Internet Access in Rhode Island: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Rhode Island

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Rhode Island Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

98%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

58.6

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

3rd

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

98.5%

of Rhode Islanders have access to wired broadband 25mbps or faster.

98.5%

of Rhode Islanders have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

0.0%

of Rhode Islanders have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

99.1%

of Rhode Islanders have access to wireline service.

84.2%

of Rhode Islanders have access to fiber-optic service.

97.4%

of Rhode Islanders have access to cable service.

84.6%

of Rhode Islanders have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Rhode Islanders have access to mobile broadband service.

0.0%

of Rhode Islanders have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Rhode Island

Cox vs Verizon Fios

Verizon Fios vs Xfinity

Top 5 Fastest cities in Rhode Island

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Central Falls	142.1 MBPS	17 Providers
2.	Chepachet	85.3 MBPS	11 Providers
3.	Wakefield	85.0 MBPS	14 Providers
4.	Lincoln	82.8 MBPS	15 Providers
5.	Westerly	74.5 MBPS	14 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Rhode Island

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Verizon Fios	68.4 MBPS
Cox Communications	54.8 MBPS
Full Channel	52.6 MBPS
Verizon High Speed Internet	50.4 MBPS
Windstream	35.8 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Broadband Rhode Island has been awarded $4,544,787 in federal grants for Rhode Island's Broadband Initiative.
Another $21,739,183, accounting for 0.6% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Rhode Island.
Since 2011, no improvements in 10+ mbps wired broadband coverage have been reported.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 44 internet providers in Rhode Island.
There are 16,000 people in Rhode Island without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 15,000 people in Rhode Island that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 9,000 people in Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island CITIES


Barrington	99.9%	12 providers
Bristol	100.0%	12 providers
Central Falls	100.0%	17 providers
Charlestown	99.4%	11 providers
Chepachet	99.8%	11 providers
Coventry	99.7%	14 providers
Cranston	95.1%	17 providers
Cumberland	99.9%	16 providers
East Greenwich	99.5%	17 providers
East Providence	99.7%	18 providers
Exeter	95.5%	10 providers
Foster	99.6%	11 providers
Greenville	100.0%	14 providers
Harrisville	99.5%	11 providers
Hope Valley	96.9%	13 providers
Jamestown	99.9%	10 providers
Johnston	100.0%	15 providers
Kingston	89.4%	11 providers
Lincoln	99.5%	15 providers
Middletown	96.8%	14 providers
Narragansett	99.8%	12 providers
Newport	92.0%	11 providers
North Kingstown	99.2%	14 providers
North Providence	95.4%	13 providers
North Scituate	99.8%	10 providers
North Smithfield	99.8%	13 providers
Pascoag	99.2%	13 providers
Pawtucket	98.8%	17 providers
Portsmouth	98.7%	11 providers
Providence	99.1%	17 providers
Riverside	99.7%	15 providers
Rumford	100.0%	17 providers
Saunderstown	99.9%	11 providers
Smithfield	99.1%	14 providers
Tiverton	98.2%	12 providers
Wakefield	99.8%	14 providers
Warren	100.0%	12 providers
Warwick	97.7%	18 providers
West Greenwich	99.5%	15 providers
West Kingston	97.2%	12 providers
West Warwick	98.5%	15 providers
Westerly	99.8%	14 providers
Woonsocket	100.0%	16 providers

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Last Updated on 10/16/2019.

Broadband Service in Rhode Island