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.

91%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

17%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

37.6

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

20th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

91.5%

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

86.4%

of Georgians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

6.5%

of Georgians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

96.7%

of Georgians have access to wireline service.

26.9%

of Georgians have access to fiber-optic service.

85.7%

of Georgians have access to cable service.

86.0%

of Georgians have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Georgians have access to mobile broadband service.

5.2%

of Georgians have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Georgia

AT&T Internet vs Xfinity

AT&T Internet vs Spectrum

AT&T Internet vs Mediacom

AT&T Internet vs WOW!

AT&T Internet vs Cox

Top 5 Fastest cities in Georgia

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Woodstock	111.4 MBPS	18 Providers
2.	Hoschton	109.0 MBPS	11 Providers
3.	Canton	81.9 MBPS	19 Providers
4.	Douglasville	74.4 MBPS	17 Providers
5.	Fort Benning	74.4 MBPS	13 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Georgia

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
AT&T Internet	54.6 MBPS
Mediacom Cable	45.1 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	43.5 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	37.8 MBPS
Windstream	11.6 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 93.6% of Georgians.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 220 internet providers in Georgia.
There are 870,000 people in Georgia without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 1.4 million people in Georgia that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 336,000 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	98.5%	17 providers
Adairsville	93.2%	11 providers
Adel	83.6%	9 providers
Albany	95.9%	14 providers
Alma	68.9%	7 providers
Alpharetta	99.0%	27 providers
Alto	59.9%	10 providers
Americus	88.4%	14 providers
Athens	98.0%	19 providers
Atlanta	97.4%	39 providers
Auburn	99.7%	11 providers
Augusta	95.4%	19 providers
Austell	96.9%	20 providers
Bainbridge	77.0%	10 providers
Ball Ground	91.1%	12 providers
Barnesville	73.5%	12 providers
Baxley	52.7%	6 providers
Bethlehem	99.7%	9 providers
Blackshear	81.7%	8 providers
Blairsville	89.6%	9 providers
Blakely	35.9%	5 providers
Blue Ridge	85.8%	8 providers
Bogart	94.7%	15 providers
Bonaire	98.5%	12 providers
Braselton	99.7%	11 providers
Bremen	62.5%	11 providers
Brunswick	97.2%	13 providers
Buford	98.5%	20 providers
Byron	95.1%	13 providers
Cairo	90.0%	10 providers
Calhoun	92.9%	14 providers
Camilla	71.5%	9 providers
Canton	99.3%	19 providers
Carrollton	79.6%	17 providers
Cartersville	97.7%	14 providers
Cedartown	94.2%	13 providers
Chatsworth	98.5%	12 providers
Chickamauga	96.7%	13 providers
Clarkesville	65.1%	8 providers
Clarkston	97.0%	12 providers
Claxton	58.0%	11 providers
Cleveland	69.1%	9 providers
Cochran	42.7%	8 providers
Columbus	99.2%	21 providers
Commerce	58.7%	9 providers
Conley	99.9%	11 providers
Conyers	98.2%	17 providers
Cordele	74.7%	11 providers
Cornelia	47.4%	10 providers
Covington	95.1%	13 providers
Cumming	99.9%	14 providers
Dacula	99.7%	13 providers
Dahlonega	73.2%	11 providers
Dallas	98.6%	17 providers
Dalton	100.0%	11 providers
Danielsville	72.6%	8 providers
Dawson	73.7%	8 providers
Dawsonville	82.3%	11 providers
Decatur	99.4%	17 providers
Douglas	93.1%	11 providers
Douglasville	98.2%	17 providers
Dublin	85.9%	10 providers
Duluth	99.7%	23 providers
East Dublin	42.8%	9 providers
Eastman	64.2%	9 providers
Eatonton	86.5%	11 providers
Elberton	86.8%	8 providers
Ellenwood	99.5%	13 providers
