Fargo is mostly a Midco and CenturyLink market. Midco Business has the dominant cable footprint across the metro. CenturyLink (Lumen) has fiber in parts of the city. 702 Communications is a local fiber carrier serving commercial buildings. T-Mobile fixed wireless is widely available.
The pricing problem in Fargo is the assumption that Midco is the only real choice. They often are the right answer for cable, but rarely the cheapest fiber option without a competing quote.
How Fargo is structured
Fargo's commercial activity sits in three places. Downtown Fargo holds the legal, financial, and government corridor along Broadway. The West Acres and 13th Avenue South corridor is the metro's primary suburban office and retail spine, anchored by the West Acres Mall. The University Drive corridor, running north past North Dakota State University, concentrates mixed-use commercial and small-office tenancy. Sanford Health and Microsoft, which has a major regional campus in the metro, are two of the largest commercial accounts in Fargo and drive most of the enterprise telecom demand.
In 2025, Midco announced the next phase of Fiber Forward in Fargo, including a $7.6 million upgrade to bring symmetrical multi-gig fiber to more than 36,000 homes and businesses in Fargo, West Fargo, and Horace by 2026. One regulatory wrinkle: the North Dakota Public Service Commission says it does not regulate cable TV, which is franchised locally by cities and regulated by the FCC, so franchise renewal leverage actually does exist at the city level here, unlike many other states.
What you should be paying
These are dedicated internet ranges from current carrier wholesale data, marked up to typical retail.
Fargo dedicated internet, typical retail (mid 50%)
Monthly recurring charge, dedicated internet access (DIA). Numbers are derived from current carrier wholesale quotes. Shown as a metro-tier band where city-level data is thin.
| Speed | Typical retail (mid 50%) | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Mbps | $630 – $1,060/mo | n = 6 |
| 500 Mbps | $955 – $1,660/mo | n = 6 |
| 1 Gbps | $1,195 – $2,000/mo | n = 7 |
| 10 Gbps | $1,560 – $6,250/mo | n = 6 |
If your bill sits above the high end of the band, you are likely overpaying.
Analyze My Bill FreeFor Midco Business coax at 600 Mbps, the fair price is $150 to $230 a month for a single office. For 702 Communications fiber at 1 Gbps, expect $130 to $200 a month.
Carriers worth quoting in Fargo
Five carriers cover most addresses in the metro.
- Midco Business. Coax everywhere, fiber in select buildings.
- CenturyLink (Lumen) Business. Fiber where they have rebuilt, copper elsewhere.
- 702 Communications. Local fiber carrier, strong 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 702 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.
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