New York internet, fiber downstate and one cable line upstate
Fiber is available at 70.0% of the 4,703,274 homes and businesses the FCC counts in New York, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 96.3%. 60.5% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 35.8% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Northeast region, Middle Atlantic division
Around New York City, on Long Island and in the lower Hudson Valley, fiber is listed at nearly every address, often from two networks. North and west of there the map looks different: Spectrum's cable line is the only fast wired option in the Capital Region and much of rural upstate, and the last unserved locations are in the Adirondacks and the North Country.
Verizon, Spectrum and Optimum: the three wired networks
The FCC's National Broadband Map, with data as of June 30, 2026 (revision of November 10, 2026), counts 4,703,2741 broadband serviceable locations in New York: houses, apartment buildings and business sites, each counted once. A provider lists a location as available when it says it could connect it within ten business days for a standard installation, and anyone can challenge a listing on the FCC map. Satellite companies report service at essentially every location, so the figures below leave them out except where satellite is the only option.
Three companies run the wired networks that most New Yorkers can choose from, and they split the state between them:
- Verizon reports service at 70.2% of locations and fiber at 46.2%. Where it has no fiber it mostly lists licensed fixed wireless, its 5G home internet service.
- Spectrum reports service at 58.3% of locations, almost all of it cable, with fiber at only 1.6%. It is the only wired provider offering 100/20 Mbps at 24.3% of the state's locations, far more than any other company.
- Optimum reports service at 31.2% of locations and fiber at 25.5%1, so nearly its whole New York footprint is listed with fiber, often alongside its older cable plant.
AT&T sits fourth by reach, at 50.9% of locations, but has no wired network in New York: every listing is fixed wireless, with 100/20 Mbps at only 6.8%. It had no New York listings at all in June 2022. T-Mobile's 5G home internet covers more ground, 73.2%, and offers 100/20 Mbps at 27.2%1.
Behind the big three, 49 companies report fiber somewhere in the state, up from 422 in 2022. The largest are Frontier (fiber at 4.9% of the state's locations, plus some remaining DSL), Greenlight Networks around Rochester and Buffalo (5.7%), Empire Long Distance Corporation (2.4%) and GoNetspeed (1.7%1), which had no New York listings in June 2022. Pilot Fiber, which wires New York City office buildings, files for business customers only and is not counted.
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 73.2% | 27.2% | 100 Mbps | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Fiber Licensed wireless | 70.2% | 58.4% | 2.3 Gbps | 1.6% |
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 58.3% | 58.3% | 1 Gbps | 24.3% |
| AT&T | Licensed wireless | 50.9% | 6.8% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Optimum | Fiber Cable | 31.2% | 31.2% | 10 Gbps | 5.9% |
| Frontier | Fiber DSL | 8.1% | 4.9% | 7 Gbps | 0.3% |
| Greenlight Networks | Fiber | 5.7% | 5.7% | 8 Gbps | 0.1% |
| Impact Internet | Fixed wireless | 3.6% | 0.0% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Empire Long Distance Corporation | Fiber DSL | 2.4% | 2.4% | 1 Gbps | 0.1% |
| GoNetspeed | Fiber DSL | 1.7% | 1.7% | 6 Gbps | 0.1% |
| Astound | Fiber Cable | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.5 Gbps | 0.0% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Share of the area's broadband serviceable locations where the provider reports service as of June 30, 2026. "Only wired option" is the share of locations where it is the single wired provider at 100/20 Mbps. Provider-reported and challengeable; speeds are advertised maximums, not measured; no prices. Satellite providers (HughesNet, Starlink, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
Downstate: fiber competing with fiber
At 25.9% of New York's locations, two or more separate fiber networks report service, the 4th highest share among the states and more than double the national 12.1%1. In June 2022 the New York figure was 13.7%2.
