ChooseISP started with a simple frustration: national ISP websites show you promotions before they tell you whether they even serve your address. We wanted a tool that gives you the real picture first.
Finding internet service in the US is surprisingly confusing. Provider websites are designed for marketing, not information. "Available in your area" can mean anything from full fiber availability to a cable node 5 miles away. Prices shown are often introductory rates that expire after 12 months. And it's hard to compare options across providers on a level playing field.
Meanwhile, the federal government has been collecting detailed broadband availability data from every US ISP for years — but it's locked in a format that's difficult for consumers to query directly.
We built ChooseISP to bridge that gap: take the official FCC data, make it address-searchable, and present results in a clear, comparable format.
Our lookup engine geocodes your address using the US Census Bureau API, then queries our local copy of the FCC National Broadband Map — the most complete, address-specific record of who provides internet service in America. Results come back in under a second.
Results come from FCC filings, not ISP marketing. We show who the data says serves you.
We explain how our data works, what its limits are, and how we make money.
Affiliate relationships don't influence what we show you or how we rank providers.
We don't store your address and don't sell data. A lookup is just a lookup.
We update our FCC dataset each time the agency publishes a new release (approximately every 6 months). When new data is available, we process and deploy it within two weeks. The current dataset version is always noted in our site footer.
We know FCC data isn't perfect — providers sometimes over-report coverage, and the data can be months behind actual network expansions. We're transparent about these limitations on our methodology page and always recommend confirming directly with your ISP before ordering.
If you find data that looks wrong for your address, let us know — we investigate every report and work to keep results as accurate as possible.
ChooseISP is free to use and supported by affiliate commissions — when you click a provider link and sign up for service, we may receive a payment from that provider. We're transparent about this on our How We Make Money page. Our editorial recommendations are independent of those financial relationships.
We're a small team and we read every email. Whether you've found a data error, have a feature request, or just want to say hello:
General: hello@chooseisp.com
Data corrections: data@chooseisp.com
Privacy questions: privacy@chooseisp.com