Internet Access in Maryland: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Maryland

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Maryland Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

97%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

55.8

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

7th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

96.7%

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

96.7%

of Marylanders have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

2.2%

of Marylanders have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

98.0%

of Marylanders have access to wireline service.

61.2%

of Marylanders have access to fiber-optic service.

95.9%

of Marylanders have access to cable service.

76.7%

of Marylanders have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Marylanders have access to mobile broadband service.

24.2%

of Marylanders have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Maryland

Verizon Fios vs Xfinity

Xfinity vs RCN

Verizon Fios vs RCN

Xfinity vs FairPoint

CenturyLink vs Xfinity

Top 5 Fastest cities in Maryland

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Smithsburg	272.6 MBPS	13 Providers
2.	Glen Echo	253.4 MBPS	12 Providers
3.	Mardela Springs	144.5 MBPS	9 Providers
4.	Pikesville	144.2 MBPS	19 Providers
5.	Poolesville	141.6 MBPS	13 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Maryland

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Verizon Fios	68.9 MBPS
Verizon High Speed Internet	56.8 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	53.0 MBPS
Atlantic Broadband	40.0 MBPS
Telegia Communications	9.1 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Maryland Broadband Map has been awarded $4,755,768 in federal grants for Maryland's Broadband Initiative.
Another $115,240,581, accounting for 3.3% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Maryland.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 90.2% to 97.2% of Marylanders.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 127 internet providers in Maryland.
There are 195,000 people in Maryland without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 313,000 people in Maryland that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 122,000 people in Maryland 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.