Alaska 0.1%Connecticut 40.2%
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Each dot is a state. 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 |
|---|---|
| Connecticut | 40.2% |
| Kansas | 33.9% |
| Utah | 33.8% |
| New York | 25.9% |
| New Jersey | 25.7% |
| Nebraska | 22.6% |
| Tennessee | 22.1% |
| Mississippi | 20.2% |
| Missouri | 18.3% |
| Texas | 18.2% |
| North Carolina | 17.4% |
| Maine | 16.4% |
| Iowa | 15.9% |
| Oklahoma | 15.4% |
| Indiana | 15.3% |
| Colorado | 15.2% |
| Arkansas | 14.1% |
| Alabama | 13.0% |
| South Carolina | 13.0% |
| Idaho | 13.0% |
| Kentucky | 10.7% |
| New Hampshire | 10.6% |
| Florida | 10.4% |
| Georgia | 9.9% |
| Illinois | 9.0% |
| Ohio | 9.0% |
| Louisiana | 8.8% |
| Arizona | 7.7% |
| Wisconsin | 7.2% |
| Vermont | 6.3% |
| Oregon | 6.1% |
| Wyoming | 5.9% |
| Michigan | 5.9% |
| California | 5.8% |
| South Dakota | 5.5% |
| Minnesota | 5.4% |
| Pennsylvania | 5.0% |
| Nevada | 4.8% |
| Virginia | 4.7% |
| North Dakota | 4.7% |
| Washington | 4.3% |
| New Mexico | 4.3% |
| Maryland | 3.8% |
| West Virginia | 3.6% |
| Montana | 3.5% |
| Delaware | 1.4% |
| Rhode Island | 1.4% |
| District of Columbia | 1.3% |
| Hawaii | 0.6% |
| Massachusetts | 0.5% |
| Alaska | 0.1% |
Most of that overlap is in New York City and its suburbs, where Verizon and Optimum both report fiber. Optimum reports residential fiber at 27.3%1 of New York City's locations, mostly in its cable territory in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Lightpath, the fiber network Optimum files for business customers only, is left out of every figure on this page (see the Optimum page).
| Bronx County, New York | 85,542 | 95.2% | 78.6% | 83.9% | 0.3% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, New York | 266,916 | 88.6% | 49.7% | 78.0% | 0.4% |
| New York County, New York | 39,215 | 49.1% | 8.4% | 58.8% | 14.4% |
| Queens County, New York | 310,058 | 93.4% | 0.9% | 93.4% | 13.1% |
| Richmond County, New York | 116,858 | 96.4% | 0.2% | 95.1% | 0.0% |
| Nassau County, New York | 386,100 | 99.1% | 90.3% | 94.7% | 0.0% |
| Suffolk County, New York | 492,276 | 88.0% | 55.6% | 61.2% | 0.0% |
| Westchester County, New York | 207,135 | 92.7% | 63.2% | 84.6% | 0.1% |
| Rockland County, New York | 74,128 | 97.6% | 73.6% | 90.5% | 0.0% |
| New York | 4,703,274 | 70.0% | 25.9% | 60.5% | 4.2% |
| United States | 115,784,915 | 62.6% | 12.1% | 55.6% | 11.1% |
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.
Queens shows how fast that changed. Fiber is now reported at 93.4% of its locations, up 68.5 percentage points since June 2022, the largest gain of any county in the state. Optimum's network does not cover most of the borough; the usual wired pair there is Verizon, which reports service at 96.1% of Queens locations, and Spectrum's cable, at 98.1%. The share of Queens locations with two or more wired choices at 100/20 Mbps rose by 61.1 percentage points1 over the same period.
Staten Island is the exception in the table. Fiber reaches almost every location, but nearly always from Verizon alone, with Spectrum's cable as the second wire. On eastern Long Island, Suffolk County has fiber at 88.0% of locations, yet only 61.2%1 have a second wired choice at 100/20 Mbps; Optimum is often the only one.
New York City holds 818,589 of the state's 4.7 million1 locations. Because the FCC counts an apartment tower as one location, the city weighs less in these state shares than its population would suggest; the New York City page explains the effect borough by borough.
Upstate: often one wire, usually Spectrum's
Across the state, 35.8% of locations have exactly one wired provider at 100/20 Mbps, down from 49.7%2 in 2022. Most of those single wires are Spectrum's cable. The Capital Region stands out: in the city of Albany, Spectrum is the only wired 100/20 provider at 96.1% of locations, and fiber of any kind reaches just 2.0%1. Neighboring Rensselaer County also has a single wired choice at most of its locations.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Different wired providers (fiber, cable or DSL; FCC provider IDs) reporting 100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up or more at the same location. Fixed wireless and satellite are not counted.
