Humphreys County is genuinely hard to serve. 11.0% of locations here have no fixed broadband at all, so for a lot of addresses the real choice is satellite or a cellular home-internet gateway, not a wired provider.
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 Humphreys 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 Humphreys County
Locations covered by each technology, out of 3,998 broadband serviceable locations. An address can be reached by more than one technology, so these add up to more than 100%.
Fiber671 · 17%
Cable0 · 0.0%
Licensed fixed wireless3,314 · 83%
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
3,335
83.4%
Underserved
223
5.6%
Unserved
440
11.0%
What that means if you live here
The USDA classes Humphreys County as a completely rural county, or one with an urban population under 5,000, adjacent to a metro area (continuum code 8).
About 7,551 people live across those locations, roughly 1.9 people per serviceable address.
11.0% of addresses here, 440 of them, fall below 25/3 Mbps or have no fixed option at all.
Another 223 can get something, but not the 100/20 Mbps the FCC now treats as the benchmark.
The most widely available technology here is licensed fixed wireless, reaching 3,314 locations (82.9%); next is fiber at 16.8%.
Fiber reaches 671 locations, 16.8% of the county.
Licensed fixed wireless covers 82.9% of Humphreys County, wider than anything else available. In a county shaped like this it is usually the practical answer rather than the fallback.
Filings come from 13 providers, of which 3 offer fiber and 4 licensed fixed wireless.
Reported fiber coverage fell by 1,063 locations over twelve months. That normally means a provider corrected an earlier over-report, not that service was removed.
Served locations rose 2.71% year on year.
Humphreys 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 Humphreys County
Satellite
Starlink
Low-earth-orbit satellite. Latency is low enough for video calls and most gaming, unlike older satellite services.
Best for
Anywhere with a clear view of the sky and no wired option
Watch out
Hardware costs money up front, and heavy tree cover or a north-facing obstruction will cost you throughput