Internet Access in Ohio: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Ohio

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Ohio Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

89.3%

TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE

47.7%

WIRED LOW-PRICE PLAN ACCESS

49.5

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

24th

STATE BROADBAND ACCESS RANKING

BROADBAND SPEEDS

94.0%

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

93.1%

of Ohioans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

19.5%

of Ohioans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

98.1%

of Ohioans have access to wireline service.

17.4%

of Ohioans have access to fiber-optic service.

93.4%

of Ohioans have access to cable service.

90.6%

of Ohioans have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In Ohio

Spectrum vs WOW!

AT&T Internet vs WOW!

AT&T Internet vs Cox

AT&T Internet vs Xfinity

Frontier vs WOW!

Coverage by County in Ohio

County Name	% Broadband Coverage
Adams	54.5%
Allen	95.3%
Ashland	81.4%
Ashtabula	92.8%
Athens	79.8%
Auglaize	90.2%
Belmont	85.7%
Brown	67.7%
Butler	99.2%
Carroll	57.0%
Champaign	83.0%
Clark	99.4%
Clermont	99.4%
Clinton	75.5%
Columbiana	83.6%
Coshocton	68.8%
Crawford	86.9%
Cuyahoga	100.0%
Darke	80.3%
Defiance	82.8%
Delaware	97.7%
Erie	96.6%
Fairfield	95.1%
Fayette	86.5%
Franklin	100.0%
Fulton	78.6%
Gallia	51.8%
Geauga	90.0%
Greene	97.6%
Guernsey	59.7%
Hamilton	100.0%
Hancock	92.5%
Hardin	76.5%
Harrison	51.8%
Henry	76.6%
Highland	76.5%
Hocking	61.6%
Holmes	45.1%
Huron	86.6%
Jackson	70.8%
Jefferson	87.3%
Knox	74.9%
Lake	99.9%
Lawrence	86.6%
Licking	95.2%
Logan	82.0%
Lorain	90.6%
Lucas	98.4%
Madison	91.5%
Mahoning	99.3%
Marion	90.7%
Medina	98.4%
Meigs	60.9%
Mercer	86.1%
Miami	96.2%
Monroe	0.0%
Montgomery	99.7%
Morgan	58.0%
Morrow	73.2%
Muskingum	90.2%
Noble	51.3%
Ottawa	92.5%
Paulding	61.8%
Perry	65.6%
Pickaway	78.3%
Pike	74.9%
Portage	96.9%
Preble	86.8%
Putnam	88.1%
Richland	92.4%
Ross	92.1%
Sandusky	93.0%
Scioto	84.7%
Seneca	87.4%
Shelby	88.4%
Stark	99.3%
Summit	100.0%
Trumbull	96.9%
Tuscarawas	84.5%
Union	80.0%
Van Wert	76.3%
Vinton	38.2%
Warren	97.4%
Washington	79.7%
Wayne	91.4%
Williams	71.3%
Wood	92.8%
Wyandot	71.1%

Internet Speed in Top Ohio Cities

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Cincinnati	70.1 MBPS	26 Providers
2.	Columbus	58.0 MBPS	32 Providers
3.	Cleveland	33.8 MBPS	34 Providers
4.	Dayton	48.5 MBPS	28 Providers
5.	Toledo	39.2 MBPS	24 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Ohio

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
WOW!	70.3 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	61.2 MBPS
AT&T Internet	44.5 MBPS
CenturyLink	21.3 MBPS
Frontier Communications	12.5 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Connect Ohio has been awarded $7,025,762 in federal grants for Ohio's Broadband Initiative.
Another $141,300,142, accounting for 4.1% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Ohio.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 92.0% to 96.8% of Ohioans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 269 internet providers in Ohio.
There are 618,000 people in Ohio without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 898,000 people in Ohio that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 217,000 people in Ohio 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.

