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.

82%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

21%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

19.4

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

37th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

82.3%

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

69.8%

of Idahoans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

60.8%

of Idahoans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

93.8%

of Idahoans have access to wireline service.

22.9%

of Idahoans have access to fiber-optic service.

78.4%

of Idahoans have access to cable service.

89.7%

of Idahoans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

99.4%

of Idahoans have access to mobile broadband service.

93.1%

of Idahoans have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Idaho

Cable ONE 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.	Star	74.5 MBPS	18 Providers
2.	Fruitland	69.2 MBPS	14 Providers
3.	Eagle	43.6 MBPS	20 Providers
4.	Ketchum	40.8 MBPS	12 Providers
5.	Coeur D Alene	35.6 MBPS	20 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Idaho

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Cable ONE	34.7 MBPS
CenturyLink	12.2 MBPS
Rise Broadband	4.3 MBPS
SpeedyQuick Networks	3.4 MBPS
SafeLink Internet	3.2 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 89.4% of Idahoans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 146 internet providers in Idaho.
There are 296,000 people in Idaho without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 245,000 people in Idaho that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 103,000 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


Boise	98.8%	25 providers
Caldwell	85.4%	18 providers
Coeur D Alene	94.7%	20 providers
Idaho Falls	99.9%	18 providers
Lewiston	96.8%	14 providers
Meridian	97.8%	21 providers
Nampa	93.4%	19 providers
Pocatello	92.5%	14 providers
Post Falls	96.0%	16 providers
Rexburg	99.5%	16 providers
Twin Falls	95.0%	16 providers

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Last Updated on 11/30/2017.