The gigabit expansion is progressing. More than half of all German households have access to bandwidths in the gigabit range. The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) has published the latest long report on the availability of broadband in Germany. It presents the results of data surveys on broadband availability in Germany as of mid-2020.
Compared to the previously published short report, the detailed long report primarily presents individual evaluations of the federal states as well as extensive maps of broadband availability in the various broadband classes and additional detailed information on the topic of gigabit. The current report shows a positive trend nationwide. For example, the availability of connections with over 1000 Mbit/s rose by 12.7 percentage points to a total of 55.9% in the last six months alone. This means that gigabit connections are already available to more than half of all German households. As in the previous year, this bandwidth class saw the highest growth rates.
Broadband expansion in schools, hospitals and business parks is also proving successful: around three quarters of hospitals and schools in Germany have bandwidths of at least 100 Mbit/s. In business parks, the figure is 80%. A similarly high development rate of 80 percent can be seen in commercial areas. The results are based on voluntary data provided by broadband providers. Interactive maps in the broadband atlas can be used to identify gaps in coverage and derive decision-making aids for expansion and funding measures. The broadband atlas also offers the possibility of displaying projects in the federal funding program for broadband expansion and shows the expansion areas. The survey was carried out by aconium GmbH on behalf of the BMVI. The broadband atlas and the current report are available at www.breitbandatlas.de.