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Internet Service Providers in
Chicago, IL
22 internet providers in Chicago, IL
Everywhere Wireless
Synergy Internet
Urban Communications
e-vergent
Upstream Network
Convergence Technologies, Inc.
Chicago, IL provider recommendations
Xfinity Internet: Fast speeds and widely available
Xfinity Internet: Fast speeds and widely available
If there’s one thing you can rely on for Xfinity internet, it's getting fast download speeds basically anywhere in Chicago. Most Windy City residents can get Xfinity speeds ranging from 75Mbps to 800Mbps. You can get even faster data speeds if you happen to live in an area of Chicago with fiber internet, but it’s more likely you’ll max out at 800Mbps with a cable internet connection. For most people, anything close to 800Mbps is more than enough for any household of streamers and gamers.
You can save some money on your internet and cell phone bill if you sign up for an Xfinity cell phone plan along with your internet plan. Xfinity Mobile offers
Best Xfinity internet plan for most people: Xfinity Fast, 400Mbps for $55/mo.
We recommend the Xfinity Fast plan for most folk living in Chicago. This plan hits that sweet spot of providing enough internet speed for just about any household of four or less people.
AT&T Internet: Best fiber internet
AT&T Internet pros and cons
We recommend taking a “fiber or bust” approach with AT&T internet. In other words, if you have fiber internet in your area, you should choose AT&T. But if you don’t we recommend looking elsewhere—to a cable or 5G home internet provider. AT&T offers up some of the best fiber internet plans in the country, and it’s available in parts of Chicago.
Here’s why you should be excited for AT&T fiber: These plans are affordable but also very fast. Your download and upload speeds can range from 1,000Mbps to a mind-boggling 5,000Mbps, depending upon what plan you choose. You don’t need to worry about data caps or contracts either.
Best AT&T internet plan for most people: AT&T Internet 1000, 1,000Mbps for $80/mo.]
AT&T Internet 1000 gets you gigabit internet speeds for a reasonable price. You shouldn’t have any issues at all sharing a fast internet connection with a house full of streamers or gamers.
Google Fiber Webpass
Google Fiber Webpass pros and cons
You can get gigabit speeds for as low as $63 a month with this unique service from Google Fiber, which uses an antenna to dispatch a fixed wireless connection to apartment buildings and multi-family dwellings. The plan beats out the pricing from AT&T’s gigabit fiber plan, and you don’t need to pay for installation fees, annual contracts, expiring promo pricing, or data overage charges. You just need to live with the fact that you can’t get any data speeds over 1,000Mbps.
Best Google Fiber Webpass plan for most people: $63 home internet—1,000Mbps for $63/mo.]
We recommend sticking with the gigabit internet plan from Google Fiber Webpass. It’s one of the cheapest rates you can get for a gigabit internet plan in the city, and there are no annoying extra fees to inflate your bill.
Tech type availability in Chicago, IL
Fiber availability
Renowned for its reliability, fiber can reach download and upload speeds up to 10,000Mbps. While it isn’t available everywhere, it’s the best internet you can get.
Cable availability
Cable is bread-and-butter internet—widely available, often affordable, and very fast, delivering download speeds that range anywhere from 25Mbps to 1,200Mbps.
DSL availability
DSL maxes out at 100Mbps, but many DSL customers get much slower speeds than that. DSL is becoming obsolete, but it’s still a solid option in rural areas.
Satellite availability
Satellite is available practically everywhere, even in the most remote parts of the country. It’s costly and comes with strict data limits and slow speeds, so use it as a last resort.
Internet availability faster than 100Mbps by region
Chicago
Illinois
How much speed do you need?
Take a look below at what you can do with different speeds commonly offered by internet service providers (ISPs). You can read more about the average user’s speed needs in our internet speed guide.
To get these numbers, we used the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broadband speed guide, our streaming internet speed guide, and our Zoom internet speed guide.