of Alabamians have access to wireline service.
of Alabamians have access to fiber-optic service.
of Alabamians have access to cable service.
of Alabamians have access to DSL service.
of Alabamians have access to mobile broadband service.
of Alabamians have access to fixed wireless service.
82.9% of Alabamians have access to wired broadband 25mbps or faster.
67.6% of Alabamians have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.
8.9% of Alabamians have access to 1 gigabit broadband.
Since 2010, The Connecting ALABAMA Initiative has been awarded $4,874,142 in federal grants for Alabama's Broadband Initiative.
Another $91,596,026, accounting for 2.6% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Alabama.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 82.8% to 87.4% of Alabamians.
In total there are 143 internet providers in Alabama.
There are 842,000 people in Alabama without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 1.0 million people in Alabama that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 276,000 people in Alabama don't have any wired internet providers available where they live.
| City | Broadband Coverage | # of Providers |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | 99.9% | 13 |
| Phenix City | 99.6% | 15 |
| Decatur | 99.3% | 13 |
| Montgomery | 98.9% | 20 |
| Albertville | 98.3% | 13 |
| Anniston | 97.9% | 11 |
| Gadsden | 97.6% | 14 |
| Mobile | 96.2% | 21 |
| Athens | 96.2% | 14 |
| Birmingham | 96.1% | 23 |
| Dothan | 96.0% | 18 |
| Huntsville | 95.8% | 19 |
| Madison | 95.1% | 18 |
| Auburn | 94.6% | 14 |
| Opelika | 94.5% | 15 |
| Tuscaloosa | 94.3% | 13 |
| Florence | 93.8% | 14 |
| Bessemer | 92.1% | 15 |
| Northport | 91.9% | 13 |
| Jasper | 91.3% | 10 |
| Selma | 89.0% | 13 |
| Prattville | 88.3% | 15 |
| Cullman | 84.6% | 8 |
