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.

95.2%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

65.4%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

91.6

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

3rd

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

96.6%

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

96.6%

of Marylanders have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

3.0%

of Marylanders have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

97.8%

of Marylanders have access to wireline service.

61.5%

of Marylanders have access to fiber-optic service.

95.6%

of Marylanders have access to cable service.

76.5%

of Marylanders have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In Maryland

Xfinity vs RCN

Xfinity vs FairPoint

CenturyLink vs Xfinity

Coverage by County in Maryland

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Allegany	88.2%
Anne Arundel	97.9%
Baltimore County	97.9%
Calvert	98.3%
Caroline	80.8%
Carroll	95.8%
Cecil	96.3%
Charles	94.1%
Dorchester	79.4%
Frederick	94.6%
Garrett	75.2%
Harford	98.4%
Howard	97.4%
Kent	80.8%
Montgomery	98.8%
Prince George's	97.8%
Queen Anne's	91.4%
St. Mary's	96.9%
Somerset	60.9%
Talbot	88.0%
Washington	94.9%
Wicomico	92.9%
Worcester	88.7%
Baltimore City	97.6%

Top 5 Fastest cities in Maryland

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Wye Mills	268.8 MBPS	12 Providers
2.	Owings	268.2 MBPS	13 Providers
3.	Poolesville	264.5 MBPS	14 Providers
4.	Smithsburg	249.0 MBPS	13 Providers
5.	Spencerville	233.9 MBPS	13 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Maryland