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| Area | None | One | Two | Three or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 3.7% | 35.8% | 56.3% | 4.2% |
| Queens County | 0.5% | 6.1% | 80.4% | 13.1% |
| Monroe County | 2.0% | 26.1% | 43.4% | 28.5% |
| Albany County | 3.6% | 45.3% | 51.1% | 0.0% |
| Orleans County | 7.2% | 92.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| United States | 7.8% | 36.6% | 44.6% | 11.1% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties are higher. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
Orleans County, between Rochester and Niagara Falls, has the state's lowest share of locations with a second wire: 0.0%. Spectrum is the only wired 100/20 provider at 92.8% of its locations, and fiber reaches 4.6%1, also the lowest of any county.
Six large cities, six different markets
New York's largest cities show how much depends on which companies built where. New York City and Yonkers have fiber nearly everywhere. Buffalo and Rochester have a regional fiber builder, Greenlight Networks, which reports service at 31.4% of Rochester's locations and 22.7% of Buffalo's. Syracuse has Verizon fiber at 68.6%1 of locations. Albany has neither.
| Area | Locations (BSLs) | Fiber available | Two or more fiber networks | Gigabit (1,000/100) | One wired choice | Two or more wired choices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York, New York | 818,589 | 90.3% | 25.2% | 86.3% | 12.6% | 86.0% |
| Buffalo, New York | 77,058 | 59.9% | 7.6% | 40.1% | 39.3% | 58.4% |
| Yonkers, New York | 29,277 | 96.3% | 67.5% | 96.0% | 26.9% | 70.7% |
| Rochester, New York | 59,455 | 53.3% | 10.6% | 97.1% | 45.1% | 52.0% |
| Syracuse, New York | 36,961 | 69.7% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 30.4% | 67.7% |
| Albany, New York | 24,380 | 2.0% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 96.1% | 0.4% |
| New York | 4,703,274 | 70.0% | 25.9% | 62.7% | 35.8% | 60.5% |
| United States | 115,784,915 | 62.6% | 12.1% | 72.3% | 36.6% | 55.6% |
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.
Each city has its own page: New York City, Buffalo, Yonkers, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany.
Copper has nearly left the map
Among the changes since 2022, the steepest fall is DSL's. In June 2022 a provider reported DSL, the older service over telephone copper, at 39.9% of New York's locations; by June 2026 the share was 4.9%, the 7th lowest among the states. Fiber rose from 51.9% to 70.0% over the same four years, a gain of 18.1 percentage points that ranks 12th lowest1 among the states. New York started from a higher base: nationally, fiber was reported at 37.2%2 of locations in June 2022.
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 | 51.9% | 68.6% | 70.0% | 18.1 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 13.7% | 25.3% | 25.9% | 12.2 pts |
| DSL available | 39.9% | 5.3% | 4.9% | −34.9 pts |
| Two or more wired choices | 44.6% | 59.1% | 60.5% | 15.9 pts |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 25.5% | 63.1% | 62.7% | 37.2 pts |
| Unserved | 3.2% | 1.4% | 1.3% | −1.9 pts |
Gigabit depends on the upload
Nearly every location in New York, 92.0%, has an offer with a 1 Gbps download. The FCC's gigabit tier also requires a 100 Mbps upload, and only 62.7% of locations meet that, the 10th lowest share among the states. Cable plans often pair a fast download with a slow upload, and some fiber offers are listed just under the 1,000 Mbps line: Verizon's fastest advertised download in Albany County is 940 Mbps1.
The result is a county map that does not follow fiber. Albany County has fiber at 54.2% of locations but gigabit offers at only 2.2%, the lowest in the state, and Syracuse has fiber at 69.7% but gigabit at 1.3%. Orleans County, with almost no fiber, has gigabit offers at 92.8%1 of locations because Spectrum's listings there meet the 1,000/100 tier.
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 | Gigabit (1,000/100) |
|---|---|
| Monroe County | 97.8% |
| Orleans County | 92.8% |
| Queens County | 88.8% |
| United States | 72.3% |
| New York | 62.7% |
| Hamilton County | 62.7% |
| Erie County | 29.5% |
| Onondaga County | 5.9% |
| Albany County | 2.2% |
The Adirondacks and the North Country
New York's remaining gaps are small as a share and concentrated on the map. Statewide, 60,718 locations (1.3%) are unserved, with no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of 25/3 Mbps, down from 3.2%2 in 2022, and 19,758 more are underserved. At 37,7481 locations no wired or fixed wireless provider reports service at all, leaving satellite.
