber coverage map
- Fort Mojave Telecommunications - fiber coverage map
- Tristate Wi-Fi - fixed wireless coverage map
- Verizon - fixed wireless coverage map
- Frontier - dsl coverage map
- Fort Mojave Telecommunications - fixed wireless coverage map
- T-Mobile Home Internet - fixed wireless coverage map
- AT&T - fixed wireless coverage map
- EarthLink - fixed wireless coverage map
How Needles Compares to Places Its Size
Needles's report card score is in the bottom 42% and its connectivity index is in the bottom 42%.
| Measure | Needles | Rank among US towns of 1,000 to 9,999 people | San Bernardino County | California | US | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISP Report Card inputs: what providers offer here | ||||||
| Fiber availability | 75.2% | bottom 50% | 74.8% | 62.4% | 71.5% | 1,056 places at 100.0% |
| Average top speed | 2,801 Mbps | top 23% | 5,050 Mbps | 3,834 Mbps | 3,486 Mbps | Collegedale, TN and Lakesite, TN and 2 more (25,000 Mbps) |
| Providers at a typical address | 3.5 | bottom 13% | 6.1 | 8 | 7.1 | McLendon-Chisholm, TX (14.2) |
| Connectivity index inputs: how much households need and use the internet | ||||||
| People per household | 2.2 | bottom 17% | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | St. George, GA (6.2) |
| Workers who work from home | 9% | bottom 48% | 11% | 17% | 15% | Indian Springs, NV (76%) |
| Homes with a computer, tablet or phone | 95% | top 38% | 97% | 97% | 96% | 515 places at 100% |
| Homes with internet | 89% | top 45% | 94% | 94% | 91% | 115 places at 100% |
| Homes on fiber, cable or DSL | 65% | bottom 47% | 78% | 79% | 76% | Bunkerville, NV and Fort Myer, VA and 3 more (100%) |
| More about the households here | ||||||
| Homes with a desktop or laptop | 65% | bottom 21% | 82% | 84% | 81% | 12 places at 100% |
| Median household income | $41,486 | bottom 4% | $93,949 | $111,728 | $93,246 | 16 places at $250,001 |
| Residents in school (6th grade to college) | 11% | bottom 35% | 18% | 17% | 16% | University Park, PA (95%) |
Fiber reaches 75.2% of homes in Needles, against 74.8% across San Bernardino County and 62.4% across California. Households in Needles are smaller than the US average (2.2 people against 2.7); 9% of workers work from home (US 15%); and the median household income is $41,486 (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 Needles
Which Fiber Internet Providers are Available in Needles?
Fort Mojave Telecommunications Fiber in Needles, CA
Availability:
55.9%
Customer Rating:
(0)
Avg. Download Speed
1,000 Mbps
Fort Mojave Telecommunications offers Fiber service to 55.9% of Needles homes. Across the city, Fort Mojave Telecommunications Fiber has speeds up to 1,000 Mbps
Frontier Fiber in Needles, CA
Availability:
47.8%
Customer Rating:
(119)
Avg. Download Speed
5,000 Mbps
Frontier Communications offers Fiber service to 47.8% of Needles homes. Across the city, Frontier Fiber has speeds up to 5,000 Mbps
Which Fixed Wireless and LTE Internet Providers are Available in Needles?
Tristate Wi-Fi Fixed Wireless in Needles, CA
Availability:
86.7%
Customer Rating:
(0)
Avg. Download Speed
196 Mbps
Tristate Wi-Fi offers Fixed Wireless service to 86.7% of Needles homes. Across the city, Tristate Wi-Fi Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 196 Mbps, with speeds from 100 Mpbs up to 1,000 Mbps depending on the address. Upload speeds differ from download speeds, and are as low 20 and as high as 200, with an average of 56 Mbps throughout the city.
Fort Mojave Telecommunications Fixed Wireless in Needles, CA
Availability:
37.3%
Customer Rating:
(0)
Avg. Download Speed
50 Mbps
Fort Mojave Telecommunications offers Fixed Wireless service to 37.3% of Needles homes. Across the city, Fort Mojave Telecommunications Fixed Wireless has speeds up to 50 Mbps
T-Mobile Home Internet Fixed Wireless in Needles, CA
Availability:
31.2%
Customer Rating:
(342)
Avg. Download Speed
31 Mbps
T-Mobile Home Internet offers Fixed Wireless service to 31.2% of Needles homes. Across the city, T-Mobile Home Internet Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 31 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 4.4 Mbps throughout the city.
