Where Kinetic is actually available
Kinetic reports service across 18 states and 237 metro areas in the latest FCC filing, and 1,443,622 of its 3,357,333 residential locations are fiber. Here is where that footprint actually reaches, and where it does not.
Looking for Windstream? Same network. Kinetic is the current consumer brand for Windstream: one company, one FCC filing, and everything below covers both.
Is Kinetic available in my area?
Kinetic is a regional network, not a national one. The honest answer for any given home is that it depends on the street, because fiber 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 Kinetic has reported service, and how much of each it covers.
Kinetic coverage by state
These percentages are the whole Kinetic network, not just fiber. 43.0% of what this operator files with the FCC is fiber (1,443,622 residential locations); the rest is DSL / copper (1,702,534), fixed wireless (123,613) and cable (87,564). The FCC publishes that split for the country as a whole and never by state or metro, so no public source can say how much of any one state is fiber. Read the table below as where this operator reports service on any fixed technology.
Coverage is the share of residential locations in each state where Kinetic 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 |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 21.7% |
| Nebraska | 20.8% |
| Iowa | 13.2% |
| Georgia | 11.6% |
| New Mexico | 7.8% |
| Arkansas | 6.3% |
| North Carolina | 6.0% |
| Oklahoma | 5.9% |
| Pennsylvania | 5.4% |
| Ohio | 3.9% |
| Texas | 2.7% |
| South Carolina | 2.1% |
| Minnesota | 1.6% |
| Missouri | 1.5% |
| Alabama | 1.3% |
| Florida | 0.8% |
| New York | 0.8% |
| Mississippi | 0.7% |
Metro areas Kinetic serves
Ranked by how much of the metro is covered, not by metro size. The top of this list is where Kinetic is a realistic option for most homes. Same caveat as the state table: this is the whole network, and 43.0% of it nationally is fiber.
| Metro area | Share of homes covered |
|---|---|
| Lewisburg, PA Micro Area | 97.7% |
| St. Marys, PA Micro Area | 94.4% |
| Moultrie, GA Micro Area | 91.2% |
| Cornelia, GA Micro Area | 90.0% |
| Summerville, GA Micro Area | 89.4% |
| Hastings, NE Micro Area | 85.7% |
| Pecos, TX Micro Area | 83.8% |
| Andrews, TX Micro Area | 83.7% |
| Hobbs, NM Micro Area | 83.0% |
| Dumas, TX Micro Area | 82.7% |
| Campbellsville, KY Micro Area | 81.3% |
| Pella, IA Micro Area | 81.3% |
| Levelland, TX Micro Area | 81.0% |
| Lamesa, TX Micro Area | 77.3% |
| Somerset, KY Micro Area | 77.3% |
| Lincoln, NE Metro Area | 76.0% |
| Jefferson, GA Micro Area | 73.1% |
| Beatrice, NE Micro Area | 72.1% |
| Meadville, PA Micro Area | 71.9% |
| Española, NM Micro Area | 71.2% |
| Ruidoso, NM Micro Area | 70.3% |
| Thomaston, GA Micro Area | 70.1% |
| Dalton, GA Metro Area | 69.7% |
| Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area | 67.5% |
| Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area | 66.5% |
Showing the 25 best-covered of 237 metro areas with reported Kinetic service.
What technology does Kinetic use?
Uniti Group Inc. reports more than one technology to the FCC, so not every address in its footprint gets the same product:
43% of the locations Uniti Group Inc. reports nationally are fiber. Most of what this company files is something else, so treat any coverage percentage for this brand as the whole company rather than as fiber reach.
| Technology | Residential locations reported |
|---|---|
| DSL / Copper | 1,702,534 |
| Fiber | 1,443,622 |
| Fixed Wireless | 123,613 |
| Cable | 87,564 |
An honest limitation. The FCC publishes each provider's technology mix nationally, but not per city. So we can tell you Kinetic operates fiber somewhere in a given state and we cannot tell you from this data that your particular street gets fiber rather than one of the others. Check with the provider before signing anything.
How fiber compares
Fiber vs cable explains what actually differs between the delivery methods, and when the difference is worth paying for.
Kinetic compared to other providers
Providers that overlap with Kinetic in enough places to be a real choice:
- Kinetic vs Spectrum (both available in 119 metro areas)
Other providers in the states Kinetic 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 18 of the same states
- AT&T Fiber in 17 of the same states
- Xfinity in 15 of the same states
- Spectrum in 15 of the same states
- Frontier Fiber in 14 of the same states
- Sparklight in 12 of the same states
- Metronet in 11 of the same states
- Brightspeed in 11 of the same states
- Optimum in 11 of the same states
- Fidium Fiber in 9 of the same states
- Point Broadband in 7 of the same states
- Omni Fiber in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas
- Bluepeak in Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas
- Dobson Fiber in Arkansas, Oklahoma
- Empire Access in New York, Pennsylvania
- LiveOak Fiber in Florida, Georgia
- Plateau in New Mexico, Texas
- Truvista Fiber in Georgia, South Carolina
- Arvig in Minnesota
- OEC Fiber in Oklahoma
Common questions
Is Kinetic available at my address?
Only an address check answers that. Use the state and metro tables above to find out whether Kinetic 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 Kinetic?
Kinetic files with the FCC under the holding company name Uniti Group 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.
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