BROADBAND IN North Dakota

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

North Dakota Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

91%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

30%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

38.0

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

18th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

92.2%

of North Dakotans have access to wired broadband 25mbps or faster.

88.3%

of North Dakotans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

36.8%

of North Dakotans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

96.3%

of North Dakotans have access to wireline service.

37.7%

of North Dakotans have access to fiber-optic service.

67.5%

of North Dakotans have access to cable service.

73.3%

of North Dakotans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of North Dakotans have access to mobile broadband service.

48.3%

of North Dakotans have access to fixed wireless service.

Top 5 Fastest Cities In North Dakota

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Valley City

43.1 MBPS

43.1">%

West Fargo

35.0 MBPS

35.0">%

Fargo

32.6 MBPS

32.6">%

Devils Lake

29.9 MBPS

29.9">%

Bismarck

24.7 MBPS

24.7">%

Largest Competing Providers In North Dakota

Cable ONE vs CenturyLink

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, North Dakota Broadband has been awarded $3,664,087 in federal grants for North Dakota's Broadband Initiative.
Another $10,781,157, accounting for 0.3% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in North Dakota.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 78.8% to 94.0% of North Dakotans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 101 broadband providers in North Dakota.
There are 54,000 people in North Dakota without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 179,000 people in North Dakota that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 26,000 people in North Dakota 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.

North Dakota CITIES


Bismarck	97.2%	16 providers
Fargo	99.0%	22 providers
Grand Forks	94.2%	14 providers
Minot	92.7%	11 providers

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Last Updated on 7/11/2017.