Internet Service Providers in
El Paso, TX

El Pasoans have access to great internet providers—our top pick is fiber provider AT&T. AT&T Fiber gets rave reviews for its speed, reliability, and overall customer experience. But its availability is limited. If you can’t get AT&T Fiber, the next best option is Spectrum. Spectrum has the largest coverage area in El Paso and gets fast speeds even though it’s a cable provider. There’s also T-Mobile 5G Home Internet, but this is more suitable for UTEP students looking to save a buck or small households that don’t need to use the internet for uploading or working from home.

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—Kelly Huh

AT&T Fiber offers one of the best internet services in El Paso. AT&T offers fast speeds on its fiber network, with up to 5Gbps upload and download speeds. The provider also sells its plans at reasonable prices, provides unlimited data, and doesn’t lock you into a contract. The only caveat is that availability is limited in El Chuco, so you’re more likely to be able to get Spectrum rather than AT&T.

Spectrum has the biggest coverage area in El Paso. According to the broadband availability maps by the Federal Communications Commission, Charter covers over 90% of El Paso residential areas, so there’s a good chance it's available in your area. T-Mobile and AT&T also offer internet plans across the City of the 915, but they aren’t available in every neighborhood.

AT&T fiber internet isn’t as widely available as Spectrum or T-Mobile 5G Home Internet, but it’s got some of the fastest internet speeds in El Paso. If your neighborhood has a fiber internet setup, it’s a no-brainer, considering AT&T’s fair prices and generous terms as well.

AT&T fiber plans start at 300Mbps and can go up to multi-gigabit speeds. What’s most impressive about fiber internet is that you get symmetrical speeds, meaning your download speeds and upload speeds are the same. In other words, you should have no problem streaming a Cowboys game in one room while you upload your rookie drone video of the Franklin Mountains on TikTok.

Best AT&T internet plan for most people: AT&T Internet Fiber 1 GIG, 1,000Mbps for $80.00/mo.

The gigabit plan from AT&T fiber costs $80 a month, which costs only $30 a month more than T-Mobile 5G, but offers more than double the performance. You can get your bill even lower if you bundle your AT&T internet plan with an AT&T cell phone plan as well. Combining both services saves you $20 a month compared to paying for each of those AT&T services individually.

Pretty much everyone in El Paso has access to Spectrum’s fast cable internet. You can get speeds ranging between 500–1,000Mbps, which means you can find a good option for whatever household size you have. Spectrum hikes up its prices after the first year of service, but it’s not too steep of a price hike, and you can always try calling customer service to bargain for a deal.

You can save some money by bundling your internet with Spectrum’s cell phone and live TV services. Chances are, you’re already paying for a cell phone service or a TV plan, so you may as well make your life easier and get all those services under one umbrella to save a few bucks.

Best Spectrum internet plan for most people: Internet Premier, with up to 500Mbps download speed for $50.00/mo.

We recommend taking the Goldilocks approach and opting for an internet plan right in the middle. With 500Mbps internet speeds, you can easily support a household of three or four people.

T-Mobile 5G Home Internet is the answer for living the complete cable-cutter lifestyle. You don’t need fiber or cable connections set up at your house—you just need a power outlet and wireless cellular coverage to get a Wi-Fi signal at your house. It only took us about five minutes to set up T-Mobile 5G Home Internet when we had the opportunity to test out the service.

Internet speeds max out 245Mbps with T-Mobile 5G Home Internet, which can’t compete with the top speeds offered from cable and fiber internet providers. But smaller households can still make it work just fine. It helps that T-Mobile has excellent coverage in the El Paso area, which means you should get the fastest possible internet speeds.

Best T-Mobile Home Internet plan for most people: Internet Rely with 37Mbps–318Mbps download speed for $50.00/mo.

T-Mobile’s Internet Rely plan costs a flat $50 a month—but you cut that price down if you sign up for a qualifying T-Mobile cell phone plan along with it.

No, El Paso, Texas does not have access to Verizon Fios internet. Verizon Fios is only available for about 8% of U.S. households on the East Coast according to the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband availability map. If you live in El Paso, you can get Verizon’s 5G Home internet instead of Fios. It’s nowhere near as reliable or fast, but it can get you connected online for a low price.  

Internet plans cost around $50–$80 per month in El Paso, Texas. The price of your plan depends on your internet speed, so you can cautiously assume this is the range of prices you may pay if you select a plan with 100Mbps–1Gbps speeds on a fiber, cable, or 5G fixed wireless plan. If you sign up for 2Gbps plans or faster, it costs more.

Spectrum is a good internet service provider in El Paso. Spectrum can get up to 1,000Mbps download speed, which is pretty impressive on cable. With this much speed, you can have multiple users in a home streaming or browsing the web. However, Spectrum doesn’t get symmetrical speeds. That means upload speeds are a lot slower than download speeds, so don’t expect your Zoom calls to never drop or crazy-fast speeds for uploading content.