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.

83%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

20%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

26.7

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

42nd

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

83.7%

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

82.1%

of Idahoans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

65.4%

of Idahoans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

94.0%

of Idahoans have access to wireline service.

16.8%

of Idahoans have access to fiber-optic service.

81.7%

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.

93.8%

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.	Council	63.1 MBPS	7 Providers
2.	Ketchum	56.7 MBPS	11 Providers
3.	Sun Valley	52.7 MBPS	10 Providers
4.	Star	49.0 MBPS	16 Providers
5.	Idaho Falls	48.0 MBPS	18 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Idaho

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Cable ONE	45.1 MBPS
CenturyLink	16.3 MBPS
Rise Broadband	6.5 MBPS
SafeLink Internet	4.4 MBPS
SpeedyQuick Networks	4.1 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 90.4% of Idahoans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 144 internet providers in Idaho.
There are 273,000 people in Idaho without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 226,000 people in Idaho that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 100,000 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	86.6%	13 providers
Athol	48.1%	13 providers
Blackfoot	83.4%	13 providers
Boise	99.0%	25 providers
Bonners Ferry	39.6%	10 providers
Buhl	61.5%	14 providers
Burley	78.2%	16 providers
Caldwell	92.4%	18 providers
Coeur D Alene	95.0%	20 providers
Eagle	99.4%	18 providers
Emmett	89.8%	14 providers
Filer	97.3%	15 providers
Fruitland	91.9%	14 providers
Garden City	98.5%	18 providers
Gooding	66.7%	12 providers
Grangeville	0.0%	10 providers
Hailey	94.2%	11 providers
Hayden	92.7%	17 providers
Heyburn	73.2%	14 providers
Homedale	76.0%	16 providers
Idaho Falls	93.8%	18 providers
Jerome	73.2%	15 providers
Kamiah	13.2%	9 providers
Ketchum	75.2%	11 providers
Kimberly	80.6%	16 providers
Kuna	75.9%	17 providers
Lewiston	96.9%	12 providers
Malad City	82.4%	11 providers
Mccall	86.7%	9 providers
Meridian	99.6%	19 providers
Middleton	96.9%	16 providers
Moscow	96.0%	14 providers
Mountain Home	87.1%	13 providers
Nampa	97.8%	18 providers
New Plymouth	84.1%	15 providers
Orofino	0.0%	12 providers
Parma	64.5%	15 providers
Payette	91.7%	15 providers
Pocatello	92.9%	14 providers
Post Falls	96.1%	17 providers
Preston	67.8%	15 providers
Priest River	100.0%	13 providers
Rathdrum	76.6%	16 providers
Rexburg	81.1%	16 providers
Rigby	78.3%	16 providers
Rupert	56.4%	12 providers
Sagle	86.3%	13 providers
Saint Anthony	61.5%	14 providers
Saint Maries	0.1%	11 providers
Salmon	62.3%	10 providers
Sandpoint	73.2%	17 providers
Shelley	78.9%	14 providers
Soda Springs	85.1%	9 providers
Spirit Lake	24.9%	11 providers
Star	99.4%	16 providers
Twin Falls	95.4%	16 providers
Victor	89.4%	9 providers
Weiser	82.1%	14 providers
Wendell	53.1%	14 providers
Wilder	81.0%	16 providers

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Last Updated on 9/11/2019.

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