Kentucky Internet Service Providers: Availability & Coverage

INTERNET ACCESS IN Kentucky

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Kentucky Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

81.8%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

39.3%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

49.4

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

40th

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

92.2%

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

88.4%

of Kentuckians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

30.2%

of Kentuckians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

96.8%

of Kentuckians have access to wireline service.

29.1%

of Kentuckians have access to fiber-optic service.

84.1%

of Kentuckians have access to cable service.

85.7%

of Kentuckians have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In Kentucky

AT&T Internet vs Xfinity

AT&T Internet vs Suddenlink

AT&T Internet vs TDS

Coverage by County in Kentucky

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Adair	77.7%
Allen	99.0%
Anderson	84.9%
Ballard	100.0%
Barren	83.1%
Bath	82.1%
Bell	98.6%
Boone	99.4%
Bourbon	86.6%
Boyd	95.9%
Boyle	84.9%
Bracken	78.0%
Breathitt	61.2%
Breckinridge	85.3%
Bullitt	99.4%
Butler	53.8%
Caldwell	77.0%
Calloway	99.3%
Campbell	99.3%
Carlisle	94.4%
Carroll	75.1%
Carter	78.2%
Casey	92.4%
Christian	93.3%
Clark	93.2%
Clay	94.6%
Clinton	93.9%
Crittenden	67.8%
Cumberland	70.3%
Daviess	94.3%
Edmonson	86.9%
Elliott	15.2%
Estill	97.0%
Fayette	99.7%
Fleming	82.2%
Floyd	91.3%
Franklin	98.1%
Fulton	73.7%
Gallatin	74.2%
Garrard	88.6%
Grant	94.2%
Graves	95.2%
Grayson	90.3%
Green	84.5%
Greenup	93.1%
Hancock	21.2%
Hardin	100.0%
Harlan	89.9%
Harrison	70.1%
Hart	91.1%
Henderson	95.5%
Henry	68.4%
Hickman	42.3%
Hopkins	90.4%
Jackson	100.0%
Jefferson	100.0%
Jessamine	98.1%
Johnson	85.4%
Kenton	99.5%
Knott	97.8%
Knox	84.0%
Larue	87.5%
Laurel	98.4%
Lawrence	100.0%
Lee	51.5%
Leslie	56.1%
Letcher	89.2%
Lewis	75.9%
Lincoln	79.0%
Livingston	72.1%
Logan	74.0%
Lyon	28.5%
McCracken	98.1%
McCreary	100.0%
McLean	57.4%
Madison	96.4%
Magoffin	100.0%
Marion	85.7%
Marshall	98.5%
Martin	78.3%
Mason	82.5%
Meade	100.0%
Menifee	66.4%
Mercer	80.1%
Metcalfe	79.3%
Monroe	88.4%
Montgomery	93.5%
Morgan	77.1%
Muhlenberg	80.5%
Nelson	96.5%
Nicholas	43.8%
Ohio	57.2%
Oldham	99.4%
Owen	64.2%
Owsley	100.0%
Pendleton	72.6%
Perry	96.4%
Pike	69.8%
Powell	42.3%
Pulaski	97.3%
Robertson	46.1%
Rockcastle	94.3%
Rowan	98.7%
Russell	88.1%
Scott	90.5%
Shelby	91.3%
Simpson	68.2%
Spencer	87.9%
Taylor	91.3%
Todd	71.0%
Trigg	81.5%
Trimble	81.3%
Union	82.1%
Warren	96.1%
Washington	36.5%
Wayne	77.0%
Webster	71.3%
Whitley	96.7%
Wolfe	84.8%
Woodford	98.3%

Internet Speed in Top Kentucky Cities

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Louisville	64.5 MBPS	30 Providers
2.	Lexington	44.3 MBPS	17 Providers
3.	Bowling Green	44.0 MBPS	17 Providers
4.	Owensboro	47.0 MBPS	14 Providers
5.	Paducah	84.9 MBPS	16 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Kentucky

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Charter Spectrum	62.4 MBPS
AT&T Internet	60.5 MBPS
Mediacom Cable	43.2 MBPS
Windstream	15.2 MBPS
All Points Broadband	9.8 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Connect Kentucky has been awarded $5,302,717 in federal grants for Kentucky's Broadband Initiative.
Another $535,308, accounting for 0.0% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Kentucky.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 79.9% to 96.3% of Kentuckians.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 177 internet providers in Kentucky.
There are 257,000 people in Kentucky without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 561,000 people in Kentucky that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 142,000 people in Kentucky 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.