Maryland CITIES


Aberdeen	99.4%	14 providers
Abingdon	99.3%	17 providers
Accokeek	99.6%	11 providers
Adamstown	90.6%	12 providers
Annapolis	94.5%	19 providers
Arnold	99.9%	15 providers
Baldwin	99.6%	12 providers
Baltimore	97.5%	25 providers
Bel Air	99.4%	18 providers
Belcamp	99.9%	12 providers
Beltsville	98.8%	18 providers
Berlin	96.1%	10 providers
Bethesda	99.9%	27 providers
Bladensburg	98.6%	14 providers
Boonsboro	96.2%	13 providers
Bowie	99.1%	20 providers
Boyds	89.0%	12 providers
Brandywine	98.1%	12 providers
Brentwood	100.0%	12 providers
Brookeville	100.0%	15 providers
Brooklyn	96.5%	18 providers
Brunswick	99.8%	10 providers
Bryans Road	99.5%	11 providers
Burtonsville	99.0%	15 providers
California	99.4%	11 providers
Cambridge	88.0%	11 providers
Capitol Heights	99.6%	13 providers
Catonsville	97.2%	18 providers
Centreville	85.4%	12 providers
Charlotte Hall	59.6%	14 providers
Chesapeake Beach	98.7%	9 providers
Chester	98.5%	12 providers
Chestertown	83.9%	12 providers
Chevy Chase	99.9%	22 providers
Clarksburg	99.3%	15 providers
Clarksville	99.4%	14 providers
Clear Spring	96.6%	11 providers
Clinton	99.8%	14 providers
Cockeysville	98.3%	18 providers
College Park	98.1%	16 providers
Columbia	98.2%	27 providers
Conowingo	94.3%	10 providers
Crisfield	99.6%	10 providers
Crofton	99.8%	16 providers
Crownsville	99.2%	12 providers
Cumberland	92.5%	11 providers
Curtis Bay	97.9%	17 providers
Damascus	100.0%	15 providers
Davidsonville	99.9%	15 providers
Delmar	96.1%	11 providers
Denton	84.1%	10 providers
Derwood	99.3%	19 providers
District Heights	97.4%	19 providers
Dundalk	99.5%	14 providers
Dunkirk	99.1%	14 providers
Easton	79.2%	12 providers
Edgewater	99.7%	15 providers
Edgewood	99.6%	15 providers
Elkridge	96.1%	20 providers
Elkton	98.6%	17 providers
Ellicott City	99.1%	19 providers
Emmitsburg	76.4%	9 providers
Essex	99.2%	14 providers
Fallston	99.7%	16 providers
Federalsburg	73.4%	8 providers
Finksburg	99.0%	15 providers
Forest Hill	99.6%	18 providers
Fort George G Meade	91.2%	16 providers
Fort Washington	98.1%	15 providers
Frederick	94.8%	19 providers
Frostburg	88.8%	10 providers
Fruitland	97.2%	11 providers
Gaithersburg	99.1%	25 providers
Gambrills	99.8%	16 providers
Germantown	98.2%	19 providers
Glen Arm	91.0%	12 providers
Glen Burnie	98.5%	18 providers
Glenn Dale	100.0%	13 providers
Grantsville	74.8%	9 providers
Grasonville	97.7%	11 providers
Great Mills	99.3%	8 providers
Greenbelt	96.6%	22 providers
Greensboro	84.2%	10 providers
Gwynn Oak	99.8%	15 providers
Hagerstown	93.8%	18 providers
Halethorpe	98.7%	17 providers
Hampstead	98.6%	10 providers
Hancock	79.0%	10 providers
Hanover	99.1%	20 providers
Havre De Grace	99.0%	13 providers
Hebron	91.4%	11 providers
Hollywood	99.6%	9 providers
Hughesville	95.0%	12 providers
Huntingtown	98.6%	9 providers
Hurlock	81.9%	10 providers
Hyattsville	98.5%	24 providers
Ijamsville	99.2%	14 providers
Indian Head	95.1%	10 providers
Jarrettsville	99.7%	11 providers
Jefferson	96.7%	11 providers
Jessup	84.0%	20 providers
Joppa	99.5%	15 providers
Kensington	100.0%	18 providers
Kingsville	99.4%	11 providers
Knoxville	93.5%	12 providers
La Plata	96.4%	14 providers
Lanham	94.6%	19 providers
Laurel	98.4%	22 providers
Leonardtown	95.6%	10 providers
Lexington Park	97.6%	15 providers
Linthicum Heights	99.9%	21 providers
Lothian	97.9%	11 providers
Lusby	99.4%	9 providers
Lutherville Timonium	96.9%	16 providers
Manchester	96.7%	9 providers
Marriottsville	99.9%	17 providers
Mechanicsville	96.8%	8 providers
Middle River	99.5%	14 providers
Middletown	98.8%	13 providers
Millersville	99.2%	14 providers
Monkton	97.6%	13 providers
Monrovia	98.9%	13 providers
Montgomery Village	99.7%	16 providers
Mount Airy	99.1%	15 providers
Mount Rainier	99.9%	14 providers
Myersville	98.2%	13 providers
New Market	96.8%	12 providers
New Windsor	93.6%	11 providers
North Beach	99.3%	9 providers
North East	97.2%	16 providers
Nottingham	99.6%	16 providers
Oakland	78.9%	11 providers
Ocean City	97.8%	12 providers
Odenton	98.8%	17 providers
Olney	99.0%	20 providers
Owings	93.4%	13 providers
Owings Mills	98.1%	18 providers
Oxon Hill	97.3%	15 providers
Parkton	98.9%	7 providers
Parkville	96.9%	17 providers
Pasadena	99.9%	15 providers
Perry Hall	99.5%	13 providers
Perryville	97.8%	14 providers
Phoenix	99.3%	15 providers
Pikesville	97.6%	19 providers
Pocomoke City	81.5%	13 providers
Poolesville	94.5%	13 providers
Port Deposit	96.2%	12 providers
Port Republic	99.3%	9 providers
Potomac	100.0%	17 providers
Preston	87.1%	10 providers
Prince Frederick	96.1%	15 providers
Princess Anne	71.0%	9 providers
Queenstown	95.8%	14 providers
Randallstown	99.3%	17 providers
Reisterstown	99.2%	17 providers
Ridgely	87.5%	11 providers
Rising Sun	95.9%	9 providers
Riverdale	99.9%	17 providers
Rockville	98.3%	26 providers
Rosedale	98.2%	18 providers
Saint Leonard	99.4%	9 providers
Salisbury	94.6%	13 providers
Severn	99.4%	12 providers
Severna Park	99.8%	15 providers
Shady Side	99.9%	11 providers
Sharpsburg	96.3%	14 providers
Silver Spring	98.5%	27 providers
Smithsburg	96.2%	13 providers
Snow Hill	73.3%	8 providers
Sparks Glencoe	98.3%	17 providers
Sparrows Point	99.9%	11 providers
Stevensville	99.4%	13 providers
Street	93.5%	13 providers
Suitland	95.9%	16 providers
Sykesville	97.8%	18 providers
Takoma Park	99.5%	17 providers
Taneytown	89.6%	10 providers
Temple Hills	94.1%	15 providers
Thurmont	97.0%	11 providers
Towson	97.2%	21 providers
Union Bridge	85.4%	10 providers
Upper Marlboro	98.9%	19 providers
Waldorf	99.0%	18 providers
Walkersville	93.6%	12 providers
Westminster	98.3%	18 providers
Westover	0.0%	9 providers
White Hall	93.5%	9 providers
White Plains	99.1%	13 providers
Williamsport	99.1%	13 providers
Windsor Mill	98.2%	17 providers
Woodbine	99.7%	14 providers
Woodstock	99.9%	18 providers

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Last Updated on 11/13/2018.

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