Internet Access in California: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN California

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

California Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

95%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

24.8

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

11th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

95.5%

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

94.7%

of Californians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

13.2%

of Californians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

97.7%

of Californians have access to wireline service.

25.0%

of Californians have access to fiber-optic service.

94.7%

of Californians have access to cable service.

92.8%

of Californians have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Californians have access to mobile broadband service.

42.1%

of Californians have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In California

AT&T Internet vs Xfinity

AT&T Internet vs Sonic

AT&T Internet vs Cox

Xfinity vs Sonic

AT&T Internet vs Spectrum

Top 5 Fastest cities in California

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Cantua Creek	395.9 MBPS	7 Providers
2.	San Quentin	177.7 MBPS	10 Providers
3.	Corte Madera	171.3 MBPS	17 Providers
4.	Fairfax	170.4 MBPS	11 Providers
5.	Pebble Beach	167.5 MBPS	10 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in California

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast	72.3 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	56.1 MBPS
AT&T Internet	36.4 MBPS
Etheric Networks	13.4 MBPS
Frontier Communications	8.8 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, California Public Utilities Commission has been awarded $7,981,304 in federal grants for California's Broadband Initiative.
Another $350,064,330, accounting for 10.0% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in California.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 92.0% to 96.9% of Californians.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 332 internet providers in California.
There are 1.7 million people in California without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 2.3 million people in California that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 893,000 people in California 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.

