Fiber is actively arriving in Wilson County. It reached 1,359 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 Wilson County sits in Kansas
Share of addresses with no fixed broadband at 25/3 Mbps
0.0% to 0.2%
0.2% to 1.8%
1.8% to 3.0%
3.0% to 5.1%
5.1% to 7.6%
7.6% to 9.7%
9.7% 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 Wilson County
Locations covered by each technology, out of 5,050 broadband serviceable locations. An address can be reached by more than one technology, so these add up to more than 100%.
Fiber3,022 · 60%
Cable1,387 · 27%
Licensed fixed wireless4,217 · 84%
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
4,404
87.2%
Underserved
323
6.4%
Unserved
323
6.4%
What that means if you live here
The USDA classes Wilson County as a completely rural county, or one with an urban population under 5,000, not adjacent to any metro area (continuum code 9).
Population is around 8,526, which works out to about 1.7 people for every address on the list.
323 locations, 6.4% of the county, have nothing that reaches 25/3 Mbps.
A further 6.4% of the county sits in the middle: served, but below the 100/20 Mbps mark.
The most widely available technology here is licensed fixed wireless, reaching 4,217 locations (83.5%); next is fiber at 59.8%.
Fiber reaches 3,022 locations, 59.8% of the county.
4,217 locations are within reach of licensed fixed wireless, 83.5% of the total, and no other technology here reaches further.
12 providers file coverage in Wilson County: 2 with fiber, 1 with cable, 4 with licensed fixed wireless.
In twelve months fiber went from 1,663 locations to 3,022 here.
Served locations fell 2.80% year on year, usually a filing correction rather than a loss of service.
Wilson County is harder-served than the typical Kansas county, where the median unserved share is 3.4%.
Fiber lags the rest of Kansas, where the median county is at 77.4%.
What people actually measure in Kansas
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
Cox Communications
110 Mbps
40.5 Mbps to 266 Mbps
12.0 Mbps
29 ms
39,183
AT&T Enterprises
103 Mbps
28.9 Mbps to 297 Mbps
60.2 Mbps
30 ms
24,763
Charter Communications
132 Mbps
55.4 Mbps to 238 Mbps
11.2 Mbps
51 ms
15,998
Verizon Business
20.5 Mbps
5.2 Mbps to 57.2 Mbps
4.5 Mbps
45 ms
7,589
Midcontinent Communications
102 Mbps
44.3 Mbps to 225 Mbps
26.9 Mbps
34 ms
4,366
IdeaTek Telcom
92.9 Mbps
45.6 Mbps to 208 Mbps
84.7 Mbps
32 ms
4,153
Rural Telephone Service Co
88.2 Mbps
37.3 Mbps to 162 Mbps
81.9 Mbps
28 ms
3,803
Brightspeed
14.5 Mbps
5.8 Mbps to 40.0 Mbps
1.4 Mbps
46 ms
2,707
Comcast Cable Communications
116 Mbps
52.0 Mbps to 290 Mbps
20.9 Mbps
27 ms
2,514
Everfast Fiber Networks
95.5 Mbps
40.5 Mbps to 263 Mbps
13.8 Mbps
28 ms
2,109
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
57.1 Mbps
15.8 Mbps to 132 Mbps
6.6 Mbps
46 ms
5,991
Wave Wireless
51.0 Mbps
8.4 Mbps to 126 Mbps
30.7 Mbps
38 ms
323
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 Wilson 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.