Internet Access in Georgia: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Georgia

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Georgia Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

84.9%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

57.4%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

67.9

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

12th

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

94.1%

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

90.8%

of Georgians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

40.8%

of Georgians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

97.2%

of Georgians have access to wireline service.

35.8%

of Georgians have access to fiber-optic service.

86.7%

of Georgians have access to cable service.

91.4%

of Georgians have access to DSL service.

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Coverage by County in Georgia

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Appling	54.7%
Atkinson	61.0%
Bacon	70.7%
Baker	32.3%
Baldwin	94.4%
Banks	75.1%
Barrow	99.4%
Bartow	98.2%
Ben Hill	91.0%
Berrien	84.4%
Bibb	97.8%
Bleckley	43.6%
Brantley	100.0%
Brooks	80.0%
Bryan	97.8%
Bulloch	100.0%
Burke	73.3%
Butts	93.0%
Calhoun	44.9%
Camden	95.7%
Candler	100.0%
Carroll	93.5%
Catoosa	99.2%
Charlton	68.8%
Chatham	98.2%
Chattahoochee	72.4%
Chattooga	94.2%
Cherokee	98.4%
Clarke	100.0%
Clay	66.1%
Clayton	99.5%
Clinch	55.0%
Cobb	98.7%
Coffee	89.5%
Colquitt	88.6%
Columbia	92.8%
Cook	84.8%
Coweta	98.4%
Crawford	94.6%
Crisp	82.1%
Dade	91.6%
Dawson	87.7%
Decatur	76.3%
DeKalb	99.4%
Dodge	64.7%
Dooly	68.5%
Dougherty	99.3%
Douglas	98.9%
Early	39.7%
Echols	26.6%
Effingham	94.9%
Elbert	80.6%
Emanuel	95.1%
Evans	83.5%
Fannin	90.7%
Fayette	99.6%
Floyd	95.7%
Forsyth	99.8%
Franklin	62.0%
Fulton	98.8%
Gilmer	83.0%
Glascock	0.8%
Glynn	98.5%
Gordon	93.6%
Grady	82.7%
Greene	69.4%
Gwinnett	99.5%
Habersham	83.9%
Hall	98.9%
Hancock	60.3%
Haralson	67.5%
Harris	90.0%
Hart	83.9%
Heard	66.4%
Henry	99.9%
Houston	98.7%
Irwin	63.1%
Jackson	88.0%
Jasper	79.5%
Jeff Davis	69.2%
Jefferson	8.3%
Jenkins	81.7%
Johnson	28.7%
Jones	85.0%
Lamar	78.9%
Lanier	84.0%
Laurens	65.0%
Lee	93.2%
Liberty	95.6%
Lincoln	100.0%
Long	89.2%
Lowndes	95.4%
Lumpkin	81.3%
McDuffie	82.4%
McIntosh	97.6%
Macon	67.0%
Madison	84.1%
Marion	67.6%
Meriwether	62.5%
Miller	64.2%
Mitchell	62.9%
Monroe	72.6%
Montgomery	40.1%
Morgan	71.0%
Murray	98.1%
Muscogee	99.5%
Newton	98.8%
Oconee	97.7%
Oglethorpe	74.6%
Paulding	99.9%
Peach	92.5%
Pickens	92.2%
Pierce	77.4%
Pike	70.0%
Polk	97.8%
Pulaski	72.9%
Putnam	95.0%
Quitman	65.5%
Rabun	89.5%
Randolph	82.7%
Richmond	95.2%
Rockdale	99.3%
Schley	78.0%
Screven	98.6%
Seminole	77.7%
Spalding	97.2%
Stephens	92.7%
Stewart	65.6%
Sumter	77.1%
Talbot	86.2%
Taliaferro	91.4%
Tattnall	71.6%
Taylor	86.3%
Telfair	77.8%
Terrell	76.3%
Thomas	89.6%
Tift	90.2%
Toombs	66.2%
Towns	95.9%
Treutlen	13.4%
Troup	97.0%
Turner	75.6%
Twiggs	38.0%
Union	93.5%
Upson	93.0%
Walker	95.7%
Walton	90.4%
Ware	85.9%
Warren	0.0%
Washington	70.1%
Wayne	80.1%
Webster	46.9%
Wheeler	46.7%
White	84.4%
Whitfield	100.0%
Wilcox	62.7%
Wilkes	100.0%
Wilkinson	60.5%
Worth	72.6%

