Internet Access in Alabama: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Alabama

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Alabama Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

72.1%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

44.4%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

52.8

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

38th

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

88.6%

of Alabamians have access to wired broadband 25mbps or faster.

85.3%

of Alabamians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

31.6%

of Alabamians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

95.4%

of Alabamians have access to wireline service.

20.8%

of Alabamians have access to fiber-optic service.

81.2%

of Alabamians have access to cable service.

85.7%

of Alabamians have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In Alabama

AT&T Internet vs Spectrum

AT&T Internet vs Xfinity

AT&T Internet vs WOW!

Xfinity vs WOW!

AT&T Internet vs Sparklight

Coverage by County in Alabama

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Autauga	89.9%
Baldwin	91.5%
Barbour	78.6%
Bibb	42.3%
Blount	74.2%
Bullock	88.2%
Butler	79.1%
Calhoun	95.1%
Chambers	82.3%
Cherokee	50.6%
Chilton	78.4%
Choctaw	28.5%
Clarke	73.9%
Clay	43.3%
Cleburne	12.0%
Coffee	89.8%
Colbert	88.7%
Conecuh	46.4%
Coosa	81.3%
Covington	85.0%
Crenshaw	71.0%
Cullman	83.3%
Dale	94.2%
Dallas	78.3%
DeKalb	89.9%
Elmore	94.8%
Escambia	75.1%
Etowah	95.8%
Fayette	23.4%
Franklin	64.9%
Geneva	55.2%
Greene	44.0%
Hale	58.4%
Henry	58.6%
Houston	87.3%
Jackson	93.0%
Jefferson	99.6%
Lamar	37.1%
Lauderdale	89.5%
Lawrence	71.7%
Lee	97.4%
Limestone	94.7%
Lowndes	17.6%
Macon	69.8%
Madison	98.2%
Marengo	44.6%
Marion	84.3%
Marshall	95.9%
Mobile	96.7%
Monroe	62.9%
Montgomery	97.9%
Morgan	92.1%
Perry	0.0%
Pickens	31.5%
Pike	55.1%
Randolph	49.4%
Russell	91.2%
St. Clair	80.2%
Shelby	98.9%
Sumter	49.1%
Talladega	78.7%
Tallapoosa	91.8%
Tuscaloosa	95.8%
Walker	86.7%
Washington	54.0%
Wilcox	44.6%
Winston	65.8%

Internet Speed in Top Alabama Cities

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Birmingham	59.5 MBPS	23 Providers
2.	Mobile	57.2 MBPS	20 Providers
3.	Montgomery	67.2 MBPS	21 Providers
4.	Huntsville	89.7 MBPS	20 Providers
5.	Tuscaloosa	60.6 MBPS	17 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Alabama

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
AT&T Internet	73.1 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	70.0 MBPS
Mediacom Cable	67.6 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	61.8 MBPS
CenturyLink	18.8 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, The Connecting ALABAMA Initiative has been awarded $4,874,142 in federal grants for Alabama's Broadband Initiative.
Another $91,596,026, accounting for 2.6% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Alabama.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 82.8% to 93.2% of Alabamians.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 155 internet providers in Alabama.
There are 475,000 people in Alabama without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 632,000 people in Alabama that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 226,000 people in Alabama don't have any wired internet providers available where they live.

Sources: Data collected via the FCC, NTIA, and other sources. For a full list of data sources please visit our data page.

