Internet Access in Hawaii: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Hawaii

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Hawaii Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

97%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

27.9

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

7th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

96.9%

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

96.8%

of Hawaiians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

51.3%

of Hawaiians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

98.5%

of Hawaiians have access to wireline service.

51.8%

of Hawaiians have access to fiber-optic service.

96.0%

of Hawaiians have access to cable service.

93.1%

of Hawaiians have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Hawaiians have access to mobile broadband service.

13.2%

of Hawaiians have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Hawaii

Top 5 Fastest cities in Hawaii

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Waikoloa	86.0 MBPS	9 Providers
2.	Schofield Barracks	52.2 MBPS	10 Providers
3.	Waimea	46.1 MBPS	9 Providers
4.	Volcano	43.2 MBPS	9 Providers
5.	Kailua	41.6 MBPS	12 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Hawaii

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Charter Spectrum	33.1 MBPS
Hawaiian Telcom	20.2 MBPS
Windstream	18.6 MBPS
Sandwich Isles Communications	6.4 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Hawaii Broadband Map Project has been awarded $4,349,940 in federal grants for Hawaii's Broadband Initiative.
Another $33,972,800, accounting for 1.0% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Hawaii.
Since 2011, no improvements in 10+ mbps wired broadband coverage have been reported.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 43 internet providers in Hawaii.
There are 44,000 people in Hawaii without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 91,000 people in Hawaii that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 22,000 people in Hawaii 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.

Hawaii CITIES


Aiea	99.7%	13 providers
Captain Cook	96.1%	11 providers
Ewa Beach	98.9%	12 providers
Haiku	87.7%	11 providers
Haleiwa	99.6%	10 providers
Hauula	99.7%	10 providers
Hilo	97.4%	12 providers
Honokaa	87.7%	9 providers
Honolulu	99.2%	18 providers
Kahului	99.9%	13 providers
Kailua	99.4%	12 providers
Kailua Kona	99.3%	15 providers
Kalaheo	98.7%	8 providers
Kamuela	95.2%	13 providers
Kaneohe	99.8%	12 providers
Kapaa	99.7%	8 providers
Kapolei	99.4%	13 providers
Kaunakakai	57.0%	11 providers
Keaau	90.9%	10 providers
Kealakekua	96.2%	10 providers
Kihei	99.3%	12 providers
Kilauea	97.2%	7 providers
Koloa	97.6%	8 providers
Kula	96.6%	13 providers
Lahaina	97.5%	12 providers
Laie	99.1%	10 providers
Lihue	98.3%	10 providers
Makawao	97.9%	12 providers
Mililani	99.5%	12 providers
Mountain View	79.4%	9 providers
Ocean View	53.6%	9 providers
Pahoa	70.7%	11 providers
Pearl City	99.5%	11 providers
Wahiawa	94.2%	12 providers
Waialua	98.3%	10 providers
Waianae	99.2%	12 providers
Waikoloa	97.6%	9 providers
Wailuku	99.2%	14 providers
Waimanalo	99.5%	11 providers
Waipahu	99.4%	13 providers

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Last Updated on 10/16/2019.

Broadband Internet in Hawaii