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Broadband Service in Washington

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INTERNET ACCESS IN Washington

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

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94.6%
94.6% TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND COVERAGE
15.4%
15.4% POPULATION UNDERSERVED

74.5

16th

BROADBAND SPEEDS

94.6%

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

92.8%

of Washingtonians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

25.8%

of Washingtonians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

98.5%

of Washingtonians have access to wireline service.

36.0%

of Washingtonians have access to fiber-optic service.

91.0%

of Washingtonians have access to cable service.

94.4%

of Washingtonians have access to DSL service.

Largest Competing Providers In Washington

1.
CenturyLink vs Xfinity
2.
Frontier vs Xfinity
3.
Spectrum vs CenturyLink
4.
Spectrum vs Frontier
5.
Xfinity vs FairPoint

Coverage by County in Washington

County Name % Broadband Coverage
Adams 30.2%
Asotin 94.8%
Benton 94.0%
Chelan 92.0%
Clallam 84.1%
Clark 96.4%
Columbia 97.1%
Cowlitz 95.6%
Douglas 91.5%
Ferry 99.9%
Franklin 85.3%
Garfield 10.7%
Grant 83.3%
Grays Harbor 91.2%
Island 98.6%
Jefferson 85.2%
King 98.9%
Kitsap 96.9%
Kittitas 86.8%
Klickitat 44.4%
Lewis 65.5%
Lincoln 90.7%
Mason 90.5%
Okanogan 40.5%
Pacific 87.6%
Pend Oreille 99.9%
Pierce 98.0%
San Juan 89.1%
Skagit 92.8%
Skamania 49.0%
Snohomish 97.0%
Spokane 94.9%
Stevens 98.7%
Thurston 98.6%
Wahkiakum 19.9%
Walla Walla 99.9%
Whatcom 93.4%
Whitman 73.8%
Yakima 82.4%

Internet Speed in Top Washington Cities

City Avg. Download Speed No. of Providers
1. Seattle 68.5 MBPS 28 Providers
2. Spokane 63.6 MBPS 23 Providers
3. Tacoma 64.6 MBPS 26 Providers
4. Vancouver 89.8 MBPS 22 Providers
5. Everett 47.7 MBPS 19 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Washington

Provider Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast 97.4 MBPS
Wave Broadband 89.5 MBPS
CenturyLink 56.0 MBPS
Charter Spectrum 53.1 MBPS
PocketiNet Communications 29.1 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

  • Since 2010, Washington State Broadband Project has been awarded $7,314,042 in federal grants for Washington's Broadband Initiative.
  • Another $166,058,182, accounting for 4.8% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Washington.
  • Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 90.4% to 97.6% of Washingtonians.

QUICK STATS

  • In total there are 236 internet providers in Washington.
  • There are 338,000 people in Washington without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
  • There are 529,000 people in Washington that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
  • Another 103,000 people in Washington 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.

