Alaska internet, from Anchorage cable to satellite-only villages
Fiber is available at 17.1% of the 282,929 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Alaska, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 65.8%. 10.7% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 55.0% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
West region, Pacific division
Alaska sits at the bottom of nearly every national broadband measure: the smallest share of homes and businesses with fiber, with wired 100/20 Mbps service or with a choice of wired providers, and the largest share that is unserved or reached only by satellite. Inside the state the picture splits sharply, from Ketchikan, where two wired networks cover almost every location, to census areas where almost no location has wired service at 100/20 Mbps.
Which companies serve Alaska homes and businesses
As of June 30, 2026 (FCC revision of November 10, 2026), 23 providers report terrestrial home internet somewhere in Alaska, 18 of them over a wire, for the state's 283,000 broadband serviceable locations. Only 13 offer wired service at 100/20 Mbps anywhere in the state, a count that ranks 6th lowest1 among the states. A location counts as served when a provider says it could connect it within ten business days for a standard installation; listings can be challenged on the FCC map.
One company carries most of the wired map. GCI reports service at 63.0% of locations, overwhelmingly through its cable network, and offers 100/20 Mbps at 58.7%. At 48.0% of all Alaska locations it is the only wired provider at that speed. Its fiber reaches 1.9%1 of the state.
| GCI | Fiber Cable DSL Fixed wireless | 63.0% | 58.7% | 2.5 Gbps | 48.0% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethos Broadband | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 44.5% | 12.7% | 2.5 Gbps | 0.0% |
| SPITwSPOTS Inc | Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 43.9% | 43.9% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Borealis Broadband Inc | Fixed wireless | 20.7% | 20.7% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Matanuska Telecom Association Inc. | Fiber DSL | 19.8% | 8.7% | 1 Gbps | 3.4% |
| Fastwyre Broadband | Fiber Cable DSL | 2.7% | 0.1% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Alaska Telephone Company | Fiber DSL Fixed wireless | 2.7% | 1.8% | 1 Gbps | 1.3% |
| Copper Valley Telephone | Fiber DSL Licensed wireless Fixed wireless | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1 Gbps | 1.3% |
| Ketchikan Public Utilities | Fiber DSL Fixed wireless | 1.7% | 1.7% | 10 Gbps | 0.0% |
| TheSnowCloud | Fiber Licensed wireless | 1.3% | 1.3% | 200 Mbps | 0.2% |
| OTZ Telephone | DSL | 1.0% | 0.0% | 25 Mbps | – |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of the area's broadband serviceable locations where the provider reports service as of June 30, 2026. "Only wired option" is the share of locations where it is the single wired provider at 100/20 Mbps. Provider-reported and challengeable; speeds are advertised maximums, not measured; no prices. Satellite providers (Starlink, HughesNet, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
The next names on the list are mostly not wired at 100/20 Mbps. Ethos Broadband, a name that did not appear in the June 2022 filings, reports service at 44.5% of locations, mainly DSL, and offers 100/20 Mbps at 12.7%. SPITwSPOTS, a fixed wireless network, reports 43.9%, all of it at 100/20 Mbps or more, and Borealis Broadband reports unlicensed fixed wireless at 20.7%. Matanuska Telecom Association, present at 85.9% of locations in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, has fiber at 6.1%1 of the state's locations, the largest fiber footprint in Alaska.
Local companies supply much of the fiber outside the cities: Alaska Telephone Company (1.8% of locations), Copper Valley Telephone (1.8%) and Ketchikan Public Utilities (1.7%), whose fastest advertised download is 10 Gbps. Verizon and AT&T file their Alaska service for business customers only, so neither appears in the residential figures on this page. Starlink and HughesNet list satellite service at virtually every location in the state and Viasat at 59.5%1, so they are left out of the coverage shares above.
Wired service far below the national level
Alaska's figures are not close to the national ones. Wired 100/20 Mbps service reaches 65.8% of locations, against 92.3% nationally, and the share is lower than in June 2022: it fell by 3.7 percentage points, a change that ranks the lowest among the states. Fiber reaches 17.1% against 62.6%1 nationally.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of broadband serviceable locations where at least one provider reports the technology, at any speed; a location can have several. Satellite is reported almost everywhere and is left out.
