Columbus is mostly a Spectrum and AT&T market with growing fiber competition from Everstream and Breezeline. Spectrum Business has the dominant cable footprint across the metro. AT&T Business Fiber covers a growing share of commercial blocks. T-Mobile fixed wireless is widely available.
The pricing problem in Columbus is the assumption that the secondary fiber overbuilders are not worth quoting. Everstream often comes in 20 to 30 percent below the incumbent on dedicated fiber.
Columbus's commercial geography
Columbus's commercial demand sits in three places. The Short North Arts District runs along High Street between downtown and the Ohio State campus, concentrating mixed-use small-business and creative-office tenancy. The Easton area, anchored by Easton Town Center on the northeast side, is one of the metro's largest suburban office and retail clusters. Polaris Centers of Commerce, in Delaware County, is the suburban Class A office park spine. M/I Homes, headquartered in the metro, and the corporate-services cluster historically rooted by The Limited generate steady enterprise telecom demand here.
In 2025, Lightpath entered the Columbus market with a new 102 route-mile underground fiber network anchored by a major hyperscaler, aimed at linking strategic data center campuses south of downtown back into the metro corridor. One regulatory wrinkle: Ohio's statewide video service authorization through the Department of Commerce replaces city-by-city cable franchises and runs for 10-year terms, so the franchise-renewal leverage that exists in many states is largely off the table here.
What you should be paying
These are dedicated internet ranges from current carrier wholesale data, marked up to typical retail.
Columbus dedicated internet, typical retail (mid 50%)
Monthly recurring charge, dedicated internet access (DIA). Numbers are derived from current carrier wholesale quotes.
| Speed | Typical retail (mid 50%) | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Gbps | $1,255 – $1,525/mo | n = 1 |
| 10 Gbps | $2,270 – $2,760/mo | n = 1 |
If your bill sits above the high end of the band, you are likely overpaying.
Analyze My Bill FreeFor AT&T Business Fiber at 1 Gbps, expect $150 to $230 a month for a single office. For Spectrum coax at 600 Mbps, the fair price is $150 to $230 a month.
Carriers worth quoting in Columbus
Five carriers cover most addresses in the metro.
- Spectrum Business. Coax everywhere, fiber in select buildings.
- AT&T Business Fiber. Strong commercial fiber footprint across the metro.
- Everstream. Regional fiber overbuilder, common in commercial buildings.
- T-Mobile Business Internet. $85 a month for 200 to 300 Mbps. Useful benchmark.
- Verizon 5G Business Internet. $99 a month at 400 Mbps.
If you have not had three of these on a quote sheet, you have not run a real comparison.
What to do this week
- Pull your most recent invoice. Find the contract end date and the side fees.
- Get one quote from Everstream if you are in a commercial building.
- Compare your base rate to the bands above. If you are 20 percent above the high end, the retention call is worth making.
See where your Columbus bill sits against current rates
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