Internet providers in Atlanta, GA

The cheapest plans in the Atlanta area start at $30.00 per month. The Spectrum Internet® plan is a great value for the first 12 months compared to similarly priced plans from Cox Communications, AT&T, and Xfinity.

If you want a cheap gigabit connection, GFiber is your best bet, costing $70 per month. AT&T is just $10 more each month, while Spectrum and Cox Communications are higher. Xfinity offers a 1,000 Mbps plan at $75.00 per month and a 1,200 Mbps plan at $80.00 per month, but both have a 1.2 TB data cap.

Atlanta residential internet coverage

The two biggest internet providers in Atlanta are AT&T and Xfinity. Both are available all over the metro area and extend far out beyond the Atlanta beltway.

AT&T provides DSL internet speeds up to 100 Mbps. It’s available from Gainsville in the northeast all the way down to LaGrange in the southwest. Coverage also extends from Tallapoosa to the west out to Athens in the east.

AT&T’s fiber has a smaller footprint but offers speeds up to 5,000 Mbps. Eventually, AT&T will offer a 10,000 Mbps plan, the fastest internet speeds currently provided to homes.

Google Fiber is another option if you want fast fiber internet. There are just two plans with speeds up to 2,000 Mbps. It’s the fastest internet provider in the US based on proprietary data we analyzed for our annual Fastest Internet Providers report.

For cable internet, Xfinity plans range from 75 Mbps to 1,200 Mbps. It has a slightly smaller coverage area than AT&T, but it still provides some of the best internet services to millions of Atlanta residents.

Cox Communications and Spectrum are two other cable internet providers in the Atlanta area with speeds up to 1,000 Mbps. EarthLink offers both DSL and fiber, but its coverage area isn’t as widespread.

If you’re unhappy with the landline internet options, Viasat and Hughesnet are your satellite providers. Their plans are slower than wired internet and typically cost more too.

Highest-rated internet service providers in Atlanta

Xfinity is your #1 cable internet provider in the Atlanta area based on our latest customer satisfaction survey. It ranks third out of 15 national internet providers for overall customer satisfaction and takes the top spot for speed satisfaction. Cox Communications and Spectrum also rank well in our survey, so you can’t go wrong with either one of the three.

AT&T and GFiber are your go-to providers for fiber internet, although you may find some Spectrum fiber internet in new areas the other two don’t claim. AT&T ranks fourth in overall customer satisfaction in our survey, as well as fourth in speed. We don’t compare GFiber with AT&T since it’s a regional internet provider, but it has the highest rankings across every category in our survey.