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

23.4

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	88.2 MBPS	18 Providers
2.	Ketchum	51.6 MBPS	12 Providers
3.	Twin Falls	47.1 MBPS	16 Providers
4.	Hailey	44.6 MBPS	11 Providers
5.	Meridian	38.7 MBPS	21 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Idaho

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Cable ONE	38.3 MBPS
CenturyLink	12.5 MBPS
Rise Broadband	4.5 MBPS
SpeedyQuick Networks	3.7 MBPS
SafeLink Internet	3.6 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 144 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


American Falls	86.2%	13 providers
Athol	41.6%	13 providers
Blackfoot	84.2%	14 providers
Boise	98.8%	25 providers
Bonners Ferry	0.0%	10 providers
Buhl	56.6%	14 providers
Burley	76.4%	15 providers
Caldwell	85.4%	18 providers
Coeur D Alene	94.7%	20 providers
Eagle	96.0%	20 providers
Emmett	78.1%	16 providers
Filer	95.1%	15 providers
Fruitland	84.6%	14 providers
Garden City	99.1%	19 providers
Gooding	63.1%	12 providers
Grangeville	0.0%	9 providers
Hailey	88.2%	11 providers
Hayden	91.9%	16 providers
Heyburn	71.1%	14 providers
Homedale	59.2%	15 providers
Idaho Falls	99.9%	18 providers
Jerome	70.9%	15 providers
Kamiah	0.0%	9 providers
Ketchum	16.4%	12 providers
Kimberly	73.8%	16 providers
Kuna	69.3%	17 providers
Lewiston	96.8%	14 providers
Malad City	82.4%	10 providers
Mccall	64.6%	9 providers
Meridian	97.8%	21 providers
Middleton	85.4%	15 providers
Moscow	94.3%	14 providers
Mountain Home	86.7%	12 providers
Nampa	93.4%	19 providers
New Plymouth	48.7%	15 providers
Orofino	0.0%	12 providers
Parma	37.8%	15 providers
Payette	88.0%	15 providers
Pocatello	92.5%	14 providers
Post Falls	96.0%	16 providers
Preston	67.5%	15 providers
Priest River	100.0%	13 providers
Rathdrum	73.2%	13 providers
Rexburg	99.5%	16 providers
Rigby	100.0%	15 providers
Rupert	53.2%	12 providers
Sagle	86.3%	13 providers
Saint Anthony	80.7%	15 providers
Saint Maries	0.0%	11 providers
Salmon	62.3%	9 providers
Sandpoint	72.4%	14 providers
Shelley	100.0%	14 providers
Soda Springs	83.6%	9 providers
Spirit Lake	24.9%	12 providers
Star	94.9%	18 providers
Twin Falls	95.0%	16 providers
Victor	88.4%	9 providers
Weiser	65.8%	14 providers
Wendell	48.4%	14 providers
Wilder	44.0%	15 providers

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Last Updated on 11/30/2017.