Internet Access in Idaho: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Idaho

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Idaho Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

81%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

22%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

34.3

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

44th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

81.2%

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

79.4%

of Idahoans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

63.2%

of Idahoans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

93.6%

of Idahoans have access to wireline service.

17.0%

of Idahoans have access to fiber-optic service.

79.3%

of Idahoans have access to cable service.

90.1%

of Idahoans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

99.4%

of Idahoans have access to mobile broadband service.

96.6%

of Idahoans have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Idaho

Sparklight vs CenturyLink

CenturyLink vs Cox

Frontier vs Suddenlink

CenturyLink vs Suddenlink

Frontier vs WOW!

Top 5 Fastest cities in Idaho

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	New Meadows	77.2 MBPS	9 Providers
2.	Ketchum	71.0 MBPS	11 Providers
3.	Hailey	60.8 MBPS	11 Providers
4.	Gooding	58.5 MBPS	12 Providers
5.	Lewiston	57.1 MBPS	12 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Idaho

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Sparklight (formerly Cable One)	59.7 MBPS
CenturyLink	19.5 MBPS
Rise Broadband	7.9 MBPS
SpeedyQuick Networks	5.1 MBPS
SafeLink Internet	4.9 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, LINK Idaho has been awarded $4,486,214 in federal grants for Idaho's Broadband Initiative.
Another $8,169,716, accounting for 0.2% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Idaho.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 76.8% to 89.6% of Idahoans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 140 internet providers in Idaho.
There are 307,000 people in Idaho without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 263,000 people in Idaho that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 107,000 people in Idaho 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.

Idaho CITIES


American Falls	84.5%	13 providers
Athol	35.9%	12 providers
Blackfoot	82.9%	13 providers
Boise	99.0%	24 providers
Bonners Ferry	39.7%	10 providers
Buhl	59.4%	14 providers
Burley	78.2%	16 providers
Caldwell	88.0%	17 providers
Coeur D Alene	95.0%	20 providers
Eagle	98.2%	17 providers
Emmett	85.5%	14 providers
Filer	97.5%	15 providers
Fruitland	93.9%	14 providers
Garden City	98.5%	16 providers
Gooding	64.9%	12 providers
Grangeville	0.0%	9 providers
Hailey	96.0%	11 providers
Hayden	93.1%	18 providers
Heyburn	70.3%	14 providers
Homedale	59.8%	16 providers
Idaho Falls	94.0%	18 providers
Jerome	72.9%	15 providers
Kamiah	24.0%	9 providers
Ketchum	76.0%	11 providers
Kimberly	77.9%	16 providers
Kuna	71.1%	14 providers
Lewiston	97.5%	12 providers
Malad City	82.4%	10 providers
Mccall	67.1%	9 providers
Meridian	98.9%	18 providers
Middleton	86.9%	15 providers
Moscow	96.0%	15 providers
Mountain Home	86.0%	12 providers
Nampa	94.7%	18 providers
New Plymouth	77.1%	15 providers
Orofino	0.0%	12 providers
Parma	40.5%	15 providers
Payette	88.4%	15 providers
Pocatello	92.6%	15 providers
Post Falls	96.3%	17 providers
Preston	68.6%	14 providers
Priest River	29.8%	14 providers
Rathdrum	77.8%	17 providers
Rexburg	80.1%	16 providers
Rigby	78.7%	16 providers
Rupert	52.8%	12 providers
Sagle	45.1%	14 providers
Saint Anthony	63.3%	14 providers
Saint Maries	0.0%	11 providers
Salmon	62.3%	9 providers
Sandpoint	65.4%	18 providers
Shelley	73.5%	14 providers
Soda Springs	85.1%	9 providers
Spirit Lake	0.0%	12 providers
Star	98.8%	17 providers
Twin Falls	95.1%	15 providers
Victor	89.4%	9 providers
Weiser	67.3%	14 providers
Wendell	49.4%	14 providers
Wilder	48.4%	16 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

Broadband Service in Idaho