Internet Access in Alaska: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Alaska

Alaska Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

78%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

39%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

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.

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.

91.2%

of Alaskans have access to mobile broadband service.

48.5%

of Alaskans have access to fixed wireless service.

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Matanuska Telephone Association	51.1 MBPS
GCI Communication	29.5 MBPS
AC Wireless	8.8 MBPS
AP&T Wireless	5.8 MBPS
TelAlaska	2.1 MBPS

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.

In total there are 69 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.

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Last Updated on 11/30/2017.