Internet providers in Jersey City, New Jersey

Xfinity and Verizon at almost every address

Jersey City's 36,132 homes and businesses are covered by two wired networks. Xfinity reports service at 99.4%, almost all of it over cable, advertising up to 2 Gbps. Verizon reports fiber at 91.1% of locations, up to 2.3 Gbps¹, and fixed wireless at some of the rest.

The result is a pair at almost every address: exactly two wired providers offer 100/20 Mbps at 90.4% of locations, a share that ranks 9th highest among the 343 US cities of 100,000 or more. A third wired choice is reported at 0.3%, against 3.4% for New Jersey and 11.1%¹ nationally.

Below the two large networks the list thins quickly. Starry reports 1,801 locations, Optimum 71, Andrena 53 and Nuvisions 12¹. Fiber filed for business customers only, such as Lightpath's network, is not counted here. HughesNet, Starlink and Viasat report satellite service at every location, though no location depends on satellite alone.

All figures are provider filings to the FCC as of June 30, 2026, in the revision of November 10, 2026, for the city limits drawn for the 2020 Census. A provider that "reports service" says it can install at the location within ten business days. Reports can be wrong, and anyone can challenge them on the FCC map.

Fiber was already here in 2022

Fiber is not new in Jersey City. The first National Broadband Map, as of June 30, 2022, already showed fiber at 92.5% of locations. It is now 91.1%, nearly all of it Verizon's. A second fiber network is still almost absent: two or more fiber providers are reported at 0.3% of locations. Wired choice has hardly moved either: two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps were reported at 92.5%² of locations in 2022 and at 90.7%¹ now.

June 30, 2022December 31, 2025June 30, 2026

Fiber available91.1% −1.4 pts

Two wired choices90.4% −1.8 pts

Gigabit (1,000/100)96.3% +96.3 pts

DSL available0.2% −50.0 pts

Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Shares of broadband serviceable locations in each FCC release (latest revision of each); the small number is the change in percentage points since June 30, 2022. The FCC's count of locations is updated with each release, so shares are compared rather than counts.

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Measure	June 30, 2022	December 31, 2025	June 30, 2026	Change (points)
Fiber available	92.5%	91.0%	91.1%	−1.4 pts
Two wired choices	92.2%	90.3%	90.4%	−1.8 pts
Gigabit (1,000/100)	0.0%	96.8%	96.3%	96.3 pts
DSL available	50.2%	0.1%	0.2%	−50.0 pts

Copper telephone service went the other way. DSL was reported at 50.2%² of locations in 2022 and at 0.2%¹ in 2026. The FCC filings record these shifts without saying why providers changed their reports.

From no 1,000/100 service to almost all of it

The FCC's gigabit benchmark is 1,000/100: a 1 Gbps download with an upload of at least 100 Mbps. In June 2022, no location in Jersey City had it reported (0.0%), even though a 1 Gbps download was advertised at 99.6%²: none of the services advertising gigabit downloads also advertised 100 Mbps uploads. By June 2026 the 1,000/100 share was 96.3%. That rise of +96.3 percentage points ranks 17th highest¹ among large US cities.

Under 25 Mbps or none25–99100–249250–499500–939940–1,9992,000 or more

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Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Maximum advertised download speed (Mbps) of any wired or fixed wireless offer at the location, as reported by providers to the FCC; satellite excluded. Advertised, not measured.

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Area	Under 25 Mbps or none	25–99	100–249	250–499	500–939	940–1,999	2,000 or more
Jersey City	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	3.4%	96.3%
New Jersey	0.7%	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	14.7%	84.0%
United States	2.4%	1.6%	1.8%	1.4%	0.9%	31.0%	61.0%

The fastest advertised download is now 2 Gbps or more at 96.3% of locations. Symmetrical wired service of 100/100 Mbps or more is reported at 98.7%¹, more than fiber reaches, so Xfinity's cable is now filed with fast uploads too. These are the maximum speeds providers advertise, not measurements of what a connection delivers.

