The best business internet providers in Portland, OR

Summary

Portland businesses can reach 10 Gbps over Zayo and Lumen dedicated fiber. Comcast Fiber offers cost-friendly gig service that blankets most rooftops from Downtown to the Alberta Arts District.

The top 3 best business internet service providers in Portland

1. Zayo offers 100 Mbps–10 Gbps private-wave circuits. A 1 Gbps tier costs $545 per month and runs on a dark-fiber grid under I-405.

2. Lumen supplies 100 Mbps–10 Gbps dedicated fiber. A 1 Gbps plan lists at $696 per month and connects to AWS us-west-2 in two milliseconds.

3. Comcast Fiber sells 150 Mbps–2 Gbps symmetrical plans. A 1 Gbps circuit starts near $150 per month and installs fast on existing conduit.

Pros

Zayo

• Dense dark fiber links Downtown, Pearl, and Nob Hill
• Easy upgrade path to 100 Gbps without trenching
• Tickets reach a Portland NOC engineer in fifteen minutes

Lumen

• Direct Cloud Connect to AWS and Azure
• Circuits burst twenty percent above contract during spikes
• Local 24 / 7 support desk

Comcast Fiber

• Rapid turn-up for new suites
• No data cap on business tiers
• Free static IPv6 block

Cons

• Zayo laterals can take ninety days.
• Lumen waives install only on three-year terms.
• Comcast Fiber has a four-hour repair window, slower than dedicated carriers.

Other popular options for Portland business internet

• Comcast Coax

Meter Connect works with business internet service providers in the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro metropolitan area

Across Multnomah County, Meter Connect installs 10 Gbps fiber in Pearl District studios and 1 Gbps coax with LTE backup for Hawthorne cafés.

• Downtown – Home to Pioneer Courthouse Square. Law firms bond dual five-gig waves for e-discovery.
• Pearl District – Near Powell’s Books. Creative agencies push 4 K edits on two-gig shared fiber.
• Nob Hill – Boutiques rely on one-gig coax with LTE backup to handle weekend traffic.

Neighborhood coverage: Where you can get business internet

Downtown Portland • Pearl District • Nob Hill • Northwest • Alberta Arts • Hollywood • Lloyd • Mississippi • Irvington • Beaumont-Wilshire • Hawthorne • Sellwood • St. Johns

Meter Connect helps all types of businesses get connected to the best-fit internet options around you.

Factors to consider: How Meter chose the best business providers

• Speed requirements – Zayo and Lumen give Portland the fastest multi-gig circuits.
• Coverage – Comcast Coax reaches nearly every ZIP.
• Contract flexibility – Comcast coax is month-to-month.
• Additional features – AT&T elsewhere bundles 5G backup on fiber tiers.