New Hampshire Internet Service Providers: Availability & Coverage

INTERNET ACCESS IN New Hampshire

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

New Hampshire Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

89.6%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

36.4%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

74.3

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

23rd

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

96.0%

of New Hampshirites have access to wired broadband 25mbps or faster.

94.4%

of New Hampshirites have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

7.4%

of New Hampshirites have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

99.2%

of New Hampshirites have access to wireline service.

30.1%

of New Hampshirites have access to fiber-optic service.

93.9%

of New Hampshirites have access to cable service.

95.6%

of New Hampshirites have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In New Hampshire

Xfinity vs FairPoint

Xfinity vs TDS

Spectrum vs TDS

Coverage by County in New Hampshire

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Belknap	98.3%
Carroll	96.3%
Cheshire	80.5%
Coos	82.1%
Grafton	92.7%
Hillsborough	98.0%
Merrimack	97.0%
Rockingham	99.3%
Strafford	98.8%
Sullivan	85.1%

Internet Speed in Top New Hampshire Cities

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Manchester	62.0 MBPS	21 Providers
2.	Nashua	74.6 MBPS	20 Providers
3.	Concord	73.3 MBPS	12 Providers
4.	Derry	78.0 MBPS	15 Providers
5.	Dover	86.7 MBPS	13 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in New Hampshire

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
TDS Telecom	128.2 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	91.4 MBPS
Atlantic Broadband	60.3 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	52.2 MBPS
Consolidated Communications (Formerly Fairpoint Communications)	14.3 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, New Hampshire Broadband Mapping & Planning Program has been awarded $6,113,338 in federal grants for New Hampshire's Broadband Initiative.
Another $44,480,992, accounting for 1.3% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in New Hampshire.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 75.9% to 98.8% of New Hampshirites.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 68 internet providers in New Hampshire.
There are 27,000 people in New Hampshire without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 76,000 people in New Hampshire that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 10,000 people in New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire CITIES


Amherst	99.4%	17 providers
Atkinson	99.3%	11 providers
Auburn	99.9%	13 providers
Barrington	99.2%	11 providers
Bedford	99.2%	18 providers
Belmont	99.0%	12 providers
Berlin	99.6%	11 providers
Bow	99.1%	14 providers
Bristol	99.6%	10 providers
Brookline	100.0%	10 providers
Canaan	89.1%	8 providers
Candia	98.5%	11 providers
Charlestown	92.7%	12 providers
Chester	99.9%	10 providers
Claremont	93.3%	13 providers
Concord	98.2%	12 providers
Contoocook	99.6%	10 providers
Conway	100.0%	11 providers
Danville	99.8%	11 providers
Deerfield	99.0%	10 providers
Derry	99.2%	15 providers
Dover	97.7%	13 providers
Durham	99.9%	13 providers
Enfield	96.9%	11 providers
Epping	98.6%	9 providers
Epsom	98.1%	11 providers
Exeter	99.2%	14 providers
Farmington	99.8%	10 providers
Franklin	99.1%	9 providers
Fremont	99.5%	10 providers
Gilford	96.5%	11 providers
Goffstown	98.8%	14 providers
Hampstead	98.7%	11 providers
Hampton	99.3%	12 providers
Hanover	97.1%	14 providers
Henniker	99.1%	9 providers
Hillsborough	95.8%	10 providers
Hinsdale	97.5%	9 providers
Hollis	100.0%	14 providers
Hooksett	95.5%	16 providers
Hudson	99.7%	15 providers
Jaffrey	92.1%	10 providers
Keene	99.2%	13 providers
Kingston	99.0%	10 providers
Laconia	98.8%	12 providers
Lancaster	91.0%	11 providers
Lebanon	98.8%	12 providers
Lee	97.7%	10 providers
Litchfield	99.5%	11 providers
Littleton	98.0%	11 providers
Londonderry	99.0%	17 providers
Loudon	98.6%	11 providers
Manchester	97.8%	21 providers
Meredith	95.1%	11 providers
Merrimack	99.5%	16 providers
Milford	99.0%	16 providers
Milton	98.9%	10 providers
Moultonborough	99.4%	13 providers
Nashua	99.1%	20 providers
New Boston	99.7%	12 providers
New Ipswich	99.8%	11 providers
New London	99.8%	11 providers
Newmarket	98.6%	12 providers
Newport	88.3%	11 providers
Newton	99.9%	8 providers
North Conway	100.0%	10 providers
North Hampton	99.7%	11 providers
Northwood	99.6%	11 providers
Nottingham	98.4%	10 providers
Pelham	99.7%	13 providers
Peterborough	93.7%	11 providers
Pittsfield	98.5%	11 providers
Plaistow	99.8%	11 providers
Plymouth	99.5%	11 providers
Portsmouth	99.1%	16 providers
Raymond	98.9%	10 providers
Rindge	45.2%	13 providers
Rochester	99.1%	13 providers
Rye	99.8%	9 providers
Salem	99.5%	14 providers
Sanbornville	99.6%	9 providers
Sandown	100.0%	11 providers
Seabrook	99.4%	14 providers
Somersworth	99.0%	11 providers
Strafford	98.8%	9 providers
Stratham	99.8%	13 providers
Suncook	99.1%	11 providers
Swanzey	99.8%	12 providers
Tilton	97.4%	14 providers
Weare	100.0%	12 providers
West Lebanon	96.5%	15 providers
Winchester	87.7%	12 providers
Windham	99.9%	13 providers
Wolfeboro	97.2%	10 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

Broadband Internet in New Hampshire