BROADBAND IN Delaware

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Delaware Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

96%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

37.9

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

6th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

96.5%

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

96.5%

of Delawareans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

0.0%

of Delawareans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

98.5%

of Delawareans have access to wireline service.

55.7%

of Delawareans have access to fiber-optic service.

95.3%

of Delawareans have access to cable service.

72.4%

of Delawareans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Delawareans have access to mobile broadband service.

6.2%

of Delawareans have access to fixed wireless service.

Top 5 Fastest Cities In Delaware

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Seaford

65.5 MBPS

65.5">%

Harrington

56.8 MBPS

56.8">%

Dover

55.1 MBPS

55.1">%

Rehoboth Beach

54.1 MBPS

54.1">%

Middletown

51.0 MBPS

51.0">%

Largest Competing Providers In Delaware

Verizon Fios vs XFINITY

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 96.9% of Delawareans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 53 broadband providers in Delaware.
There are 33,000 people in Delaware without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 60,000 people in Delaware that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 14,000 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	99.5%	16 providers
Dover	97.0%	18 providers
Middletown	99.8%	17 providers
New Castle	97.4%	26 providers
Newark	99.0%	30 providers
Wilmington	98.0%	31 providers

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Last Updated on 7/11/2017.