Rural Internet in Tennessee
High-speed internet for Tennessee homes and businesses beyond the reach of cable and fiber. Unlimited data on every plan, free professional installation, and a U.S. team on the phone from 9am to 9pm Central, seven days a week.
The short answer
About 78,600 homes in rural Tennessee have no wired internet at all — no cable, no fiber, and no phone-line service fast enough to count as broadband. That is 6% of every rural home in the state, according to the FCC’s own coverage data as of December 2025. However, Country Broadband services those addresses. Plans start at $39.99 a month for up to 150 Mbps and run to $109.99 a month for up to 200 Mbps, for the first 12 months, plus a $15 monthly equipment lease. Every plan includes unlimited data with no overage charges, and professional installation is free. Because we deliver over a combination of fiber and wireless connections rather than being locked into one, we can serve addresses that single-technology providers have to turn down. Coverage is confirmed address by address — call 800-692-9907 or check your address online.
Where the need is in Tennessee
Every county in Tennessee with a meaningful number of rural homes that no wired provider serves, biggest first. These are the FCC’s figures, not ours — and if you live in one of them, you are exactly who we built this for.
| County | Rural homes | No wired option | Homes affected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe County | 17,386 | 25% | 4,420 |
| Franklin County | 15,138 | 29% | 4,384 |
| Sevier County | 39,079 | 11% | 4,300 |
| Greene County | 25,247 | 11% | 2,792 |
| Lawrence County | 15,363 | 18% | 2,748 |
| Shelby County | 14,390 | 18% | 2,584 |
| Marshall County | 11,010 | 23% | 2,520 |
| McMinn County | 15,913 | 15% | 2,460 |
| Bedford County | 13,047 | 18% | 2,391 |
| McNairy County | 13,787 | 17% | 2,283 |
| Polk County | 10,175 | 22% | 2,224 |
| Blount County | 25,865 | 8% | 2,111 |
| Roane County | 14,832 | 14% | 2,102 |
| Dickson County | 18,085 | 11% | 1,902 |
| Maury County | 19,224 | 9% | 1,774 |
| Rutherford County | 27,751 | 6% | 1,650 |
| Carroll County | 12,433 | 13% | 1,623 |
| Henry County | 13,834 | 11% | 1,562 |
| Hickman County | 12,090 | 13% | 1,533 |
| Washington County | 17,324 | 9% | 1,499 |
| Williamson County | 22,639 | 6% | 1,449 |
| Bradley County | 15,477 | 9% | 1,410 |
| Lincoln County | 12,517 | 11% | 1,392 |
| Giles County | 11,950 | 11% | 1,374 |
| Moore County | 3,387 | 37% | 1,265 |
| Wilson County | 25,369 | 5% | 1,224 |
| Coffee County | 12,526 | 9% | 1,176 |
| Anderson County | 13,779 | 8% | 1,165 |
| Cheatham County | 19,346 | 5% | 1,050 |
| Loudon County | 10,445 | 9% | 984 |
| Davidson County | 13,693 | 7% | 935 |
| Campbell County | 11,849 | 8% | 927 |
| Sullivan County | 21,781 | 4% | 900 |
| Robertson County | 18,916 | 4% | 834 |
| Carter County | 12,573 | 6% | 812 |
| Warren County | 12,765 | 6% | 735 |
| Hardin County | 12,477 | 6% | 696 |
| Grundy County | 7,575 | 9% | 659 |
| Claiborne County | 12,240 | 5% | 636 |
| Johnson County | 9,806 | 6% | 636 |
| Henderson County | 10,917 | 6% | 618 |
| Benton County | 9,618 | 6% | 611 |
| White County | 10,885 | 5% | 597 |
| Union County | 10,914 | 5% | 567 |
| Cumberland County | 17,870 | 3% | 520 |
| Knox County | 23,902 | 2% | 489 |
| Rhea County | 12,209 | 4% | 464 |
| Stewart County | 7,477 | 6% | 458 |
| Decatur County | 7,694 | 5% | 423 |
| Hawkins County | 19,516 | 2% | 398 |
| Gibson County | 17,414 | 2% | 391 |
| Weakley County | 11,760 | 3% | 357 |
| Van Buren County | 3,630 | 10% | 353 |
| Meigs County | 7,068 | 5% | 347 |
| Montgomery County | 20,669 | 2% | 338 |
| Sumner County | 24,093 | 1% | 321 |
| Dyer County | 9,836 | 3% | 298 |
| Hamilton County | 23,048 | 1% | 227 |
| Wayne County | 8,159 | 2% | 199 |
| Unicoi County | 4,977 | 4% | 194 |
| Marion County | 14,409 | 1% | 154 |
61 counties listed. Figures are from the FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 filing, counting homes in each county’s rural area with no cable, fiber or phone-line service at 100 Mbps. Not on the list? We serve rural addresses across all of Tennessee — check your address or call 800-692-9907.
Plans and pricing in Tennessee
The same prices everywhere in Tennessee. No rural surcharge, no hidden fees, and the equipment charge shown separately so you can see exactly what the bill will say.
| Plan | Speed | Monthly | Equipment | Activation | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials | up to 150 Mbps download, 10 Mbps upload | $39.99/mo for 12 months, then $69.99 | $15/mo lease | $50 | 24 months |
| Unleashed | up to 180 Mbps download, 20 Mbps upload | $69.99/mo for 12 months, then $99.99 | $15/mo lease | $99 | no contract |
| Unleashed Max | up to 200 Mbps download, 20 Mbps upload | $109.99/mo for 12 months, then $179.99 | $15/mo lease | $99 | no contract |
| Business Backup | 50–100 Mbps | $49.99/mo | $15/mo lease | $150 | 12 months |
| Business Choice | 100–200 Mbps | $99.99/mo | $15/mo lease | $150 | 12 months |
Every residential plan has an 80 Mbps baseline speed, and every plan includes unlimited data and free professional installation. See full plan detail →
Straight talk about your options in Tennessee
If you can get fiber, get fiber
Where a fiber or cable company actually serves your street in Tennessee, that is normally the faster and cheaper buy and we will tell you so. We are not trying to win an argument you should not be having.
