Internet Access in Connecticut: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Connecticut

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Connecticut Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

98.3%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

30.9%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

80.5

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

10th

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

99.1%

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

99.0%

of Connecticuters have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

5.4%

of Connecticuters have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

99.8%

of Connecticuters have access to wireline service.

4.1%

of Connecticuters have access to fiber-optic service.

99.0%

of Connecticuters have access to cable service.

95.8%

of Connecticuters have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In Connecticut

Frontier vs Xfinity

Frontier vs Optimum by Altice

Cox vs Frontier

Spectrum vs Frontier

Coverage by County in Connecticut

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Fairfield	99.9%
Hartford	98.5%
Litchfield	99.8%
Middlesex	99.3%
New Haven	99.7%
New London	97.6%
Tolland	96.8%
Windham	99.1%

Internet Speed in Top Connecticut Cities

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Bridgeport	58.9 MBPS	19 Providers
2.	New Haven	68.4 MBPS	17 Providers
3.	Hartford	98.4 MBPS	21 Providers
4.	Stamford	100.2 MBPS	18 Providers
5.	Waterbury	65.0 MBPS	16 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Connecticut

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Optimum by Altice	93.5 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	88.3 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	87.7 MBPS
Cox Communications	64.9 MBPS
Frontier Communications	6.8 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Connecticut State Broadband Initiative has been awarded $3,782,938 in federal grants for Connecticut's Broadband Initiative.
Another $93,855,029, accounting for 2.7% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Connecticut.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 97.7% to 99.7% of Connecticuters.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 84 internet providers in Connecticut.
There are 32,000 people in Connecticut without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 165,000 people in Connecticut that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 7,000 people in Connecticut 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.

TOP Connecticut CITIES


Bridgeport	100.0%	19 providers
Bristol	99.8%	12 providers
Danbury	99.6%	18 providers
Fairfield	100.0%	15 providers
Hamden	99.1%	18 providers
Hartford	97.9%	21 providers
Manchester	99.1%	12 providers
Meriden	99.6%	13 providers
Milford	100.0%	14 providers
New Britain	98.3%	14 providers
New Haven	99.9%	17 providers
Norwalk	100.0%	18 providers
Stamford	100.0%	18 providers
Stratford	100.0%	17 providers
Waterbury	99.3%	16 providers
West Hartford	97.8%	17 providers
West Haven	99.9%	12 providers