Ellijay	87.5%	10 providers
Evans	99.0%	12 providers
Fairburn	95.3%	11 providers
Fayetteville	99.2%	15 providers
Fitzgerald	87.3%	6 providers
Flowery Branch	99.7%	11 providers
Folkston	61.1%	10 providers
Forest Park	98.6%	14 providers
Forsyth	38.3%	11 providers
Fort Benning	89.5%	13 providers
Fort Stewart	93.8%	9 providers
Fort Valley	75.1%	15 providers
Franklin	58.5%	9 providers
Gainesville	98.4%	18 providers
Glennville	69.3%	7 providers
Gray	80.5%	11 providers
Grayson	100.0%	12 providers
Greensboro	66.1%	10 providers
Griffin	96.9%	16 providers
Grovetown	78.7%	13 providers
Guyton	99.7%	9 providers
Hahira	95.6%	9 providers
Hampton	96.8%	15 providers
Hartwell	93.1%	10 providers
Hawkinsville	79.9%	7 providers
Hazlehurst	60.5%	6 providers
Hephzibah	98.6%	14 providers
Hinesville	96.9%	13 providers
Hiram	99.1%	13 providers
Hogansville	44.5%	10 providers
Hoschton	93.4%	11 providers
Jackson	68.5%	13 providers
Jasper	91.3%	12 providers
Jefferson	83.8%	9 providers
Jesup	81.5%	11 providers
Jonesboro	99.8%	16 providers
Kathleen	100.0%	12 providers
Kennesaw	97.4%	20 providers
Kingsland	100.0%	10 providers
Kingston	76.7%	10 providers
La Fayette	92.2%	11 providers
Lagrange	96.2%	13 providers
Lake Park	1.2%	9 providers
Lawrenceville	99.0%	20 providers
Leesburg	90.5%	14 providers
Lilburn	99.5%	13 providers
Lithia Springs	92.2%	13 providers
Lithonia	99.4%	12 providers
Lizella	100.0%	12 providers
Locust Grove	94.8%	14 providers
Loganville	99.1%	13 providers
Ludowici	83.9%	10 providers
Lula	74.4%	10 providers
Lyons	18.0%	10 providers
Mableton	99.2%	16 providers
Macon	92.6%	21 providers
Madison	50.1%	9 providers
Marietta	97.5%	23 providers
Mc Rae	64.2%	8 providers
Mcdonough	99.1%	19 providers
Metter	100.0%	9 providers
Midland	96.3%	13 providers
Midway	89.8%	10 providers
Milledgeville	93.3%	10 providers
Monroe	73.6%	11 providers
Monticello	40.4%	8 providers
Morrow	97.4%	16 providers
Moultrie	90.7%	8 providers
Nashville	79.5%	7 providers
Newnan	99.2%	19 providers
Norcross	98.3%	24 providers
Oxford	98.9%	10 providers
Palmetto	86.1%	12 providers
Peachtree City	98.2%	18 providers
Pelham	61.5%	9 providers
Perry	96.8%	12 providers
Pooler	91.1%	14 providers
Powder Springs	99.8%	14 providers
Quitman	79.6%	10 providers
Reidsville	70.1%	7 providers
Rex	100.0%	10 providers
Richmond Hill	96.1%	13 providers
Rincon	94.5%	10 providers
Ringgold	99.0%	14 providers
Riverdale	99.3%	12 providers
Rockmart	87.1%	12 providers
Rocky Face	99.2%	11 providers
Rome	94.6%	13 providers
Rossville	99.4%	13 providers
Roswell	100.0%	21 providers
Royston	42.0%	13 providers
Saint Marys	99.8%	12 providers
Saint Simons Island	98.6%	12 providers
Sandersville	77.9%	11 providers
Savannah	95.8%	21 providers
Senoia	89.6%	11 providers
Sharpsburg	99.8%	13 providers
Smyrna	99.8%	19 providers
Snellville	99.5%	16 providers
Social Circle	80.4%	10 providers
Sparta	8.1%	9 providers
Springfield	89.0%	9 providers
Statesboro	82.6%	14 providers
Statham	99.0%	9 providers
Stockbridge	99.8%	13 providers
Stone Mountain	99.3%	18 providers
Summerville	89.8%	10 providers
Suwanee	99.8%	18 providers
Swainsboro	91.9%	9 providers
Sylvania	97.9%	7 providers
Sylvester	77.4%	8 providers
Temple	86.4%	11 providers
Thomaston	96.5%	8 providers
Thomasville	95.3%	11 providers
Thomson	92.4%	9 providers
Tifton	89.0%	11 providers
Toccoa	88.2%	9 providers
Trenton	91.3%	10 providers
Tucker	99.8%	17 providers
Tunnel Hill	98.8%	10 providers
Tyrone	98.8%	11 providers
Union City	94.9%	12 providers
Valdosta	88.3%	14 providers
Vidalia	62.6%	12 providers
Villa Rica	98.3%	14 providers
Warner Robins	97.0%	15 providers
Watkinsville	83.9%	13 providers
Waycross	88.2%	10 providers
Waynesboro	84.3%	10 providers
Winder	99.0%	9 providers
Winston	99.8%	12 providers
Woodstock	99.6%	18 providers

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Last Updated on 11/30/2017.