Kentucky CITIES


Albany	95.1%	8 providers
Alexandria	98.9%	11 providers
Alvaton	66.2%	12 providers
Ashland	99.7%	14 providers
Auburn	73.8%	12 providers
Barbourville	80.0%	11 providers
Bardstown	99.2%	14 providers
Beattyville	53.4%	11 providers
Beaver Dam	80.3%	12 providers
Bedford	78.9%	12 providers
Bellevue	100.0%	11 providers
Benton	98.9%	14 providers
Berea	98.4%	9 providers
Booneville	97.6%	7 providers
Bowling Green	96.9%	17 providers
Brandenburg	100.0%	11 providers
Brodhead	94.0%	10 providers
Brooksville	76.7%	9 providers
Brownsville	94.0%	9 providers
Burkesville	70.5%	9 providers
Burlington	99.9%	12 providers
Butler	65.4%	7 providers
Cadiz	86.3%	9 providers
Calhoun	59.9%	13 providers
California	91.9%	9 providers
Calvert City	98.1%	17 providers
Campbellsville	90.1%	8 providers
Campton	80.6%	9 providers
Caneyville	77.3%	9 providers
Carlisle	47.1%	13 providers
Carrollton	90.2%	13 providers
Catlettsburg	91.1%	13 providers
Cave City	90.7%	10 providers
Cecilia	100.0%	9 providers
Central City	75.4%	15 providers
Clarkson	83.7%	9 providers
Clay City	28.7%	13 providers
Columbia	80.1%	8 providers
Corbin	97.9%	18 providers
Covington	100.0%	14 providers
Coxs Creek	86.0%	12 providers
Crab Orchard	78.8%	12 providers
Crestwood	99.9%	13 providers
Crittenden	98.7%	11 providers
Crofton	72.8%	11 providers
Cumberland	97.7%	11 providers
Cynthiana	82.6%	12 providers
Danville	89.1%	14 providers
Dawson Springs	85.8%	8 providers
Dayton	100.0%	10 providers
Dry Ridge	92.8%	14 providers
East Bernstadt	97.4%	10 providers
Eddyville	27.0%	11 providers
Edmonton	82.6%	8 providers
Elizabethtown	100.0%	12 providers
Elkhorn City	16.5%	11 providers
Elkton	79.5%	11 providers
Eminence	89.2%	11 providers
Erlanger	100.0%	11 providers
Eubank	95.8%	10 providers
Fairdale	100.0%	12 providers
Falmouth	84.2%	10 providers
Fisherville	99.2%	13 providers
Flatwoods	100.0%	10 providers
Flemingsburg	82.8%	8 providers
Florence	99.1%	14 providers
Fort Campbell	95.0%	11 providers
Fort Knox	100.0%	11 providers
Fort Thomas	100.0%	15 providers
Frankfort	98.0%	16 providers
Franklin	72.8%	12 providers
Ft Mitchell	100.0%	12 providers
Fulton	80.9%	10 providers
Georgetown	98.1%	13 providers
Glasgow	85.5%	11 providers
Goshen	99.2%	12 providers
Gray	54.4%	14 providers
Grayson	70.7%	12 providers
Greensburg	88.3%	10 providers
Greenup	93.3%	9 providers
Greenville	85.9%	13 providers
Hardinsburg	93.6%	14 providers
Harlan	99.9%	10 providers
Harrodsburg	78.2%	13 providers
Hartford	46.6%	11 providers
Hawesville	1.0%	17 providers
Hazard	97.4%	11 providers
Hebron	100.0%	13 providers
Henderson	97.6%	16 providers
Hodgenville	89.6%	12 providers
Hopkinsville	98.0%	13 providers
Horse Cave	96.5%	8 providers
Hustonville	88.5%	11 providers
Independence	100.0%	11 providers
Inez	70.9%	10 providers
Irvine	96.9%	12 providers
