BROADBAND IN Alaska

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Alaska Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

78%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

42%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

26.4

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

44th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

78.5%

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

75.3%

of Alaskans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

65.4%

of Alaskans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

92.0%

of Alaskans have access to wireline service.

3.3%

of Alaskans have access to fiber-optic service.

79.2%

of Alaskans have access to cable service.

70.4%

of Alaskans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

91.2%

of Alaskans have access to mobile broadband service.

48.2%

of Alaskans have access to fixed wireless service.

Top 5 Fastest Cities In Alaska

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Juneau

40.6 MBPS

40.6">%

North Pole

31.6 MBPS

31.6">%

Kenai

30.1 MBPS

30.1">%

Eagle River

30.1 MBPS

30.1">%

Anchorage

28.9 MBPS

28.9">%

Largest Competing Providers In Alaska

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 83.6% of Alaskans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 62 broadband providers in Alaska.
There are 161,000 people in Alaska without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 256,000 people in Alaska that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 60,000 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%	20 providers
Fairbanks	82.9%	12 providers
Wasilla	91.3%	12 providers

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Last Updated on 7/11/2017.