What services does Sparklight offer?
Sparklight offers cable internet, TV, and home phone service across 19 U.S. states.
Sparklight’s internet plans have dropped their data caps, making them a solid option for contract-free internet. Sparklight’s TV plans are overpriced, though (although they don’t require a bundle as many internet/TV providers do—a positive in our eyes).
Read on to learn the basics of Sparklight before you sign up.
Sparklight isn’t offering any big deals or perks right now. We’ll update this when that changes.
Sparklight internet plans are affordable, but watch out for price hikes
Top Sparklight internet plans
| Package | Price | Download speeds up to | Upload speeds up to | Data cap | |
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| Connect Internet 100 | $39.95/mo.* | 100 Mbps | 20 Mbps | N/A | View plan |
| Freedom Internet 300 | $44.95/mo.** | 300 Mbps | 20 Mbps | N/A | View plan |
| Freedom Internet 500 | $49.00/mo.** | 500 Mbps | 50 Mbps | N/A | View plan |
| Freedom Internet 600 | $44.95/mo.** | 600 Mbps | 50 Mbps | N/A | View plan |
| Freedom Internet 1 Gig | $69.00/mo.** | 1,000 Mbps | 50 Mbps | N/A | View plan |
| Freedom Internet 2 Gig | $99.00/mo.** | 2,000 Mbps | 50 Mbps | N/A | View plan |
Data as of post date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
If you’re looking at Sparklight internet plans, we recommend skipping over the Connect Internet 100 plan and starting with Freedom Internet 500, which gives you more freedom (pun intended) to browse the internet, online game, and take video calls with less chance of buffering or lagging.
Sparklight’s internet plans are solid values, with their 1 Gig plan going for less than $70, which is on par with Google Fiber and $20 less than Verizon Fios. We also appreciate them dropping their old super-small data caps from their plans.
Beware, though, that after 12–24 months, your monthly bill will go up—we’re not fans of price hikes.
Check out our full Sparklight internet review to learn more about the ISP’s internet plans.
Sparklight TV plans are overpriced for their low channel counts
Data as of post date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
Sparklight TV packages are relatively straightforward, if overpriced. Ignore the Economy package—it’s not worth paying monthly for all the same local channels that you can get for a one-time fee with an over-the-air (OTA) antenna.
The Standard Cable TV plan’s slimness doesn’t warrant the hefty price tag, considering you can get 290+ channels from DISH for over $10 cheaper per month.
Interestingly, like Verizon Fios and DIRECTV STREAM, Sparklight has also switched from delivering channels via cable to a streaming TV setup. You’ll use an Amazon Fire TV Stick (first one’s free) instead of a cable box. The cloud DVR stores 200 HD hours and you’ll have unlimited simultaneous recordings.
For more info, head over to our Sparklight TV review.
Sparklight home phone plans offer multiple options
| Package | Price | Features | |
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| Economy | $20.00/mo. |
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| Standard Phone | $50.00/mo. |
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Data as of post date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
Sparklight offers multiple home phone packages for those who still want the security of a landline.
We go over the details in the chart above, but the short of it is: if all you want is a landline for emergencies, go with the Economy plan, which runs $30 less than the Standard plan. For some more useful bells and whistles (which we go into detail on in our in-depth Sparklight phone review), go with Standard.
Plus, when you pair your Sparklight standard phone plan with a Sparklight internet package, you can save $32 off the total price.
Is Sparklight worth it?
Sparklight’s TV plans aren’t worth their hefty price tags, but its internet plans can be good options, especially now that they’ve ditched the data caps. Plus we appreciate the multiple home phone options—and their bundle discounts.
Or, if Sparklight doesn’t sound like it’s for you, enter your zip code below to find other providers.
Sparklight FAQ
Does Sparklight require a contract?
No, Sparklight plans are month-to-month, so you can duck out any time without having to worry about paying early termination fees.
Why is Cable ONE now Sparklight?
Sparklight has some fancy explanations for it, but in short—branding. Sparklight isn’t a new company or separate from Cable ONE at all; it just changed the big sign out front.
Does Sparklight have a data cap?
Sparklight no longer has data caps on its internet plans. However, they do reserve the right to throttle your speeds if you use over 5 TB of data in one month, which is (thankfully) quite a hard-to-reach number.
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Disclaimer
* for 12 months with Auto Pay and Paperless Billing
** for 24 months with Auto Pay and Paperless Billing*, plus free Wall-to-Wall WiFi for 24 months