Internet Speed in Top Georgia Cities

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Atlanta	53.3 MBPS	43 Providers
2.	Marietta	84.4 MBPS	25 Providers
3.	Savannah	70.2 MBPS	25 Providers
4.	Lawrenceville	87.8 MBPS	21 Providers
5.	Augusta	61.9 MBPS	21 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Georgia

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
AT&T Internet	102.4 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	90.8 MBPS
Mediacom Cable	86.3 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	84.2 MBPS
Windstream	22.3 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, The Digital Georgia Program has been awarded $5,229,940 in federal grants for Georgia's Broadband Initiative.
Another $69,687,765, accounting for 2.0% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Georgia.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 91.5% to 96.6% of Georgians.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 232 internet providers in Georgia.
There are 484,000 people in Georgia without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 927,000 people in Georgia that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 286,000 people in Georgia 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.

Georgia CITIES


Acworth	98.9%	16 providers
Adairsville	98.3%	12 providers
Adel	89.2%	9 providers
Albany	98.9%	15 providers
Alma	76.2%	6 providers
Alpharetta	99.4%	28 providers
Alto	63.5%	11 providers
Americus	90.4%	15 providers
Athens	100.0%	21 providers
Atlanta	98.8%	43 providers
Auburn	99.8%	12 providers
Augusta	95.7%	21 providers
Austell	97.3%	20 providers
Bainbridge	88.0%	12 providers
Ball Ground	94.3%	12 providers
Barnesville	73.8%	12 providers
Baxley	61.6%	7 providers
Bethlehem	99.8%	10 providers
Blackshear	86.3%	9 providers
Blairsville	93.8%	9 providers
Blakely	39.0%	6 providers
Blue Ridge	94.5%	9 providers
Bogart	100.0%	18 providers
Bonaire	99.0%	13 providers
Braselton	99.9%	12 providers
Bremen	90.5%	11 providers
Brunswick	98.5%	13 providers
Buford	99.9%	22 providers
Byron	97.7%	13 providers
Cairo	94.2%	11 providers
Calhoun	98.2%	15 providers
Camilla	76.2%	10 providers
Canton	99.4%	15 providers
Carrollton	94.4%	18 providers
Cartersville	99.3%	15 providers
Cedartown	98.2%	12 providers
Chatsworth	98.5%	14 providers
Chickamauga	97.5%	14 providers
Clarkesville	86.9%	8 providers
Clarkston	99.7%	12 providers
Claxton	81.4%	13 providers
Cleveland	85.2%	10 providers
Cochran	43.2%	9 providers
Columbus	99.5%	21 providers
Commerce	79.7%	9 providers
Conley	99.9%	13 providers
Conyers	99.3%	16 providers
Cordele	87.5%	11 providers
Cornelia	88.2%	9 providers
Covington	98.7%	15 providers
Cumming	99.9%	18 providers
Dacula	99.9%	14 providers
Dahlonega	83.0%	11 providers
Dallas	99.9%	18 providers
Dalton	100.0%	13 providers
Danielsville	85.3%	8 providers
Dawson	78.3%	7 providers
Dawsonville	88.4%	12 providers
Decatur	99.6%	18 providers
Douglas	94.2%	9 providers
Douglasville	98.9%	18 providers
Dublin	87.2%	11 providers
Duluth	99.8%	25 providers
East Dublin	62.6%	10 providers
Eastman	80.5%	9 providers
Eatonton	95.0%	12 providers
Elberton	86.2%	9 providers
Ellenwood	99.6%	14 providers
Ellijay	87.6%	10 providers
Evans	99.0%	12 providers
Fairburn	98.0%	12 providers
Fayetteville	99.6%	17 providers
Fitzgerald	89.7%	6 providers
Flowery Branch	100.0%	10 providers
Folkston	70.5%	10 providers
Forest Park	99.1%	16 providers
Forsyth	72.0%	10 providers
Fort Benning	99.1%	13 providers
Fort Stewart	94.2%	10 providers
Fort Valley	88.1%	14 providers