6% of rural TN does not have that choice
Outside the towns, the build-out stopped. What is left is an old phone line that will not clear modern speeds, or nothing. That is the address we serve.
Fiber and wireless, whichever reaches you
We are not locked into one way of delivering service. Some addresses get fiber; the rest are served wirelessly, with no cable run to the property. A provider with only one of those can only sell where it built. We can reach a lot of homes they cannot.
Unlimited means unlimited
No data cap, no overage charge, no surprise bill at the end of a month with a lot of streaming in it. That is true on every plan we sell.
A person answers the phone
Call 800-692-9907 between 9am and 9pm Central, any day of the week and you reach a U.S. support team, not a menu that dead-ends. Rural customers get treated like the whole business depends on them, because it does.
Tennessee rural internet questions, answered
What internet options are there in rural Tennessee?
In rural Tennessee the honest list is short. If a street has cable or fiber, that is usually the best buy and worth taking. But a meaningful share of the homes in rural Tennessee — about 78,600 of them — have no wired internet at all that meets the federal 100 Mbps standard, according to the FCC's own coverage data as of December 2025. That is who Country Broadband is for. We sell to those addresses across Tennessee, with unlimited data on every plan, free professional installation, and plans from $39.99 a month. Call 800-692-9907 and we will tell you in a couple of minutes whether we can reach your address.
How does Country Broadband deliver internet in Tennessee?
In Tennessee, as everywhere we serve, Country Broadband delivers over a combination of fiber and wireless connections, and which one reaches a particular property depends on that address. That is why we can serve homes here that other providers turn away: a company built around a single technology can only sell where that technology was built. Call 800-692-9907 with your address and we will tell you what is available there, what it costs and when it can be installed.
Which parts of Tennessee have the worst internet?
By the FCC's count, the counties of Tennessee with the most homes lacking any wired option are Monroe County, Franklin County, Sevier County, Greene County and Lawrence County. Monroe County alone has about 4,400 rural homes with no cable, fiber or phone-line internet fast enough to count as broadband. Country Broadband serves all of them, and the rest of rural Tennessee besides — coverage is confirmed address by address.
Does Country Broadband serve Tennessee?
Yes. Country Broadband serves homes and businesses across Tennessee, including the rural counties where cable and fiber were never built. Coverage is checked address by address, not by ZIP code, because two houses on the same rural road can get different answers. You can check yours at https://www.countrybroadband.net/home-or-business or by calling 800-692-9907.
How much does rural internet cost in Tennessee?
Country Broadband pricing is the same everywhere in Tennessee — there is no rural surcharge. Essentials is $39.99 a month for the first 12 months, then $69.99, plus a $15 monthly equipment lease, for up to 150 Mbps on a 24-month agreement. Unleashed is $69.99 a month for the first 12 months, then $99.99, plus the $15 lease, for up to 180 Mbps with no contract. Unleashed Max is $109.99 a month for the first 12 months, then $179.99, plus the lease, for up to 200 Mbps with no contract. Activation is a one-time $50 on Essentials and $99 on Unleashed and Unleashed Max. Every plan includes unlimited data and free professional installation.
Is there internet in Tennessee with no data cap?
Every Country Broadband plan sold in Tennessee includes unlimited data and there are no overage charges on any plan, ever. On the Essentials plan the first 150 GB each month is high-speed data and the rest is standard data, which can slow down when the network is busy — but it never stops and it never costs extra. Unleashed and Unleashed Max are unlimited high-speed data, and Unleashed Max gets priority when the network is busy.
Can I get internet in Tennessee if my address shows as unavailable everywhere else?
That is the normal starting point for a Country Broadband customer. About 78,600 rural homes in Tennessee are in exactly that position, and the big carriers' availability checkers are built around their own build-out maps, which stop outside town. We can serve the large majority of Tennessee addresses, including ones with no cable, no fiber and no usable phone-line service. Call 800-692-9907 with the address and you will get a straight yes or no.
How fast can Country Broadband install service in Tennessee?
Installation across Tennessee is usually scheduled within about a week of the order, and professional installation is free on every plan. A technician comes to the property, sets the equipment up, gets the connection running and does not leave until it works. You pick the day and the arrival window when you order.
Does Country Broadband work for a farm or a shop in rural Tennessee?
Yes, and there are two business plans for it. Business Backup is 50 to 100 Mbps at $49.99 a month plus a $15 monthly equipment lease. Business Choice is 100 to 200 Mbps at $99.99 a month plus the same lease. Both carry a 12-month agreement and a one-time $150 activation. Farms, shops, offices and job sites across Tennessee run on them, including for card readers, cameras and remote monitoring.
Can I keep my phone number and get home phone service too in Tennessee?
Yes. Country Broadband Voice runs over your Country Broadband connection at $25 a month for the first three months and $35 a month after that, with unlimited calling across the U.S. and Canada, voicemail, caller ID and call waiting. In most cases you keep your existing Tennessee number. Calls do not count against your internet data.
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