Wifi Providers in Alaska
Alaska Wifi Providers
Compare Home Wifi Options in Alaska
The largest number of providers offer service in larger urban centers like Anchorage. Other providers specialize in serving smaller communities and rural areas. Use our comparison form to check availability of home wifi plans for a specific service address or narrow your search by selecting a more specific location from the options below.
Alaska Metro Areas (4)
A
Anchorage, AK
F
Fairbanks, AK
J
Juneau, AK
K
Ketchikan, AK
Alaska Counties (31)
A
Aleutians East Aleutians West Anchorage
B
Bethel Bristol Bay
C
Chugach Copper River
D
Denali Dillingham
F
Fairbanks North Star
H
Haines Hoonah Angoon
J
Juneau
K
Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Gateway Kodiak Island Kusilvak
L
Lake And Peninsula
M
Matanuska Susitna
N
Nome North Slope Northwest Arctic
P
Petersburg Prince Of Wales Hyder
S
Sitka Skagway Southeast Fairbanks
W
Wrangell Wrangell-Petersburg
Y
Yakutat Yukon Koyukuk
Alaska Cities and Towns (227)
A
Adak Akiachak Akiak Akutan Alakanuk Aleknagik Allakaket Ambler Anaktuvuk Pass Anchor Point Anchorage Anderson Angoon Aniak Anvik Arctic Village Atka Atqasuk Auke Bay
B
Barrow Beaver Bethel Bettles Field Big Lake Brevig Mission Buckland
C
Cantwell Central Chalkyitsik Chefornak Chevak Chicken Chignik Chignik Lagoon Chignik Lake Chitina Chugiak Circle Clam Gulch Clarks Point Clear Coffman Cove Cold Bay Cooper Landing Copper Center Cordova Craig Crooked Creek
D
Deering Delta Junction Denali National Park Dillingham Douglas Dutch Harbor
E
Eagle Eagle River Eek Egegik Eielson AFB Ekwok Elfin Cove Elim Emmonak Ester
F
Fairbanks False Pass Fort Greely Fort Wainwright Fort Yukon
G
Gakona Galena Gambell Girdwood Glennallen Goodnews Bay Grayling Gustavus
H
Haines Healy Holy Cross Homer Hoonah Hooper Bay Hope Houston Hughes Huslia Hydaburg Hyder
I
Iliamna Indian
J
JBER Juneau
K
Kake Kaktovik Kalskag Kaltag Karluk Kasigluk Kasilof Kenai Ketchikan Kiana King Cove King Salmon Kipnuk Kivalina Klawock Kobuk Kodiak Kongiganak Kotlik Kotzebue Koyuk Koyukuk Kwethluk Kwigillingok
L
Lake Minchumina Larsen Bay Levelock Lower Kalskag
M
Manley Hot Springs Manokotak Marshall Mc Grath Mekoryuk Metlakatla Meyers Chuck Minto Moose Pass Mountain Village
N
Naknek Napakiak Nenana New Stuyahok Nightmute Nikiski Nikolai Nikolski Ninilchik Noatak Nome Nondalton Noorvik Northway Nuiqsut Nulato Nunam Iqua Nunapitchuk
O
Old Harbor Ouzinkie
P
Palmer Pedro Bay Pelican Perryville Petersburg Pilot Point Pilot Station Platinum Point Baker Point Hope Point Lay Port Alexander Port Alsworth Port Heiden Port Lions Prudhoe Bay
Q
Quinhagak
R
Rampart Red Devil Ruby Russian Mission
S
Saint George Island Saint Marys Saint Michael Saint Paul Island Salcha Sand Point Savoonga Scammon Bay Selawik Seldovia Seward Shageluk Shaktoolik Shishmaref Shungnak Sitka Skagway Skwentna Sleetmute Soldotna South Naknek Stebbins Sterling Stevens Village Sutton
T
Takotna Talkeetna Tanacross Tanana Tatitlek Teller Tenakee Springs Thorne Bay Togiak Tok Toksook Bay Trapper Creek Tuluksak Tuntutuliak Tununak Two Rivers Tyonek
U
Unalakleet Unalaska
V
Valdez Venetie
W
Wainwright Wales Ward Cove Wasilla White Mountain Whittier Willow Wrangell
Y
Yakutat
Service Availability in Alaska
Wifi service is available to 82% of residences in Alaska, but the coverage drops to 68% if you only include plans with speeds of at least 100 Mbps. Connections with download speeds of 1000 Mbps (1.0 Gbps) or more are available to only 6% of households.
Mobile wireless is available to 48% of residences in Alaska, with 5G coverage available to 1% of households. Satellite internet is generally available everywhere.
offer the highest coverage in the state in terms of availability per household, while Starlink, HughesNet and Viasat offer the highest wireless (including satellite) coverage in the state in terms of availability per household.
Starlink, Viasat and HughesNet are the fastest providers in Alaska, but their highest downloads speeds are not available everywhere in the state. A summary of the fastest providers and their top speeds is shown below.
Statewide coverage by technology and speed.
Fastest Providers in Alaska
The listed download speeds are the highest offered by each of the fastest providers in Alaska. The state coverage is their overall availability percentage for households in the state at any speed and the list is limited to companies with more than 2% overall coverage on a statewide basis. Most wifi providers do not offer their fastest speeds in all parts of their coverage area in the state. Try using our Comparison Form for a more accurate picture of what's available in your area.
Wired Internet Options in Alaska
Traditional telephone companies and TV service providers are the primary providers of wired broadband internet in Alaska and many other regions. In larger metropolitan areas, internet providers often offer gigabit speeds and utilize fiber optic infrastructure. However, in smaller towns and rural areas, the infrastructure predominantly consists of copper lines. Maximum speeds on older networks is high as less than 10 Mbps for cable and less than 10 Mbps for DSL. . The top providers's in Alaska include .
Among cable, DSL and fiber internet providers, these companies offer the best coverage in Alaska on a state-wide basis and in the cities where they operate.
Top Wireless and Satellite Internet Providers in Alaska
Satellite internet service is available as long as the user has an unobstructed view of the sky, but in some areas, where satellite subscriber rates are already at capacity, service may be not be available. Fixed and mobile wifi coverage depends on the density and location of ground-based infrastructure.