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Verizon High Speed Internet	114.5 MBPS
Verizon Fios	113.6 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	86.7 MBPS
Telegia Communications	8.7 MBPS
ALTIUS Broadband	3.6 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 97.8% of Marylanders.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 132 internet providers in Maryland.
There are 201,000 people in Maryland without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 249,000 people in Maryland that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 130,000 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%	15 providers
Abingdon	99.3%	16 providers
Accokeek	99.6%	11 providers
Adamstown	87.9%	13 providers
Annapolis	94.6%	21 providers
Arnold	99.9%	16 providers
Baldwin	99.7%	15 providers
Baltimore	97.3%	26 providers
Bel Air	99.4%	19 providers
Belcamp	99.9%	13 providers
Beltsville	98.4%	17 providers
Berlin	96.3%	11 providers
Bethesda	99.8%	27 providers
Bladensburg	98.6%	15 providers
Boonsboro	97.0%	13 providers
Bowie	98.5%	22 providers
Boyds	89.3%	14 providers
Brandywine	98.1%	12 providers
Brentwood	100.0%	12 providers
Brookeville	100.0%	15 providers
Brooklyn	96.8%	18 providers
Brunswick	99.8%	10 providers
Bryans Road	99.5%	12 providers
Burtonsville	99.0%	16 providers
California	99.9%	14 providers
Cambridge	87.4%	12 providers
Capitol Heights	99.9%	15 providers
Catonsville	97.3%	19 providers
Centreville	84.8%	13 providers
Charlotte Hall	69.4%	15 providers
Chesapeake Beach	99.5%	10 providers
Chester	98.5%	12 providers
Chestertown	84.5%	14 providers
Chevy Chase	99.9%	23 providers
Clarksburg	99.3%	16 providers
Clarksville	99.4%	13 providers
Clear Spring	96.7%	11 providers
Clinton	99.8%	14 providers
Cockeysville	98.9%	20 providers
College Park	97.4%	18 providers
Columbia	97.4%	29 providers
Conowingo	94.2%	11 providers
Crisfield	99.7%	11 providers
Crofton	99.8%	16 providers
Crownsville	99.2%	12 providers
Cumberland	92.6%	12 providers
Curtis Bay	97.9%	18 providers
Damascus	100.0%	16 providers
Davidsonville	99.9%	16 providers
Delmar	96.0%	11 providers
Denton	82.6%	10 providers
Derwood	99.2%	19 providers
District Heights	97.6%	18 providers
Dundalk	99.3%	15 providers
Dunkirk	99.2%	16 providers
Easton	92.1%	13 providers
Edgewater	99.7%	14 providers
Edgewood	99.6%	17 providers
Elkridge	92.6%	20 providers
Elkton	98.2%	19 providers
Ellicott City	97.5%	22 providers
Emmitsburg	76.9%	10 providers
Essex	99.2%	15 providers
Fallston	99.7%	18 providers
Federalsburg	72.1%	9 providers
Finksburg	98.8%	17 providers
Forest Hill	99.6%	19 providers
Fort George G Meade	96.4%	17 providers
Fort Washington	98.1%	16 providers
Frederick	96.2%	19 providers
Frostburg	88.8%	11 providers
Fruitland	96.9%	12 providers
Gaithersburg	99.0%	27 providers
Gambrills	99.8%	16 providers
Germantown	98.0%	21 providers
Glen Arm	91.1%	14 providers
Glen Burnie	98.5%	18 providers
Glenn Dale	100.0%	13 providers
Grantsville	75.5%	10 providers
Grasonville	97.7%	12 providers
Great Mills	99.8%	9 providers
Greenbelt	96.2%	22 providers
Greensboro	82.2%	10 providers
Gwynn Oak	99.8%	17 providers
Hagerstown	94.6%	16 providers
Halethorpe	98.7%	18 providers
Hampstead	96.3%	12 providers
Hancock	79.0%	11 providers
Hanover	98.9%	19 providers
Havre De Grace	99.2%	14 providers
Hebron	90.0%	12 providers
Hollywood	99.6%	9 providers
Hughesville	98.0%	12 providers
Huntingtown	98.5%	10 providers
Hurlock	78.6%	11 providers
Hyattsville	98.3%	26 providers
Ijamsville	98.0%	16 providers
Indian Head	94.9%	11 providers
Jarrettsville	99.7%	13 providers
Jefferson	95.1%	12 providers
Jessup	84.0%	20 providers
Joppa	99.5%	16 providers
Kensington	100.0%	19 providers
Kingsville	99.4%	12 providers
Knoxville	93.1%	13 providers
La Plata	96.2%	15 providers
Lanham	94.6%	20 providers
Laurel	98.3%	23 providers
Leonardtown	96.8%	11 providers
Lexington Park	98.4%	17 providers
Linthicum Heights	99.9%	21 providers
Lothian	100.0%	12 providers
Lusby	99.2%	10 providers
Lutherville Timonium	96.9%	20 providers
Manchester	91.7%	11 providers
Marriottsville	99.9%	18 providers
Mechanicsville	97.1%	9 providers
Middle River	99.4%	17 providers
Middletown	97.6%	14 providers
Millersville	99.0%	15 providers
Monkton	92.9%	15 providers
Monrovia	99.5%	14 providers
Montgomery Village	99.4%	17 providers
Mount Airy	98.4%	16 providers
Mount Rainier	99.9%	15 providers
Myersville	95.8%	13 providers
New Market	99.4%	13 providers
New Windsor	89.0%	11 providers
North Beach	99.2%	10 providers
North East	96.4%	16 providers
Nottingham	99.8%	17 providers
Oakland	79.0%	12 providers
Ocean City	97.8%	13 providers
Odenton	99.3%	18 providers
Olney	99.0%	20 providers
Owings	98.5%	13 providers
Owings Mills	97.8%	21 providers
Oxon Hill	96.3%	14 providers
Parkton	95.8%	10 providers
Parkville	96.9%	18 providers
Pasadena	99.7%	16 providers
Perry Hall	99.5%	15 providers
Perryville	97.8%	15 providers
Phoenix	98.4%	18 providers
Pikesville	97.5%	21 providers
Pocomoke City	79.2%	13 providers
Poolesville	94.1%	14 providers
Port Deposit	97.0%	12 providers
Port Republic	99.2%	10 providers
Potomac	100.0%	18 providers
Preston	84.7%	10 providers
Prince Frederick	94.3%	16 providers
Princess Anne	69.9%	11 providers
Queenstown	97.2%	14 providers
Randallstown	99.3%	19 providers
Reisterstown	98.8%	19 providers
Ridgely	86.9%	12 providers
Rising Sun	96.1%	9 providers
Riverdale	99.9%	16 providers
Rockville	97.8%	28 providers
Rosedale	98.2%	20 providers
Saint Leonard	98.9%	9 providers
Salisbury	94.5%	14 providers
Severn	99.4%	14 providers
Severna Park	99.8%	15 providers
Shady Side	99.9%	11 providers
Sharpsburg	98.2%	13 providers
Silver Spring	99.0%	27 providers
Smithsburg	96.7%	13 providers
Snow Hill	72.3%	9 providers
Sparks Glencoe	97.8%	21 providers
Sparrows Point	99.9%	14 providers
Stevensville	99.4%	13 providers
Street	93.4%	14 providers
Suitland	94.6%	17 providers
Sykesville	97.2%	18 providers
Takoma Park	99.5%	17 providers
Taneytown	79.2%	11 providers
Temple Hills	93.7%	15 providers
Thurmont	95.8%	13 providers
Towson	97.2%	24 providers
Union Bridge	71.0%	11 providers
Upper Marlboro	98.7%	20 providers
Waldorf	98.8%	19 providers
Walkersville	95.3%	13 providers
Westminster	97.2%	19 providers
Westover	0.0%	10 providers
White Hall	87.8%	12 providers
White Plains	98.8%	14 providers
Williamsport	99.1%	15 providers
Windsor Mill	98.2%	17 providers
Woodbine	96.3%	15 providers
Woodstock	99.8%	20 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

Broadband Internet in Maryland