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.

89%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

20%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

33.4

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

28th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

90.5%

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

84.7%

of Kentuckians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

22.8%

of Kentuckians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

96.5%

of Kentuckians have access to wireline service.

23.9%

of Kentuckians have access to fiber-optic service.

82.7%

of Kentuckians have access to cable service.

84.5%

of Kentuckians have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Kentuckians have access to mobile broadband service.

34.1%

of Kentuckians have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Kentucky

AT&T Internet vs Xfinity

AT&T Internet vs Suddenlink

AT&T Internet vs TDS

Top 5 Fastest cities in Kentucky

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Ledbetter	100.5 MBPS	9 Providers
2.	Fountain Run	83.1 MBPS	8 Providers
3.	Scuddy	78.2 MBPS	6 Providers
4.	Independence	62.1 MBPS	11 Providers
5.	Cynthiana	60.3 MBPS	11 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Kentucky

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Charter Spectrum	43.4 MBPS
Mediacom Cable	38.0 MBPS
AT&T Internet	30.5 MBPS
Windstream	8.5 MBPS
Q Wireless	1.6 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 93.9% of Kentuckians.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 173 internet providers in Kentucky.
There are 422,000 people in Kentucky without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 736,000 people in Kentucky that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 154,000 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	91.9%	7 providers
Alexandria	98.1%	9 providers
Alvaton	74.9%	12 providers
Ashland	99.7%	15 providers
Auburn	73.8%	11 providers
Barbourville	76.3%	11 providers
Bardstown	75.3%	13 providers
Beattyville	20.8%	10 providers
Beaver Dam	78.1%	12 providers
Bedford	78.9%	11 providers
Bellevue	100.0%	12 providers
Benton	97.8%	12 providers
Berea	97.8%	9 providers
Booneville	97.5%	7 providers
Bowling Green	94.1%	16 providers
Brandenburg	99.2%	11 providers
Brodhead	90.5%	10 providers
Brooksville	70.8%	9 providers
Brownsville	94.2%	8 providers
Burkesville	67.3%	9 providers
Burlington	99.9%	12 providers
Butler	65.4%	7 providers
Cadiz	85.7%	8 providers
Calhoun	38.4%	12 providers
California	91.9%	9 providers
Calvert City	97.2%	15 providers
Campbellsville	90.6%	8 providers
Campton	92.1%	7 providers
Caneyville	73.9%	9 providers
Carlisle	46.6%	10 providers
Carrollton	88.9%	12 providers
Catlettsburg	91.3%	13 providers
Cave City	90.7%	10 providers
Cecilia	100.0%	9 providers
Central City	75.9%	13 providers
Clarkson	81.1%	9 providers
Clay City	26.0%	10 providers
Columbia	78.5%	8 providers
Corbin	92.1%	17 providers
Covington	100.0%	14 providers
Coxs Creek	48.1%	10 providers
Crab Orchard	79.1%	12 providers
Crestwood	99.5%	12 providers
Crittenden	95.6%	10 providers
Crofton	65.8%	11 providers
Cumberland	98.9%	11 providers
Cynthiana	54.5%	11 providers
Danville	86.4%	14 providers
Dawson Springs	72.4%	7 providers
Dayton	100.0%	10 providers
Dry Ridge	86.2%	13 providers
East Bernstadt	96.8%	10 providers
Eddyville	27.5%	10 providers
Edmonton	80.0%	8 providers
Elizabethtown	99.6%	12 providers
Elkhorn City	10.0%	10 providers
Elkton	65.4%	12 providers
Eminence	89.2%	9 providers
Erlanger	100.0%	11 providers
Eubank	91.0%	10 providers
Evarts	79.6%	7 providers
Fairdale	100.0%	11 providers
Falmouth	80.6%	8 providers
Fisherville	93.4%	12 providers
Flatwoods	100.0%	10 providers
Flemingsburg	73.0%	8 providers