Ohio CITIES


Akron	100.0%	25 providers
Alliance	98.9%	15 providers
Amelia	100.0%	12 providers
Amherst	99.3%	13 providers
Ashland	83.5%	12 providers
Ashtabula	99.9%	9 providers
Athens	91.9%	13 providers
Aurora	100.0%	11 providers
Avon	99.8%	17 providers
Avon Lake	100.0%	17 providers
Barberton	100.0%	14 providers
Batavia	99.9%	12 providers
Bay Village	100.0%	13 providers
Beachwood	100.0%	19 providers
Bedford	100.0%	19 providers
Bellefontaine	89.4%	12 providers
Bellevue	85.2%	15 providers
Berea	100.0%	17 providers
Bethel	95.8%	9 providers
Blacklick	100.0%	13 providers
Bowling Green	95.1%	17 providers
Brecksville	100.0%	16 providers
Broadview Heights	100.0%	18 providers
Brookpark	100.0%	21 providers
Brookville	96.7%	15 providers
Brunswick	100.0%	19 providers
Bryan	87.1%	13 providers
Bucyrus	88.0%	13 providers
Cambridge	88.5%	15 providers
Canal Fulton	100.0%	13 providers
Canal Winchester	100.0%	16 providers
Canfield	99.6%	12 providers
Canton	100.0%	23 providers
Celina	89.5%	18 providers
Chagrin Falls	97.0%	18 providers
Chardon	98.9%	17 providers
Chillicothe	97.7%	10 providers
Cincinnati	100.0%	26 providers
Circleville	78.8%	14 providers
Cleveland	100.0%	34 providers
Cleves	100.0%	9 providers
Columbus	100.0%	32 providers
Conneaut	95.3%	8 providers
Cortland	99.5%	9 providers
Coshocton	92.4%	11 providers
Cuyahoga Falls	100.0%	15 providers
Dayton	100.0%	28 providers
Defiance	91.4%	16 providers
Delaware	97.8%	17 providers
Dover	95.1%	11 providers
Dublin	100.0%	20 providers
East Liverpool	97.8%	13 providers
Eastlake	100.0%	14 providers
Eaton	86.9%	15 providers
Elyria	99.2%	14 providers
Englewood	100.0%	16 providers
Euclid	100.0%	19 providers
Fairborn	100.0%	17 providers
Fairfield	100.0%	17 providers
Findlay	98.7%	20 providers
Fostoria	94.9%	17 providers
Franklin	100.0%	18 providers
Fremont	95.5%	17 providers
Galion	94.2%	12 providers
Gallipolis	76.8%	13 providers
Galloway	100.0%	16 providers
Geneva	99.3%	9 providers
Girard	100.0%	11 providers
Grafton	21.3%	15 providers
Granville	99.4%	10 providers
Greenville	91.9%	13 providers
Grove City	100.0%	17 providers
Groveport	100.0%	18 providers
Hamilton	99.4%	15 providers
Harrison	99.8%	11 providers
Heath	91.7%	11 providers
Hilliard	100.0%	19 providers
Hillsboro	81.3%	13 providers
Holland	97.5%	15 providers
Hubbard	99.5%	11 providers
Hudson	100.0%	11 providers
Huron	96.7%	16 providers
Independence	100.0%	23 providers
Ironton	99.1%	11 providers
Jackson	74.7%	13 providers
Johnstown	99.1%	14 providers
Kent	100.0%	16 providers
Kenton	77.5%	17 providers
Lakewood	100.0%	15 providers
Lancaster	97.6%	15 providers
Lebanon	99.8%	18 providers
Lewis Center	100.0%	20 providers
Lima	98.0%	20 providers
Lisbon	61.2%	14 providers
Logan	71.2%	13 providers
London	94.3%	19 providers
Lorain	100.0%	14 providers
Louisville	99.2%	11 providers
Loveland	100.0%	14 providers
Lucasville	71.9%	10 providers
Macedonia	100.0%	13 providers
Madison	99.5%	8 providers
Maineville	100.0%	12 providers
Mansfield	93.8%	23 providers
