Internet providers in Los Angeles, CA

Best internet providers in Los Angeles

The best internet providers in Los Angeles are EarthLink, AT&T Fiber, Frontier, Starry Internet, and Cox.

• EarthLink is the best internet provider in Los Angeles according to our most recent customer satisfaction survey. Earthlink is better than 14 other residential internet providers for overall performance, speed, and reliability.
• AT&T Fiber. AT&T is best for fiber internet packages because it delivers much faster download speeds than Spectrum at the same price or cheaper. It’s beat by Earthlink on customer service, but technically is excellent internet.
• Frontier is good for budget users since it offers no-contract plans.
• Starry Internet. Starry is a fixed wireless provider that provides an excellent combination of fast speeds, low prices, and excellent customer service. Top speed is 200 Mbps, which is adequate, but not as fast as fiber or cable internet.
• Cox is a cable provider that offers gigabit speeds download. Although the upload speed isn’t as fast, good download speed is the main consideration for the majority of online activities.

Fastest internet service providers in Los Angeles

The fastest internet providers in Los Angeles are AT&T, Cox, Frontier, and Earthlink. These four providers offer gigabit speeds to 95% of Los Angeles.

AT&T

AT&T’s gigabit fiber plan is called Internet 1000 and it delivers a download speed of a gig and an upload speed of 880 Mbps. That gives you more than enough speed to post content to social media, host live streams from your apartment, or upload enormous files to cloud servers.

Cox

Cox offers near-gigabit speeds. Along with AT&T and Spectrum, Cox is the third-fastest internet provider in Los Angeles. While Cox’s Gigablast plan is available only in the Palos Verdes and San Pedro areas, coverage for slower speeds extends to the greater Los Angeles area. Also, Cox is the cheapest internet provider in Los Angeles. Cox offers 25mbps at $19.99 per month.

Frontier

Frontier, like Cox offers near-gigabit speeds. Frontier’s connection is delivered via fiber which means symmetrical upload and download speeds, but doesn’t rank as high as other ISPs for customer satisfaction.

Earthlink

Earthlink offers gigabit speeds via DSL and fiber. It’s extremely fast, widely available everywhere in Los Angeles, and enjoys a high customer satisfaction rating in our survey. If you’re able to get Earthlink in your area, you’ll likely be satisfied.

Los Angeles internet availability

The most widely available high speed internet providers in Los Angeles are Earthlink, AT&T, Frontier, Cox, and Synergy. These five providers offer at least 200 mbps to at least 95% of Los Angeles.

Cox Availability in Los Angeles:

Cox is more recently widely available in Los Angeles. The FCC reports Cox coverage in only 0.93% of Los Angeles, but this data lags by about 6 months. Our Cox availability reports are directly from Cox Communications representatives, and are updated continuously. Cox internet is currently available in 95% of Los Angeles.

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