Fiber is actively arriving in Talbot County. It reached 1,873 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 Talbot County sits in Maryland
Share of addresses with no fixed broadband at 25/3 Mbps
0.0% to 0.5%
0.5% to 0.6%
0.6% to 3.9%
3.9% to 4.4%
4.4% to 5.0%
5.0% to 6.3%
6.3% 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 Talbot County
Locations covered by each technology, out of 18,640 broadband serviceable locations. An address can be reached by more than one technology, so these add up to more than 100%.
Fiber5,016 · 27%
Cable14,606 · 78%
Licensed fixed wireless6,161 · 33%
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
18,497
99.2%
Underserved
56
0.3%
Unserved
87
0.5%
What that means if you live here
The USDA classes Talbot 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 37,626, which works out to about 2.0 people for every address on the list.
Only 87 locations, 0.5%, are recorded with nothing at 25/3 Mbps or better.
The most widely available technology here is cable, reaching 14,606 locations (78.4%); next is licensed fixed wireless at 33.1%.
Fiber reaches 5,016 locations, 26.9% of the county.
Licensed fixed wireless covers 33.1% of the county. It does not reach as far as cable does here, but it reaches places cable does not.
Cable reaches 78.4% of locations, more than fiber does, and it will be concentrated in the built-up parts of the county.
13 providers file coverage in Talbot County: 6 with fiber, 4 with cable, 3 with licensed fixed wireless.
In twelve months fiber went from 3,143 locations to 5,016 here.
Served locations rose 1.30% year on year.
Fiber lags the rest of Maryland, where the median county is at 42.2%.
What people actually measure in Maryland
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
Comcast Cable Communications
131 Mbps
50.2 Mbps to 319 Mbps
21.6 Mbps
10 ms
176,884
Verizon Business
189 Mbps
66.5 Mbps to 395 Mbps
96.4 Mbps
8 ms
148,219
Breezeline
98.5 Mbps
47.9 Mbps to 237 Mbps
18.4 Mbps
14 ms
15,489
AT&T Enterprises
39.0 Mbps
23.4 Mbps to 64.9 Mbps
2.9 Mbps
2 ms
6,933
Antietam Broadband
134 Mbps
41.1 Mbps to 351 Mbps
25.3 Mbps
9 ms
6,360
RCN
112 Mbps
37.5 Mbps to 239 Mbps
21.1 Mbps
8 ms
2,678
Easton Utilities Commission
98.8 Mbps
46.0 Mbps to 168 Mbps
20.9 Mbps
9 ms
1,596
Armstrong
106 Mbps
53.5 Mbps to 209 Mbps
16.3 Mbps
35 ms
1,476
Shenandoah Cable Television
70.4 Mbps
14.8 Mbps to 147 Mbps
10.5 Mbps
10 ms
1,302
Leaseweb USA
49.1 Mbps
10.8 Mbps to 163 Mbps
9.7 Mbps
23 ms
1,297
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
42.5 Mbps
9.7 Mbps to 127 Mbps
7.9 Mbps
25 ms
36,186
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 Talbot 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.