For more than a decade, Americans have been getting more value from their home internet service — paying less while receiving faster speeds and better performance.
A new report from USTelecom confirms that trend continues. According to the latest Broadband Pricing Index, home internet prices declined for the 11th straight year in 2025, while broadband speeds continued to climb dramatically.
The report underscores a competitive broadband marketplace that continues to deliver more value to consumers as providers invest billions to expand and upgrade their networks.
And when combined with the billions in savings delivered by cable’s mobile services, the cost of connectivity has never been more affordable.
Broadband Prices Continue to Fall
The Broadband Pricing Index tracks standalone home internet service plans across a range of speed tiers. The latest report found prices declined again in 2025 across every major service category.
Among the report’s key findings:
- Since 2014, prices for the most popular broadband service tiers have declined 44%.
- Plans in the 100–249 Mbps tier — often the most accessible option for price-sensitive households — saw prices decline 17.2% in real terms in a single year and nearly 40% over two years.
- Over the same period, overall consumer prices rose 36%, rent increased 54% and food and beverage prices climbed nearly 39%.
Faster Speeds, Greater Value
At the same time prices have declined, broadband providers have continued significantly increasing network speeds and capacity to meet growing consumer demand.
According to the report:
- Average download speeds for the most popular plans have increased 145% since 2014.
- Average upload speeds have risen roughly 95% over the same period.
- Price declines occurred across every broadband speed tier measured in the report.
Today’s networks support increasingly data-intensive activities like streaming, remote work, online learning, gaming and connected home technologies across multiple devices at once.
Competition and Investment Continue Delivering Results
The Broadband Pricing Index reflects the long-term impact of competition and continued private investment in broadband infrastructure.
Broadband providers invest billions of dollars annually in network upgrades and expanded connectivity to help meet growing consumer demand and connect more communities nationwide. Those investments are driving innovation, improving network performance and delivering more choices for consumers.
The data underscores how policies that encourage investment and innovation will continue to deliver affordable, high-quality internet service to American households.
For more than a decade, the trend has remained clear — consumers are getting faster speeds, greater reliability and more value while broadband prices continue to fall.
