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Fastest multi-gigabit internet plan
$20 – $900 per month
Best 3-gigabit internet plan
Price: $100 per month
How we get online is constantly evolving and we’re seeing a rise in faster speeds, thanks mainly to technologies like fiber-optic internet, Wi-Fi 7 and even unique technologies like Li-Fi. According to data from OpenVault collected during the final quarter of 2024, the average US household uses more than 500 megabits per second monthly and gigabit internet adoption has increased by 20% from 2023.
Another report from OpenVault shows that the percentage of customers with speeds lower than 400Mbps decreased by 33% from the previous year — meaning more and more customers are relying on faster internet speeds.
We’re on the fast track to seeing high-speed internet become faster: The Fiber Broadband Association believes that by the end of this decade, a four-person household will require more than 2,100Mbps (or just over 2 gigabits) in download speed.
But it’s not 2030 yet. Making that big of an upgrade is probably overkill for households. But that’s certainly not stopping internet service providers from offering multigigabit packages to customers. In turn, more households are signing up for those high-speed options to shoulder their broadband needs. Multi-gig services are provided by AT&T, Frontier, Optimum, Verizon Fios, and Ziply Fiber, to name a few. Other ISPs, including Comcast’s Xfinity and Google Fiber, also have solid multi-gig offerings.
What is multi-gigabit internet?
Multi-gigabit internet has speeds higher than a gigabit (or 1,000 megabits per second). So naturally, speed tiers of 2,000Mbps and above all constitute multi-gigabit internet. Note that although our round-up primarily includes multi-gig offerings from fiber internet providers, there are a few cable internet providers that made the list as well. Cable internet is currently the most broadly available internet connection type, according to the Federal Communications Commission, but multi-gig offerings from cable providers are not always as common as those from fiber internet providers.
This list will focus on the best multi-gig internet offerings from the major ISPs in the country. However, don’t overlook smaller regional providers. For example, Midco offers South Dakota residents symmetrical speeds of 2Gbps and 5Gbps plans. Minnesota’s USI boasts a 10-gig fiber plan. The citizens of Chattanooga, Tennessee, have access to one of the country’s fastest residential plans, a 25Gbps tier from the city-owned fiber broadband of EPB. But if you’re eligible for a multi-gig internet plan, it’s most likely coming from a national internet provider. With that in mind, let’s look at some of the best 2-gigabit and multi-gig internet plans available nationwide.
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100 – 50,000 Mbps
$20 – $900 per month
Our take – Plans with maximum speeds of 2, 5 or even 10Gbps are becoming more common. 50Gbps? That’s unheard of, at least until Ziply Fiber launched said speeds across its entire fiber footprint.
