BROADBAND 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

41.4

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

3rd

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

98.4%

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

98.4%

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.

84.8%

of Rhode Islanders have access to fiber-optic service.

96.9%

of Rhode Islanders have access to cable service.

83.0%

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.

Top 5 Fastest Cities In Rhode Island

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Central Falls

87.0 MBPS

87.0">%

North Scituate

77.6 MBPS

77.6">%

Chepachet

74.4 MBPS

74.4">%

Barrington

73.2 MBPS

73.2">%

Newport

73.2 MBPS

73.2">%

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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 43 broadband providers in Rhode Island.
There are 17,000 people in Rhode Island without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 18,000 people in Rhode Island that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 10,000 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


Coventry	99.7%	15 providers
Cranston	95.2%	18 providers
Cumberland	99.9%	18 providers
Pawtucket	98.7%	23 providers
Providence	99.0%	22 providers
Warwick	98.1%	25 providers
Woonsocket	100.0%	22 providers

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Last Updated on 7/11/2017.