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Cable One's residential brand, built around small-city and rural markets across the West and South.
200 Mbps · $45/mo500 Mbps · $65/mo
Internet providers in Madison, IL
We have 7 providers on record serving this rural area, across 5 technologies. The best value right now is Sparklight Gigablast at 1 Gbps for $85/mo.
7
Providers here
1 Gbps
Fastest — Sparklight
$45/mo
Cheapest — Rise Broadband
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ZIP codes
Ranked
Every provider in Madison
Ordered by our score, which weighs technology, speed, symmetry, the real two-year cost and the terms. How we rank.
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Home internet over AT&T's 5G network. Flat $60, self-install in minutes, and a reasonable fallback where no wire reaches the house.
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Rise BroadbandFixed wireless
Fixed wireless aimed squarely at farms and small towns on the plains, where the alternative is satellite or nothing.
25 Mbps · $45/mo50 Mbps · $65/mo
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StarlinkSatellite
Low-earth-orbit satellite. The only satellite service with latency low enough for video calls, and it works essentially anywhere with sky.
100 Mbps · $49/mo
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A reseller rather than a network owner: it buys capacity on other carriers' lines and sells it with no data caps and no throttling.
100 Mbps · $50/mo
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HughesNetSatellite
The other geostationary satellite option. Cheaper than Viasat at the entry tier, with the same latency limits.
100 Mbps · $75/mo100 Mbps · $90/mo
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ViasatSatellite
Geostationary satellite covering the whole country. Latency makes it a last resort, but it reaches addresses nothing else does.
100 Mbps · $150/mo
Coverage is recorded by city, not by street address, and availability in the US changes block by block. Confirm with the provider before you plan around any of this.
Technology
What's available in Madison
Not every technology reaches every address, and they are not interchangeable.
Cable
Coax from the TV network. Fast down, much slower up.
- Providers
- 1
- Fastest
- 1 Gbps
- From
- $45/mo
5G Home
A cellular signal to a box in your window. No install, variable speed.
- Providers
- 2
- Fastest
- 225 Mbps
- From
- $60/mo
Fixed wireless
A radio link to a nearby tower. Needs line of sight.
- Providers
- 1
- Fastest
- 100 Mbps
- From
- $45/mo
DSL
Runs on the old phone line. Slow, but it reaches almost everywhere.
- Providers
- 1
- Fastest
- 100 Mbps
- From
- $50/mo
Satellite
A dish pointed at the sky. Works anywhere, costs more.
- Providers
- 3
- Fastest
- 220 Mbps
- From
- $49/mo
Coverage
ZIP codes in Madison
Nearby
Other places in Illinois
Questions
Internet in Madison, answered
Which internet providers are available in Madison?
We have 7 providers on record serving Madison, Illinois: Sparklight, AT&T Internet Air, Rise Broadband, Starlink, EarthLink, HughesNet, Viasat. Availability varies street by street, so confirm your exact address with the provider.
Is fiber internet available in Madison?
We have no fiber providers on record in Madison yet. Cable and 5G home internet are usually the next best wired and wireless options.
What is the cheapest internet in Madison?
Rise Broadband Rise 25 is the lowest advertised price we track in Madison, at $45 a month. Check whether that is an introductory rate — many are, and the price steps up after twelve months.
What is the fastest internet in Madison?
Sparklight sells the fastest plan we track here, at 1 Gbps. Most households do not need anything close to that — the number that usually matters is upload speed, not download.
How does Best Internet US decide the order?
Every plan gets a score from five things: the technology, the download speed on a log scale, how symmetrical it is, the true two-year cost including any promo step-up and equipment rental, and the terms — contracts, data caps and fees. Nobody pays for placement.