Best Internet Providers in Tulsa, Oklahoma

CNET’s pick for the best internet provider in Tulsa, Oklahoma is AT&T Fiber. The broadband provider offers symmetrical upload and download speeds on all plans. Not only that, the plans are reasonably priced and offer a diverse range of options for all needs.

If AT&T doesn’t serve your area, look into Cox instead. With reliably good service and fast speeds, Cox is also a decent alternative. However, the slow upload speeds and complicated pricing policies may turn you off.

Our team looks at speeds, price, customer service, and overall value to recommend the best internet service in Tulsa in several categories. Our evaluation involves consulting a proprietary database built up over years of reviewing internet services. We validate that against provider information by spot-checking local addresses for service availability. We also carefully read providers’ terms and conditions and, if necessary, call ISPs to verify details.

Our process has some limitations that you should be aware of. Pricing and speed data are variable: certain addresses may qualify for different levels of service, and monthly fees can vary, even within a city. The best way to identify your specific options is to enter your address on a provider’s website.

Please note that the prices, speeds, and other information listed above and in the provider maps below may vary from what we found in our research. The maps show the full range of prices and speeds from a provider in the U.S., according to our database of plan information provided directly by ISPs, while the text is specific to what’s available in Tulsa. The prices referenced in the text of this article are from our research and include applicable discounts for setting up automatic payments each month — a standard offering in the industry. Other discounts and promotions may also be available for things like signing up for a contract or bundling with a cell phone plan.

Want to learn more about how we evaluate ISPs? Visit our full methodology page.

Top Internet Providers in Tulsa

While AT&T Fiber is clearly the best choice in Tulsa, that doesn’t mean there aren’t other good options available. About 41% of the city has access to fiber — the gold standard for home internet — and 99.8% can get at least 250 megabits per second download and 25 Mbps upload — more than enough for the average home’s streaming and internet usage. In other words, nearly everyone in Tulsa will be able to find an internet plan that meets their needs.

Source: CNET analysis of carrier data

Other available residential internet providers in Tulsa

There’s a big step down from our top picks to most of the providers below, with the exception of Windstream’s Kinetic Fiber service. Consider these your backup options if you can’t get service from AT&T Fiber, Cox, or T-Mobile.

• BijLink: AtLink is a local fixed wireless internet provider, covering 12% of Tulsa households. Atlink prices start at $50 per month for 100/20 Mbps speeds and go up to $125 per month for 400/50 Mbps speeds. We recommend it only as an alternative to satellite internet.
• The internet hub: Another local fixed wireless provider, The Junction Internet, serves 66% of Tulsa’s households. Plans start at $50 per month for 10/2 Mbps speeds and go up to 50/10 Mbps for $125. That’s a lot of money for not a lot of speed, and only worth considering as an alternative to satellite.
• Satellite internet: We only recommend satellite internet if there are no other options at your address. HughesNet and Viasat both offer slow speeds, high equipment costs, and strict data caps. Starlink offers faster speeds and lower latency, but the equipment alone costs $499.
• American cell phone: US Cellular is available in 76% of Tulsa. Like T-Mobile, it uses cell towers to beam data wirelessly to your home. US Cellular doesn’t list exact speeds on its website, but when we called to ask, a rep told us download speeds in Tulsa were as high as 195 Mbps, but that 50 Mbps was a more realistic expectation. It does come with a low 600GB of monthly data cap, but at $60 per month, US Cellular is worth considering as a backup to our top picks.
• Kinetic by Windstream: Windstream offers fiber, DSL and fixed wireless internet in the Tulsa area, but fiber is the only option really worth considering. It offers 300 Mbps upload and download speeds for $40 per month ($65 in year two) or 1,000 Mbps for $70 ($95 in year three) — a value comparable to AT&T Fiber. There’s also a more expensive 2,000 Mbps plan for $99 with a two-year price guarantee. The only thing holding it back from being one of our top picks is availability. Only 11% of Tulsa residents can get Windstream, and fiber coverage is limited to the Broken Arrow area.

Home Internet Service Pricing Information in Tulsa

Starting prices for internet in Tulsa average around $49 per month. That’s comparable to other cities CNET covered — Charlotte, Chicago, San Diego and St. Louis all have average starting prices around $50 per month.

Source: CNET analysis of carrier data

How fast is the broadband internet in Tulsa?

Three internet providers in Tulsa offer gig speeds: AT&T Fiber, Cox and Kinetic by Windstream. You can even access AT&T’s blazing-fast 5,000Mbps fiber plans across much of the city — enough bandwidth to stream Netflix in 4K on more than 300 TVs simultaneously.

Source: CNET analysis of carrier data

What’s the final word on internet providers in Tulsa?

There’s a clear winner when it comes to internet service in Tulsa. AT&T Fiber isn’t just the best internet you can get in the city — it’s the best internet provider in the entire country. If you can’t get AT&T Fiber at your address, Cox is a worthy backup option, with fast download speeds and reasonable prices.

How CNET Chose the Best Internet Providers in Tulsa

Internet service providers are numerous and regional. Unlike the latest smartphone, laptop, router, or kitchen utensil, it’s impractical to personally test every Internet service provider in a given city. So how do we approach this? To start, we use a proprietary database of pricing, availability, and speed information based on our own historical ISP data, partner data, and mapping information from the Federal Communications Commission at FCC.gov.

This guide uses an in-house artificial intelligence tool called RAMP, which is trained on our own writing and uses our database to generate content about specific ISPs that our writers can use in determining and presenting our picks for a given guide. Check out CNET’s AI Policy for more information about how our teams use (and don’t use) AI tools.

Because our database isn’t exhaustive, we go to the FCC website to fact-check the primary data ourselves and make sure we consider every ISP that offers service in an area. Plans and prices also vary by location, so we enter local addresses into provider websites to find the specific options available to residents. We look at sources including the American Customer Satisfaction Index and J.D. Power to evaluate how satisfied customers are with an ISP’s service. ISP plans and prices are subject to frequent change; all information provided is accurate at the time of our pre-publication fact-check.

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

1. Does the provider offer access to reasonably fast internet speeds?
2. Do customers get value for their money?
3. Are customers satisfied with their service?

While the answers to these questions are often layered and complex, the providers that come closest to “yes” to all three questions are the ones we recommend. To explore our process in more depth, visit our How We Test ISPs page.

Frequently Asked Questions About Internet Providers in Tulsa