California CITIES


Alameda	98.4%	22 providers
Alhambra	99.9%	19 providers
Anaheim	99.9%	29 providers
Antioch	99.5%	15 providers
Apple Valley	90.9%	9 providers
Arcadia	100.0%	23 providers
Azusa	99.6%	16 providers
Bakersfield	98.3%	18 providers
Baldwin Park	100.0%	16 providers
Bell Gardens	99.7%	20 providers
Bellflower	100.0%	19 providers
Berkeley	98.5%	25 providers
Brentwood	97.5%	15 providers
Buena Park	99.8%	20 providers
Burbank	100.0%	27 providers
Camarillo	98.3%	18 providers
Canoga Park	99.8%	23 providers
Canyon Country	99.8%	14 providers
Carlsbad	100.0%	26 providers
Carmichael	100.0%	16 providers
Carson	99.9%	20 providers
Castro Valley	97.6%	19 providers
Cathedral City	100.0%	14 providers
Chico	95.7%	17 providers
Chino	100.0%	20 providers
Chino Hills	100.0%	19 providers
Chula Vista	98.2%	22 providers
Citrus Heights	97.9%	17 providers
Clovis	96.8%	18 providers
Colton	99.6%	17 providers
Compton	99.9%	19 providers
Concord	99.8%	19 providers
Corona	99.7%	25 providers
Costa Mesa	100.0%	24 providers
Covina	99.9%	21 providers
Cupertino	97.6%	22 providers
Daly City	99.8%	21 providers
Danville	99.9%	16 providers
Davis	92.0%	20 providers
Delano	78.8%	15 providers
Downey	100.0%	19 providers
El Cajon	97.0%	19 providers
El Monte	100.0%	18 providers
Elk Grove	96.5%	20 providers
Escondido	94.4%	20 providers
Fairfield	98.1%	19 providers
Folsom	99.1%	21 providers
Fontana	99.9%	21 providers
Fountain Valley	100.0%	21 providers
Fremont	98.2%	21 providers
Fresno	96.0%	22 providers
Fullerton	100.0%	22 providers
Garden Grove	100.0%	23 providers
Gardena	100.0%	25 providers
Gilroy	87.0%	18 providers
Glendale	99.8%	30 providers
Glendora	100.0%	16 providers
Goleta	86.4%	18 providers
Granada Hills	100.0%	14 providers
Hacienda Heights	100.0%	16 providers
Hanford	91.4%	14 providers
Hawthorne	100.0%	16 providers
Hayward	98.1%	23 providers
Hemet	97.7%	16 providers
Hesperia	93.8%	13 providers
Highland	98.1%	16 providers
Huntington Beach	99.6%	19 providers
Huntington Park	100.0%	17 providers
Indio	99.3%	16 providers
Inglewood	100.0%	21 providers
Irvine	93.0%	33 providers
La Habra	100.0%	17 providers
La Mesa	98.6%	19 providers
La Puente	100.0%	17 providers
Laguna Niguel	99.2%	17 providers
Lake Elsinore	99.6%	15 providers
Lake Forest	90.4%	16 providers
Lakewood	100.0%	21 providers
Lancaster	95.8%	20 providers
Livermore	97.4%	18 providers
Lodi	93.0%	19 providers
Lompoc	85.7%	13 providers
Long Beach	99.9%	23 providers
Los Angeles	100.0%	38 providers
Lynwood	97.4%	15 providers
Madera	90.2%	15 providers
Manteca	95.8%	18 providers
Merced	94.5%	17 providers
Milpitas	95.5%	24 providers
Mission Viejo	98.3%	18 providers
Modesto	97.3%	21 providers
Montebello	99.5%	22 providers
Monterey Park	100.0%	21 providers
Moreno Valley	99.6%	22 providers
Mountain View	96.8%	22 providers
Murrieta	98.9%	17 providers
Napa	94.5%	18 providers
National City	89.4%	18 providers
Newport Beach	99.8%	21 providers
North Hills	100.0%	19 providers
North Hollywood	100.0%	24 providers
Northridge	100.0%	23 providers
Norwalk	100.0%	16 providers
Novato	99.1%	22 providers
Oakland	99.4%	26 providers
Oceanside	96.5%	22 providers
Ontario	100.0%	27 providers
Orange	100.0%	26 providers
Oroville	77.2%	13 providers
Oxnard	99.2%	18 providers
Pacoima	100.0%	18 providers
Palm Desert	100.0%	19 providers
Palmdale	99.0%	17 providers
Palo Alto	98.4%	22 providers
Panorama City	100.0%	18 providers
Paramount	99.7%	19 providers
Pasadena	100.0%	27 providers
Perris	92.8%	16 providers
Petaluma	94.9%	22 providers
Pico Rivera	100.0%	16 providers
Pittsburg	99.2%	15 providers
Placentia	100.0%	16 providers
Pleasanton	98.3%	19 providers
Pomona	98.7%	20 providers
Porterville	90.8%	14 providers
Rancho Cordova	99.4%	19 providers
Rancho Cucamonga	99.9%	26 providers
Redding	87.7%	18 providers
Redlands	99.1%	20 providers
Redondo Beach	100.0%	18 providers
Redwood City	98.3%	25 providers
Reseda	99.5%	21 providers
Rialto	100.0%	19 providers
Richmond	99.6%	20 providers
Riverside	99.9%	22 providers
Rocklin	99.3%	21 providers
Rosemead	100.0%	17 providers
Roseville	98.2%	21 providers
Sacramento	98.3%	31 providers
Salinas	97.8%	23 providers
San Bernardino	99.4%	21 providers
San Clemente	98.5%	18 providers
San Diego	98.3%	36 providers
San Francisco	99.6%	40 providers
San Gabriel	100.0%	18 providers
San Jose	98.6%	39 providers
San Leandro	99.0%	20 providers
San Luis Obispo	77.5%	17 providers
San Marcos	97.7%	20 providers
San Mateo	99.5%	23 providers
San Pablo	97.6%	18 providers
San Pedro	98.2%	21 providers
San Rafael	99.6%	22 providers
San Ramon	99.2%	21 providers
Santa Ana	99.3%	25 providers
Santa Barbara	97.5%	18 providers
Santa Clara	98.1%	30 providers
Santa Clarita	97.8%	14 providers
Santa Cruz	92.1%	20 providers
Santa Maria	98.3%	17 providers
Santa Monica	100.0%	27 providers
Santa Rosa	98.6%	25 providers
Santee	94.8%	16 providers
Sherman Oaks	100.0%	27 providers
Simi Valley	99.9%	17 providers
South Gate	100.0%	18 providers
South San Francisco	99.9%	21 providers
Spring Valley	97.0%	17 providers
Stockton	97.7%	31 providers
Sun City	98.5%	18 providers
Sunnyvale	95.1%	24 providers
Sylmar	99.8%	18 providers
Temecula	94.1%	20 providers
Thousand Oaks	100.0%	20 providers
Torrance	100.0%	27 providers
Tracy	91.6%	18 providers
Tulare	88.8%	12 providers
Turlock	94.5%	18 providers
Tustin	97.6%	24 providers
Union City	99.2%	18 providers
Upland	100.0%	20 providers
Vacaville	88.7%	18 providers
Valencia	99.9%	19 providers
Vallejo	98.9%	20 providers
Van Nuys	100.0%	28 providers
Ventura	99.0%	19 providers
Victorville	99.0%	13 providers
Visalia	92.4%	22 providers
Vista	97.7%	22 providers
Walnut Creek	99.9%	22 providers
Watsonville	95.0%	22 providers
West Covina	99.7%	16 providers
Westminster	99.8%	20 providers
Whittier	100.0%	19 providers
Wilmington	99.7%	17 providers
Woodland	94.4%	19 providers
Woodland Hills	99.9%	24 providers
Yorba Linda	99.9%	20 providers
Yuba City	97.2%	14 providers
Yucaipa	98.1%	14 providers

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Last Updated on 3/6/2019.

Broadband Internet in California