Fresh data released by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about the country’s internet service providers packed some surprises, with perhaps unexpected candidates taking top honors for broadest coverage and greatest fiber access within their footprint.
The FCC data, which was current as of June 2020 and crunched by CNET, showed the former category was dominated by two satellite providers – HughesNet and Viasat. These two were the only operators to offer coverage to 100% of the U.S. population. Among terrestrial ISPs, AT&T (41.4%), Comcast (36.1%) and Charter (33.4%) covered the largest portion of the population, with Verizon (17.6%) and Lumen Technologies’ CenturyLink (16.5%) rounding out the top five.
