Internet Access in Washington: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Washington

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Washington Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

94%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

36.0

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

14th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

94.8%

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

92.0%

of Washingtonians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

11.9%

of Washingtonians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

98.3%

of Washingtonians have access to wireline service.

31.6%

of Washingtonians have access to fiber-optic service.

90.8%

of Washingtonians have access to cable service.

92.9%

of Washingtonians have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

99.9%

of Washingtonians have access to mobile broadband service.

85.6%

of Washingtonians have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Washington

CenturyLink vs XFINITY

Frontier vs XFINITY

Spectrum vs CenturyLink

Spectrum vs Frontier

XFINITY vs FairPoint

Top 5 Fastest cities in Washington

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Poulsbo	113.9 MBPS	12 Providers
2.	Mercer Island	80.3 MBPS	17 Providers
3.	Lacey	80.2 MBPS	14 Providers
4.	Issaquah	75.4 MBPS	17 Providers
5.	Edmonds	73.0 MBPS	16 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Washington

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
XFINITY from Comcast	43.9 MBPS
CenturyLink	26.9 MBPS
Charter Spectrum	25.8 MBPS
Frontier Communications	20.1 MBPS
Startouch	10.9 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 97.4% of Washingtonians.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 220 internet providers in Washington.
There are 370,000 people in Washington without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 501,000 people in Washington that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 120,000 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


Arlington	81.3%	14 providers
Auburn	99.3%	21 providers
Battle Ground	91.3%	14 providers
Bellevue	99.6%	22 providers
Bellingham	99.1%	16 providers
Bonney Lake	99.3%	13 providers
Bothell	99.6%	18 providers
Bremerton	98.9%	20 providers
Edmonds	99.8%	16 providers
Ellensburg	92.8%	12 providers
Everett	99.2%	20 providers
Federal Way	99.0%	17 providers
Gig Harbor	96.9%	17 providers
Issaquah	99.5%	17 providers
Kennewick	99.6%	19 providers
Kent	99.0%	21 providers
Kirkland	99.9%	16 providers
Lacey	99.1%	14 providers
Lake Stevens	98.9%	10 providers
Lakewood	98.9%	15 providers
Longview	98.4%	11 providers
Lynnwood	99.7%	19 providers
Maple Valley	99.2%	12 providers
Marysville	92.9%	18 providers
Moses Lake	99.6%	14 providers
Mount Vernon	93.5%	14 providers
Oak Harbor	98.6%	13 providers
Olympia	98.6%	19 providers
Pasco	96.5%	17 providers
Port Angeles	89.2%	12 providers
Port Orchard	98.2%	15 providers
Pullman	83.9%	13 providers
Puyallup	99.9%	25 providers
Redmond	99.3%	18 providers
Renton	99.3%	21 providers
Richland	99.1%	21 providers
Sammamish	99.8%	17 providers
Seattle	98.7%	28 providers
Shelton	93.2%	13 providers
Snohomish	98.4%	13 providers
Spanaway	99.8%	14 providers
Spokane	97.3%	26 providers
Tacoma	98.2%	24 providers
Vancouver	99.5%	26 providers
Walla Walla	99.9%	16 providers
Wenatchee	98.8%	13 providers
Woodinville	99.3%	18 providers
Yakima	93.9%	18 providers

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Last Updated on 11/30/2017.