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.

60.8%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

0.0%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

23.1

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

51st

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

79.8%

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

76.0%

of Alaskans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

75.1%

of Alaskans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

92.0%

of Alaskans have access to wireline service.

6.0%

of Alaskans have access to fiber-optic service.

79.3%

of Alaskans have access to cable service.

69.2%

of Alaskans have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In Alaska

Coverage by County in Alaska

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Aleutians East	0.0%
Aleutians West	0.0%
Anchorage	99.2%
Bethel	0.0%
Bristol Bay	0.0%
Denali	40.1%
Dillingham	0.0%
Fairbanks North Star	86.5%
Haines	92.9%
Hoonah-Angoon	25.6%
Juneau	99.5%
Kenai Peninsula	49.4%
Ketchikan Gateway	99.0%
Kodiak Island	86.5%
Lake and Peninsula	0.0%
Matanuska-Susitna	92.6%
Nome	0.0%
North Slope	0.0%
Northwest Arctic	0.0%
Petersburg	81.4%
Prince of Wales-Hyder	0.0%
Sitka	98.0%
Skagway	97.7%
Southeast Fairbanks	2.3%
Valdez-Cordova	87.2%
Wade Hampton	0.0%
Wrangell	90.1%
Yakutat	0.0%
Yukon-Koyukuk	0.0%

Internet Speed in Top Alaska Cities

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Anchorage	27.9 MBPS	12 Providers
2.	Fairbanks	19.3 MBPS	9 Providers
3.	Wasilla	12.1 MBPS	7 Providers
4.	Juneau	42.9 MBPS	7 Providers
5.	Eagle River	20.5 MBPS	9 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Alaska

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Matanuska Telephone Association	43.0 MBPS
GCI Communication	25.2 MBPS
AP&T Wireless	9.3 MBPS
AC Wireless	5.4 MBPS
TelAlaska	3.2 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 85.1% of Alaskans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 73 internet providers in Alaska.
There are 148,000 people in Alaska without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 258,000 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%	12 providers
Barrow	0.0%	5 providers
Bethel	0.0%	4 providers
Chugiak	98.5%	7 providers
Delta Junction	3.4%	8 providers
Eagle River	99.3%	9 providers
Fairbanks	82.8%	9 providers
Fort Wainwright	100.0%	10 providers
Homer	51.8%	6 providers
Jber	99.4%	10 providers
Juneau	99.4%	7 providers
Kenai	61.4%	8 providers
Ketchikan	98.8%	5 providers
Kodiak	91.2%	5 providers
Nome	0.0%	4 providers
North Pole	96.2%	9 providers
Palmer	97.3%	7 providers
Seward	93.6%	7 providers
Sitka	98.0%	5 providers
Soldotna	58.9%	7 providers
Unalaska	0.0%	6 providers
Valdez	99.1%	7 providers
Wasilla	96.5%	7 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

Broadband Internet in Alaska