Franklin	72.0%	10 providers
Gainesville	99.8%	17 providers
Glennville	72.7%	7 providers
Gray	85.7%	11 providers
Grayson	100.0%	13 providers
Greensboro	70.4%	13 providers
Griffin	98.6%	17 providers
Grovetown	93.9%	13 providers
Guyton	99.7%	10 providers
Hahira	97.5%	11 providers
Hampton	99.8%	17 providers
Hartwell	97.3%	10 providers
Hawkinsville	79.9%	7 providers
Hazlehurst	72.2%	7 providers
Hephzibah	98.7%	15 providers
Hinesville	97.8%	13 providers
Hiram	99.6%	13 providers
Hogansville	90.1%	11 providers
Hoschton	94.4%	12 providers
Jackson	92.7%	14 providers
Jasper	94.2%	13 providers
Jefferson	85.9%	10 providers
Jesup	81.7%	12 providers
Jonesboro	99.7%	16 providers
Kathleen	100.0%	14 providers
Kennesaw	98.7%	22 providers
Kingsland	100.0%	10 providers
Kingston	93.4%	11 providers
La Fayette	93.0%	11 providers
Lagrange	98.8%	13 providers
Lake Park	76.9%	9 providers
Lawrenceville	99.2%	21 providers
Leesburg	96.3%	14 providers
Lilburn	99.8%	13 providers
Lithia Springs	99.6%	17 providers
Lithonia	99.7%	13 providers
Lizella	100.0%	13 providers
Locust Grove	99.3%	16 providers
Loganville	99.7%	14 providers
Ludowici	89.3%	10 providers
Lula	86.8%	10 providers
Lyons	44.8%	12 providers
Mableton	99.6%	16 providers
Macon	96.0%	26 providers
Madison	73.2%	10 providers
Marietta	98.0%	25 providers
Mcdonough	100.0%	18 providers
Metter	100.0%	11 providers
Midland	99.6%	14 providers
Midway	92.2%	10 providers
Milledgeville	94.2%	11 providers
Monroe	84.9%	11 providers
Monticello	81.4%	9 providers
Morrow	97.8%	16 providers
Moultrie	93.9%	8 providers
Nashville	81.7%	7 providers
Newnan	99.8%	21 providers
Norcross	98.8%	28 providers
Oxford	99.6%	12 providers
Palmetto	98.3%	14 providers
Peachtree City	99.6%	22 providers
Pelham	62.6%	11 providers
Perry	96.7%	12 providers
Pooler	99.7%	15 providers
Powder Springs	100.0%	14 providers
Quitman	86.5%	11 providers
Reidsville	71.2%	7 providers
Rex	100.0%	12 providers
Richmond Hill	96.8%	15 providers
Rincon	94.8%	11 providers
Ringgold	99.3%	16 providers
Riverdale	100.0%	13 providers
Rockmart	98.5%	12 providers
Rocky Face	99.2%	11 providers
Rome	97.6%	13 providers
Rossville	99.4%	14 providers
Roswell	100.0%	22 providers
Royston	44.0%	14 providers
Saint Marys	99.8%	12 providers
Saint Simons Island	98.6%	12 providers
Sandersville	82.0%	11 providers
Savannah	98.1%	25 providers
Senoia	93.4%	11 providers
Sharpsburg	99.9%	13 providers
Smyrna	99.9%	19 providers
Snellville	99.6%	17 providers
Social Circle	89.4%	11 providers
Sparta	61.6%	10 providers
Springfield	90.4%	10 providers
Statesboro	100.0%	15 providers
Statham	99.8%	10 providers
Stockbridge	99.8%	15 providers
Stone Mountain	99.6%	19 providers
Summerville	93.5%	10 providers
Suwanee	100.0%	18 providers
Swainsboro	94.8%	11 providers
Sylvania	98.4%	7 providers
Sylvester	87.4%	9 providers
Temple	99.1%	12 providers
Thomaston	97.3%	7 providers
Thomasville	96.3%	13 providers
Thomson	85.5%	11 providers
Tifton	93.6%	13 providers
Toccoa	92.9%	10 providers
Trenton	94.5%	12 providers
Tucker	99.8%	17 providers
Tunnel Hill	98.8%	12 providers
Tyrone	99.6%	14 providers
Union City	95.5%	15 providers
Valdosta	96.7%	16 providers
Vidalia	82.7%	11 providers
Villa Rica	99.2%	14 providers
Warner Robins	98.9%	16 providers
Watkinsville	95.7%	13 providers
Waycross	91.4%	11 providers
Waynesboro	83.0%	10 providers
Winder	99.3%	10 providers
Winston	100.0%	12 providers
Woodstock	99.9%	20 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

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