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NTCA Members Deliver Fiber to Rural Schools, Libraries, and Hospitals

Survey of NTCA members finds nearly nine in 10 schools, libraries, and hospitals are served by fiber.

Jericho Casper

Jericho Casper

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NTCA Members Deliver Fiber to Rural Schools, Libraries, and Hospitals
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2025 – Rural broadband providers represented by NTCA are now delivering fiber to nearly nine in 10 of the locations they serve, according to the association’s 2025 Broadband/Internet Availability Survey. 

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The survey, which has been conducted for more than 20 years, tracks trends in broadband deployment, adoption, and technology among NTCA’s approximately 850 community-based members across 44 states. This year’s survey, conducted in partnership with Industry Insights, Inc., collected responses from 201 company members.

Anchor institutions benefitted from fiber deployment, too. More than nine in 10 public libraries and hospitals served by the surveyed NTCA members are now connected via fiber, along with 91 percent of 911 call centers and nearly 90 percent of primary and secondary schools. 

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