Internet Access in Alaska: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Alaska

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Alaska Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

78%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

39%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

27.3

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

44th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

78.5%

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

75.7%

of Alaskans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

68.1%

of Alaskans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

92.4%

of Alaskans have access to wireline service.

4.8%

of Alaskans have access to fiber-optic service.

79.3%

of Alaskans have access to cable service.

73.1%

of Alaskans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

91.2%

of Alaskans have access to mobile broadband service.

48.5%

of Alaskans have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Alaska

Top 5 Fastest cities in Alaska

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Juneau	64.1 MBPS	6 Providers
2.	North Pole	39.7 MBPS	9 Providers
3.	Jber	38.9 MBPS	10 Providers
4.	Eielson Afb	35.6 MBPS	8 Providers
5.	Fort Wainwright	30.5 MBPS	10 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Alaska

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Matanuska Telephone Association	47.1 MBPS
GCI Communication	29.0 MBPS
AC Wireless	8.0 MBPS
AP&T Wireless	7.4 MBPS
TelAlaska	2.0 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Connect Alaska has been awarded $6,378,198 in federal grants for Alaska's Broadband Initiative.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 74.8% to 83.9% of Alaskans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 68 internet providers in Alaska.
There are 161,000 people in Alaska without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 237,000 people in Alaska that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 57,000 people in Alaska 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.

Alaska CITIES


Anchorage	98.7%	12 providers
Barrow	0.0%	4 providers
Bethel	0.0%	4 providers
Chugiak	97.6%	8 providers
Delta Junction	0.0%	8 providers
Eagle River	98.2%	9 providers
Fairbanks	82.8%	9 providers
Fort Wainwright	100.0%	10 providers
Homer	58.0%	6 providers
Jber	99.4%	10 providers
Juneau	99.4%	6 providers
Kenai	61.4%	7 providers
Ketchikan	98.8%	5 providers
Kodiak	91.2%	5 providers
Nome	0.0%	4 providers
North Pole	96.2%	9 providers
Palmer	93.5%	7 providers
Seward	93.6%	7 providers
Sitka	98.0%	5 providers
Soldotna	58.9%	6 providers
Unalaska	0.0%	4 providers
Valdez	93.3%	7 providers
Wasilla	91.8%	7 providers

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Last Updated on 11/30/2017.

Broadband Internet in Alaska