Jackson	55.5%	10 providers
Jamestown	74.8%	11 providers
Jenkins	87.3%	12 providers
Kevil	100.0%	8 providers
La Grange	99.6%	13 providers
Lancaster	89.0%	11 providers
Latonia	100.0%	10 providers
Lawrenceburg	85.7%	13 providers
Lebanon	93.7%	11 providers
Lebanon Junction	97.4%	15 providers
Leitchfield	96.2%	11 providers
Lewisburg	46.4%	12 providers
Lewisport	42.3%	14 providers
Lexington	99.6%	17 providers
Liberty	95.8%	8 providers
London	98.6%	14 providers
Louisa	99.6%	13 providers
Louisville	100.0%	30 providers
Madisonville	95.7%	11 providers
Manchester	94.9%	10 providers
Marion	70.6%	10 providers
Mayfield	96.1%	14 providers
Maysville	87.8%	11 providers
Mc Kee	100.0%	8 providers
Middlesboro	99.6%	11 providers
Monticello	77.5%	10 providers
Morehead	98.4%	9 providers
Morganfield	80.8%	12 providers
Morgantown	60.6%	10 providers
Mount Sterling	94.5%	14 providers
Mount Vernon	96.7%	10 providers
Mount Washington	99.5%	11 providers
Munfordville	93.6%	8 providers
Murray	99.8%	12 providers
Nancy	83.0%	10 providers
New Haven	95.4%	12 providers
Newport	100.0%	14 providers
Nicholasville	98.9%	14 providers
Oak Grove	99.0%	15 providers
Olive Hill	76.7%	10 providers
Owensboro	99.4%	14 providers
Owenton	71.4%	10 providers
Owingsville	80.2%	12 providers
Paducah	98.1%	16 providers
Paintsville	98.7%	11 providers
Paris	87.5%	16 providers
Philpot	68.4%	14 providers
Pikeville	69.5%	18 providers
Pine Knot	100.0%	8 providers
Pineville	99.1%	9 providers
Prestonsburg	99.2%	13 providers
Princeton	76.6%	11 providers
Prospect	100.0%	12 providers
Providence	95.6%	10 providers
Radcliff	100.0%	14 providers
Richmond	95.6%	19 providers
Rineyville	100.0%	10 providers
Russell	99.8%	11 providers
Russell Springs	94.7%	9 providers
Russellville	84.6%	13 providers
Salyersville	100.0%	5 providers
Sandy Hook	15.7%	7 providers
Science Hill	96.7%	8 providers
Scottsville	99.4%	10 providers
Shelbyville	95.6%	14 providers
Shepherdsville	99.6%	13 providers
Simpsonville	98.6%	14 providers
Smiths Grove	87.1%	11 providers
Somerset	98.6%	10 providers
South Shore	87.2%	10 providers
Springfield	51.8%	15 providers
Stanford	78.1%	13 providers
Stanton	55.1%	12 providers
Stearns	100.0%	7 providers
Sturgis	83.8%	9 providers
Taylorsville	97.3%	13 providers
Tompkinsville	91.7%	8 providers
Union	99.8%	9 providers
Utica	45.1%	15 providers
Vanceburg	73.8%	9 providers
Versailles	97.4%	11 providers
Vine Grove	99.2%	11 providers
Walton	98.5%	12 providers
Waynesburg	80.9%	12 providers
West Liberty	85.6%	7 providers
West Paducah	97.3%	11 providers
Whitesburg	99.3%	11 providers
Whitley City	100.0%	8 providers
Williamsburg	96.0%	15 providers
Williamstown	92.7%	11 providers
Wilmore	96.8%	10 providers
Winchester	93.3%	15 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

Broadband Internet in Kentucky