How We Evaluate and Score ISPs at CNET
At CNET, we believe you deserve clear and transparent information about your internet service provider options. During our rigorous evaluations, we found that not all ISPs offer that. Some providers offer clear pricing and terms with no hidden fees or surprise price hikes. Some offer long-term price locks. Others bury the fine print or fail to meet modern consumer needs, such as Wi-Fi 7 router opt-out options.
Outlined below is our scoring framework for evaluating ISP performance in 2026. We combined quantitative data on each ISP’s cost-per-Mbps with actual test data on price transparency. We scored each ISP using qualitative insights into contractual fairness and real-world consumer sentiment collected by CNET’s 2026 People Picks ISP survey.
We spent almost two months combing through the fine print, evaluating and scoring 31 ISPs so you can make a better, more informed decision on your home Wi-Fi needs.
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