16 providers
report service in 60631,
with top advertised speeds up to
8 Gbps.
Availability varies street by street — call to confirm your exact address.
A regional fiber builder offering multi-gigabit symmetrical service in the markets it has reached. Its 8 Gig tier is one of the cheapest multi-gigabit plans on the market.
EarthLink sells internet nationally without owning last-mile infrastructure in most markets, renting capacity on other companies' fiber, copper and wireless networks and billing the customer itself. The catalogue spans fiber from 100 Mbps to 5 Gbps, DSL from 18 to 75 Mbps, and fixed wireless and 5G home service for addresses wired networks do not reach. Fiber and DSL plans include unlimited data. Pricing is not published openly — EarthLink quotes rates only after you enter an address.
Contract:
Twelve-month term on fiber and DSL; 5G home service is month to month
Data allowance:
Unlimited data on fiber and DSL; fixed wireless plans are metered
AT&T runs one of the largest fiber networks in the country, concentrated in the South, the Midwest and Texas. Where fiber has not been built it sells Internet Air, a fixed wireless service delivered over its 5G network. Fiber plans are symmetrical, carry no data cap and require no contract; DSL is no longer sold to new customers.
Astound Broadband sells residential internet across eleven states, among them California, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington. Its plan lineup and its prices are set market by market, so the tiers offered at one address may not be sold at another. Plans carry no annual contract, and the gigabit tiers include an eero whole-home Wi-Fi system in the monthly price.
Contract:
No annual contract required
Data allowance:
Unlimited data on residential internet plans
Equipment:
Modem included; eero whole-home Wi-Fi included on gigabit plans
Xfinity is the consumer brand of Comcast and runs one of the largest cable broadband networks in the United States. Its current residential tiers are sold with a rate that is held for five years rather than a twelve-month introductory price, and the advertised figures assume autopay from a bank account together with paperless billing. Plans carry unlimited data and no term contract.
Contract:
No term contract
Data allowance:
Unlimited data on the current residential plans
T-Mobile Fiber is the wired half of T-Mobile's home internet business, sold only at addresses where fiber has been built. All three tiers are symmetrical, carry unlimited data and run without an annual contract. The advertised rate assumes AutoPay and is $10 higher per month without it, and T-Mobile applies a five-year price guarantee to the internet portion of the bill.
Contract:
No annual contract
Data allowance:
Unlimited data on every fiber plan
Equipment:
Wi-Fi router included; mesh extender included on 1 Gig and 2 Gig
MINTernet is a regional fixed wireless provider serving parts of New York City. Service reaches the building over the air rather than by a wire, so the speed at a given address depends on the signal it can get.
Starlink is SpaceX's satellite internet service, delivered from low-Earth orbit rather than from the geostationary arc, which is why its latency sits far closer to a wired connection than traditional satellite does. US residential service is sold in three speed tiers, with no annual contract. The dish and router are bought up front — $349 for the standard kit — and the customer installs the dish themselves.
Contract:
No annual contract; service is month to month
Data allowance:
Residential plans are sold as unlimited; the entry tier carries priority limits
Equipment:
Standard kit costs $349 up front; rental is offered in some areas
Viasat sells geostationary satellite internet across the continental United States, aimed at addresses where wired broadband has not been built. The current residential lineup is two plans — Essentials, which includes a fixed allowance of high-speed data, and Unleashed, which is unlimited but slows in priority for heavy users. Viasat quotes service speeds of up to 25 to 150 Mbps and states that the figure varies by location, so the tier available at one address may not be available at another.
Contract:
Unleashed is month-to-month; Essentials requires a 12-month service term
Data allowance:
Essentials includes 150 GB of high-speed data; Unleashed is unlimited but deprioritized above roughly 850 GB in 30 days
Equipment:
Dish and modem are leased for $15 per month
ispMint is listed as offering 5G home internet in the Columbus, Georgia area. Service arrives over a mobile network rather than a wire, so the speed at a given address depends on the signal it can get.
About this data:
Coverage and speeds for this ZIP code were compiled from the availability and speeds each
provider publishes for this area, rather than from the
FCC National Broadband Map.
Speeds shown are the maximum a provider advertises in this area, not a guaranteed or typical
rate. Prices are not published by the FCC, so every price here was taken from a rate the
provider advertised publicly, last checked September 2026 — several
providers quote only after an address check.
Providers report availability by area, so service can differ from one address to the next.
Confirm with the provider before ordering.
Every provider in Chicago, IL, side by side
The same providers as above, stripped back to the things worth comparing first.
Prices are the lowest each provider advertises anywhere, not a quote for this address.
Coverage is recorded per provider, so these figures show the widest-reaching provider of each kind
rather than the combined footprint of all of them. Read each as a floor: at least this much of
this city can get it. These are the figures published for Chicago, IL as a whole — the share within 60631 on its own is not published, and can be higher or lower.
By connection type
99%
Fiber
8 providers
99%
Cable
2 providers
99%
Fixed Wireless
6 providers
99%
Satellite
2 providers
97%
DSL
1 provider
By speed
How much of this city can get at least this download speed from some provider.
25 Mbps or faster
99% · 14 providers
100 Mbps or faster
99% · 13 providers
300 Mbps or faster
99% · 11 providers
1 Gbps or faster
99% · 9 providers
Which provider is best in Chicago, IL?
There is no single answer — it depends on which of these you care about. Each line below is read
straight off the data on this page, not an opinion about the companies.
Cheapest entry price:Astound Broadband,
from $20 a month — the lowest rate it advertises anywhere, before taxes and equipment.
Most likely to reach you:Xfinity,
covering 99% of Chicago, IL.
If you want fiber:Ezee Fiber
runs fiber here. Fiber uploads at close to its download speed, which cable and fixed wireless do not.
What speed do you actually need?
Size the plan to the household rather than buying the biggest number available. Most homes are
comfortable well below the top tier, and the upload speed is usually what people notice missing.
Speed
Suits
Comfortable with
Worth knowing
Under 25 Mbps
One person, one thing at a time
Email and browsing · Music streaming · Standard-definition video
Below the FCC's definition of broadband. Workable alone, frustrating shared.
25–100 Mbps
A small household
HD streaming on two or three screens · Video calls · Working from home
Enough for most couples and small families. The upload speed matters more than the download here.
100–300 Mbps
A busy family
4K streaming · Several people working at once · Online gaming · Large downloads
The range most households land in, and the one with the most competition on price.
300–1,000 Mbps
Heavy, simultaneous use
Multiple 4K streams · Uploading video or large files · A house full of devices
Worth paying for if you upload as much as you download. Otherwise the gain is hard to feel.
Over 1,000 Mbps
More than most homes can use
Moving very large files daily · Running servers or a small business from home
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