BROADBAND IN Nebraska

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

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82%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

16%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

27.0

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

38th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

84.7%

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

62.3%

of Nebraskans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

17.8%

of Nebraskans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

97.1%

of Nebraskans have access to wireline service.

19.5%

of Nebraskans have access to fiber-optic service.

78.5%

of Nebraskans have access to cable service.

92.7%

of Nebraskans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Nebraskans have access to mobile broadband service.

96.2%

of Nebraskans have access to fixed wireless service.

Top 5 Fastest Cities In Nebraska

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Scottsbluff

50.3 MBPS

50.3">%

Norfolk

34.4 MBPS

34.4">%

Papillion

29.1 MBPS

29.1">%

La Vista

29.0 MBPS

29.0">%

North Platte

28.9 MBPS

28.9">%

Largest Competing Providers In Nebraska

CenturyLink vs Cox

Charter Spectrum vs CenturyLink

Cable ONE vs CenturyLink

Charter Spectrum vs Frontier

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Nebraska Broadband Initiative has been awarded $5,662,785 in federal grants for Nebraska's Broadband Initiative.
Another $11,547,866, accounting for 0.3% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Nebraska.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 82.7% to 92.9% of Nebraskans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 170 broadband providers in Nebraska.
There are 287,000 people in Nebraska without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 237,000 people in Nebraska that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 55,000 people in Nebraska 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.

Nebraska CITIES


Bellevue	96.4%	15 providers
Fremont	92.1%	19 providers
Grand Island	97.5%	25 providers
Kearney	92.3%	17 providers
Lincoln	98.9%	27 providers
Norfolk	89.5%	15 providers
Omaha	98.5%	30 providers
Papillion	96.8%	17 providers

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Last Updated on 7/11/2017.