Florence	98.9%	14 providers
Fort Campbell	93.4%	11 providers
Fort Knox	100.0%	11 providers
Fort Thomas	100.0%	15 providers
Frankfort	97.5%	14 providers
Franklin	73.1%	12 providers
Ft Mitchell	99.9%	14 providers
Fulton	66.2%	9 providers
Georgetown	91.4%	14 providers
Glasgow	83.2%	11 providers
Goshen	99.2%	12 providers
Gray	50.4%	13 providers
Grayson	69.6%	12 providers
Greensburg	89.8%	10 providers
Greenup	90.1%	10 providers
Greenville	85.8%	12 providers
Hardinsburg	74.5%	13 providers
Harlan	93.5%	9 providers
Harrodsburg	77.8%	12 providers
Hartford	44.6%	11 providers
Hawesville	0.0%	15 providers
Hazard	82.1%	11 providers
Hebron	99.8%	12 providers
Henderson	96.7%	16 providers
Hodgenville	86.6%	11 providers
Hopkinsville	94.9%	12 providers
Horse Cave	88.8%	8 providers
Hustonville	87.6%	11 providers
Independence	100.0%	11 providers
Inez	70.8%	9 providers
Irvine	96.8%	10 providers
Jackson	9.7%	10 providers
Jamestown	74.2%	9 providers
Jeffersonville	93.1%	10 providers
Jenkins	75.3%	10 providers
Kevil	96.7%	8 providers
La Grange	97.9%	11 providers
Lancaster	80.4%	11 providers
Latonia	100.0%	10 providers
Lawrenceburg	81.6%	13 providers
Lebanon	91.1%	11 providers
Lebanon Junction	95.2%	14 providers
Leitchfield	93.9%	10 providers
Lewisburg	47.9%	11 providers
Lewisport	42.0%	13 providers
Lexington	99.5%	18 providers
Liberty	91.7%	8 providers
London	98.6%	13 providers
Louisa	99.6%	12 providers
Louisville	100.0%	25 providers
Madisonville	95.1%	10 providers
Manchester	91.4%	11 providers
Marion	72.0%	10 providers
Mayfield	95.9%	13 providers
Maysville	30.3%	9 providers
Mc Kee	100.0%	8 providers
Middlesboro	97.7%	10 providers
Monticello	74.4%	10 providers
Morehead	98.5%	9 providers
Morganfield	78.3%	11 providers
Morgantown	58.1%	9 providers
Mount Sterling	90.9%	12 providers
Mount Vernon	95.5%	10 providers
Mount Washington	99.5%	10 providers
Munfordville	89.7%	8 providers
Murray	98.6%	11 providers
Nancy	79.4%	10 providers
New Haven	91.1%	11 providers
Newport	100.0%	15 providers
Nicholasville	98.3%	14 providers
Oak Grove	99.1%	15 providers
Olive Hill	84.8%	9 providers
Owensboro	97.9%	13 providers
Owenton	71.4%	10 providers
Owingsville	79.8%	11 providers
Paducah	98.1%	16 providers
Paintsville	99.9%	11 providers
Paris	77.6%	15 providers
Philpot	63.5%	14 providers
Pikeville	66.1%	16 providers
Pine Knot	100.0%	8 providers
Pineville	92.7%	10 providers
Prestonsburg	97.6%	12 providers
Princeton	73.5%	9 providers
Prospect	99.7%	12 providers
Providence	84.7%	11 providers
Radcliff	100.0%	14 providers
Richmond	94.6%	17 providers
Rineyville	100.0%	10 providers
Russell	99.7%	12 providers
Russell Springs	95.0%	10 providers
Russellville	92.6%	13 providers
Salyersville	94.4%	5 providers
Sandy Hook	100.0%	6 providers
Science Hill	97.2%	8 providers
Scottsville	91.7%	10 providers
Shelbyville	91.2%	13 providers
Shepherdsville	99.7%	12 providers
Simpsonville	82.5%	12 providers
Smiths Grove	82.9%	11 providers
Somerset	98.0%	10 providers
South Shore	88.0%	10 providers
Springfield	42.7%	14 providers
Stanford	77.6%	13 providers
Stanton	54.8%	10 providers
Stearns	100.0%	7 providers
Sturgis	82.0%	8 providers
Taylorsville	92.9%	13 providers
Tompkinsville	90.6%	8 providers
Union	99.8%	9 providers
Utica	42.3%	14 providers
Vanceburg	68.2%	9 providers
Versailles	97.0%	13 providers
Vine Grove	93.9%	11 providers
Walton	98.5%	12 providers
Waynesburg	83.1%	11 providers
West Liberty	100.0%	9 providers
West Paducah	97.1%	11 providers
Whitesburg	22.5%	10 providers
Whitley City	100.0%	8 providers
Williamsburg	95.2%	14 providers
Williamstown	79.9%	11 providers
Wilmore	94.4%	11 providers
Winchester	82.5%	14 providers

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Last Updated on 11/13/2018.

Broadband Internet in Kentucky