Fiber is actively arriving in Wrangell City and Borough. It reached 245 more locations here in the last twelve months. Check whether your own address is inside a build before committing to anything with a contract.
Everything below comes from the FCC's Broadband Data Collection, the filings providers are legally required to make about where they offer service. It describes the county; your own address can differ, and that is exactly why the technology mix matters.
Where Wrangell City and Borough sits in Alaska
Share of addresses with no fixed broadband at 25/3 Mbps
0.0% to 5.2%
5.2% to 15%
15% to 24%
24% to 58%
58% to 64%
64% to 98%
98% and above
not published
This county is outlined. Darker means a larger share of addresses with no fixed broadband. Select any county to open it.
What reaches homes in Wrangell City and Borough
Locations covered by each technology, out of 1,305 broadband serviceable locations. An address can be reached by more than one technology, so these add up to more than 100%.
Fiber590 · 45%
Cable1,058 · 81%
Licensed fixed wireless0 · 0.0%
Unlicensed fixed wireless0 · 0.0%
DSL over copper0 · 0.0%
Served, underserved, unserved
The FCC's three categories. "Served" means at least 100/20 Mbps is available; "underserved" means at least 25/3 but below 100/20; "unserved" means below 25/3 or nothing at all.
Category
Locations
Share of county
Served
1,063
81.5%
Underserved
125
9.6%
Unserved
117
9.0%
What that means if you live here
The USDA classes Wrangell City and Borough as a completely rural county, or one with an urban population under 5,000, not adjacent to any metro area (continuum code 9).
About 2,055 people live across those locations, roughly 1.6 people per serviceable address.
9.0% of addresses here, 117 of them, fall below 25/3 Mbps or have no fixed option at all.
Another 125 can get something, but not the 100/20 Mbps the FCC now treats as the benchmark.
The most widely available technology here is cable, reaching 1,058 locations (81.1%); next is fiber at 45.2%.
Fiber reaches 590 locations, 45.2% of the county.
Cable reaches 81.1% of locations, more than fiber does, and it will be concentrated in the built-up parts of the county.
Filings come from 5 providers, of which 1 offer fiber and 1 licensed fixed wireless.
Fiber reached 245 more locations in Wrangell City and Borough over the last twelve months, a 18.8% swing in the county's total.
Served locations rose 0.28% year on year.
That is better than the typical Alaska county, whose median unserved share is 23.6%.
Fiber is further along here than in most of Alaska, where the median county reaches 16.7%.
What people actually measure in Alaska
Median of real speed tests run on each network during 2024, from M-Lab. This is measured performance, not an advertised plan speed, and not a customer review. The middle-half column shows how consistent a network is: a wide spread means your experience depends heavily on where and when.
Network
Median download
Middle half of tests
Median upload
Latency
Tests
GENERAL COMMUNICATION
94.4 Mbps
17.7 Mbps to 272 Mbps
15.3 Mbps
43 ms
22,957
Alaska Communications Systems Group
15.3 Mbps
6.4 Mbps to 36.8 Mbps
2.9 Mbps
54 ms
5,126
Matanuska Telecom Association
29.1 Mbps
13.1 Mbps to 63.6 Mbps
7.8 Mbps
44 ms
4,207
SPITwSPOTS
23.0 Mbps
11.3 Mbps to 53.2 Mbps
10.6 Mbps
51 ms
1,010
KPU Telecommunications
71.4 Mbps
13.3 Mbps to 225 Mbps
75.9 Mbps
30 ms
505
Alaska Power & Telephone
25.7 Mbps
10.8 Mbps to 72.0 Mbps
7.3 Mbps
37 ms
282
AT&T Enterprises
4.7 Mbps
1.3 Mbps to 45.3 Mbps
4.4 Mbps
64 ms
242
Performive
48.4 Mbps
13.5 Mbps to 79.7 Mbps
4.2 Mbps
76 ms
223
Latency is the number that decides whether video calls and gaming feel right, and it is where satellite differs most from everything else. Measured data is statewide: below county level there are usually too few tests to report an honest number.
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Your realistic options in Wrangell City and Borough
Fiber
Fiber, if it has reached you
The best outcome by a distance: symmetric speed, low latency, no weather sensitivity, no data ceiling in practice.
Best for
Anyone whose address is inside a fiber build. Always check this first.
Watch out
Coverage stops abruptly at the edge of a build. Being a mile from fiber is the same as being fifty.
5G home internet
T-Mobile Home Internet
Home internet over T-Mobile’s cellular network. A gateway box you plug in yourself; no truck roll, no dish.
Best for
Rural addresses that still get a usable T-Mobile signal, often near a highway or a town
Watch out
Availability is decided address by address, not by town. Speed varies with how busy the local tower is.