Best Internet Providers in Maury, Tennessee

What is the best internet provider in Maury?

The small town of Maury, Tennessee, has limited home broadband options, but cable Internet is available to most households in the town. Spectrum is CNET’s top pick for best Internet service provider in Maury due to its broad coverage, reaching over 86% of households, according to the latest data from the Federal Communications Commission. Some addresses may be eligible for the top-tier 1000 megabits per second plan for $70 per month, which drops the cost per Mbps down to a cheap 7 cents. Spectrum also has a 500 Mbps plan for $50 per month. However, Spectrum is notorious for its price hikes. You can expect your monthly rate to increase by at least $30 in the second year.

Currently, high-speed Internet in Maury is limited, with Spectrum and TEC Internet being the only ISPs offering gigabit speeds in the area. Spectrum may have faster download speeds, but a fiber internet connection from TEC Internet offers symmetrical download and upload speeds of up to 940 Mbps. A fiber connection can be optimal for streaming, working from home and even online gaming.

If you’re looking for affordable home Internet, Spectrum and T-Mobile offer the cheapest plans in the area at $50 a month. However, T-Mobile may be a better bet if you want to avoid Spectrum’s price hikes. Eligible T-Mobile customers can also bundle their home internet with a cellular plan to receive a monthly discount.

Source: CNET analysis of provider data.

What is the cheapest internet plan in Maury?

Source: CNET analysis of provider data.

How to find online deals and promotions in Maury?

The best online deals and top promotions at Maury depend on what discounts are available during a certain time. Most deals are short-lived, but we often look for the latest deals.

Maury Internet providers, such as Spectrum, may offer lower introductory prices or streaming add-ons for a limited time. Others, however, including T-Mobile and TEC Internet, have the same standard prices year-round.

For a more extensive list of promotions, check out our guide to the best internet deals.

Fastest internet plans in Maury

Source: CNET analysis of provider data.

What is a good internet speed?

Most internet connection plans can now handle basic productivity and communication tasks. If you’re looking for an Internet plan that can accommodate video conferencing, video streaming, or gaming, you’ll have a better experience with a stronger connection. Here is a summary of the minimum recommended download speeds for various applications, according to the FCC. Note that these are guidelines only — and that Internet speed, service, and performance vary by connection type, provider, and address.

For more information, refer to our guide on how much internet speed you really need.

• 0 to 5 Mbps lets you get by with the basics — surfing the web, sending and receiving email, streaming low-quality video.
• 5 to 40 Mbps gives you the highest quality video streaming and video conferencing.
• 40 to 100 Mbps should give a user enough bandwidth to meet the demands of modern telecommunications, video streaming, and online gaming.
• 100 to 500 Mbps allows one to two users to simultaneously engage in high-bandwidth activities such as video conferencing, streaming, and online gaming.
• 500 to 1000 Mbps allows three or more users to engage in high-bandwidth activities at the same time.

How CNET picked the best Internet providers in Maury

Internet service providers are numerous and regional. Unlike the latest smartphone, laptop, router, or kitchen appliance, it’s impractical to personally test every ISP in a given city. So what is our approach? We start by researching price, availability, and speed information based on our historical ISP data, provider sites, and map information from the Federal Communications Commission at FCC.gov.

But it doesn’t end there. We go to the FCC website to check our records and make sure we account for every ISP that provides service in an area. We also enter local addresses into provider websites to find specific options for residents. We look to sources, including the American Customer Satisfaction Index and JD Power, to gauge how satisfied customers are with an ISP’s service. ISP plans and prices are subject to frequent change; all information provided is correct at the time of publication.

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

1. Does the provider offer access to reasonably fast internet speeds?
2. Are customers getting good value for what they are paying for?
3. Are customers satisfied with their service?

While the answer to these questions is often layered and complex, the providers that come closest to saying “yes” to all three are the ones we recommend. When choosing the cheapest internet service, we look for the plans with the lowest monthly fee, although we also take into account things like price increases, equipment fees and contracts. Choosing the fastest internet service is relatively simple. We look at advertised upload and download speeds and consider real-world speed data from sources like Ookla and FCC reports. (Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis)

To explore our process in more depth, visit our page on how we test ISPs.

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