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| Technology | Alaska | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber | 17.1% | 62.6% |
| Cable | 57.6% | 80.3% |
| DSL (copper) | 58.9% | 36.2% |
| Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home) | 44.2% | 87.3% |
| Unlicensed fixed wireless | 32.1% | 19.7% |
The technology mix is unusual. DSL, the copper telephone line, is still reported at 58.9% of locations, the 5th highest share in the country, and cable at 57.6%. Licensed fixed wireless grew from 5.8%2 of locations in June 2022 to 44.2%, yet that share still ranks the lowest among the states. Most of it comes from one regional network, SPITwSPOTS, rather than from the national carriers. At 11.6% of locations, 100/20 Mbps is available only by fixed wireless, the 3rd highest1 share.
Gigabit download, slower upload
Largely on GCI's cable network, the advertised download ceiling is high. At 58.7% of locations the fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more, and 66.0% have a 1 Gbps download offer. Gigabit service with at least 100 Mbps upload (1,000/100) is a different matter: it reached 36.4% of locations in June 2026, up from 13.7%3 six months earlier. That rise of 22.8 percentage points ranks the highest among the states for the latest six months, though the share itself ranks the lowest1.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Shares of broadband serviceable locations in each FCC release (latest revision of each); the small number is the change in percentage points since June 30, 2022. The FCC's count of locations is updated with each release, so shares are compared rather than counts.
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| Measure | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 4.4% | 13.7% | 36.4% | 32.1 pts |
| 1 Gbps download | 68.3% | 64.0% | 66.0% | −2.3 pts |
| Fiber available | 6.2% | 16.2% | 17.1% | 10.9 pts |
| Licensed fixed wireless | 5.8% | 21.7% | 44.2% | 38.4 pts |
| DSL available | 69.9% | 49.2% | 58.9% | −11.0 pts |
At the other end, 17.6%1 of locations have no terrestrial offer of even 25 Mbps download.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Maximum advertised download speed (Mbps) of any wired or fixed wireless offer at the location, as reported by providers to the FCC; satellite excluded. Advertised, not measured.
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| Area | Under 25 Mbps or none | 25–99 | 100–249 | 250–499 | 500–939 | 940–1,999 | 2,000 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 17.6% | 5.0% | 2.9% | 8.6% | 0.0% | 7.3% | 58.7% |
| United States | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 31.0% | 61.0% |
Anchorage and Juneau: one wire for most homes
Alaska's largest places have near-complete wired coverage but little competition. In the Municipality of Anchorage, wired 100/20 Mbps reaches 96.0% of 80,267 locations, yet only 8.3% can choose between two wired providers at that speed. In Juneau the figures are 96.8% and 0.1%; GCI is the main 100/20 Mbps wire in both. Statewide, 55.0% of locations have exactly one wired provider at 100/20 Mbps and 10.7% have two or more, a share that ranks the lowest1 among the states; virtually none have three.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Different wired providers (fiber, cable or DSL; FCC provider IDs) reporting 100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up or more at the same location. Fixed wireless and satellite are not counted.
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| Area | None | One | Two | Three or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 34.2% | 55.0% | 10.7% | 0.0% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Ketchikan is the exception. Ketchikan Public Utilities' fiber and GCI's cable each cover nearly the whole Ketchikan Gateway Borough, so 96.3% of its locations have two wired choices at 100/20 Mbps. In the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, where Matanuska Telecom Association's network overlaps GCI's, the share is 22.4%1.
