Internet Providers in Idaho & Cable/TV Companies

There are 10 home TV and internet providers and 26 business providers across all of Idaho. 92.4% of homes can get more than one wired (cable, DSL, fiber) internet provider, which is above average (#6 out of 52, including Puerto Rico and Washington D.C.). Competition is generally good for the customer, which means internet in Idaho is less likely to offer competitive speeds or prices. All home internet providers are listed below.

Idaho Internet Service Providers

Internet Provider	State Coverage	Link
CenturyLink	69.9%	Visit site
Safelink Internet	68.3%	Visit site
Rise Broadband	67.3%	Visit site
Cable One	60.7%	Visit site
Direct Communications Cedar Valley	20.5%	Visit site
Frontier Communications	14.4%	Visit site
Wired or Wireless	11.5%	Visit site
Spectrum	8.9%	Visit site
First Step Internet	5.9%	Visit site
SpeedConnect	4.7%	Visit site

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Internet Provider	State Coverage	Link
Ptera Inc	4.3%	Visit site
Project Mutual Telephone Cooperative Association	3.8%	Visit site
Pend Oreille Valley Networks	3.7%	Visit site
Silver Star Communications	2.7%	Visit site
Intermax Networks	2.7%	Visit site
Filer Mutual Telephone Co	1.8%	Visit site
Suddenlink	1.6%	Visit site
Simply Cyber Inc	1.3%	Visit site
CTC Telecom	1.1%	Visit site
Zito Media LP	1.1%	Visit site
Custer Telephone	1%	Visit site
Cox Communications	1%	Visit site
Leader Communications	1%	Visit site
ATC Communications	0.9%	Visit site
Northland Communications	0.8%	Visit site
E.L. Internet Northwest	0.8%	Visit site
Wilderness Wireless	0.8%	Visit site
Mtida	0.7%	Visit site
Farmers Telephone Company (Heartland)	0.6%	Visit site
Midvale Telephone Company	0.5%	N/A
Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative	0.5%	Visit site
Desert Winds Wireless	0.5%	Visit site
Blue Spring Broadband	0.5%	Visit site
Mud Lake Telephone Cooperative Association	0.4%	Visit site
Nez Perce Tribe	0.4%	Visit site
St. Maries Gazette Record	0.3%	Visit site
TDS	0.2%	Visit site
Red Spectrum Communications	0.2%	Visit site
Concept Cable	0.2%	Visit site
Xoom Link	0.2%	Visit site
ISpeedWirelesss	0.2%	Visit site
Tekfinity	0.2%	Visit site
laser image	0.1%	Visit site
Cascades Computing	0.1%	Visit site
NEMR Telecom	0.1%	Visit site
Blackfoot Communications	0.1%	N/A
Last Mile Wireless	0.1%	Visit site
Kiosk Wireless	0.1%	N/A
XFINITY (Comcast)	0.1%	Visit site
MooseBytes	0.1%	Visit site
Inland Networks	0.1%	Visit site
Always On Internet	0.1%	Visit site
qrowireless	<.1%	Visit site
OUI Telecom	<.1%	Visit site
Westel Fiber	<.1%	Visit site
Little Apple Technologies	<.1%	Visit site
ZochNet	<.1%	Visit site
CougarWireless	<.1%	Visit site

5.9% of Idahoans have only 1 wired provider connected to their block. 9.3% have no options at their homes except for satellite internet. This places Idaho as the 6th least connected state.

Internet Provider Types

90.7% of Idaho homes can get some type of internet. The table below shows which types of service are available.

Internet Type	% of Idaho
Fiber	14.3%
Cable	76.9%
DSL	86.4%
Fixed Wireless	93.0%

Idaho Internet Speeds

We measure two different types of max speeds. The first is a measure of the fastest speed a home could get for any price. For Idaho the average is 21 Mbps. This measure puts Idaho #28 out of 52 in the US.

Download Speed	% of Idaho
.1 to 5 Mbps	1.2%
6 to 10 Mbps	2.3%
11 to 20 Mbps	11.0%
21 to 30 Mbps	3.1%
31 to 75 Mbps	1.6%
76 to 100 Mbps	14.9%
101 to 250 Mbps	0.1%
251 to 500 Mbps	1.0%
501 to 999 Mbps	0.1%
1 Gbps or more	61.8%

Our second measure of speed is the actual average speed in Mbps for all Idahoans. Real-world average speeds in Idaho are about 21 Mbps, meaning Idaho ranks #43 out of 52.

Detailed Internet Data by City

DecisionData has obsessively collected and calculated the most comprehensive data for ISPs (internet service providers) in Idaho. Click on a city to view detailed information including speeds by provider by city and much more.