This is fixed-wireless country. Licensed fixed wireless reaches 77.5% of Llano County while fiber reaches 12.3%. Start with the local wireless operators, and treat satellite as the fallback rather than the plan.
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 Llano County sits in Texas
Share of addresses with no fixed broadband at 25/3 Mbps
0.0% to 2.4%
2.4% to 4.2%
4.2% to 6.4%
6.4% to 10%
10% to 15%
15% to 23%
23% 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 Llano County
Locations covered by each technology, out of 17,894 broadband serviceable locations. An address can be reached by more than one technology, so these add up to more than 100%.
Fiber2,203 · 12%
Cable9,444 · 53%
Licensed fixed wireless13,876 · 78%
Unlicensed fixed wireless9,517 · 53%
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
15,755
88.0%
Underserved
422
2.4%
Unserved
1,717
9.6%
What that means if you live here
The USDA classes Llano 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 21,978 people live across those locations, roughly 1.2 people per serviceable address.
9.6% of addresses here, 1,717 of them, fall below 25/3 Mbps or have no fixed option at all.
Another 422 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 13,876 locations (77.5%); next is unlicensed fixed wireless at 53.2%.
Fiber reaches 2,203 locations, 12.3% of the county.
Licensed fixed wireless covers 77.5% of Llano County, wider than anything else available. In a county shaped like this it is usually the practical answer rather than the fallback.
Cable reaches 52.8% of locations, more than fiber does, and it will be concentrated in the built-up parts of the county.
Filings come from 19 providers, of which 7 offer fiber and 5 licensed fixed wireless.
Fiber reached 76 more locations in Llano County over the last twelve months, a 0.4% swing in the county's total.
Served locations rose 3.90% year on year.
Llano County is harder-served than the typical Texas county, where the median unserved share is 5.4%.
Fiber lags the rest of Texas, where the median county is at 65.3%.
What people actually measure in Texas
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
147 Mbps
41.0 Mbps to 366 Mbps
88.6 Mbps
9 ms
592,902
Charter Communications
151 Mbps
56.6 Mbps to 315 Mbps
11.4 Mbps
15 ms
516,659
Comcast Cable Communications
134 Mbps
49.6 Mbps to 317 Mbps
17.8 Mbps
13 ms
262,050
Optimum
160 Mbps
57.1 Mbps to 329 Mbps
20.2 Mbps
11 ms
104,321
Frontier Communications of America
191 Mbps
66.9 Mbps to 430 Mbps
124 Mbps
6 ms
100,140
ZSCALER
82.8 Mbps
24.8 Mbps to 197 Mbps
22.4 Mbps
1 ms
51,596
Grande Communications Networks
160 Mbps
53.6 Mbps to 322 Mbps
28.1 Mbps
15 ms
35,597
CABLE ONE
122 Mbps
52.8 Mbps to 306 Mbps
29.7 Mbps
12 ms
19,363
Windstream Communications
36.2 Mbps
11.1 Mbps to 106 Mbps
12.1 Mbps
18 ms
18,148
Fidium
134 Mbps
34.2 Mbps to 360 Mbps
83.7 Mbps
12 ms
16,440
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
43.3 Mbps
8.8 Mbps to 120 Mbps
5.9 Mbps
37 ms
291,657
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 Llano County
Fixed wireless
A local fixed-wireless provider
A regional operator beaming service from a tower or ridge to an antenna on your roof. In much of rural America this is the fastest thing available.
Best for
Counties where the FCC data shows large licensed fixed-wireless coverage, which this page tells you
Watch out
Needs line of sight. Quality varies enormously between operators; ask neighbours, not the sales page.
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.