of Iowans have access to wireline service.
of Iowans have access to fiber-optic service.
of Iowans have access to cable service.
of Iowans have access to DSL service.
of Iowans have access to mobile broadband service.
of Iowans have access to fixed wireless service.
84.5% of Iowans have access to wired broadband 25mbps or faster.
78.6% of Iowans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.
69.4% of Iowans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.
Since 2010, Connect Iowa has been awarded $5,769,942 in federal grants for Iowa's Broadband Initiative.
Another $33,945,037, accounting for 1.0% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Iowa.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 84.7% to 91.5% of Iowans.
In total there are 429 internet providers in Iowa.
There are 480,000 people in Iowa without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 520,000 people in Iowa that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 145,000 people in Iowa don't have any wired internet providers available where they live.
| City | Broadband Coverage | # of Providers |
|---|---|---|
| Urbandale | 99.7% | 17 |
| Ankeny | 98.7% | 24 |
| Bettendorf | 98.4% | 16 |
| Cedar Rapids | 98.4% | 32 |
| Des Moines | 98.3% | 25 |
| Marion | 97.8% | 17 |
| Cedar Falls | 97.5% | 15 |
| Waterloo | 97.1% | 19 |
| Dubuque | 96.8% | 22 |
| Council Bluffs | 96.6% | 14 |
| Davenport | 96.5% | 23 |
| West Des Moines | 96.3% | 29 |
| Sioux City | 95.4% | 19 |
| Iowa City | 94.6% | 25 |
| Marshalltown | 92.2% | 14 |
| Ames | 91.9% | 23 |
| Ottumwa | 88.4% | 13 |
| Muscatine | 29.4% | 15 |