| Area | Locations (BSLs) | Fiber available | Wired 100/20 Mbps | Two or more wired choices | Fixed wireless only at 100/20 | Unserved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Municipality, Alaska | 80,267 | 6.2% | 96.0% | 8.3% | 2.8% | 0.8% |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska | 49,513 | 33.0% | 63.7% | 22.4% | 0.1% | 19.0% |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska | 33,766 | 10.0% | 67.9% | 8.7% | 22.8% | 9.3% |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska | 35,276 | 1.4% | 28.8% | 1.6% | 62.9% | 5.9% |
| Juneau City and Borough, Alaska | 10,022 | 0.2% | 96.8% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 2.8% |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska | 4,925 | 96.9% | 97.0% | 96.3% | 0.0% | 2.0% |
| Alaska | 282,929 | 17.1% | 65.8% | 10.7% | 11.6% | 17.5% |
| United States | 115,784,915 | 62.6% | 92.3% | 55.6% | 3.6% | 2.4% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
The Kenai Peninsula follows a different pattern. Wired 100/20 Mbps reaches only 28.8% of its locations, but SPITwSPOTS reports fixed wireless at 87.8%, and at 62.9% of locations fixed wireless is the only way to get 100/20 Mbps. In the Fairbanks North Star Borough that share is 22.8%1.
Fiber came first to the small places
Fiber in Alaska is a small-town network, not a city one. It reaches 10 of the state's 304 boroughs and census areas at half of their locations or more, including the North Slope Borough (70.3%), the Copper River Census Area (78.1%) and Skagway (62.0%), while Anchorage stands at 6.2% and Juneau at 0.2%1.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties are higher. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| County | Fiber available |
|---|---|
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 96.9% |
| Aleutians East Borough | 78.5% |
| Copper River Census Area | 78.1% |
| North Slope Borough | 70.3% |
| Chugach Census Area | 68.3% |
| Skagway Municipality | 62.0% |
| Aleutians West Census Area | 61.7% |
| Petersburg Borough | 61.2% |
| Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 58.6% |
| Haines Borough | 54.3% |
| Wrangell City and Borough | 43.5% |
| Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 35.5% |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 33.0% |
| Lake and Peninsula Borough | 21.1% |
| Bethel Census Area | 17.5% |
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 13.1% |
| Denali Borough | 11.7% |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | 10.0% |
| Kodiak Island Borough | 7.9% |
| Northwest Arctic Borough | 7.7% |
| Dillingham Census Area | 7.2% |
| Anchorage Municipality | 6.2% |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 3.5% |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | 1.4% |
| Sitka City and Borough | 0.3% |
| Juneau City and Borough | 0.2% |
| Nome Census Area | 0.0% |
| Kusilvak Census Area | 0.0% |
| Bristol Bay Borough | 0.0% |
| Yakutat City and Borough | 0.0% |
The statewide fiber share went from 6.2%2 in June 2022 to 17.1%, a rise of 10.9 percentage points that is still the 6th lowest among the states. The largest local gain was in the Aleutians East Borough, up +78.5 percentage points. Skagway gained 58.4 percentage points and the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 34.0 percentage points; in both, Alaska Telephone Company is the largest provider. In the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, home to 49,513 locations, fiber rose by 20.0 percentage points to 33.0%1.
Where satellite is the only service
Most of the gaps are in western and interior Alaska. In 11 boroughs and census areas, half of all locations or more are unserved under the BEAD definition, with no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of 25/3 Mbps. In the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area the unserved share is 96.2%, and the Kusilvak Census Area and Yakutat City and Borough are both at 100.0%. In Bethel the share is 63.9% and in Nome 65.8%1.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties have larger gaps. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| County | Unserved |
|---|---|
| Kusilvak Census Area | 100.0% |
| Yakutat City and Borough | 100.0% |
| Bristol Bay Borough | 98.2% |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 96.2% |
| Lake and Peninsula Borough | 79.0% |
| Nome Census Area | 65.8% |
| Bethel Census Area | 63.9% |
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 62.5% |
| Northwest Arctic Borough | 57.4% |
| Dillingham Census Area | 57.0% |
| Aleutians West Census Area | 53.8% |
| Denali Borough | 44.9% |
| Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 44.1% |
| Kodiak Island Borough | 26.3% |
| Haines Borough | 24.4% |
| Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 23.9% |
| Copper River Census Area | 21.7% |
| Aleutians East Borough | 21.5% |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 19.0% |
| North Slope Borough | 15.5% |
| Petersburg Borough | 10.8% |
| Wrangell City and Borough | 10.4% |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | 9.3% |
| Chugach Census Area | 7.8% |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | 5.9% |
| Sitka City and Borough | 5.3% |
| Skagway Municipality | 4.7% |
| Juneau City and Borough | 2.8% |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 2.0% |
| Anchorage Municipality | 0.8% |
Many of these locations do have a terrestrial provider, typically DSL below 25/3 Mbps or unlicensed fixed wireless, which the BEAD definition does not count as reliable, so "unserved" does not mean no connection at all. The harder gap is satellite-only service: 20,366 locations, or 7.2%, have no wired or fixed wireless provider reporting service of any speed, against 0.8% nationally; the share ranks the highest among the states. In Yakutat City and Borough that applies to 100.0% of its 417 locations; in Yukon-Koyukuk to 35.1%1.
