Best Internet Providers in Tulsa, Oklahoma

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

If AT&T doesn't service your region, look at Cox instead. With reliably good service, and fast speeds, Cox is a decent alternative, too. However, the slow upload speeds and complicated pricing policies might dissuade you.

Our team considers speeds, pricing, customer service and overall value to recommend the best internet service in Tulsa across various categories. Our evaluation includes referencing a proprietary database built over years of reviewing internet services. We validate that against provider information by spot-checking local addresses for service availability. We also do a close read of providers' terms and conditions and, when needed, will call ISPs to verify the details.

Our process has some limitations you should know about. Pricing and speed data are variable: Certain addresses may qualify for different tiers of service and monthly costs may vary, even within a city. The best way to identify your particular options is to plug your address into a provider's website. 

Note that the prices, speed and other information listed above and in the provider cards below may differ from what we found in our research. The cards display the full range of a provider's pricing and speed across the US, 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 within this article’s text come from our research and include applicable discounts for setting up automatic payments each month -- a standard industry offering. Other discounts and promotions might also be available for things like committing to a contract or bundling with a cellphone plan. 

To learn more about how we review internet providers, visit our full methodology page.

Top internet providers in Tulsa

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

Source: CNET analysis of provider data

Other available Tulsa residential internet providers

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

• AtLink: AtLink is a local fixed wireless internet provider, with coverage reaching 12% of Tulsa households.Atlink prices start at $50 per month for 100/20Mbps speeds and go up to $125 a month for 400/50Mbps speeds. We would recommend it only as an alternative to satellite internet. 
• The Junction Internet: Another local fixed wireless provider, The Junction Internet offers service to 66% of Tulsa households. Its plans start at $50 per month for 10/2Mbps speeds and go up to 50/10Mbps 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 aren’t any other options at your address. HughesNet and Viasat both offer low speeds, high equipment costs and stringent data caps. Starlink, delivers faster speeds and lower latency, but the equipment alone costs $499.
• US Cellular: US Cellular is available in 76% of Tulsa. Like T-Mobile, it uses cellphone towers to transmit data to your home wirelessly. US Cellular doesn’t list exact speeds on its website, but when we called to ask, a representative told us download speeds go up to 195Mbps in Tulsa, but that 50Mbps is a more realistic expectation. It does come with a low 600GB 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 that’s really worth considering. It offers 300Mbps upload and download speed for $40 per month ($65 in year two) or 1,000Mbps for $70 ($95 in year three) -- a value that’s on par with AT&T Fiber. There's also a higher-end 2000Mbps plan for $99 with a two-year price guarantee. The only thing that keeps it 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.

Pricing info on Tulsa home internet service

Starting prices for internet in Tulsa average around $49 monthly. That’s on par with other cities CNET has covered -- Charlotte, Chicago, San Diego and St. Louis all have average starting prices around $50 per month.

Source: CNET analysis of provider data

How fast is Tulsa broadband?

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

Source: CNET analysis of provider 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 tool, it's impractical to personally test every internet service provider in a given city. So what's our approach? For starters, we tap into a proprietary database of pricing, availability and speed information that draws from our own historical ISP data, partner data and mapping information from the Federal Communications Commission at FCC.gov. 

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

Because our database is not exhaustive, we go to the FCC’s website to check the primary data for ourselves and make sure we’re considering every ISP that provides service in an area. Plans and prices also vary by location, so we input local addresses on 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 happy customers are with an ISP's service. ISP plans and prices are subject to frequent changes; all information provided is accurate as of the time of our pre-publication fact-check.

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

1. Does the provider offer access to reasonably fast internet speeds? 
2. Do customers get decent value for what they're paying? 
3. Are customers happy with their service? 

While the answer to those questions is often layered and complex, the providers who come closest to “yes” on all three are the ones we recommend. To explore our process in more depth, you can visit our How we test ISPs page.

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