Internet Access in Delaware: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Delaware

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Delaware Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

97%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

53.5

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

6th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

97.3%

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

97.3%

of Delawareans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

8.5%

of Delawareans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

98.8%

of Delawareans have access to wireline service.

56.6%

of Delawareans have access to fiber-optic service.

96.5%

of Delawareans have access to cable service.

71.3%

of Delawareans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Delawareans have access to mobile broadband service.

18.5%

of Delawareans have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Delaware

Verizon Fios vs Xfinity

Top 5 Fastest cities in Delaware

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Middletown	101.4 MBPS	17 Providers
2.	Laurel	100.8 MBPS	15 Providers
3.	Seaford	100.1 MBPS	14 Providers
4.	Yorklyn	94.1 MBPS	9 Providers
5.	Smyrna	92.7 MBPS	13 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Delaware

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Verizon Fios	87.7 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	79.3 MBPS
Verizon High Speed Internet	72.7 MBPS
Atlantic Broadband	46.5 MBPS
Mediacom Cable	36.6 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Delaware's Broadband Mapping Project has been awarded $3,080,450 in federal grants for Delaware's Broadband Initiative.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 93.0% to 97.9% of Delawareans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 52 internet providers in Delaware.
There are 26,000 people in Delaware without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 42,000 people in Delaware that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 11,000 people in Delaware 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.

Delaware CITIES


Bear	99.6%	16 providers
Bridgeville	80.0%	12 providers
Camden Wyoming	99.0%	13 providers
Claymont	97.8%	14 providers
Clayton	98.3%	11 providers
Dagsboro	98.3%	12 providers
Delmar	92.4%	12 providers
Dover	97.7%	15 providers
Felton	94.3%	11 providers
Frankford	96.4%	14 providers
Frederica	99.4%	10 providers
Georgetown	95.4%	14 providers
Greenwood	61.1%	11 providers
Harrington	80.4%	11 providers
Hartly	96.0%	10 providers
Hockessin	97.4%	14 providers
Laurel	88.4%	15 providers
Lewes	99.7%	18 providers
Lincoln	98.7%	9 providers
Magnolia	99.2%	10 providers
Middletown	99.8%	17 providers
Milford	98.7%	13 providers
Millsboro	98.6%	13 providers
Milton	97.1%	15 providers
New Castle	98.5%	17 providers
Newark	99.4%	20 providers
Ocean View	98.7%	15 providers
Rehoboth Beach	99.8%	15 providers
Seaford	96.9%	14 providers
Selbyville	99.0%	12 providers
Smyrna	84.7%	13 providers
Townsend	96.5%	15 providers
Wilmington	98.8%	22 providers

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Last Updated on 10/16/2019.

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