| Aleutians East Borough | 1,157 | 78.5% | 78.5% | 0.0% | 21.5% | GCI | 26.8% ±4.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleutians West Census Area | 1,226 | 61.7% | 46.2% | 0.0% | 53.8% | GCI | 45.0% ±7.3 |
| Anchorage Municipality | 80,267 | 6.2% | 96.0% | 8.3% | 0.8% | GCI | 78.3% ±1.2 |
| Bethel Census Area | 6,518 | 17.5% | 36.1% | 0.0% | 63.9% | GCI | 35.7% ±2.6 |
| Bristol Bay Borough | 1,065 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 98.2% | Bristol Bay Telephone Cooperative Inc | 69.4% ±4.9 |
| Chugach Census Area | 3,276 | 68.3% | 68.2% | 46.3% | 7.8% | Copper Valley Telephone | 83.0% ±4.6 |
| Copper River Census Area | 4,114 | 78.1% | 78.1% | 0.0% | 21.7% | Copper Valley Telephone | 52.4% ±5.9 |
| Denali Borough | 1,905 | 11.7% | 22.6% | 0.0% | 44.9% | Matanuska Telecom Association Inc. | 60.4% ±9.3 |
| Dillingham Census Area | 2,540 | 7.2% | 43.0% | 0.0% | 57.0% | Nushagak Electric Telephone Cooperative | 39.0% ±4.7 |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | 33,766 | 10.0% | 67.9% | 8.7% | 9.3% | Ethos Broadband | 65.9% ±2.5 |
| Haines Borough | 1,590 | 54.3% | 54.3% | 0.0% | 24.4% | Alaska Telephone Company | 69.7% ±2.3 |
| Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 1,923 | 58.6% | 69.3% | 0.0% | 23.9% | Fibre Alaska | 31.3% ±4.1 |
| Juneau City and Borough | 10,022 | 0.2% | 96.8% | 0.1% | 2.8% | GCI | 78.7% ±2.9 |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | 35,276 | 1.4% | 28.8% | 1.6% | 5.9% | Ethos Broadband | 53.3% ±1.9 |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 4,925 | 96.9% | 97.0% | 96.3% | 2.0% | Ketchikan Public Utilities | 76.7% ±2.3 |
| Kodiak Island Borough | 5,053 | 7.9% | 73.7% | 0.0% | 26.3% | GCI | 68.0% ±5.5 |
| Kusilvak Census Area | 2,926 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | GCI | 13.6% ±3.2 |
| Lake and Peninsula Borough | 2,551 | 21.1% | 21.1% | 0.0% | 79.0% | GCI | 33.6% ±4.7 |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 49,513 | 33.0% | 63.7% | 22.4% | 19.0% | Matanuska Telecom Association Inc. | 72.0% ±1.1 |
| Nome Census Area | 4,213 | 0.0% | 29.1% | 0.0% | 65.8% | Fastwyre Broadband | 37.2% ±2.5 |
| North Slope Borough | 2,787 | 70.3% | 67.5% | 44.2% | 15.5% | Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative Inc | 34.8% ±5.5 |
| Northwest Arctic Borough | 2,912 | 7.7% | 42.6% | 0.0% | 57.4% | OTZ Telephone | 46.1% ±3.0 |
| Petersburg Borough | 1,764 | 61.2% | 88.8% | 60.8% | 10.8% | GCI | 71.8% ±5.5 |
| Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 4,307 | 35.5% | 35.5% | 0.0% | 44.1% | Alaska Telephone Company | 45.3% ±3.1 |
| Sitka City and Borough | 3,216 | 0.3% | 94.6% | 0.0% | 5.3% | GCI | 77.6% ±3.2 |
| Skagway Municipality | 706 | 62.0% | 62.0% | 0.0% | 4.7% | Alaska Telephone Company | 67.1% ±7.6 |
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 5,507 | 13.1% | 13.1% | 0.0% | 62.5% | Ethos Broadband | 52.5% ±5.0 |
| Wrangell City and Borough | 1,309 | 43.5% | 81.4% | 43.2% | 10.4% | GCI | 79.6% ±5.2 |
| Yakutat City and Borough | 417 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | – | 34.0% ±18.6 |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 6,178 | 3.5% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 96.2% | GCI | 16.0% ±3.0 |
| Alaska | 282,929 | 17.1% | 65.8% | 10.7% | 17.5% | 69.0% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables. Shares of broadband serviceable locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC). 2+ wired choices: two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps. Unserved: BEAD definition. Largest wired provider: reports fiber, cable or DSL at the most locations. Wired subscription: households with a cable, fiber or DSL subscription, American Community Survey 2020–2024 (± 90% margin of error).
Satellite in Alaska households
