Broadband in the path of totality

We all have eclipse on the brain, so I thought it’d be fun to look at some eclipse broadband stats. In the path of totality, 8% of locations are either unserved or underserved according to the NTIA definition of reliable broadband. That’s just over 1 million locations out of 11.9 million locations in the path of totality in total. If the path of totality were a state, it would be ranked 19th in terms of access to broadband. It’s also interesting to think about the competition situation in the path of totality. Only 9% of the path has access to 3 or more wired (cable or fiber) broadband options. 36% has access to 2 options. 42% only has one options. And 12% has access to zero options (this is higher than the 8% above because the NTIA definition includes other technologies such as DSL and fixed wireless).