Provider Reviews

Kinetic by Windstream can be a strong home internet option if fiber service is available at your address, especially if […]

Low earth orbit removes the half-second latency penalty that made traditional satellite internet miserable. We look at real Starlink performance, obstruction problems, the upfront hardware cost and who should buy it.

Two geostationary satellite providers, one shared limitation: a latency floor that physics will not move. We compare data policies, speeds and contracts, and ask whether you should buy either.

Frontier is rapidly replacing an aging copper network with fiber. The fiber product is one of the better value plays in US broadband; the DSL it replaces is among the weakest. Here is how to tell which you get.

CenturyLink is two services in one brand: an excellent, honestly priced Quantum Fiber product and an aging DSL network being overtaken by fixed wireless. Which one you get depends entirely on your address.

Flat pricing, no contract, no equipment fee and a ten-minute setup. T-Mobile 5G Home Internet is excellent value for ordinary households, but signal quality and latency decide whether it works for you.

Cox runs a well-maintained cable network with strong download speeds, but it still applies a data cap and its post-promotional pricing is steep. Here is how to judge whether it is right for your address.

Spectrum offers no data caps and no contracts, which removes two of the biggest annoyances in cable internet. We look at what the promotional pricing does after year one and where the upload ceiling bites.

Verizon Fios is fiber-to-the-home done properly: symmetrical speeds, no data cap, stable latency and pricing that does not ambush you at renewal. We look at where it excels and where it falls short.

AT&T sells two very different services under one brand. We review AT&T Fiber, the aging copper DSL network and AT&T Internet Air, and explain how to tell which one your address actually gets.

A detailed, independent look at Comcast Xfinity home internet: how the hybrid fiber-coax network really performs, why upload speeds lag, how the promotional pricing model works, and who should choose it over fiber or 5G.