The few buildings with a single wire

Single-provider addresses are less common here than across the state. Exactly one wired provider offers 100/20 Mbps at 3,230 locations, 8.9% of the city; across New Jersey the figure is 34.8%. That lone provider is almost always Xfinity, the only wired 100/20 option at 8.7% of locations, where Verizon reports no fiber. Locations with no wired 100/20 option make up 0.3%¹. In 2022, 7.2%² of locations had a single wired choice.

5G home internet reaches far, mostly at 100 Mbps

Licensed fixed wireless, sold as 5G or LTE home internet, is reported at 93.3% of locations. T-Mobile reports it at 84.6% and AT&T, which reported no service in Jersey City in 2022, at 55.4%. Both advertise at most 100 Mbps here and offer 100/20 Mbps at 24.3% and 18.1%¹ of locations respectively.

Faster fixed wireless covers less ground. Verizon offers 100/20 Mbps at 94.2% of locations, more than its fiber share, because it also files fixed wireless; Starry's network advertises up to 1 Gbps at 5.0% of locations. Fixed wireless of 100/20 Mbps or more from any provider is reported at 42.1%¹ of locations, down from 47.8%³ in December 2025.

Jersey CityNew Jersey

Fiber91.1% 69.7%

Cable99.3% 97.2%

DSL (copper)0.2% 2.3%

Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home)93.3% 88.1%

Unlicensed fixed wireless0.0% 0.0%

Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of broadband serviceable locations where at least one provider reports the technology, at any speed; a location can have several. Satellite is reported almost everywhere and is left out.

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Technology	Jersey City	New Jersey
Fiber	91.1%	69.7%
Cable	99.3%	97.2%
DSL (copper)	0.2%	2.3%
Licensed fixed wireless (incl. 5G home)	93.3%	88.1%
Unlicensed fixed wireless	0.0%	0.0%

Towers, locations and households

Jersey City's map has few locations for a city of its size. The FCC counts a building once, however many apartments it holds (how locations are counted), so 302,013⁴ residents and an estimated 128,899⁵ households share 36,132¹ locations. A fiber report for a high-rise means a provider says it can serve the building. Whether a given unit is wired for each network is a question for the building and the provider.

Subscriptions are counted differently: by the Census Bureau, per household, from a survey. In 2025, 82.4% of Jersey City households subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL (margin of error ±2.7 percentage points), close to the New Jersey figure of 79.9%. 11.4% relied on a cellular data plan alone (±1.8 percentage points). Households with no internet subscription fell from 9.3% in 2019 (±1.6 percentage points⁶) to 4.9% (±1.2 percentage points⁵), a drop larger than the margins of error.

Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations)99.7%

Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)82.4% ±2.7

Households relying only on a cellular data plan11.4% ±1.8

Households with no internet subscription4.9% ±1.2

Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables. Availability is a share of locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC); subscriptions are a share of households from the American Community Survey, 2025 (whiskers: 90% margin of error). Different units and dates: read the gap as a sign, not an exact number.

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Measure	Share	MOE
Wired 100/20 Mbps available (FCC, share of locations)	99.7%
Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census)	82.4%	±2.7
Households relying only on a cellular data plan	11.4%	±1.8
Households with no internet subscription	4.9%	±1.2

Beside Newark, New York and Hudson County

New Jersey's large cities differ in overlap. Two fiber networks reach 0.3% of Jersey City's locations, against 73.5% in Newark, 69.8% in Elizabeth and 64.5% in Paterson, where Optimum's own fiber overlaps Verizon's. Across the Hudson in New York City, the share is 25.2%, and three wired choices at 100/20 Mbps are reported at 5.8%¹ of locations.

Newark73.5%

Elizabeth69.8%

Paterson64.5%

New Jersey25.7%

New York25.2%

United States12.1%

Jersey City0.3%

Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.

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Area	Two or more fiber networks
Newark	73.5%
Elizabeth	69.8%
Paterson	64.5%
New Jersey	25.7%
New York	25.2%
United States	12.1%
Jersey City	0.3%

Jersey City holds 36,132 of Hudson County's 90,203 locations. The county as a whole has two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps at 88.3% of locations, the 2nd highest¹ share of New Jersey's counties.