Best Internet Providers in Youngstown, Ohio

What is the best internet provider in Youngstown?

CNET Recommends Spectrum as the Best Internet Provider in Youngstown, because it is the only landline provider available everywhere in the city. As extensive as it is, Youngstown residents can rely on Spectrum for consistently high speeds and low prices – at least for the first two years. It’s important to note that Spectrum’s rates then increase by $30 or $35 monthly. Spectrum was also crowned for having the fastest download speeds for a cable internet provider in the United States, according to the latest Opensignal report.

If Spectrum doesn’t interest you for any reason or you’re looking for something faster, then AT&T Fiber has the fastest internet in Youngstown. Unfortunately, it is mainly available in Austintown, and only about 3% of homes within the Youngstown city limits can get it. For that portion of that all-important 3%, AT&T Fiber offers incredibly fast speeds and customer-friendly terms.

Besides Spectrum and AT&T Fiber, your other options for internet in Youngstown are wireless internet connections through AT&T Internet Air, Verizon 5G Home Internet, or T-Mobile 5G Home Internet. Speeds aren’t as fast as wired connections, and they’re more susceptible to network congestion and disruptions, but smaller households should be fine.

Best internet in Youngstown

Source: CNET analysis of provider data.

Source: CNET analysis of provider data.

How to Find Internet Deals and Promotions in Youngstown

The best internet deals and top promotions in Youngstown depend on the discounts available at a certain time. Most offers are short-lived, but we regularly review the latest offers.

Youngstown internet providers such as T-Mobile Home Internet and Verizon 5G Home Internet may offer lower introductory prices or streaming add-ons for a limited time. However, others, including Spectrum and AT&T Fiber, have the same standard prices year-round.

For a more comprehensive list of promos, check out our guide to the best internet deals.

Source: CNET analysis of provider data.

What is a good internet speed?

Most internet plans can now handle basic productivity and communication tasks. If you’re looking for an internet plan that’s suitable for video conferencing, video streaming, or gaming, you’ll have a better experience with a more robust connection. Here you will find an overview of the recommended minimum download speeds for different applications, according to the FCC. Please note that these are guidelines only and internet speed, service and performance will vary by connection type, provider and address.

For more information, see our guide to how much internet speed you really need.

• With 0 to 5 Mbps you can handle the basics: surfing the web, sending and receiving email, streaming low-quality video.
• 5 to 40 Mbps gives you higher quality video streaming and video conferencing.
• 40 to 100 Mbps should give a single user enough bandwidth to meet the demands of modern telecommuting, video streaming and online gaming.
• With 100 to 500 Mbps, one to two users can simultaneously participate in high-bandwidth activities such as video conferencing, streaming and online gaming.
• With 500 to 1,000 Mbps, three or more users can perform high-bandwidth activities simultaneously.

How CNET chose the best Internet providers in Youngstown

Internet providers are numerous and regional. Unlike the latest smartphone, laptop, router or kitchen tool, it’s impractical to personally test every ISP in a given city. So what is our approach? We’ll start by researching the price, availability, and speed information using our own historical ISP data, carrier sites, and Federal Communications Commission mapping information at FCC.gov.

But it doesn’t end there. We go to the FCC’s website to check our records and make sure we’re considering every ISP that provides service in a particular area. We also enter local addresses on provider websites to find specific options for residents. We look to sources, including the American Customer Satisfaction Index and JD Power, to evaluate how satisfied customers are with an ISP’s service. ISP plans and prices are subject to frequent changes; all information provided is accurate at the time of publication.

Once we have this localized information, we ask three main questions:

1. Does the provider offer access to reasonably high internet speeds?
2. Do customers get a good price for what they pay?
3. Are customers satisfied with their service?

While the answers to these questions are often layered and complex, we recommend the providers who come closest to ‘yes’ to all three questions. When selecting the cheapest internet service, we look for the subscriptions with the lowest monthly amount, but we also take into account things such as price increases, equipment costs and contracts. Choosing the fastest internet service is relatively easy. We look at advertised upload and download speeds and take into account real-world speed data from sources such as Ookla And FCC reports. (Disclosure: Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.)

Visit our page on how we test ISPs to explore our process in more depth.

Frequently Asked Questions About Internet Service Providers in Youngstown