Moore County is genuinely hard to serve. 29.2% 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 Moore County sits in Tennessee
Share of addresses with no fixed broadband at 25/3 Mbps
0.0% to 0.0%
0.0% to 0.1%
0.1% to 0.4%
0.4% to 1.2%
1.2% to 2.4%
2.4% to 5.1%
5.1% 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 Moore County
Locations covered by each technology, out of 3,353 broadband serviceable locations. An address can be reached by more than one technology, so these add up to more than 100%.
Fiber1,391 · 41%
Cable811 · 24%
Licensed fixed wireless272 · 8.1%
Unlicensed fixed wireless0 · 0.0%
DSL over copper13 · 0.4%
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
2,156
64.3%
Underserved
218
6.5%
Unserved
979
29.2%
What that means if you live here
The USDA classes Moore 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 6,644, which works out to about 2.0 people for every address on the list.
979 locations, 29.2%, or better than one address in five, have no fixed service reaching 25/3 Mbps. That is a large gap even by rural standards.
A further 6.5% of the county sits in the middle: served, but below the 100/20 Mbps mark.
The most widely available technology here is fiber, reaching 1,391 locations (41.5%); next is cable at 24.2%.
Fiber reaches 1,391 locations, 41.5% of the county.
13 providers file coverage in Moore County: 8 with fiber, 2 with cable, 2 with licensed fixed wireless.
In twelve months fiber went from 1,341 locations to 1,391 here.
Served locations rose 7.26% year on year.
Moore County is harder-served than the typical Tennessee county, where the median unserved share is 0.5%.
Fiber lags the rest of Tennessee, where the median county is at 91.6%.
What people actually measure in Tennessee
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
117 Mbps
46.8 Mbps to 268 Mbps
16.2 Mbps
33 ms
130,873
AT&T Enterprises
111 Mbps
27.9 Mbps to 315 Mbps
49.0 Mbps
31 ms
87,689
Charter Communications
137 Mbps
51.1 Mbps to 274 Mbps
10.6 Mbps
40 ms
63,458
Verizon Business
28.0 Mbps
6.9 Mbps to 76.0 Mbps
4.3 Mbps
50 ms
52,912
EPB Fiber Optics
141 Mbps
55.4 Mbps to 289 Mbps
81.1 Mbps
33 ms
14,062
TDS TELECOM
90.3 Mbps
21.5 Mbps to 251 Mbps
50.8 Mbps
28 ms
7,503
Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperative
121 Mbps
44.4 Mbps to 285 Mbps
83.8 Mbps
33 ms
6,148
United Telephone
155 Mbps
46.8 Mbps to 341 Mbps
89.2 Mbps
28 ms
5,056
BEN LOMAND RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE
109 Mbps
46.5 Mbps to 297 Mbps
102 Mbps
26 ms
3,767
Cumberland Connect
205 Mbps
74.4 Mbps to 279 Mbps
122 Mbps
35 ms
3,342
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
47.6 Mbps
12.2 Mbps to 123 Mbps
4.9 Mbps
58 ms
45,949
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 Moore 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