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

28.2

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

42nd

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

82.2%

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

80.5%

of Idahoans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

64.0%

of Idahoans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

94.0%

of Idahoans have access to wireline service.

15.0%

of Idahoans have access to fiber-optic service.

80.1%

of Idahoans have access to cable service.

89.9%

of Idahoans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

99.4%

of Idahoans have access to mobile broadband service.

94.1%

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	78.6 MBPS	17 Providers
2.	Sun Valley	55.4 MBPS	10 Providers
3.	Ketchum	50.5 MBPS	11 Providers
4.	Twin Falls	44.3 MBPS	16 Providers
5.	Hailey	40.9 MBPS	11 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Idaho

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Cable ONE	45.0 MBPS
CenturyLink	15.1 MBPS
Rise Broadband	5.2 MBPS
SafeLink Internet	4.5 MBPS
SpeedyQuick Networks	3.5 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 89.7% of Idahoans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 141 internet providers in Idaho.
There are 298,000 people in Idaho without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 254,000 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	87.7%	13 providers
Athol	43.6%	13 providers
Blackfoot	82.4%	13 providers
Boise	99.0%	25 providers
Bonners Ferry	39.6%	10 providers
Buhl	59.6%	14 providers
Burley	78.2%	16 providers
Caldwell	87.1%	17 providers
Coeur D Alene	95.0%	20 providers
Eagle	98.4%	18 providers
Emmett	80.5%	14 providers
Filer	96.2%	15 providers
Fruitland	86.0%	14 providers
Garden City	99.8%	18 providers
Gooding	65.5%	12 providers
Grangeville	0.0%	9 providers
Hailey	94.2%	11 providers
Hayden	91.9%	17 providers
Heyburn	72.1%	14 providers
Homedale	61.3%	15 providers
Idaho Falls	93.9%	18 providers
Jerome	73.5%	15 providers
Kamiah	0.0%	9 providers
Ketchum	75.1%	11 providers
Kimberly	74.7%	15 providers
Kuna	70.6%	17 providers
Lewiston	97.1%	12 providers
Malad City	82.4%	10 providers
Mccall	66.0%	9 providers
Meridian	98.5%	19 providers
Middleton	88.1%	16 providers
Moscow	95.8%	14 providers
Mountain Home	86.8%	12 providers
Nampa	94.8%	18 providers
New Plymouth	53.7%	15 providers
Orofino	0.0%	12 providers
Parma	39.6%	15 providers
Payette	89.0%	14 providers
Pocatello	94.5%	14 providers
Post Falls	96.1%	16 providers
Preston	67.5%	14 providers
Priest River	100.0%	13 providers
Rathdrum	73.8%	15 providers
Rexburg	83.7%	16 providers
Rigby	79.2%	15 providers
Rupert	54.7%	12 providers
Sagle	86.3%	13 providers
Saint Anthony	57.4%	15 providers
Saint Maries	0.1%	12 providers
Salmon	62.3%	9 providers
Sandpoint	72.5%	15 providers
Shelley	73.1%	14 providers
Soda Springs	83.6%	9 providers
Spirit Lake	24.9%	12 providers
Star	96.2%	17 providers
Twin Falls	96.1%	16 providers
Victor	88.4%	9 providers
Weiser	69.5%	14 providers
Wendell	53.0%	14 providers
Wilder	47.5%	16 providers

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Last Updated on 11/13/2018.

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