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Original analysis of the FCC's Broadband Data Collection, computed from the raw filing rather than summarised from someone else's summary. Every study states its method, both directions of bias, and what it cannot tell you. All of it is free to reproduce with attribution.
Studies
- How much broadband choice do Americans have? A count of how many companies can reach each home, across all 6,280,236 US census blocks. Reports a floor: at least 15.7% of homes have at most one wired option.
- Who can actually get gigabit internet in America? 69.1% of US homes can get 1 Gbps. Every state and 3,185 counties ranked, and the finding that speed and competition are close to unrelated.
- Internet competition in every Alaska county All 29 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in Alaska are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
- Internet competition in every Delaware county All 3 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in Delaware are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
- Internet competition in every Idaho county All 44 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in Idaho are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
- Internet competition in every Maryland county All 24 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in Maryland are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
- Internet competition in every Massachusetts county All 14 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in Massachusetts are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
- Internet competition in every Montana county All 56 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in Montana are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
- Internet competition in every New Jersey county All 21 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in New Jersey are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
- Internet competition in every New York county All 62 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in New York are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
- Internet competition in every North Dakota county All 53 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in North Dakota are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
- Internet competition in every Oklahoma county All 77 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in Oklahoma are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
- Internet competition in every Pennsylvania county All 67 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in Pennsylvania are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
- Internet competition in every South Dakota county All 66 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in South Dakota are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
- Internet competition in every Virginia county All 133 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in Virginia are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
- Internet competition in every Wyoming county All 23 counties ranked. The counties with the worst competition score in Wyoming are the ones with fiber in every block, because a single cooperative built it.
Why these two disagree with each other, on purpose
The competition study reports a floor: providers overstate coverage, so every overstatement moves a home into the at-most-one-company group and none out of it. The gigabit study reports a ceiling: the same overstatement inflates how many homes look like they can get fast service. The biases run in opposite directions and both are stated on the page rather than buried.
They also count different things. One counts residential locations, meaning buildings. The other counts residential units, meaning homes inside them. An apartment block is one location and many units, so the two national totals differ by tens of millions and neither is wrong.
Using this work
Everything here is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Reproduce the tables in a news story, a state broadband plan or a paper, with credit and a link. Each study carries a ready-made citation line.
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Data source: the FCC's Broadband Data Collection, filing period D25, published July 21, 2026.