The Census Bureau's surveys show households turning to satellite. In the 2025 American Community Survey, 16.0% of Alaska households reported a satellite internet subscription (margin of error ±1.1 percentage points), a share that ranks the highest6 among the states by point estimate, against 6.0% in the 2019 survey (margin ±0.9 percentage points7). In the 2020–2024 five-year estimates the share was 81.1% in Yakutat and 35.6%5 in Yukon-Koyukuk.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables. Availability is a share of locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC); subscriptions are a share of households from the American Community Survey, 2025 (whiskers: 90% margin of error). Different units and dates: read the gap as a sign, not an exact number.
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| Measure | Share | MOE |
|---|---|---|
| Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations) | 65.8% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 66.6% | ±1.7 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 15.0% | ±1.3 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 5.0% | ±0.6 |
Subscriptions to cable, fiber or DSL were reported by 66.6% of households (margin ±1.7 percentage points), which ranks the lowest among the states by point estimate, and 15.0% relied only on a cellular data plan. Overall, 94.9%6 of households had some broadband subscription, up from 87.8%7 in 2019. These are household survey estimates, not counts of locations, and a subscription says nothing about the speed received.
BEAD in Alaska: few locations, a high cost for each
Distance sets the price. Alaska's approved Final Proposal under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program spends $629.2 million on 46,508 locations, $13,528 for each, the 2nd highest cost per location among the states with a plan, out of a $1.02 billion9 allocation. Providers add $72.2 million8. The program is run by the Alaska Broadband Office.
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. Locations in the state's approved BEAD Final Proposal by technology of the selected projects, as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview; subject to NTIA and NIST final review and award.
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| Technology | Share of BEAD locations |
|---|---|
| Fiber | 51.8% |
| Cable | 0.0% |
| Fixed wireless | 14.3% |
| Low-Earth-orbit satellite | 33.9% |
24,105 locations (51.8%) are assigned to fiber, 15,743 (33.9%) to low-Earth-orbit satellite and 6,660 (14.3%) to fixed wireless. $388.0 million8 of the allocation is not assigned to construction in the plan; how that money may be used was not settled as of November 2026.
Other federal programs fund Alaska networks too. USDA's ReConnect program has made 16 awards in Alaska totaling $290.7 million10, and the Treasury's Capital Projects Fund allocated $111.8 million11 to the state.
| Program | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| BEAD allocation (NTIA, announced June 26, 2023) | $1,017,139,672 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: locations to be connected | 46,508 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: deployment cost | $629,172,952 | |
| BEAD cost per location | $13,528 | |
| BEAD allocation not assigned to deployment | $387,966,720 | |
| Treasury Capital Projects Fund allocation | $111,803,893 | |
| USDA ReConnect grants reported to USAspending | $290,674,312 | |
| Lifeline subscribers claimed | 8,621 | |
| Lifeline participation rate | 30.2% | |
| Households in the Affordable Connectivity Program, February 2024 | 24,784 |
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs; Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; USAC, Lifeline participation rate; USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024. BEAD figures are as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview, subject to final review; "not assigned to deployment" is the allocation minus the deployment cost (NTIA calls it savings; how it may be used is not settled). The ACP stopped taking applications on February 8, 2024 and ended on June 1, 2024.