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. Darker counties have larger gaps. Point at a county for its value; the county table has every figure. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
Hamilton County, which lies wholly inside the Adirondack Park, has the highest unserved share, 20.8% of its 7,508 locations, and satellite is the only option at 16.8%. The unserved share there has still fallen by 11.4 percentage points since 2022; its two largest providers are Frontier and SLICFiber, both with fiber. Franklin County on the Canadian border (13.8% unserved) and Lewis County on the western edge of the Adirondacks (13.7%1) come next.
Subscriptions and help with cost
The FCC data say what is offered, not what people pay or buy. In the Census Bureau's 2025 survey, 93.6% of New York households had a broadband subscription of some kind (margin of error ±0.2 percentage points) and 77.3% subscribed to cable, fiber or DSL. 13.9% relied only on a cellular data plan, a share that is tied for 14th highest among the states. Income still divides the figures: 82.8% of households earning under $20,000 had broadband, against 97.3%5 of those earning $75,000 or more.
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) | 96.3% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 77.3% | ±0.3 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 13.9% | ±0.3 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 6.2% | ±0.2 |
One survey figure is unusual. 93.9% of New York children under 18 live in a household with a computer and a broadband subscription, which is the lowest among the states by point estimate; with a margin of error of ±0.5 percentage points5, several states near the bottom may not differ.
For cost, the official help is limited. Lifeline's $9.25 monthly discount continues, and New York's take-up among eligible households, 33.2%, is the 4th highest6 among the states. When the Affordable Connectivity Program stopped enrolling in February 2024, 1,792,1877 New York households were signed up; the program ended on June 1, 2024.
BEAD in New York: more radio than fiber
New York's $664.6 million allocation under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program ranks 24th lowest8 among the states. The state's ConnectALL Office runs it as the ConnectALL Deployment Program, and NTIA has approved its Final Proposal. The plan covers 52,982 locations at a BEAD cost of $287.2 million, or $5,421 per location; providers committed a further $255.2 million9.
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. Locations in the state's approved BEAD Final Proposal by technology of the selected projects, as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview; subject to NTIA and NIST final review and award.
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| Technology | Share of BEAD locations |
|---|---|
| Fiber | 27.4% |
| Cable | 0.0% |
| Fixed wireless | 44.5% |
| Low-Earth-orbit satellite | 28.1% |
New York's plan assigns more locations to fixed wireless (44.5%) than to fiber (27.4%, the 4th lowest fiber share of any state plan); low-Earth-orbit satellite takes 28.1%. $377.4 million9 of the allocation is not assigned to construction in the plan; how that money may be used was not settled as of November 2026. The list of eligible locations came out of a state challenge process that ran from March to August 2024.
Earlier federal money also reached the state: $345.5 million10 from the Treasury's Capital Projects Fund and, under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, $30.1 million disbursed so far, with 17,86111 supported locations reported as built.
| Program | Amount | As of |
|---|---|---|
| BEAD allocation (NTIA, announced June 26, 2023) | $664,618,251 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: locations to be connected | 52,982 | |
| BEAD Final Proposal: deployment cost | $287,240,266 | |
| BEAD cost per location | $5,421 | |
| BEAD allocation not assigned to deployment | $377,377,985 | |
| Treasury Capital Projects Fund allocation | $345,548,881 | |
| RDOF: locations built with support (cumulative) | 17,861 | |
| Lifeline subscribers claimed | 385,130 | |
| Lifeline participation rate | 33.2% | |
| Households in the Affordable Connectivity Program, February 2024 | 1,792,187 |
Source: NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs; Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data; Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; USAC, Lifeline participation rate; USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024. BEAD figures are as printed in NTIA's Final Proposal overview, subject to final review; "not assigned to deployment" is the allocation minus the deployment cost (NTIA calls it savings; how it may be used is not settled). The ACP stopped taking applications on February 8, 2024 and ended on June 1, 2024.
