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What is the best internet provider in Torrance?

Spectrum is the best internet service provider for most households in Torrance. With reasonable speeds and prices, Spectrum offers the widest home internet availability in this coastal community. Many other ISPs, such as AT&T Fiber and T-Mobile Home Internet, also serve Torrance, so you'll have options regardless of location.

We've also found the cheapest and fastest plans in Torrance, to make your broadband shopping easier. Frontier Fiber offers the most affordable internet plan in Torrance at $30 monthly for 200 or 500 megabits of speed, alongside Spectrum's 100Mbps offering priced at $30 and 500Mbps at $40. Frontier Fiber is also the speediest bandwidth in Torrance, with symmetrical speeds of up to 7 gigabits.

Best internet in Torrance, California, in 2024

Source: CNET analysis of provider data.

Source: CNET analysis of provider data.

How to find internet deals and promotions in Torrance

The best internet deals and top promotions in Torrance depend on what discounts are available during that period. Most deals are short-lived, but we look frequently for the latest offers.

Torrance internet providers, such as Spectrum and Cox, may offer lower introductory pricing or streaming add-ons for a limited time. Others, however, such as AT&T, Frontier and Verizon, run the same standard pricing year-round.

For a more extensive list of promos, check out our guide on the best internet deals.

Source: CNET analysis of provider data.

What’s a good internet speed?

Most internet connection plans can now handle basic productivity and communication tasks. If you're looking for an internet plan that can accommodate videoconferencing, streaming video or gaming, you'll have a better experience with a more robust connection. Here's an overview of the recommended minimum download speeds for various applications, according to the FCC. Note that these are only guidelines -- and that internet speed, service and performance vary by connection type, provider and address.

For more information, refer to our guide on how much internet speed you really need.

How CNET chose the best internet providers in Torrance

Internet service providers are numerous and regional. Unlike the latest smartphone, laptop, router or kitchen tool, it’s impractical to personally test every ISP in a given city. So what’s our approach? We start by researching the pricing, availability and speed information, drawing on our own historical ISP data, the provider sites and mapping information from the Federal Communications Commission at FCC.gov.

But it doesn’t end there. We go to the FCC’s website to check our data and ensure we consider every ISP that provides service in an area. We also input local addresses on provider websites to find specific options for residents. We look at sources, including the American Customer Satisfaction Index and J.D. Power, to evaluate how happy customers are with an ISP’s service. ISP plans and prices are subject to frequent changes; all information provided is accurate as of publication.

Once we have this localized information, we ask three main questions:

While the answers to those questions are often layered and complex, the providers who come closest to “yes” on all three are the ones we recommend. When selecting the cheapest internet service, we look for the plans with the lowest monthly fee, though we also factor in things like price increases, equipment fees and contracts. Choosing the fastest internet service is relatively straightforward. We look at advertised upload and download speeds and consider real-world speed data from sources like Ookla and FCC reports. (Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.)

To explore our process in more depth, visit our how we test ISPs page.

Internet providers in Torrance FAQ

What is the best internet service provider in Torrance?

Spectrum is the best internet provider in Torrance due to its wide coverage, simple service details and reasonable prices for home broadband.

Is fiber internet available in Torrance?

Yes! AT&T Fiber is the largest fiber provider in Torrance, but select households may also be serviceable under Frontier Fiber's network. Fiber connectivity is available to nearly 45% of Torrance addresses.

What is the cheapest internet provider in Torrance?

The average starting price for home internet in Torrance is $52 per month, but a few providers offer services cheaper than that. Frontier Fiber's 500Mbps and 200Mbps plans as well as Cox and Spectrum's 100Mbps plans cost only $30 monthly, and Spectrum's 500Mbps plan costs $50.

In July, the Torrance City Council voted to place an extensive update to the city charter.

“A bulk of Measure TC would permit Torrance to update outdated language and implement provisions aimed at good government reform — including lobbying disclosure, ethics training for city officials, updated transparency about public fund spending, and more,” reports Kristy Hutchings from the Southern California News Group.

Many of these provisions are perfectly understandable. Antiquated language referring to “telegraphic communication,” for example, will be removed from the charter. Technical tweaks here and there.

But also included in the litany of provisions in Measure TC is a raise for the city council. The official argument in support of the measure, signed by the mayor and members of the council, cleverly words the raise thusly: “Restricting compensation for members of the City Council to no more than the minimum wage of the State of California, which is currently $16 per hour.”

“Restricting compensation” is doing a lot of work there. It almost looks like a fiscally conservative measure. But what this obscures is the fact that council members are currently paid monthly stipends of $100 per month and reimbursed for expenses. After all, these are public servants who chose to run for City Council without expectations of making any money off of doing so.

But what this measure would do is give the council a raise according to whatever the minimum wage is. Accordingly, their pay for a full-time council member would be $33,000. That’s a huge raise from $1,200.

It’s a remarkable ask by the council considering they just came to voters, hat in hand, asking for a tax increase because the city didn’t have money. Now that the tax hike is in place, they’re asking for some money for themselves from the public trough. This is absurd.

The shameless council members have poisoned the entire measure with their own greed. If they had the public interest in mind, they would’ve floated the charter update without the pay increases.

Torrance voters shouldn’t let the politicians get away with this. Vote no on Measure TC.

Caffeine Cruisers is an authentic Cars and Coffee event.

It’s super casual. And it offers an eclectic mix of hot rods and customs. But also I’ve seen Audi R8 Spiders and a Cobra replica.

Plus a couple of custom VW Beetles. One with a Hemi stuffed inside and another with nitrous oxide!

All car guys, gals, and rides are welcome. There’s nobody directing traffic or selling t-shirts.

But everyone seems to know each other. And they’re all super-friendly. As well as ready-to-talk cars well past the 10 AM cut-off.

So, the location is a strip mall at the corner of Hawthorne and Artesia. And it’s technically in Torrance. But it’s right on the border of Redondo Beach.

There was a Starbucks in the strip mall. But it closed. So, when attending this show be sure to bring your own caffeine! :0)

Caffeine Cruisers Cars And Coffee – Los Angeles County, California

Dates: Every Saturday Morning Location: Strip Mall Parking lot at Artesia & Hawthorne – 17400 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance, California 90504 Starts: 7 AM Ends: 10 AM Admission: Free Vehicle Registration: Free

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