Alabama CITIES


Abbeville	61.7%	12 providers
Adamsville	99.2%	11 providers
Alabaster	100.0%	13 providers
Albertville	99.5%	13 providers
Alexander City	98.5%	9 providers
Aliceville	32.6%	7 providers
Altoona	55.2%	11 providers
Andalusia	91.0%	9 providers
Anniston	98.9%	12 providers
Arab	81.7%	8 providers
Ardmore	98.9%	11 providers
Ashford	84.1%	9 providers
Ashland	46.2%	8 providers
Ashville	92.4%	11 providers
Athens	96.8%	15 providers
Atmore	72.4%	11 providers
Attalla	93.4%	11 providers
Auburn	97.6%	14 providers
Bay Minette	96.3%	12 providers
Bessemer	99.5%	16 providers
Birmingham	99.9%	23 providers
Blountsville	37.1%	7 providers
Boaz	96.7%	12 providers
Brent	0.0%	11 providers
Brewton	82.8%	11 providers
Calera	98.5%	10 providers
Camden	79.8%	8 providers
Cedar Bluff	44.7%	9 providers
Centre	58.1%	9 providers
Centreville	0.0%	8 providers
Chelsea	99.8%	9 providers
Childersburg	71.5%	11 providers
Chunchula	70.2%	12 providers
Citronelle	78.7%	13 providers
Clanton	87.1%	14 providers
Clayton	53.1%	11 providers
Collinsville	46.1%	12 providers
Columbiana	96.1%	10 providers
Cordova	91.3%	10 providers
Cottondale	95.4%	10 providers
Crossville	84.5%	12 providers
Cullman	95.5%	9 providers
Dadeville	86.8%	10 providers
Daleville	98.5%	10 providers
Danville	73.6%	9 providers
Daphne	98.8%	13 providers
Deatsville	92.8%	10 providers
Decatur	99.8%	15 providers
Demopolis	79.8%	13 providers
Dora	98.7%	10 providers
Dothan	96.4%	15 providers
Eclectic	98.8%	7 providers
Eight Mile	97.4%	14 providers
Elba	79.1%	9 providers
Elberta	75.7%	11 providers
Elkmont	86.8%	13 providers
Elmore	100.0%	10 providers
Enterprise	99.9%	13 providers
Eufaula	87.9%	9 providers
Eutaw	78.7%	8 providers
Evergreen	66.4%	11 providers
Fairfield	99.9%	12 providers
Fairhope	99.6%	12 providers
Falkville	59.7%	9 providers
Fayette	21.1%	8 providers
Florence	96.9%	15 providers
Foley	76.0%	10 providers
Fort Payne	90.6%	16 providers
Frisco City	69.0%	8 providers
Fultondale	99.3%	9 providers
Fyffe	100.0%	7 providers
Gadsden	98.4%	16 providers
Gardendale	99.6%	12 providers
Geneva	90.3%	8 providers
Goodwater	82.2%	9 providers
Gordo	26.5%	8 providers
Grand Bay	96.8%	14 providers
Grant	100.0%	9 providers
Greensboro	79.2%	11 providers
Greenville	87.2%	10 providers
Grove Hill	76.0%	10 providers
Gulf Shores	92.4%	11 providers
Guntersville	97.7%	14 providers
Gurley	88.8%	16 providers
Haleyville	81.5%	10 providers
Hamilton	91.1%	10 providers
Hanceville	84.9%	9 providers
Hartford	58.4%	7 providers
Hartselle	95.8%	10 providers
Harvest	99.6%	14 providers
Hayden	68.8%	12 providers
Hazel Green	99.2%	14 providers
Headland	71.3%	11 providers
Heflin	17.3%	9 providers
Helena	99.4%	10 providers
Henagar	99.6%	8 providers
Horton	81.9%	10 providers
Huntsville	98.2%	20 providers
Irvington	96.6%	12 providers
Jackson	91.2%	10 providers
Jacksonville	95.6%	12 providers
Jasper	97.3%	11 providers
Jemison	81.6%	11 providers
Killen	96.4%	10 providers
Laceys Spring	80.6%	11 providers
Lafayette	56.4%	9 providers
Lanett	99.4%	8 providers
Leeds	99.1%	14 providers
Lincoln	37.5%	11 providers
Lineville	47.7%	8 providers
Livingston	67.5%	11 providers
Loxley	96.7%	10 providers
Luverne	81.5%	10 providers
Madison	97.8%	18 providers
Marion	0.0%	11 providers
Maylene	99.9%	11 providers
Mc Calla	98.9%	10 providers
Meridianville	99.8%	15 providers
Midland City	84.5%	11 providers
Millbrook	98.5%	12 providers
Mobile	98.2%	20 providers
Monroeville	91.8%	6 providers
Montevallo	99.5%	10 providers
Montgomery	99.4%	21 providers
Moody	95.5%	10 providers
Moulton	80.4%	7 providers
Moundville	83.4%	10 providers
Mount Olive	99.6%	10 providers
Munford	93.4%	10 providers
Muscle Shoals	95.6%	10 providers
Nauvoo	49.1%	10 providers
New Hope	99.6%	9 providers
New Market	96.5%	13 providers
Newton	69.7%	10 providers
Northport	97.7%	16 providers
Odenville	84.4%	10 providers
Ohatchee	76.3%	10 providers
Oneonta	81.2%	8 providers
Opelika	94.9%	17 providers
Opp	87.0%	6 providers
Orange Beach	97.9%	12 providers
Owens Cross Roads	99.3%	12 providers
Oxford	99.3%	12 providers
Ozark	98.3%	9 providers
Pelham	99.9%	15 providers
Pell City	78.4%	9 providers
Phenix City	99.6%	14 providers
Phil Campbell	41.0%	10 providers
Piedmont	76.5%	12 providers
Pike Road	94.0%	12 providers
Pinson	99.5%	9 providers
Pleasant Grove	100.0%	9 providers
Prattville	97.5%	15 providers
Rainbow City	99.8%	11 providers
Rainsville	100.0%	7 providers
Roanoke	71.7%	8 providers
Robertsdale	92.5%	13 providers
Rogersville	56.0%	8 providers
Russellville	77.3%	9 providers
Salem	92.3%	10 providers
Samson	48.4%	9 providers
Saraland	98.3%	15 providers
Satsuma	99.5%	12 providers
Scottsboro	99.5%	13 providers
Selma	90.4%	14 providers
Semmes	99.1%	15 providers
Sheffield	99.9%	10 providers
Slocomb	52.4%	9 providers
Smiths Station	99.0%	9 providers
Somerville	94.4%	12 providers
Spanish Fort	99.2%	14 providers
Springville	81.0%	12 providers
Sterrett	98.2%	9 providers
Stevenson	93.8%	12 providers
Summerdale	86.1%	9 providers
Sylacauga	90.3%	10 providers
Talladega	82.5%	14 providers
Tallassee	91.3%	12 providers
Theodore	99.4%	15 providers
Thomasville	77.8%	10 providers
Toney	99.1%	16 providers
Town Creek	58.4%	8 providers
Trinity	99.1%	9 providers
Troy	59.4%	17 providers
Trussville	98.9%	15 providers
Tuscaloosa	97.2%	17 providers
Tuscumbia	92.0%	12 providers
Tuskegee	82.6%	10 providers
Tuskegee Institute	100.0%	9 providers
Union Grove	49.2%	9 providers
Union Springs	88.3%	7 providers
Valley	99.7%	11 providers
Vinemont	83.8%	10 providers
Warrior	98.8%	11 providers
Weaver	99.2%	10 providers
West Blocton	91.0%	9 providers
Wetumpka	94.6%	12 providers
Wilmer	97.6%	15 providers
Wilsonville	86.8%	9 providers
Winfield	77.1%	8 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

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