Every county, city and town
| Albany County | 100,066 | 54.2% | 96.4% | 51.1% | 1.0% | Spectrum | 79.9% ±0.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegany County | 23,628 | 70.7% | 92.0% | 27.5% | 5.3% | Armstrong | 65.6% ±1.5 |
| Bronx County | 85,542 | 95.2% | 99.3% | 83.9% | 0.0% | Optimum | 65.0% ±0.7 |
| Broome County | 71,410 | 59.3% | 97.2% | 55.1% | 0.8% | Spectrum | 77.3% ±1.0 |
| Cattaraugus County | 38,074 | 57.0% | 94.4% | 29.3% | 3.0% | Spectrum | 62.5% ±1.3 |
| Cayuga County | 33,021 | 61.3% | 87.7% | 42.3% | 6.6% | Spectrum | 72.1% ±1.6 |
| Chautauqua County | 61,499 | 57.0% | 91.4% | 47.2% | 3.5% | Spectrum | 73.5% ±1.6 |
| Chemung County | 33,823 | 69.6% | 95.8% | 63.8% | 0.8% | Spectrum | 77.2% ±1.3 |
| Chenango County | 23,493 | 34.2% | 81.3% | 21.8% | 10.5% | Spectrum | 77.8% ±1.7 |
| Clinton County | 32,211 | 73.9% | 94.4% | 59.1% | 2.0% | Spectrum | 76.1% ±1.7 |
| Columbia County | 30,729 | 68.6% | 93.5% | 36.8% | 3.6% | Spectrum | 76.3% ±1.8 |
| Cortland County | 17,766 | 62.7% | 92.8% | 45.8% | 3.4% | Spectrum | 72.5% ±2.2 |
| Delaware County | 28,824 | 73.0% | 94.0% | 23.3% | 3.8% | Delhi Telephone Company | 76.3% ±1.6 |
| Dutchess County | 95,336 | 55.4% | 96.0% | 52.5% | 0.8% | Verizon | 81.9% ±1.0 |
| Erie County | 327,257 | 68.7% | 97.9% | 66.8% | 0.3% | Spectrum | 77.2% ±0.4 |
| Essex County | 23,410 | 43.8% | 87.1% | 23.4% | 7.9% | Spectrum | 77.8% ±2.3 |
| Franklin County | 23,691 | 30.5% | 78.9% | 14.5% | 13.8% | Spectrum | 71.8% ±1.7 |
| Fulton County | 25,476 | 59.5% | 93.1% | 52.2% | 3.9% | Spectrum | 78.2% ±1.9 |
| Genesee County | 23,212 | 49.1% | 94.4% | 42.3% | 1.9% | Spectrum | 75.5% ±1.8 |
| Greene County | 26,761 | 69.7% | 97.8% | 21.9% | 1.5% | Mid-Hudson Cablevision | 70.9% ±2.2 |
| Hamilton County | 7,508 | 65.8% | 73.1% | 14.5% | 20.8% | Frontier | 81.6% ±3.1 |
| Herkimer County | 30,113 | 29.9% | 88.2% | 11.9% | 7.1% | Spectrum | 71.3% ±1.8 |
| Jefferson County | 48,951 | 19.0% | 92.4% | 12.6% | 3.3% | Spectrum | 76.3% ±1.3 |
| Kings County | 266,916 | 88.6% | 97.2% | 78.0% | 0.0% | Verizon | 75.4% ±0.4 |
| Lewis County | 14,984 | 35.7% | 79.8% | 5.8% | 13.7% | Spectrum | 69.7% ±2.5 |
| Livingston County | 25,131 | 75.2% | 92.1% | 64.9% | 3.2% | Spectrum | 75.4% ±1.8 |
| Madison County | 29,254 | 28.8% | 92.2% | 13.8% | 3.0% | Spectrum | 75.0% ±1.3 |
| Monroe County | 249,551 | 73.0% | 98.0% | 71.9% | 0.1% | Spectrum | 78.9% ±0.7 |
| Montgomery County | 19,493 | 32.6% | 85.7% | 18.5% | 6.3% | Spectrum | 72.7% ±1.8 |
| Nassau County | 386,100 | 99.1% | 99.4% | 94.7% | 0.0% | Verizon | 84.0% ±0.5 |
| New York County | 39,215 | 49.1% | 96.0% | 58.8% | 0.0% | Spectrum | 80.9% ±0.6 |
| Niagara County | 84,302 | 34.7% | 97.1% | 31.5% | 0.8% | Spectrum | 76.1% ±1.1 |
| Oneida County | 87,219 | 33.8% | 92.7% | 27.8% | 3.3% | Spectrum | 75.0% ±1.0 |
