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.

94%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

29%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

32.4

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

16th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

94.6%

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

92.7%

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

76.7%

of North Dakotans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

97.5%

of North Dakotans have access to wireline service.

43.6%

of North Dakotans have access to fiber-optic service.

68.9%

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.

47.7%

of North Dakotans have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In North Dakota

Cable ONE vs CenturyLink

Top 5 Fastest cities in North Dakota

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Turtle Lake	151.9 MBPS	7 Providers
2.	Glenfield	115.0 MBPS	7 Providers
3.	Rhame	100.6 MBPS	7 Providers
4.	Neche	95.3 MBPS	9 Providers
5.	Wildrose	85.9 MBPS	6 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in North Dakota

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Cable ONE	47.8 MBPS
BEK Communications Cooperative	42.5 MBPS
SRT Communications	17.7 MBPS
702 Communications	17.0 MBPS
CenturyLink	7.9 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 96.1% of North Dakotans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 93 internet providers in North Dakota.
There are 37,000 people in North Dakota without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 185,000 people in North Dakota that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 17,000 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%	11 providers
Devils Lake	100.0%	7 providers
Dickinson	100.0%	10 providers
Fargo	99.3%	15 providers
Grafton	79.9%	9 providers
Grand Forks	92.7%	11 providers
Jamestown	99.2%	9 providers
Mandan	93.1%	9 providers
Minot	96.5%	8 providers
Minot Afb	97.5%	7 providers
Rugby	100.0%	8 providers
Valley City	99.1%	11 providers
Wahpeton	84.8%	11 providers
West Fargo	99.0%	14 providers
Williston	95.4%	8 providers

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Last Updated on 3/6/2019.

Internet Service in North Dakota