Washington CITIES

Average speed over time
Aberdeen 98.9% 13 providers
Airway Heights 99.3% 15 providers
Anacortes 99.3% 14 providers
Arlington 82.1% 15 providers
Auburn 99.4% 20 providers
Bainbridge Island 100.0% 13 providers
Battle Ground 93.7% 13 providers
Belfair 88.4% 13 providers
Bellevue 99.6% 23 providers
Bellingham 99.1% 17 providers
Benton City 68.6% 17 providers
Black Diamond 95.2% 11 providers
Blaine 89.0% 13 providers
Bonney Lake 99.3% 13 providers
Bothell 99.6% 19 providers
Bow 84.7% 13 providers
Bremerton 96.2% 18 providers
Brewster 9.0% 14 providers
Brush Prairie 97.9% 13 providers
Buckley 98.5% 11 providers
Burlington 96.5% 15 providers
Camano Island 98.3% 12 providers
Camas 99.4% 14 providers
Carnation 96.2% 12 providers
Cashmere 91.4% 11 providers
Castle Rock 91.5% 13 providers
Centralia 94.5% 17 providers
Chattaroy 65.9% 18 providers
Chehalis 71.1% 16 providers
Chelan 83.6% 16 providers
Cheney 81.3% 16 providers
Chewelah 100.0% 10 providers
Clarkston 97.3% 13 providers
Cle Elum 61.5% 13 providers
Clinton 100.0% 12 providers
Colbert 75.3% 17 providers
Colfax 74.3% 14 providers
College Place 100.0% 15 providers
Colville 100.0% 13 providers
Concrete 90.4% 11 providers
Connell 6.4% 13 providers
Coupeville 96.5% 14 providers
Davenport 98.8% 10 providers
Deer Park 97.5% 16 providers
Dupont 100.0% 10 providers
Duvall 94.7% 15 providers
East Wenatchee 98.5% 13 providers
Eatonville 70.6% 12 providers
Edmonds 99.8% 18 providers
Elk 98.9% 18 providers
Ellensburg 92.9% 13 providers
Elma 74.2% 12 providers
Enumclaw 92.3% 11 providers
Ephrata 100.0% 15 providers
Everett 99.2% 19 providers
Everson 84.5% 12 providers
Fall City 95.3% 11 providers
Federal Way 99.0% 16 providers
Ferndale 91.4% 12 providers
Forks 43.7% 9 providers
Freeland 100.0% 12 providers
Friday Harbor 93.1% 11 providers
Gig Harbor 97.3% 17 providers
Gold Bar 89.5% 10 providers
Goldendale 0.0% 13 providers
Graham 99.0% 14 providers
Grandview 79.5% 13 providers
Granger 75.0% 12 providers
Granite Falls 90.5% 13 providers
Greenacres 96.8% 17 providers
Hoquiam 92.7% 14 providers
Issaquah 99.8% 17 providers
Kalama 91.4% 12 providers
Kelso 95.6% 13 providers
Kenmore 99.5% 13 providers
Kennewick 99.3% 19 providers
Kent 98.6% 21 providers
Kettle Falls 100.0% 11 providers
Kingston 95.6% 11 providers
Kirkland 99.9% 17 providers
La Center 84.6% 16 providers
La Conner 90.8% 11 providers
Lacey 99.1% 15 providers
Lake Stevens 98.9% 11 providers
Lakebay 94.0% 13 providers
Lakewood 99.0% 15 providers
Langley 100.0% 12 providers
Leavenworth 75.0% 12 providers
Liberty Lake 96.2% 18 providers
Longview 98.9% 14 providers
Lynden 92.6% 13 providers
Lynnwood 99.7% 22 providers
Mabton 72.2% 12 providers
Maple Valley 99.1% 13 providers
Marysville 96.3% 18 providers
Mattawa 64.6% 11 providers
Mead 85.3% 16 providers
Medical Lake 94.0% 15 providers
Mercer Island 99.9% 15 providers
Milton 94.6% 12 providers
Monroe 94.2% 14 providers
Montesano 91.2% 11 providers
Moses Lake 99.6% 14 providers
Mount Vernon 93.8% 12 providers
Mountlake Terrace 99.9% 16 providers
Moxee 81.6% 13 providers
Mukilteo 99.9% 15 providers
Naches 18.3% 15 providers
Newman Lake 93.2% 14 providers
Newport 98.6% 13 providers
Nine Mile Falls 89.8% 16 providers
North Bend 98.7% 11 providers
Oak Harbor 98.4% 13 providers
Ocean Park 98.0% 11 providers
Ocean Shores 99.4% 11 providers
Okanogan 76.2% 11 providers
Olalla 99.5% 11 providers
Olympia 99.0% 18 providers
Omak 73.2% 12 providers
Onalaska 39.8% 12 providers
Oroville 52.1% 12 providers
Orting 97.9% 12 providers
Othello 32.1% 16 providers
Otis Orchards 99.9% 14 providers
Pacific 100.0% 11 providers
Pasco 97.0% 19 providers
Port Angeles 90.3% 12 providers
Port Ludlow 97.9% 10 providers
Port Orchard 98.2% 14 providers
Port Townsend 97.4% 10 providers
Poulsbo 97.7% 13 providers
Prosser 63.4% 16 providers
Pullman 89.5% 15 providers
Puyallup 99.9% 24 providers
Quincy 79.8% 19 providers
Rainier 98.9% 9 providers
Raymond 79.0% 9 providers
Redmond 99.4% 19 providers
Renton 99.4% 19 providers
Richland 99.1% 23 providers
Ridgefield 97.6% 17 providers
Rochester 92.6% 11 providers
Roy 91.1% 13 providers
Royal City 7.9% 13 providers
Sammamish 99.8% 17 providers
Seabeck 94.9% 11 providers
Seattle 98.8% 28 providers
Sedro Woolley 91.4% 13 providers
Selah 97.4% 14 providers
Sequim 91.6% 14 providers
Shelton 95.4% 13 providers
Silverdale 94.8% 17 providers
Snohomish 98.5% 14 providers
Snoqualmie 95.9% 13 providers
Soap Lake 100.0% 14 providers
Spanaway 99.8% 13 providers
Spokane 97.7% 23 providers
Stanwood 89.5% 13 providers
Steilacoom 79.9% 11 providers
Sultan 95.9% 11 providers
Sumner 99.8% 17 providers
Sunnyside 80.9% 13 providers
Tacoma 98.2% 26 providers
Tenino 99.8% 11 providers
Toledo 99.9% 11 providers
Tonasket 41.4% 14 providers
Toppenish 74.3% 12 providers
University Place 99.9% 15 providers
Vancouver 99.5% 22 providers
Vashon 99.6% 12 providers
Veradale 99.8% 19 providers
Walla Walla 99.9% 17 providers
Wapato 56.5% 14 providers
Warden 8.2% 12 providers
Washougal 80.0% 13 providers
Wenatchee 98.8% 14 providers
West Richland 92.7% 16 providers
White Salmon 82.0% 14 providers
Winlock 23.2% 13 providers
Woodinville 99.3% 18 providers
Woodland 78.0% 17 providers
Yacolt 23.6% 11 providers
Yakima 94.6% 18 providers
Yelm 99.2% 10 providers
Zillah 57.8% 13 providers
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Last Updated on 2/6/2020.