| Onondaga County | 161,018 | 78.0% | 98.5% | 75.4% | 0.2% | Spectrum | 79.7% ±0.6 |
| Ontario County | 45,348 | 60.7% | 95.2% | 55.5% | 1.2% | Spectrum | 80.3% ±1.2 |
| Orange County | 113,731 | 64.7% | 96.3% | 57.5% | 0.5% | Spectrum | 77.6% ±0.9 |
| Orleans County | 17,223 | 4.6% | 92.8% | 0.0% | 2.9% | Spectrum | 71.4% ±2.8 |
| Oswego County | 50,834 | 25.8% | 95.1% | 23.3% | 2.5% | Spectrum | 78.2% ±1.0 |
| Otsego County | 28,824 | 34.8% | 85.6% | 8.1% | 9.4% | Spectrum | 69.7% ±1.8 |
| Putnam County | 33,010 | 81.5% | 98.3% | 73.4% | 0.3% | Verizon | 83.6% ±1.5 |
| Queens County | 310,058 | 93.4% | 99.5% | 93.4% | 0.0% | Spectrum | 74.6% ±0.4 |
| Rensselaer County | 55,346 | 8.0% | 96.7% | 4.6% | 0.8% | Spectrum | 81.3% ±1.0 |
| Richmond County | 116,858 | 96.4% | 99.6% | 95.1% | 0.0% | Spectrum | 78.2% ±0.9 |
| Rockland County | 74,128 | 97.6% | 98.4% | 90.5% | 0.1% | Verizon | 73.7% ±1.0 |
| Saratoga County | 90,509 | 30.1% | 97.0% | 28.3% | 0.8% | Spectrum | 83.2% ±1.0 |
| Schenectady County | 52,902 | 74.0% | 98.5% | 71.8% | 0.3% | Spectrum | 79.8% ±1.5 |
| Schoharie County | 16,077 | 59.7% | 94.6% | 25.8% | 3.3% | Spectrum | 71.0% ±2.7 |
| Schuyler County | 10,041 | 74.9% | 92.6% | 48.1% | 3.1% | Empire Long Distance Corporation | 72.2% ±2.8 |
| Seneca County | 14,995 | 67.1% | 94.6% | 52.4% | 2.2% | Spectrum | 73.1% ±2.0 |
| St. Lawrence County | 48,511 | 57.3% | 89.6% | 29.3% | 6.3% | Spectrum | 72.8% ±1.0 |
| Steuben County | 44,582 | 65.1% | 91.2% | 43.7% | 4.6% | Spectrum | 71.3% ±1.4 |
| Suffolk County | 492,276 | 88.0% | 97.1% | 61.2% | 0.2% | Optimum | 82.5% ±0.6 |
| Sullivan County | 48,330 | 7.6% | 93.0% | 6.1% | 3.8% | Spectrum | 79.1% ±1.7 |
| Tioga County | 21,188 | 61.3% | 95.2% | 37.0% | 2.5% | Spectrum | 76.9% ±2.4 |
| Tompkins County | 31,051 | 38.7% | 94.1% | 29.2% | 2.0% | Spectrum | 78.5% ±1.7 |
| Ulster County | 73,730 | 35.3% | 96.1% | 33.6% | 1.9% | Spectrum | 80.5% ±1.2 |
| Warren County | 34,166 | 25.3% | 93.6% | 17.6% | 3.0% | Spectrum | 77.0% ±1.4 |
| Washington County | 27,278 | 37.7% | 89.7% | 17.7% | 4.6% | Spectrum | 67.8% ±1.6 |
| Wayne County | 39,095 | 24.8% | 96.1% | 13.3% | 0.9% | Spectrum | 75.6% ±1.5 |
| Westchester County | 207,135 | 92.7% | 98.2% | 84.6% | 0.0% | Verizon | 81.8% ±0.5 |
| Wyoming County | 17,992 | 39.9% | 84.6% | 22.1% | 8.2% | Spectrum | 65.8% ±2.2 |
| Yates County | 13,072 | 53.4% | 89.1% | 34.5% | 5.3% | Spectrum | 64.5% ±2.8 |
| New York | 4,703,274 | 70.0% | 96.3% | 60.5% | 1.3% | 77.2% |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables. Shares of broadband serviceable locations as of June 30, 2026 (FCC). 2+ wired choices: two or more wired providers at 100/20 Mbps. Unserved: BEAD definition. Largest wired provider: reports fiber, cable or DSL at the most locations. Wired subscription: households with a cable, fiber or DSL subscription, American Community Survey 2020–2024 (± 90% margin of error).