Questions about internet service in Alaska
Which internet providers serve the most of Alaska?
Leaving out satellite, GCI reports service at 63.0% of Alaska's locations, mostly over cable, followed by Ethos Broadband (44.5%), the fixed wireless network SPITwSPOTS Inc (43.9%), Borealis Broadband Inc (20.7%) and Matanuska Telecom Association Inc. (19.8%). Starlink and HughesNet report satellite service at 100.0%1 of locations. These are reported coverage shares as of June 30, 2026, not a judgment of quality.
Is fiber internet available in Alaska?
Fiber is reported at 17.1% of locations, a share that ranks the lowest among the states. It is concentrated in smaller places: Ketchikan Gateway Borough (96.9%), the North Slope (70.3%) and Skagway (62.0%). In Anchorage it is 6.2%1. Whether a particular address has fiber can only be checked on the FCC's National Broadband Map.
How many Alaska homes and businesses lack broadband?
17.5% of Alaska's homes and businesses, the highest share of any state: 49,447 locations (the FCC's count, not people) had no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service at 25/3 Mbps as of June 30, 2026, and 15,420 more had reliable service below 100/20. Most are in western and interior census areas. At 20,3661 locations no terrestrial provider reports any service.
Is there low-cost internet in Alaska?
The FCC map has no prices. The federal Lifeline discount continues; USAC estimated that 30.2% of eligible Alaska households were enrolled, the 6th highest13 rate among the states. The Affordable Connectivity Program, which had 24,78414 Alaska households enrolled in February 2024, ended on June 1, 2024. Each provider's broadband facts label lists its current plans and prices.
Checking one address in Alaska
The figures on this page describe the whole area. Which providers report service at a single home or apartment is shown only on the FCC's own map: search the address at broadbandmap.fcc.gov. If a provider is listed there but cannot actually connect you within ten business days, or the location is missing or misplaced, the map has a button to file a challenge; providers must respond, and corrections flow into later releases. Prices and plans are not part of the FCC data: each provider must show them on its broadband facts label at the point of sale.
More on internet in and around Alaska
Large cities with their own page: Anchorage.
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| Ranking | Value | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber internet availability by state | 17.1% | 51st of 51 |
| Internet speed by state: where gigabit service is offered | 36.4% | 51st of 51 |
| Broadband coverage by state | 65.8% | 51st of 51 |
| Internet provider competition by state | 10.7% | 51st of 51 |
| Unserved and underserved broadband locations by state | 17.5% | 1st of 51 |
| Where fiber has grown since 2022 | 10.9% | 46th of 51 |
| 5G home internet and licensed fixed wireless by state | 44.2% | 51st of 51 |
| Households with an internet subscription by state | 94.9% | 8th of 51 |
| BEAD broadband funding by state | 13,528.0% | 2nd of 50 |
Sources
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Availability as of June 30, 2026; released November 10, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; Availability as of June 30, 2022; released May 10, 2024. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; Availability as of December 31, 2025; released November 3, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. www2.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 1-year detailed tables; 2019. api.census.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; Allocations announced 2023-06-26; released June 26, 2023. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- Department of the Treasury, spending_by_award API for Assistance Listings 10.752; Awards with action dates FY2008 to 2026-09-30. api.usaspending.gov
- Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; Allocations under ARPA sec. 604 (awards announced 2022-06 to 2023). home.treasury.gov
- Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; Support months 2018-01 to 2026-09. opendata.usac.org
- USAC, Lifeline participation rate; released August 17, 2026. www.usac.org
- USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024; Enrolled households as of 2024-02-08 (Data Month January 2024 file). www.usac.org
Margins of error (±) are at the 90% confidence level. A difference is called significant only when it passes the Census Bureau's test at that level. How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.