Garfield County is genuinely hard to serve. 18.6% 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 Garfield County sits in Utah
Share of addresses with no fixed broadband at 25/3 Mbps
0.0% to 3.4%
3.4% to 4.0%
4.0% to 4.7%
4.7% to 6.5%
6.5% to 12%
12% to 18%
18% 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 Garfield County
Locations covered by each technology, out of 4,199 broadband serviceable locations. An address can be reached by more than one technology, so these add up to more than 100%.
Fiber3,031 · 72%
Cable0 · 0.0%
Licensed fixed wireless1,501 · 36%
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
3,070
73.1%
Underserved
347
8.3%
Unserved
782
18.6%
What that means if you live here
The USDA classes Garfield 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 5,129, which works out to about 1.2 people for every address on the list.
782 locations, 18.6% of the county, have nothing that reaches 25/3 Mbps.
A further 8.3% of the county sits in the middle: served, but below the 100/20 Mbps mark.
The most widely available technology here is fiber, reaching 3,031 locations (72.2%); next is licensed fixed wireless at 35.7%.
Fiber already reaches 72.2% of the county (3,031 locations), which puts Garfield County well ahead of most rural America.
Licensed fixed wireless covers 35.7% of the county. It does not reach as far as fiber does here, but it reaches places fiber does not.
8 providers file coverage in Garfield County: 2 with fiber, 0 with cable, 3 with licensed fixed wireless.
In twelve months fiber went from 3,002 locations to 3,031 here.
Served locations rose 1.66% year on year.
Garfield County is harder-served than the typical Utah county, where the median unserved share is 4.0%.
What people actually measure in Utah
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
149 Mbps
52.4 Mbps to 314 Mbps
16.7 Mbps
18 ms
127,151
CenturyLink Communications
81.7 Mbps
22.6 Mbps to 248 Mbps
44.1 Mbps
16 ms
32,741
Verizon Business
42.2 Mbps
11.7 Mbps to 104 Mbps
6.3 Mbps
49 ms
31,203
TDS TELECOM
118 Mbps
47.8 Mbps to 271 Mbps
13.0 Mbps
26 ms
9,563
XMission, L.C
170 Mbps
53.4 Mbps to 307 Mbps
119 Mbps
4 ms
7,493
Central Utah Telephone
79.5 Mbps
31.9 Mbps to 139 Mbps
18.9 Mbps
31 ms
7,096
FirstDigital Communications
87.1 Mbps
28.4 Mbps to 221 Mbps
72.6 Mbps
39 ms
6,040
Utah Education Network
77.4 Mbps
28.4 Mbps to 192 Mbps
72.4 Mbps
5 ms
5,622
UTOPIA
127 Mbps
45.2 Mbps to 357 Mbps
101 Mbps
5 ms
4,468
InfoWest
31.2 Mbps
17.2 Mbps to 70.7 Mbps
8.8 Mbps
47 ms
4,090
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
39.0 Mbps
8.5 Mbps to 112 Mbps
7.3 Mbps
44 ms
28,310
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 Garfield 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