Maple Heights	100.0%	17 providers
Marietta	96.0%	13 providers
Marion	95.2%	17 providers
Marysville	84.6%	12 providers
Mason	100.0%	13 providers
Massillon	100.0%	16 providers
Maumee	99.9%	20 providers
Medina	99.1%	17 providers
Mentor	100.0%	16 providers
Miamisburg	100.0%	18 providers
Middlefield	62.2%	14 providers
Middletown	99.5%	19 providers
Milford	100.0%	13 providers
Millersburg	52.3%	12 providers
Mogadore	100.0%	10 providers
Morrow	93.5%	11 providers
Mount Vernon	81.9%	9 providers
Napoleon	85.2%	15 providers
New Albany	100.0%	17 providers
New Carlisle	99.0%	12 providers
New Philadelphia	94.3%	13 providers
Newark	98.7%	9 providers
Niles	100.0%	12 providers
North Canton	100.0%	17 providers
North Olmsted	100.0%	21 providers
North Ridgeville	100.0%	14 providers
North Royalton	100.0%	19 providers
Northfield	100.0%	9 providers
Norwalk	96.4%	12 providers
Oberlin	28.4%	15 providers
Olmsted Falls	100.0%	13 providers
Oregon	99.8%	17 providers
Orient	91.2%	14 providers
Orrville	93.9%	13 providers
Oxford	95.6%	14 providers
Painesville	100.0%	13 providers
Pataskala	99.9%	15 providers
Perrysburg	98.8%	16 providers
Pickerington	100.0%	19 providers
Piqua	98.0%	12 providers
Plain City	93.9%	14 providers
Port Clinton	99.9%	14 providers
Portsmouth	100.0%	12 providers
Powell	100.0%	17 providers
Ravenna	97.9%	16 providers
Reynoldsburg	100.0%	17 providers
Rocky River	99.9%	21 providers
Saint Clairsville	88.9%	15 providers
Saint Marys	91.1%	17 providers
Salem	95.3%	16 providers
Sandusky	98.4%	18 providers
Sheffield Lake	100.0%	12 providers
Shelby	94.0%	13 providers
Sidney	93.1%	13 providers
Solon	100.0%	19 providers
South Point	92.2%	12 providers
Springboro	100.0%	15 providers
Springfield	100.0%	18 providers
Steubenville	98.0%	16 providers
Stow	100.0%	15 providers
Streetsboro	100.0%	12 providers
Strongsville	100.0%	20 providers
Sunbury	94.5%	14 providers
Swanton	92.6%	14 providers
Sylvania	99.3%	13 providers
Tallmadge	100.0%	13 providers
Tiffin	94.8%	19 providers
Tipp City	99.2%	17 providers
Toledo	98.6%	24 providers
Trenton	99.7%	12 providers
Troy	98.6%	15 providers
Twinsburg	100.0%	16 providers
Uniontown	100.0%	15 providers
Urbana	92.7%	14 providers
Van Wert	87.8%	16 providers
Vandalia	100.0%	20 providers
Vermilion	99.9%	11 providers
Wadsworth	100.0%	12 providers
Wapakoneta	90.2%	13 providers
Warren	99.2%	17 providers
Washington Court House	94.5%	12 providers
Wauseon	77.4%	13 providers
Waverly	91.6%	10 providers
Wellington	57.1%	12 providers
West Chester	100.0%	15 providers
Westerville	100.0%	22 providers
Westlake	100.0%	21 providers
Wheelersburg	85.1%	9 providers
Wickliffe	100.0%	17 providers
Willard	89.5%	14 providers
Willoughby	100.0%	15 providers
Wilmington	81.0%	16 providers
Wooster	97.4%	14 providers
Xenia	95.0%	17 providers
Youngstown	99.7%	20 providers
Zanesville	98.0%	12 providers

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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.

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