Scorecard on Delivering Broadband to Rural Areas

The NCTA, or the Rural Broadband Association, released its 2024 Broadband-Internet Availability Survey Report.  The group says it capped off a year in which NCTA members made remarkable strides in delivering on the promise of robust and reliable high-speed connectivity in the most rural parts of the country.  Despite operating in rural areas where the average density is less than seven locations per mile, approximately 89% of respondents’ customers, on-average, can receive downstream speeds greater than or equal to 100 Mbps, up from 84% in 2023.  More than 76% of customers on average have access to Gigabit downstream speeds, an increase from 67% in 2023.

Over 67% of respondents’ customers, on average, subscribe to 100 Mbps downstream broadband or better, up from just under 60% in the 2023 survey.  Deployment costs remain the largest expansion barrier.

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