Portland is one of the more competitive business internet markets in the Pacific Northwest. Comcast Business has the dominant cable footprint. Astound Broadband (formerly Wave) has fiber and coax across the metro. Ziply Fiber rebuilt fiber across much of the city and the suburbs. CenturyLink (now Lumen) is on most blocks. T-Mobile fixed wireless is widely available.
The pricing problem in Portland is the assumption that the local fiber overbuilder is too small to take seriously. Ziply and Astound are usually the cheapest options in the city.
Portland's commercial blocks
Portland's commercial demand sits in three places. The Westside TIF District, covering downtown and the Pearl District west of the Willamette River, holds the legal, financial, and Class A office corridor of the city. The Central Eastside, the industrial-sanctuary corridor running along the east bank of the Willamette, has filled in over the past two decades with creative-office, technology, and adaptive-reuse warehouse tenancy. North Macadam (South Waterfront), the redeveloped riverfront district anchored by OHSU's south campus, holds healthcare, research, and Class A office tenants. Oregon Health and Science University and Portland State University are two of the largest commercial accounts in the metro and drive heavy enterprise telecom demand.
In 2026, Ziply Fiber said its 400 Gig Northern Link Route went fully live with connectivity to Portland as part of its Pacific Northwest to Chicago transport route, adding meaningful long-haul capacity for cloud and data center traffic in and out of the metro. One regulatory wrinkle: Portland updated its right-of-way code in 2024 to give companies operating in the ROW, including wireless providers, a single uniform license and clearer fee-recovery rules, creating a notable permitting and compliance variable for network operators.
What you should be paying
These are dedicated internet ranges from current carrier wholesale data, marked up to typical retail.
Portland 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Mbps | $660 – $800/mo | n = 1 |
If your bill sits above the high end of the band, you are likely overpaying.
Analyze My Bill FreeFor Comcast Business coax at 600 Mbps, the fair price is $150 to $230 a month for a single office. For Ziply Fiber at 1 Gbps, expect $130 to $200 a month, which is one of the better headline rates available in the metro.
Carriers worth quoting in Portland
Five carriers cover most addresses in the metro.
- Comcast Business. Coax everywhere, fiber in select buildings.
- Astound (Wave) Business. Strong fiber and coax footprint inside the city and on the eastside.
- Ziply Fiber Business. Aggressive on price, strong in the suburbs and parts of north Portland.
- CenturyLink (Lumen). Fiber where they have rebuilt, copper elsewhere.
- T-Mobile Business Internet. $85 a month for 200 to 300 Mbps. Useful benchmark.
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 outside Comcast. Ziply Fiber publishes most rates online and is the fastest benchmark.
- 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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