Verizon Fixed Wireless in Needles, CA
Availability:
11.8%
Customer Rating:
(362)
Avg. Download Speed
255 Mbps
Verizon offers Fixed Wireless service to 11.8% of Needles homes. Across the city, Verizon Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 255 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.
EarthLink Fixed Wireless in Needles, CA
Availability:
8.9%
Customer Rating:
(4)
Avg. Download Speed
25 Mbps
EarthLink offers Fixed Wireless service to 8.9% of Needles 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 Needles, CA
Availability:
8.9%
Customer Rating:
(205)
Avg. Download Speed
25 Mbps
AT&T offers Fixed Wireless service to 8.9% of Needles homes. Across the city, AT&T Fixed Wireless is the only type of service available from the company, with speeds up to 25 Mbps
Which Cable Internet Providers are Available in Needles?
According to the most recently submitted data by internet service providers to the FCC, there are currently no cable providers available in Needles, CA.
Which DSL Internet Providers are Available in Needles?
Frontier DSL in Needles, CA
Availability:
53.1%
Customer Rating:
(58)
Avg. Download Speed
45 Mbps
Frontier Communications offers DSL service to 53.1% of Needles homes. Across the city, Frontier DSL has speeds up to 45 Mbps, with speeds from 10 Mpbs up to 115 Mbps depending on the address. Upload speeds differ from download speeds, and are as low 1.0 and as high as 7.0, with an average of 2.8 Mbps throughout the city. Frontier DSL is rated higher than other types of internet service available in Needles from Frontier in terms of customer satisfaction.
Internet in Needles by Neighborhood and ZIP Code
Needles has 1 ZIP code with its own page. Each row links to that place’s page.
Neighborhoods in Needles
| Neighborhood | People | Homes with fiber | Average top speed | Providers at a typical address | Report card | Connectivity |
|---|
ZIP codes in Needles
| ZIP code | People | Homes with fiber | Average top speed | Providers at a typical address | Report card | Connectivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92363 | 5,636 | 75.2% | 2,801 Mbps | 3.5 | C+ | 43/100 |
How Needles Compares to Nearby Places
The 10 places nearest to Needles that have their own pages are all within 30 miles, all in Arizona and Nevada. Among them, Topock, AZ has the most homes with fiber (99.7%) and Laughlin, NV the fewest (11.8%); Needles has 75.2%.
| Place | People | Homes with fiber | Average top speed | Providers at a typical address | Report card | Connectivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Needles (this page) | 5,634 | 75.2% | 2,801 Mbps | 3.5 | C+ | 43/100 |
| Lake Havasu City, AZ | 61,106 | 98.0% | 2,279 Mbps | 6.6 | B+ | 52/100 |
| Bullhead City, AZ | 43,730 | 73.1% | 1,001 Mbps | 8 | B- | 45/100 |
| Fort Mohave, AZ | 14,537 | 88.5% | 994 Mbps | 7.7 | B- | 48/100 |
| Laughlin, NV | 8,932 | 11.8% | 862 Mbps | 6 | C- | 42/100 |
| Mohave Valley, AZ | 7,091 | 50.7% | 869 Mbps | 5.3 | C- | 44/100 |
| Yucca, AZ | 3,429 | 84.6% | 2,897 Mbps | 1.1 | C | 27/100 |
| Topock, AZ | 1,418 | 99.7% | 1,031 Mbps | 4.8 | B- | 32/100 |
| Golden Shores, AZ | 556 | 100.0% | 1,000 Mbps | 4.6 | B- | 22/100 |
| Oatman, AZ | 170 | 20.6% | 844 Mbps | 2 | D | 21/100 |
| Katherine, AZ | 73 | 17.8% | 199 Mbps | 3 | D | 29/100 |
Who is the Fastest Internet Provider in Needles?
Based on both FCC data and unbiased customer ratings, the fastest internet in the city comes from Frontier Communications.
Data Reported to FCC by ISPs: Average Maximum Available in Needles
| Frontier Communications | 5,000 |
|---|---|
| Tristate Wi-Fi | 1,000 |
| Fort Mojave Telecommunications | 1,000 |
| Verizon | 300 |
| Viasat | 100 |
| T-Mobile Home Internet | 100 |
| HughesNet | 25 |
| AT&T | 25 |
| EarthLink | 25 |
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Customer Ratings for Needles Internet Providers
Based on 227 reviews from California internet customers, T-Mobile Home Internet is the best internet service provider for Needles residents. T-Mobile Home Internet was rated at an average of 4.11 out of 5 in our report for overall customer satisfaction. Frontier Communications wins for second-place in California, with 3.71 out of 5 stars and 81.7% coverage in Needles.
