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).

I’d like to thank this person who lobbies for natural gas for the inspiration. And then here’s also the 1,481 McDonalds in the path of totality as well for fun. Also hat tip to David Belson who suggested I apply this to broadband which somehow hadn’t occurred to me.