Where Sparklight is actually available
Sparklight reports 2,092,486 residential cable locations across 23 states and 119 metro areas, in the latest FCC filing. Here is where that footprint actually reaches, and where it does not.
Is Sparklight available in my area?
Sparklight is a regional network, not a national one. The honest answer for any given home is that it depends on the street, because cable networks were built out block by block. The tables below are the closest thing to a straight answer that public federal data allows: every state and metro where Sparklight has reported service, and how much of each it covers.
Sparklight coverage by state
Coverage is the share of residential locations in each state where Sparklight reports it can serve. A low percentage does not mean a bad network. It usually means a network concentrated in a few towns.
| State | Share of homes covered |
|---|---|
| Idaho | 57.6% |
| North Dakota | 20.6% |
| Mississippi | 19.7% |
| Oklahoma | 8.6% |
| Missouri | 6.6% |
| New Mexico | 6.4% |
| Arkansas | 6.0% |
| Arizona | 4.6% |
| South Carolina | 4.5% |
| Alabama | 3.2% |
| Texas | 3.1% |
| Louisiana | 2.9% |
| Indiana | 2.9% |
| Nebraska | 2.8% |
| Iowa | 2.4% |
| Illinois | 2.2% |
| Kansas | 2.2% |
| Georgia | 1.7% |
| South Dakota | 1.0% |
| Minnesota | 0.8% |
| Oregon | 0.4% |
| Tennessee | 0.4% |
| Washington | 0.3% |
Metro areas Sparklight serves
Ranked by how much of the metro is covered, not by metro size. The top of this list is where Sparklight is a realistic option for most homes.
| Metro area | Share of homes covered |
|---|---|
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, SC Metro Area | 93.6% |
| Boise City, ID Metro Area | 88.5% |
| Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area | 85.4% |
| Borger, TX Micro Area | 85.4% |
| Anniston-Oxford, AL Metro Area | 85.3% |
| Columbus, MS Micro Area | 84.8% |
| Lewiston, ID-WA Metro Area | 83.7% |
| Pocatello, ID Metro Area | 83.0% |
| Roswell, NM Micro Area | 81.4% |
| Vincennes, IN Micro Area | 80.2% |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area | 80.1% |
| Safford, AZ Micro Area | 78.7% |
| Idaho Falls, ID Metro Area | 78.6% |
| Kingsville, TX Micro Area | 78.4% |
| Bartlesville, OK Micro Area | 77.9% |
| Pampa, TX Micro Area | 77.4% |
| Twin Falls, ID Metro Area | 76.8% |
| Odessa, TX Metro Area | 75.8% |
| Altus, OK Micro Area | 75.6% |
| Dumas, TX Micro Area | 75.5% |
| Fort Leonard Wood, MO Micro Area | 75.1% |
| Kennett, MO Micro Area | 74.3% |
| Grenada, MS Micro Area | 73.9% |
| Dyersburg, TN Micro Area | 73.8% |
| Cleveland, MS Micro Area | 72.9% |
Showing the 25 best-covered of 119 metro areas with reported Sparklight service.
What technology does Sparklight use?
Cable One, Inc. reports more than one technology to the FCC, so not every address in its footprint gets the same product:
87% of the locations Cable One, Inc. reports nationally are cable.
| Technology | Residential locations reported |
|---|---|
| Cable | 2,092,486 |
| Fiber | 232,411 |
| DSL / Copper | 64,055 |
| Fixed Wireless | 6,228 |
An honest limitation. The FCC publishes each provider's technology mix nationally, but not per city. So we can tell you Sparklight operates cable somewhere in a given state and we cannot tell you from this data that your particular street gets cable rather than one of the others. Check with the provider before signing anything.
How cable compares
Fiber vs cable explains what actually differs between the delivery methods, and when the difference is worth paying for.
Sparklight compared to other providers
Providers that overlap with Sparklight in enough places to be a real choice:
- Sparklight vs Xfinity (both available in 30 metro areas)
Other providers in the states Sparklight serves
Operators reporting service in the same states, most overlap first. Sharing a state is not sharing a street, so treat this as where to look next rather than as a second option at your address.
- Verizon Fios in 23 of the same states
- AT&T Fiber in 22 of the same states
- Xfinity in 18 of the same states
- Spectrum in 18 of the same states
- Google Fiber in 13 of the same states
- Brightspeed in 13 of the same states
- Frontier Fiber in 13 of the same states
- Kinetic in 12 of the same states
- Mediacom in 12 of the same states
- Rise Broadband in 11 of the same states
- Quantum Fiber in 11 of the same states
- Fidium Fiber in 9 of the same states
- Conexon Connect in 6 of the same states
- Bluepeak in 5 of the same states
- Ezee Fiber in 4 of the same states
- Midco in 4 of the same states
- C Spire in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee
- Gateway Fiber in Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota
- Ziply Fiber in Idaho, Oregon, Washington
- Dobson Fiber in Arkansas, Oklahoma
- EverFast Fiber in Kansas, Missouri
- Plateau in New Mexico, Texas
- Truvista Fiber in Georgia, South Carolina
Common questions
Is Sparklight available at my address?
Only an address check answers that. Use the state and metro tables above to find out whether Sparklight operates in your area at all. If your state is not listed, it does not. If it is, coverage within that state is uneven and street-level.
Who owns Sparklight?
Sparklight files with the FCC under the holding company name Cable One, Inc.. This is common, because the name on the bill and the name on the federal filing are frequently different.
How current is this data?
It comes from the FCC Broadband Data Collection, filing period D25, published July 21, 2026. The FCC refreshes it roughly twice a year, and there is a publication lag of several months. We update these pages when new data is released.
Does WhereFiber earn money if I sign up?
Sometimes. Where a provider runs an affiliate program we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It does not affect which providers appear here, which is decided by FCC data alone. Full detail in our affiliate disclosure.
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