14 providers
report service in 83712,
with top advertised speeds up to
8 Gbps.
Availability varies street by street — call to confirm your exact address.
Quantum Fiber is the fiber-only brand CenturyLink sells under wherever it has built fiber to the home. Plans run from 200 Mbps to 8 Gbps, carry unlimited data, and are sold month to month with no annual contract. The 360 WiFi equipment is included at no additional cost and a technician handles installation at eligible addresses.
Contract:
No annual contract
Data allowance:
Unlimited data on every plan
Equipment:
360 WiFi included at no additional cost
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.
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
Sparklight is the residential brand of Cable One, serving smaller markets across the country with cable internet at 300, 600 and 1,000 Mbps, plus a low-cost 200 Mbps tier called Lift. Pricing is set by market and by entry speed, so Sparklight publishes ranges rather than a single rate per tier. Plans carry no term agreement and include unlimited data, though the modem and eero lease is charged separately on some plans.
Contract:
No term agreement required
Data allowance:
Unlimited data included on the advertised plans
Equipment:
Modem with eero lease ranges from $0 to $14.99 per month depending on plan
T-Mobile 5G Home Internet is a fixed wireless service that reaches the house over T-Mobile's 5G network rather than a wire. T-Mobile quotes typical download speeds of 170–354 Mbps on the entry plan and 170–498 Mbps on the mid tier, with uploads of 12–55 Mbps; what an individual address gets depends on signal from the nearest tower. All three plans include unlimited data, a gateway at no extra charge and no annual contract, and a $35 device connection charge applies at setup.
Contract:
No annual contract on any plan
Data allowance:
Unlimited data, with reduced speeds possible during congestion and above 1.2 TB per month
Equipment:
Gateway included at no additional charge
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
Verizon 5G Home Internet delivers home broadband over the same 5G network Verizon uses for mobile service, with a receiver placed in the home rather than a line run to it. Three tiers are sold — 5G Home, 5G Home Plus and 5G Home Ultimate — quoted at download speeds of up to 100, 150 and 300 Mbps respectively. All three come with unlimited data, an included router and no annual contract, and each carries a price lock running three, four or five years by tier. This is the fixed wireless product and is separate from Verizon Fios, which runs on fiber.
Contract:
No annual contract; price locked for three to five years by plan
Data allowance:
No data limits on any 5G Home plan
Equipment:
Router included with every plan at no additional charge
Rise Internet is a fixed wireless provider covering rural and suburban addresses across ten states — Texas, Illinois, Missouri, Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah, Iowa, Nevada, Nebraska and Idaho. Service is delivered by radio from a nearby tower to an antenna at the home rather than over a wire, so the speed a household actually gets depends on the strength of that signal. Rise does not publish a residential plan and price list; both are quoted after an address check.
Equipment:
Rise Advanced Wi-Fi mesh equipment supports up to 150 connected devices
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 Boise, ID, 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 Boise, ID as a whole — the share within 83712 on its own is not published, and can be higher or lower.
By connection type
100%
Cable
1 provider
99%
Fiber
5 providers
99%
Fixed Wireless
9 providers
99%
Satellite
1 provider
99%
DSL
1 provider
By speed
How much of this city can get at least this download speed from some provider.
25 Mbps or faster
100% · 13 providers
100 Mbps or faster
100% · 9 providers
300 Mbps or faster
100% · 9 providers
1 Gbps or faster
100% · 6 providers
Which provider is best in Boise, ID?
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:Sparklight,
from $30 a month — the lowest rate it advertises anywhere, before taxes and equipment.
Most likely to reach you:Sparklight,
covering 100% of Boise, ID.
If you want fiber:Epic iO
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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