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.

99%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

32.9

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

2nd

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

99.0%

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

99.0%

of Connecticuters have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

2.3%

of Connecticuters have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

99.8%

of Connecticuters have access to wireline service.

1.1%

of Connecticuters have access to fiber-optic service.

98.9%

of Connecticuters have access to cable service.

96.8%

of Connecticuters have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Connecticuters have access to mobile broadband service.

0.0%

of Connecticuters have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Connecticut

Frontier vs Xfinity

Frontier vs Optimum by Cablevision

Cox vs Frontier

Spectrum vs Frontier

Optimum by Cablevision vs Verizon Fios

Top 5 Fastest cities in Connecticut

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Old Greenwich	93.1 MBPS	15 Providers
2.	Marlborough	91.0 MBPS	11 Providers
3.	Berlin	87.3 MBPS	11 Providers
4.	Guilford	84.7 MBPS	13 Providers
5.	Wilton	73.3 MBPS	17 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Connecticut

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Optimum by Cablevision	47.1 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	36.4 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	33.7 MBPS
Cox Communications	30.8 MBPS
Frontier Communications	7.2 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 74 internet providers in Connecticut.
There are 35,000 people in Connecticut without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 134,000 people in Connecticut that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 8,000 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.

Connecticut CITIES


Bridgeport	100.0%	18 providers
Bristol	99.8%	14 providers
Danbury	99.6%	17 providers
East Hartford	99.3%	16 providers
Enfield	90.8%	11 providers
Fairfield	100.0%	16 providers
Greenwich	100.0%	17 providers
Groton	97.9%	14 providers
Hamden	99.5%	18 providers
Hartford	97.7%	20 providers
Manchester	98.5%	14 providers
Meriden	99.1%	14 providers
Middletown	99.0%	16 providers
Milford	100.0%	16 providers
Naugatuck	99.7%	11 providers
New Britain	98.5%	15 providers
New Haven	99.8%	17 providers
Newington	99.3%	15 providers
Norwalk	100.0%	17 providers
Norwich	99.1%	11 providers
Shelton	99.4%	15 providers
Southington	98.9%	17 providers
Stamford	100.0%	19 providers
Stratford	100.0%	17 providers
Torrington	100.0%	13 providers
Trumbull	100.0%	13 providers
Wallingford	99.7%	16 providers
Waterbury	98.9%	16 providers
West Hartford	97.7%	17 providers
West Haven	99.3%	13 providers

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Last Updated on 11/30/2017.