| New York | 8,584,629 | 90.3% | 86.3% | 86.0% | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | 274,613 | 59.9% | 40.1% | 58.4% | 4 |
| Yonkers | 212,603 | 96.3% | 96.0% | 70.7% | 2 |
| Rochester | 206,108 | 53.3% | 97.1% | 52.0% | 4 |
| Syracuse | 144,896 | 69.7% | 1.3% | 67.7% | 3 |
| Albany | 101,698 | 2.0% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 3 |
| New Rochelle | 85,864 | 98.2% | 98.0% | 92.3% | 2 |
| Mount Vernon | 72,304 | 94.6% | 88.6% | 91.4% | 4 |
| Schenectady | 69,471 | 92.6% | 1.1% | 90.9% | 4 |
| Utica | 62,978 | 80.5% | 80.5% | 78.4% | 3 |
| White Plains | 62,871 | 97.6% | 96.6% | 91.6% | 2 |
| Hempstead | 59,819 | 99.0% | 98.3% | 92.4% | 3 |
| Troy | 50,912 | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 3 |
| Niagara Falls | 47,255 | 34.1% | 34.1% | 32.8% | 2 |
| Kiryas Joel | 47,147 | 11.9% | 99.4% | 2.0% | 2 |
| Binghamton | 46,418 | 87.7% | 87.7% | 85.2% | 3 |
| Freeport | 44,174 | 98.9% | 98.1% | 91.8% | 2 |
| Valley Stream | 40,379 | 99.4% | 99.3% | 95.0% | 2 |
| Long Beach | 34,918 | 99.5% | 99.1% | 95.9% | 2 |
| Spring Valley | 34,482 | 97.5% | 96.9% | 84.9% | 2 |
| Ithaca | 33,632 | 44.7% | 38.7% | 43.0% | 5 |
| Poughkeepsie | 32,499 | 96.2% | 95.0% | 93.5% | 2 |
| Port Chester | 32,303 | 97.2% | 96.5% | 88.4% | 3 |
| Harrison | 32,273 | 96.0% | 82.8% | 90.1% | 2 |
| Rome | 31,682 | 11.2% | 0.9% | 9.7% | 3 |
| Middletown | 30,098 | 87.3% | 87.3% | 85.9% | 3 |
| North Tonawanda | 29,806 | 96.5% | 96.5% | 95.2% | 3 |
| Saratoga Springs | 28,768 | 35.1% | 9.0% | 32.8% | 3 |
| Glen Cove | 28,190 | 98.6% | 98.1% | 92.4% | 2 |
| Newburgh | 28,059 | 94.5% | 93.9% | 91.7% | 3 |
| Jamestown | 27,663 | 97.3% | 97.2% | 93.0% | 3 |
| Ossining | 27,579 | 97.1% | 96.9% | 87.5% | 2 |
| Lindenhurst | 27,258 | 99.0% | 98.8% | 94.9% | 2 |
| Elmira | 26,089 | 90.5% | 90.5% | 90.1% | 2 |
| Auburn | 25,947 | 95.3% | 0.8% | 93.1% | 2 |
| Peekskill | 25,891 | 93.7% | 92.6% | 88.0% | 2 |
| Rockville Centre | 25,770 | 98.5% | 97.5% | 94.2% | 2 |
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files. Shares of broadband serviceable locations inside city limits (2020 census blocks), as of June 30, 2026. Population: July 1, 2025 estimate. Gigabit: 1,000/100 Mbps.
New York internet questions
What internet providers are available in New York?
