The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently released its annual report on access to Internet connections in the U.S., including information on the gap between current service levels and the benchmark Internet connection speeds recommended under the Commission’s National Broadband Plan.
According to the Commission’s report, titled “Internet Access Services: Status as of June 30, 2025,” approximately 88% of residential fixed Internet connections had a speed of at least 25 megabits per second (Mbps) downstream and 3 Mbps upstream by the end of the reporting period, from June 2021 through June 2025. These results easily surpass the target set in the National Broadband Plan of 3 Mbps downstream and 768 kilobits per second (kbps) upstream.
Without accounting for speed, the total number of Internet connections remains strong. As of June 30, 2025, there were nearly 560 million Internet connections operating at speeds over 200 kbps, slightly more than the 548 million recorded the previous year. And, once again, modern Internet connections continue to be dominated by mobile technologies, which account for more than (75%) of all Internet connections.