Connecticut CITIES AND TOWNS


Amston	99.5%	8 providers
Ansonia	100.0%	11 providers
Ashford	98.6%	10 providers
Avon	99.6%	11 providers
Beacon Falls	99.8%	10 providers
Berlin	99.8%	11 providers
Bethany	99.9%	12 providers
Bethel	99.7%	12 providers
Bloomfield	99.1%	14 providers
Bolton	100.0%	9 providers
Branford	99.3%	13 providers
Broad Brook	99.0%	9 providers
Brookfield	99.8%	15 providers
Brooklyn	100.0%	11 providers
Burlington	100.0%	10 providers
Canterbury	99.9%	10 providers
Canton	99.8%	12 providers
Cheshire	98.7%	13 providers
Chester	98.7%	10 providers
Clinton	99.3%	10 providers
Colchester	99.3%	10 providers
Columbia	100.0%	11 providers
Cos Cob	100.0%	15 providers
Coventry	100.0%	11 providers
Cromwell	99.1%	12 providers
Danielson	99.4%	11 providers
Darien	100.0%	13 providers
Dayville	99.3%	10 providers
Deep River	99.5%	12 providers
Derby	99.9%	13 providers
Durham	99.8%	11 providers
East Granby	99.3%	13 providers
East Haddam	99.2%	9 providers
East Hampton	99.5%	11 providers
East Hartford	99.4%	15 providers
East Haven	99.9%	10 providers
East Lyme	99.1%	12 providers
East Windsor	99.7%	12 providers
Easton	100.0%	11 providers
Ellington	99.3%	10 providers
Enfield	91.6%	11 providers
Farmington	98.6%	17 providers
Gales Ferry	100.0%	10 providers
Glastonbury	99.6%	13 providers
Granby	99.6%	11 providers
Greenwich	100.0%	19 providers
Groton	93.3%	13 providers
Guilford	99.9%	11 providers
Harwinton	99.9%	12 providers
Hebron	99.9%	10 providers
Higganum	99.8%	10 providers
Jewett City	99.4%	11 providers
Killingworth	99.7%	10 providers
Lebanon	99.8%	11 providers
Ledyard	99.7%	12 providers
Litchfield	100.0%	13 providers
Madison	99.7%	11 providers
Mansfield Center	99.8%	11 providers
Marlborough	100.0%	11 providers
Middlebury	99.1%	13 providers
Middletown	98.8%	15 providers
Monroe	99.3%	12 providers
Moosup	97.4%	9 providers
Mystic	100.0%	13 providers
Naugatuck	99.7%	12 providers
New Canaan	100.0%	11 providers
New Fairfield	100.0%	11 providers
New Hartford	99.9%	13 providers
New London	95.0%	12 providers
New Milford	99.9%	12 providers
Newington	99.3%	15 providers
Newtown	100.0%	12 providers
Niantic	83.4%	10 providers
North Branford	99.9%	10 providers
North Grosvenordale	100.0%	9 providers
North Haven	99.8%	12 providers
North Stonington	99.5%	9 providers
Northford	99.3%	10 providers
Norwich	99.3%	11 providers
Oakdale	99.4%	9 providers
Oakville	100.0%	11 providers
Old Greenwich	100.0%	16 providers
Old Lyme	98.9%	11 providers
Old Saybrook	99.4%	13 providers
Orange	100.0%	15 providers
Oxford	99.5%	12 providers
Pawcatuck	100.0%	12 providers
Plainfield	98.1%	10 providers
Plainville	100.0%	14 providers
Plantsville	99.3%	12 providers
Pomfret Center	99.5%	12 providers
Portland	99.8%	11 providers
Preston	99.6%	12 providers
Prospect	99.8%	14 providers
Putnam	100.0%	10 providers
Redding	100.0%	11 providers
Ridgefield	99.6%	13 providers
Riverside	100.0%	13 providers
Rocky Hill	96.1%	12 providers
Salem	99.9%	9 providers
Sandy Hook	100.0%	11 providers
Seymour	99.8%	11 providers
Shelton	99.8%	16 providers
Simsbury	99.0%	11 providers
Somers	79.6%	10 providers
South Glastonbury	97.4%	10 providers
South Windsor	99.4%	11 providers
Southbury	100.0%	11 providers
Southington	99.0%	15 providers
Southport	100.0%	14 providers
Stafford Springs	99.0%	12 providers
Stonington	100.0%	10 providers
Storrs Mansfield	92.8%	11 providers
Suffield	96.4%	11 providers
Terryville	99.9%	11 providers
Thomaston	100.0%	14 providers
Thompson	99.5%	10 providers
Tolland	99.9%	11 providers
Torrington	100.0%	13 providers
Trumbull	100.0%	14 providers
Uncasville	97.8%	13 providers
Unionville	99.7%	10 providers
Vernon Rockville	98.0%	14 providers
Wallingford	99.7%	14 providers
Waterford	99.9%	11 providers
Watertown	100.0%	15 providers
West Simsbury	99.8%	9 providers
Westbrook	99.8%	13 providers
Weston	100.0%	12 providers
Westport	100.0%	16 providers
Wethersfield	99.8%	14 providers
Willimantic	100.0%	11 providers
Willington	99.4%	10 providers
Wilton	100.0%	16 providers
Windsor	99.2%	14 providers
Windsor Locks	99.9%	12 providers
Winsted	99.5%	12 providers
Wolcott	99.9%	9 providers
Woodbridge	100.0%	14 providers
Woodbury	99.9%	11 providers
Woodstock	100.0%	12 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

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