Leaving out satellite, the widest reported reach belongs to T-Mobile (73.2% of locations, licensed fixed wireless), Verizon (70.2%, fiber and licensed fixed wireless), Spectrum (58.3%, fiber and cable), AT&T (50.9%, licensed fixed wireless) and Optimum (31.2%, fiber and cable). In all, 631 companies report wired or fixed wireless service somewhere in the state as of June 30, 2026.
How much of New York has fiber internet?
At least one provider reports fiber at 70.0% of New York's homes and businesses, up from 51.9%2 in June 2022, and two or more fiber networks report it at 25.9%. By county it ranges from 99.1% in Nassau County on Long Island to 4.6%1 in Orleans County.
What is the cheapest internet in New York?
Providers do not report prices to the FCC, and no official source compares them across New York; every plan has a broadband facts label with its price and fees. New York households use Lifeline, the $9.25 monthly federal discount, more than most: an estimated 33.2% of those eligible, the 4th highest6 rate among the states.
How many New Yorkers lack broadband?
60,718 homes and businesses (1.3%) had no reliable wired or licensed fixed wireless service of 25/3 Mbps on June 30, 2026, mostly in the Adirondacks and the North Country; Hamilton County has the highest share. Another 19,7581 had reliable service below 100/20. In the Census Bureau's 2025 survey, 6.2%5 of households had no internet subscription at all.
How much BEAD money does New York get?
New York's allocation is $664.6 million8. Unusually, its approved plan sends more locations to fixed wireless (44.5%) than to fiber (27.4%), across 52,982 locations; $377.4 million9 of the allocation is unassigned.
Checking one address in New York
The figures on this page describe the whole area. Which providers report service at a single home or apartment is shown only on the FCC's own map: search the address at broadbandmap.fcc.gov. If a provider is listed there but cannot actually connect you within ten business days, or the location is missing or misplaced, the map has a button to file a challenge; providers must respond, and corrections flow into later releases. Prices and plans are not part of the FCC data: each provider must show them on its broadband facts label at the point of sale.
More on internet in and around New York
Large cities with their own page: New York, Buffalo, Yonkers, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany.
Neighboring states: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Put New York side by side with any state or large city in the comparison tool.
| Ranking | Value | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Fiber internet availability by state | 70.0% | 19th of 51 |
| Internet speed by state: where gigabit service is offered | 62.7% | 42nd of 51 |
| Broadband coverage by state | 96.3% | 13th of 51 |
| Internet provider competition by state | 60.5% | 15th of 51 |
| Unserved and underserved broadband locations by state | 1.3% | tied 38th of 51 |
| Where fiber has grown since 2022 | 18.1% | 40th of 51 |
| 5G home internet and licensed fixed wireless by state | 84.0% | 36th of 51 |
| Households with an internet subscription by state | 93.6% | tied 22nd of 51 |
| BEAD broadband funding by state | 5,421.0% | 17th of 50 |
Sources
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Availability as of June 30, 2026; released November 10, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2022; Availability as of June 30, 2022; released May 10, 2024. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_county_5m. www2.census.gov
- FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of December 31, 2025; Availability as of December 31, 2025; released November 3, 2026. broadbandmap.fcc.gov
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables; 2025 (calendar-year sample); released October 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- USAC, Lifeline participation rate; released August 17, 2026. www.usac.org
- USAC, ACP Enrollments by County as of February 8, 2024; Enrolled households as of 2024-02-08 (Data Month January 2024 file). www.usac.org
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Award Recipients pages; Allocations announced 2023-06-26; released June 26, 2023. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- NTIA BroadbandUSA, BEAD Final Proposal Overview one-page PDFs. broadbandusa.ntia.gov
- Department of the Treasury, Capital Projects Fund Awards Made to States, Territories, and Freely Associated States, to date; Allocations under ARPA sec. 604 (awards announced 2022-06 to 2023). home.treasury.gov
- USAC, CAF Disbursements and Locations Data. opendata.usac.org
- Universal Service Administrative Co., Lifeline Disbursements; Support months 2018-01 to 2026-09. opendata.usac.org
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year detailed tables; 2020-2024; released January 29, 2026. api.census.gov
- Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates; July 1, 2025; released May 14, 2026. www.census.gov
- Census Bureau, 2020 Census Block Assignment Files; released December 11, 2020. www2.census.gov
Margins of error (±) are at the 90% confidence level. A difference is called significant only when it passes the Census Bureau's test at that level. How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.