Internet Access in North Dakota: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN North Dakota

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

North Dakota Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

95%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

29%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

38.0

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

17th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

94.6%

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

92.9%

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

89.4%

of North Dakotans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

97.8%

of North Dakotans have access to wireline service.

41.4%

of North Dakotans have access to fiber-optic service.

69.0%

of North Dakotans have access to cable service.

68.9%

of North Dakotans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of North Dakotans have access to mobile broadband service.

47.8%

of North Dakotans have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In North Dakota

Sparklight vs CenturyLink

Top 5 Fastest cities in North Dakota

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	New Leipzig	244.5 MBPS	7 Providers
2.	Marion	237.1 MBPS	7 Providers
3.	Turtle Lake	224.9 MBPS	7 Providers
4.	Neche	168.5 MBPS	9 Providers
5.	Arthur	142.2 MBPS	8 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in North Dakota

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Sparklight (formerly Cable One)	53.2 MBPS
Consolidated Telcom	47.4 MBPS
Consolidated Communications	23.4 MBPS
702 Communications	16.4 MBPS
CenturyLink	9.9 MBPS

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 96.5% of North Dakotans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 96 internet providers in North Dakota.
There are 33,000 people in North Dakota without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 186,000 people in North Dakota that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 15,000 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


Belcourt	100.0%	6 providers
Bismarck	99.4%	13 providers
Devils Lake	100.0%	8 providers
Dickinson	100.0%	10 providers
Fargo	99.3%	14 providers
Grafton	79.7%	9 providers
Grand Forks	93.2%	12 providers
Jamestown	99.2%	9 providers
Mandan	94.4%	9 providers
Minot	96.0%	8 providers
Minot Afb	97.8%	7 providers
Rugby	100.0%	8 providers
Valley City	99.1%	11 providers
Wahpeton	85.5%	11 providers
West Fargo	98.9%	13 providers
Williston	96.1%	8 providers

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Last Updated on 1/8/2020.

Internet Service in North Dakota