Fiber is actively arriving in Payette County. It reached 533 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 Payette County sits in Idaho
Share of addresses with no fixed broadband at 25/3 Mbps
0.0% to 0.0%
0.0% to 0.7%
0.7% to 6.3%
6.3% to 17%
17% to 23%
23% to 43%
43% 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 Payette County
Locations covered by each technology, out of 10,509 broadband serviceable locations. An address can be reached by more than one technology, so these add up to more than 100%.
Fiber4,703 · 45%
Cable6,948 · 66%
Licensed fixed wireless4,158 · 40%
Unlicensed fixed wireless46 · 0.4%
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
9,368
89.1%
Underserved
544
5.2%
Unserved
597
5.7%
What that means if you live here
The USDA classes Payette County as a nonmetro county with an urban population of 5,000 to 20,000, adjacent to a metro area (continuum code 6).
Population is around 26,350, which works out to about 2.5 people for every address on the list.
597 locations, 5.7% of the county, have nothing that reaches 25/3 Mbps.
A further 5.2% of the county sits in the middle: served, but below the 100/20 Mbps mark.
The most widely available technology here is cable, reaching 6,948 locations (66.1%); next is fiber at 44.8%.
Fiber reaches 4,703 locations, 44.8% of the county.
Licensed fixed wireless covers 39.6% of the county. It does not reach as far as cable does here, but it reaches places cable does not.
Cable reaches 66.1% of locations, more than fiber does, and it will be concentrated in the built-up parts of the county.
17 providers file coverage in Payette County: 6 with fiber, 1 with cable, 4 with licensed fixed wireless.
In twelve months fiber went from 4,170 locations to 4,703 here.
Served locations rose 1.29% year on year.
That is better than the typical Idaho county, whose median unserved share is 8.9%.
What people actually measure in Idaho
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
CABLE ONE
120 Mbps
53.9 Mbps to 209 Mbps
18.0 Mbps
67 ms
44,149
CenturyLink Communications
42.9 Mbps
14.3 Mbps to 97.6 Mbps
9.8 Mbps
45 ms
22,679
Charter Communications
116 Mbps
54.3 Mbps to 202 Mbps
11.1 Mbps
60 ms
7,184
Wholesail networks
47.3 Mbps
9.1 Mbps to 157 Mbps
25.8 Mbps
15 ms
6,374
TDS TELECOM
173 Mbps
76.9 Mbps to 254 Mbps
125 Mbps
12 ms
4,602
Direct Communications Rockland
71.9 Mbps
21.3 Mbps to 109 Mbps
40.5 Mbps
25 ms
4,087
FyberCom
43.7 Mbps
17.5 Mbps to 83.5 Mbps
16.6 Mbps
41 ms
3,736
Cox Communications
132 Mbps
68.8 Mbps to 187 Mbps
11.9 Mbps
50 ms
3,383
Silver Star Communications
72.0 Mbps
23.6 Mbps to 115 Mbps
32.6 Mbps
58 ms
3,015
Verizon Business
35.8 Mbps
10.0 Mbps to 96.5 Mbps
6.2 Mbps
50 ms
2,425
Cellular networks, measured
The same measurement for the mobile networks behind 5G home internet. These tests come from phones as well as home gateways, so treat them as an indication of network health in the state rather than a home-internet plan speed.
Network
Median download
Middle half of tests
Median upload
Latency
Tests
T-Mobile USA
36.3 Mbps
9.0 Mbps to 93.5 Mbps
5.7 Mbps
66 ms
33,289
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 Payette County
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.