Internet Service in Wisconsin

In Wisconsin 94.6% of residents can access wired or wireless Internet at speeds of 10 Mbps. While this is not the highest rate in the country, it provides for the vast majority of the state. Despite this statistic, 24.8% of the Wisconsin population has no Internet service today.

Wisconsin residents have great Internet technology depending on where they live. 86.7% of the population has DSL access. 84.5% has cable Internet ability. 99.8% has wireless Internet available. Only 4.9% has fiber Internet available, making it one of the states with the fewest fiber Internet connections in the nation. Not surprisingly, choice is not much better. Only 25.6% of residents have the choice of 3 or more Internet service providers when shopping around.

0.50%

Population with faster than 1.00 gbps available.

59.80%

Population with only 100.00 mbps speeds or less available.

13.80%

Population with only 25.00 mbps speeds or less available.

23.80 mbps

Average internet download speed across the state

4.10%

Population with no wired internet access available.

95.90%

Population with wired internet access available.

20.00%

Population underserved with minimum service options available

Average broadband score for Wisconsin

Broadband in Wisconsin

Largest Cities in Wisconsin	Providers					Broadband Score
Appleton, WI	18	75.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	10.66 mbps	1.79 mbps	27
Beaver Dam, WI	19	100.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	11.62 mbps	1.60 mbps	23
Beloit, WI	15	100.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	17.39 mbps	2.46 mbps	23
Brookfield, WI	18	2.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	74.42 mbps	58.43 mbps	59
Caledonia, WI	18	75.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	11.24 mbps	1.96 mbps	23
Chippewa Falls, WI	12	100.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	17.01 mbps	2.32 mbps	23
Cudahy, WI	13	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	92.59 mbps	79.48 mbps	62
De Pere, WI	15	75.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	12.48 mbps	2.11 mbps	27
Eau Claire, WI	18	1.00 gbps	100.00 mbps	73.63 mbps	8.59 mbps	58
Fond du Lac, WI	16	100.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	14.62 mbps	1.99 mbps	27
Franklin, WI	14	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	86.26 mbps	74.01 mbps	52
Germantown, WI	21	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	68.45 mbps	50.31 mbps	66
Green Bay, WI	17	80.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	12.90 mbps	2.04 mbps	36
Greendale, WI	15	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	81.59 mbps	69.19 mbps	58
Hartford, WI	19	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	65.42 mbps	54.32 mbps	62
Janesville, WI	16	100.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	17.40 mbps	2.39 mbps	28
Kaukauna, WI	19	75.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	8.88 mbps	1.60 mbps	26
Kenosha, WI	20	75.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	10.84 mbps	2.15 mbps	28
La Crosse, WI	10	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	117.76 mbps	86.28 mbps	64
Madison, WI	18	1.00 gbps	120.00 mbps	36.91 mbps	5.13 mbps	42
Manitowoc, WI	20	2.00 gbps	25.00 mbps	25.09 mbps	2.92 mbps	40
Marshfield, WI	16	100.00 mbps	5.00 mbps	19.09 mbps	1.46 mbps	38
Menasha, WI	17	75.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	11.32 mbps	1.90 mbps	27
Menomonee Falls, WI	19	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	67.92 mbps	54.60 mbps	69
Menomonie, WI	13	100.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	16.04 mbps	2.18 mbps	27
Mequon, WI	16	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	74.45 mbps	64.82 mbps	57
Middleton, WI	13	1.00 gbps	120.00 mbps	50.56 mbps	6.63 mbps	38
Milwaukee, WI	20	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	65.93 mbps	57.11 mbps	60
Muskego, WI	18	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	85.02 mbps	59.83 mbps	61
Neenah, WI	18	75.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	11.08 mbps	1.80 mbps	32
New Berlin, WI	17	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	69.98 mbps	60.70 mbps	58
Oak Creek, WI	15	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	80.64 mbps	69.08 mbps	52
Oconomowoc, WI	17	100.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	17.84 mbps	2.22 mbps	37
Onalaska, WI	8	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	26.92 mbps	3.70 mbps	25
Oshkosh, WI	21	100.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	15.66 mbps	1.96 mbps	41
Pewaukee, WI	17	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	70.73 mbps	60.75 mbps	62
Pleasant Prairie, WI	19	100.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	13.38 mbps	2.03 mbps	38
Racine, WI	19	75.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	10.46 mbps	1.85 mbps	24
River Falls, WI	12	2.00 gbps	25.00 mbps	31.27 mbps	4.64 mbps	37
Sheboygan, WI	15	100.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	17.49 mbps	2.31 mbps	28
South Milwaukee, WI	11	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	109.95 mbps	93.97 mbps	66
Stevens Point, WI	18	200.00 mbps	20.00 mbps	16.33 mbps	2.06 mbps	33
Sun Prairie, WI	13	100.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	17.56 mbps	2.31 mbps	28
Superior, WI	8	100.00 mbps	10.00 mbps	25.50 mbps	2.92 mbps	24
Watertown, WI	11	100.00 mbps	11.00 mbps	19.61 mbps	2.63 mbps	24
Waukesha, WI	19	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	65.70 mbps	54.75 mbps	60
Wausau, WI	18	100.00 mbps	5.00 mbps	11.36 mbps	1.18 mbps	32
West Bend, WI	20	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	62.47 mbps	51.91 mbps	53
Whitewater, WI	15	100.00 mbps	20.00 mbps	14.72 mbps	2.11 mbps	23
Wisconsin Rapids, WI	12	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	94.91 mbps	81.09 mbps	65
* availability only includes locations with greater than 50,000 residents

Top 10 Providers (by Coverage) in Wisconsin

Provider	Avg. Speeds
Viasat		25.00 mbps
Exede		25.00 mbps
HughesNet		25.00 mbps
Charter		100.00 mbps
Bundle AT&T Internet and DirecTV		17.74 mbps
AT&T U-verse		17.74 mbps
Cyberonic		11.00 mbps
Spectrum		50.00 mbps
NSight Telservices - Abrams		1.61 mbps
CenturyLink		32.99 mbps