The State of Broadband in America, Q1 2021

Access to low-priced broadband internet has increased significantly over the last year.  For the first time, more than 3 of 4 of Americans (77%) have access to low-priced wired broadband plans compared to 50% in 2020 Q1.  A low-priced broadband plan costs $60 per month or less (excluding promotional pricing), and has minimum speeds of 25 Mbps download / 3 Mbps upload. Low-priced plans are not as common at higher speeds.  Just 31% of Americans have access to a low-priced plan that has 100 Mbps download / 25 Mbps upload. 41% of Americans have access to symmetrical service of 100 Mbps download and 100 Mbps upload speed from a wired or fixed wireless provider. Faster broadband speeds, such as 100 mbps download/25 upload, are priced significantly higher and just 31% of Americans have access to low-priced plans at these speeds.