At a national level, based on 2401 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 Needles Internet Providers
The table below shows average customer ratings from customers in Needles, California, and customers throughout the country.
| ISP / Tech Type | Needles Overall | California Overall | National Overall | For Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile Home Internet | (0) | (27) | (342) | View Plans | ||
| Frontier | (0) | (51) | (177) | View Plans | ||
| Verizon | (0) | (28) | (816) | View Plans | ||
| HughesNet | (0) |  (1) | (25) | View Plans | ||
| Viasat | (0) | (1) |  (12) | View Plans | ||
| EarthLink | (0) | (2) | (15) | View Plans | ||
| AT&T | (0) | (119) | (1051) | View Plans | ||
| Tristate Wi-Fi | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Fort Mojave Telecommunications | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans |
Customer Ratings for Internet Provider Speeds in Needles
Based on data reported by Needles ISPs to the FCC, the fastest speeds in the city are available through Frontier Communications. The company offers speeds up to 5,000 Mbps in Needles. Therefore, the average customer can get up to 2,947 Mbps if they’re willing to purchase the fastest subscription tier available at their homes.
Additionally, actual customers rated their satisfaction with internet speed highest with Frontier Communications. This indicates Frontier reliably delivers speeds expected by the customer based on the plan they are paying for.
| ISP / Tech Type | Needles Speed | California Speed | National Speed | For Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier | (0) | (51) | (177) | View Plans | ||
| T-Mobile Home Internet | (0) | (27) | (342) | View Plans | ||
| Verizon | (0) | (28) | (816) | View Plans | ||
| HughesNet | (0) |  (1) | (25) | View Plans | ||
| Viasat | (0) |  (1) | (12) | View Plans | ||
| AT&T | (0) | (119) | (1051) | View Plans | ||
| EarthLink | (0) | (2) | (15) | View Plans | ||
| Tristate Wi-Fi | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Fort Mojave Telecommunications | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans |
Who is the Cheapest Internet Provider in Needles?
Of the providers in Needles, customers rate T-Mobile Home Internet the best for price. Data comes from customers rating their satisfaction with pricing: in Needles where enough of them have reviewed a provider, otherwise across California 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 4.26 out of 5 for price, which is higher than the average across all internet providers in the country. Frontier Communications is rated second for affordability, with an average price rating of 3.46 out of 5.
The table below shows how customers in Needles, California, and the United States rated the affordability of their internet service.
Rated Affordability in Needles
| ISP / Tech Type | Needles Affordability | California Affordability | National Affordability | For Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile Home Internet | (0) |  (27) | (342) | View Plans | ||
| Verizon | (0) | (28) | (816) | View Plans | ||
| HughesNet | (0) | (1) | (25) | View Plans | ||
| Viasat | (0) | (1) | (12) | View Plans | ||
| Frontier | (0) | (51) | (177) | View Plans | ||
| EarthLink | (0) | (2) | (15) | View Plans | ||
| AT&T | (0) | (119) | (1051) | View Plans | ||
| Tristate Wi-Fi | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans | ||
| Fort Mojave Telecommunications | (0) | (0) | (0) | View Plans |
Customer Reviews for Internet Service Providers in California
Customer Reviews
Steve
ting Fiber
November 13, 2026 Slow, 1/10th the speed they advertised
Robert
Verizon Fixed Wireless
November 10, 2026 Was cut off with .out notice due to upgrade and was not provided connection to upgrade from the same location (tower). Causing further problems in service and added cost.
ISPReports User
AT&T DSL
November 08, 2026 Lousy
ISPReports User
Fidium
November 08, 2026 Vernice
Frontier Fiber
November 01, 2026 Horrible this is horrible. My internet has been down for two days in a half. Never again
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Which ISP Should You Choose in Needles?
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 Needles is T-Mobile Home Internet.
- The fastest internet provider should be Frontier Communications. Considering speed for the money and reliability in speeds, Frontier Communications may be a better choice based on real-world local customer feedback.
- The most affordable internet provider in Needles is T-Mobile Home Internet.
- Viasat, Tristate Wi-Fi, and HughesNet has the broadest coverage in Needles, available to 86.7% 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.