Niobrara County is genuinely hard to serve. 27.8% 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 Niobrara County sits in Wyoming
Share of addresses with no fixed broadband at 25/3 Mbps
0.0% to 6.9%
6.9% to 10%
10% to 12%
12% to 16%
16% to 18%
18% to 25%
25% 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 Niobrara County
Locations covered by each technology, out of 1,631 broadband serviceable locations. An address can be reached by more than one technology, so these add up to more than 100%.
Fiber920 · 56%
Cable866 · 53%
Licensed fixed wireless1,017 · 62%
Unlicensed fixed wireless105 · 6.4%
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
1,099
67.4%
Underserved
78
4.8%
Unserved
454
27.8%
What that means if you live here
The USDA classes Niobrara County as a completely rural county, or one with an urban population under 5,000, not adjacent to any metro area (continuum code 9).
About 2,438 people live across those locations, roughly 1.5 people per serviceable address.
454 locations, 27.8%, or better than one address in five, have no fixed service reaching 25/3 Mbps. That is a large gap even by rural standards.
Another 78 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 1,017 locations (62.4%); next is fiber at 56.4%.
Fiber reaches 920 locations, 56.4% of the county.
Licensed fixed wireless covers 62.4% of Niobrara 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 12 providers, of which 2 offer fiber and 4 licensed fixed wireless.
Served locations fell 9.92% year on year, usually a filing correction rather than a loss of service.
Niobrara County is harder-served than the typical Wyoming county, where the median unserved share is 12.4%.
Fiber is further along here than in most of Wyoming, where the median county reaches 45.6%.
What people actually measure in Wyoming
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
110 Mbps
46.7 Mbps to 209 Mbps
10.5 Mbps
53 ms
15,684
Visionary Communications
48.6 Mbps
26.1 Mbps to 94.8 Mbps
11.5 Mbps
13 ms
3,548
All West Communications
106 Mbps
51.5 Mbps to 210 Mbps
29.3 Mbps
37 ms
2,879
CenturyLink Communications
19.7 Mbps
5.6 Mbps to 83.7 Mbps
3.0 Mbps
48 ms
2,411
Silver Star Communications
87.7 Mbps
28.8 Mbps to 148 Mbps
20.3 Mbps
61 ms
1,719
Clarity Telecom
214 Mbps
104 Mbps to 432 Mbps
178 Mbps
14 ms
1,619
TCT West
48.3 Mbps
9.6 Mbps to 93.4 Mbps
28.1 Mbps
23 ms
1,481
Advanced Communications Technology
36.8 Mbps
26.0 Mbps to 77.6 Mbps
11.9 Mbps
55 ms
1,262
Mountain West Technologies
28.6 Mbps
14.8 Mbps to 49.5 Mbps
10.4 Mbps
9 ms
882
Union Wireless
28.4 Mbps
13.3 Mbps to 90.8 Mbps
7.6 Mbps
35 ms
874
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 Niobrara 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