Dunn County is better served than most rural counties. Fiber already reaches 74.2% of locations, so the first question is not what to buy but whether fiber has reached your road.
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 Dunn County sits in Wisconsin
Share of addresses with no fixed broadband at 25/3 Mbps
0.0% to 1.3%
1.3% to 2.5%
2.5% to 6.0%
6.0% to 8.6%
8.6% to 12%
12% to 22%
22% 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 Dunn County
Locations covered by each technology, out of 17,599 broadband serviceable locations. An address can be reached by more than one technology, so these add up to more than 100%.
Fiber13,065 · 74%
Cable7,896 · 45%
Licensed fixed wireless4,310 · 24%
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
17,340
98.5%
Underserved
63
0.4%
Unserved
196
1.1%
What that means if you live here
The USDA classes Dunn County as a nonmetro county with an urban population of 5,000 to 20,000, adjacent to a metro area (continuum code 6).
About 45,547 people live across those locations, roughly 2.6 people per serviceable address.
Only 196 locations, 1.1%, are recorded with nothing at 25/3 Mbps or better.
The most widely available technology here is fiber, reaching 13,065 locations (74.2%); next is cable at 44.9%.
Fiber already reaches 74.2% of the county (13,065 locations), which puts Dunn County well ahead of most rural America.
Filings come from 21 providers, of which 11 offer fiber and 4 licensed fixed wireless.
Fiber reached 783 more locations in Dunn County over the last twelve months, a 4.4% swing in the county's total.
Served locations rose 2.19% year on year.
Fiber is further along here than in most of Wisconsin, where the median county reaches 49.4%.
What people actually measure in Wisconsin
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
Charter Communications
168 Mbps
62.6 Mbps to 337 Mbps
11.4 Mbps
11 ms
111,518
AT&T Enterprises
92.8 Mbps
27.7 Mbps to 356 Mbps
65.8 Mbps
8 ms
37,023
TDS TELECOM
167 Mbps
48.6 Mbps to 321 Mbps
114 Mbps
10 ms
27,063
Airstream Communications
87.6 Mbps
32.0 Mbps to 156 Mbps
46.1 Mbps
17 ms
15,644
Brightspeed
10.4 Mbps
5.0 Mbps to 27.0 Mbps
0.8 Mbps
41 ms
12,989
Verizon Business
33.8 Mbps
9.8 Mbps to 90.3 Mbps
5.1 Mbps
31 ms
11,037
Frontier Communications of America
15.3 Mbps
6.1 Mbps to 31.2 Mbps
1.5 Mbps
20 ms
7,497
NetNet
22.4 Mbps
7.0 Mbps to 46.1 Mbps
3.9 Mbps
35 ms
4,253
WiscNet
82.9 Mbps
41.0 Mbps to 172 Mbps
85.4 Mbps
17 ms
4,244
Comcast Cable Communications
116 Mbps
44.7 Mbps to 263 Mbps
13.0 Mbps
29 ms
4,107
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
74.4 Mbps
19.6 Mbps to 164 Mbps
7.5 Mbps
29 ms
22,949
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 Dunn 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.
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.