Best Internet Providers in Bellevue, Washington

What is the best internet provider in Bellevue?

Quantum Fiber is Bellevue’s best internet provider. It offers the best combination of speed and price, making it the best value for money. It’s a true fiber-to-the-home connection, so you get symmetrical upload and download speeds with all plans. Quantum Fiber also offers a lifetime warranty, an extremely valuable benefit.

If you want to pay the lowest possible prices, Xfinity and Ziply Fiber have the cheapest internet in Bellevuewith plans starting at $20 per month. Unfortunately, that price goes up significantly in the second year, but both providers offer a range of affordable options. Ziply Fiber has the fastest internet in Bellevue (and the entire country), with speeds up to an unfathomably high 50,000 Mbps.

Verizon and T-Mobile both offer wireless home internet services in Bellevue. While they aren’t as reliable as wired options in the region, you can save significantly on both by bundling them with a qualifying mobile plan.

Best internet in Bellevue, Washington

Source: CNET analysis of provider data.

Source: CNET analysis of provider data.

Here’s how to find internet deals and promotions in Bellevue

The best internet deals and top promotions in Bellevue depend on what discounts are available during that time. Most offers are short-lived, but we regularly review the latest offers.

Bellevue internet providers, such as Xfinity and Verizon, may offer lower introductory prices or streaming add-ons for a limited time. However, many, including T-Mobile Home Internet and Quantum Fiber, charge the same standard prices all 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 Bellevue

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, based on 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 given 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?

Although 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.

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

Frequently asked questions about internet providers in Bellevue