The Best Fiber Internet Providers for 2024

Google Fiber is simply the best fiber option you could get. Available in 13 cities across the U.S. (with more cities set to go online), Google’s fiber-optic service consistently gets the fastest internet speeds in our Fastest Internet Providers report, and it ranks high in our customer satisfaction survey too.

As a plus, Google Fiber is not too expensive—plans come at a fixed monthly price, with no promo-price shenanigans or annual price hikes. You don’t have to pay for installation or equipment, and you can cancel any time without paying a fee. If only it were available nationwide!

Verizon comes in a close second behind Google Fiber. Like the Googs, this provider’s fast Fios plans, reliable connections, and straightforward pricing structures lead to regular high rankings in our Fastest Internet Provider report and customer satisfaction survey.

Of course, you get symmetrical upload and download speeds on a Verizon Fios plan. Also, you don’t have to worry about data caps or extra fees, and new customers often get hooked up with promotions—including Verizon Gift Cards and trial-subscriptions to streaming services.

Again, the only drawback is availability: Verizon Fios is mostly limited to the East Coast, and the provider’s sole multi-gig plan has a limited reach.

AT&T has put in a lot of work since 2020 to expand its nationwide fiber networks, making its well-priced fiber-optic plans more widely available for American netizens. The provider also offers a lot of variety, with fast internet speeds ranging from a respectable 300Mbps all the way up to an eye-popping 5Gbps.

As is the case with most fiber plans, you get unlimited data and you don’t have to sweat annual contracts. Moreover, you can usually snag a decent promotion when you sign up—including a VISA gift card worth $100 or $150 (depending on the plan) and a monthly $20 discount when you bundle AT&T Fiber with a qualifying phone plan.

There are certainly fiber providers with faster internet speeds, but CenturyLink wins the award for best price. Normally you should expect to pay about $50 to $60 a month for a baseline fiber internet plan. By comparison, CenturyLink’s 200Mbps plan only costs $30 a month, making it a whopper of a bargain.

You get some great benefits from CenturyLink’s standard gigabit plan too, including unlimited data and a free router and installation. In general you can expect excellent speeds and a reliable connection when you’re linked up with this provider.

Although some fiber internet providers offer great bundle deals with cellular phone plans, you aren’t as likely to get a banging TV bundle deal—simply because fiber providers have limited capabilities to offer you TV. However, you can often get a sweet deal from Frontier if you add on YouTube TV. The provider started out early 2023 by offering a $10 monthly discount on a YouTube TV plan, and other limited-time-only offers have been popping up in recent weeks.

Frontier fiber plans get you unlimited data and extremely fast speeds—the top plan rockets all the way up to max downloads and uploads of 5Gbps. The prices are great too, with the 500Mbps package costing just $44.99 a month, about $10 less per month than most other providers’ baseline plans.