Internet Access Services: Status as of June 30, 2022

This report summarizes information about Internet access in the United States as of June 30, 2022, as collected by FCC Form 477 and the Broadband Data Collection (BDC). [For purposes of this report, Internet access is defined as a service that allows information to be sent to or received from the Internet with a speed of at least 200 kilobits per second.] Total connections increased by about 3.4% between June 2021 and June 2022 to 517 million. Mobile connections increased 3.7% year-over-year to 391 million in June 2022, while fixed connections grew to 126 million—up about 2.4% from June 2021. About 4% of fixed connections had download speeds less than 10 Mbps, about 6% were at least 10 Mbps but less that 25 Mbps, 16.5% were between 25 and 100 Mbps, 58.5% were between 100 and 940 Mbps, and just over 15% were 940 Mbps or more. As of June 2022, approximately 92% of units in Broadband Serviceable Locations (BSLs) had at least one provider report the availability of a terrestrial fixed broadband service with speeds of at least 100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream.  Alternatively, about 4% of units did not have any provider report offering terrestrial fixed broadband with speeds of at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream.