WOW! internet plans and prices
*With enrollment in AutoPay and paperless billing. Equipment and speed availability vary by area. Data effective as of post date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
WOW! internet plus phone plans and prices
*With enrollment in AutoPay and paperless billing. Equipment and speed availability vary by area. Data effective as of post date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
WOW! doesn’t bother with plans below 100 Mbps of upload speed, which is essentially the baseline for keeping an internet-hungry household humming. The chances of encountering data logjams between multiple users decrease as speeds increase, which makes WOW!’s 1 Gig plan pretty attractive for the price.
Since WOW! internet is delivered over coaxial cable, its upload speeds are a fraction of its download speeds—something to consider if you’re working from home or running a business. With fiber-optic internet, you get equal download and upload speeds, allowing for easier and faster transfers of large files and smoother video-conferencing. Fortunately, WOW! does have fiber internet plans for businesses in limited areas.
A note on advertised speeds: you don’t necessarily get the amount you see at sign-up with any provider. “Up to” means you could achieve that speed through a directly wired Ethernet cable connection, but not with Wi-Fi; the convenience of wireless may cut that number by almost half.
And if you’re looking to bundle your internet with a standard cable TV package, no dice: WOW! doesn’t do TV. Instead, it refers customers to third-party live internet-streaming TV outlets (specifically YouTube TV, fuboTV, Sling TV, or Philo). Solid services all, but kind of a surprise if you were maybe expecting cable TV from a cable company.
You can, however, bundle WOW! internet with digital VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) landline phone service for an extra $9.99 a month.
As with most internet service providers, WOW! gives you the option of renting a modem/router from them ($10 a month) or buying your own compatible third-party equipment. If you plan on being with WOW! for more than a year, we recommend buying your own modem/router—it’ll more than pay for itself in the long run.
WOW! also offers Eero whole-home mesh Wi-Fi for an extra $9.99 a month. If you’re unfamiliar, mesh Wi-Fi works like a range extender (or multiple range extenders) but doesn’t appear as separate Wi-Fi points—you’re always connected to the same network. They’re good for larger homes, but this is another piece of gear you could buy on your own instead of renting.