Fiber is actively arriving in Bolivar County. It reached 2,698 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 Bolivar County sits in Mississippi
Share of addresses with no fixed broadband at 25/3 Mbps
0.0% to 0.1%
0.1% to 0.2%
0.2% to 0.7%
0.7% to 3.0%
3.0% to 8.3%
8.3% to 19%
19% 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 Bolivar County
Locations covered by each technology, out of 14,791 broadband serviceable locations. An address can be reached by more than one technology, so these add up to more than 100%.
Fiber7,664 · 52%
Cable10,428 · 71%
Licensed fixed wireless8,604 · 58%
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
13,882
93.9%
Underserved
64
0.4%
Unserved
845
5.7%
What that means if you live here
The USDA classes Bolivar County as a nonmetro county with an urban population of 5,000 to 20,000, not adjacent to a metro area (continuum code 7).
About 30,308 people live across those locations, roughly 2.0 people per serviceable address.
5.7% of addresses here, 845 of them, fall below 25/3 Mbps or have no fixed option at all.
The most widely available technology here is cable, reaching 10,428 locations (70.5%); next is licensed fixed wireless at 58.2%.
Fiber reaches 7,664 locations, 51.8% of the county.
Licensed fixed wireless covers 58.2% of the county. It does not reach as far as cable does here, but it reaches places cable does not.
Cable reaches 70.5% of locations, more than fiber does, and it will be concentrated in the built-up parts of the county.
Filings come from 18 providers, of which 8 offer fiber and 3 licensed fixed wireless.
Fiber reached 2,698 more locations in Bolivar County over the last twelve months, a 18.2% swing in the county's total.
Served locations rose 23.40% year on year.
Bolivar County is harder-served than the typical Mississippi county, where the median unserved share is 2.0%.
Fiber lags the rest of Mississippi, where the median county is at 74.5%.
What people actually measure in Mississippi
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
AT&T Enterprises
44.5 Mbps
12.1 Mbps to 195 Mbps
15.0 Mbps
33 ms
27,106
Comcast Cable Communications
113 Mbps
45.6 Mbps to 234 Mbps
16.6 Mbps
23 ms
19,762
C Spire Fiber
76.4 Mbps
16.1 Mbps to 201 Mbps
48.2 Mbps
35 ms
15,229
CABLE ONE
123 Mbps
48.4 Mbps to 234 Mbps
24.9 Mbps
23 ms
10,001
BCI Mississippi Broadband
97.4 Mbps
42.6 Mbps to 147 Mbps
9.3 Mbps
29 ms
5,742
TEC of Jackson
78.4 Mbps
22.5 Mbps to 193 Mbps
35.8 Mbps
32 ms
2,583
Tombigbee Fiber
98.6 Mbps
74.8 Mbps to 221 Mbps
77.4 Mbps
31 ms
1,567
Verizon Business
17.7 Mbps
5.0 Mbps to 55.7 Mbps
3.2 Mbps
44 ms
1,532
CoastConnect
175 Mbps
56.8 Mbps to 322 Mbps
116 Mbps
23 ms
1,434
4-County Electric Power Association
177 Mbps
83.8 Mbps to 249 Mbps
92.7 Mbps
30 ms
1,379
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
58.4 Mbps
18.2 Mbps to 125 Mbps
5.0 Mbps
61 ms
463
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 Bolivar 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.