Internet in Rochester, New York
Fiber is available at 53.3% of the 59,455 homes and businesses the FCC counts in Rochester, and wired broadband of at least 100/20 Mbps at 97.1%. 52.0% of locations have a choice of two or more wired providers at that speed; at 45.1% there is only one.1
FCC National Broadband Map, availability as of June 30, 2026 (data revised November 10, 2026), as reported by providers.
Rochester in New York
Rochester's fiber comes from two companies that have mostly built on different streets: Frontier reports fiber at 31.1% of the city's homes and businesses and Greenlight Networks at 31.4%, but two or more fiber networks overlap at only 10.6%1. Everywhere else Spectrum's cable is the one fast wire, and unlike most cable networks it is reported with uploads of 100 Mbps or more almost citywide. Availability is close to universal; subscriptions are not, with one of the lowest household broadband rates of any large American city.
Spectrum, Frontier, Greenlight and three wireless carriers
Rochester has 59,455 homes and businesses in the FCC's count, and Spectrum reports service at 96.6% of them, over cable except at 1.1% where it reports fiber. Two fiber providers follow. Frontier reports service at 42.4% of locations, fiber at 31.1% and DSL over its copper phone lines at the rest. Greenlight Networks reports fiber at 31.4%. The fixed wireless carriers are T-Mobile (85.5%), AT&T (84.2%) and Verizon (62.1%1).
| Spectrum | Fiber Cable | 96.6% | 96.6% | 1 Gbps | 44.6% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile | Licensed wireless | 85.5% | 29.8% | 100 Mbps | – |
| AT&T | Licensed wireless | 84.2% | 3.0% | 100 Mbps | – |
| Verizon | Licensed wireless | 62.1% | 40.9% | 1 Gbps | – |
| Frontier | Fiber DSL | 42.4% | 31.1% | 7 Gbps | 0.1% |
| Greenlight Networks | Fiber | 31.4% | 31.4% | 8 Gbps | 0.4% |
| Empire Long Distance Corporation | Fiber | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 Gbps | – |
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 (Starlink, HughesNet, Viasat) report service at nearly every location and are left out of the table.
Every figure on this page is a provider's own report to the FCC as of June 30, 2026, from the file revision of November 10, 2026, for the city limits used in the 2020 Census. A provider reports a location as served if it can install service there within ten business days; reports can be challenged on the FCC National Broadband Map.
Two fiber builders, little overlap
Fiber reaches 53.3% of Rochester's locations, a share that ranks 100th lowest among the 343 cities of 100,000 or more. That total is not one network. Frontier's fiber covers 31.1% of locations and Greenlight's 31.4%, yet only 10.6%1 have two or more fiber providers. For most addresses with fiber, the question is which of the two companies built there, not which of the two to pick.
The rest of Monroe County is better supplied. Fiber is reported at 73.0% of the county's 249,551 locations, against 53.3% inside the city, and New York State as a whole stands at 70.0%. Within city limits, fiber was close to flat between the December 2025 and June 2026 releases, up 0.1 percentage points1.
Spectrum alone at nearly half the city
Wired service of at least 100/20 Mbps is reported at 97.1% of locations. At 45.1% exactly one wired provider offers it, the 79th highest share among large cities, and that provider is almost always Spectrum: it is the only wired 100/20 option at 44.6% of locations. Those are largely the addresses that neither fiber company reaches. Across Monroe County the single-wire share is 26.1%, and across the state 35.8%1.
Simi Valley, California 0.9%New Bedford, Massachusetts 99.9%
Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026. Each dot is a city. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.
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| Area | One wired choice |
|---|---|
| New Bedford, Massachusetts | 99.9% |
| Albany, New York | 96.1% |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts | 93.6% |
| Quincy, Massachusetts | 90.1% |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 87.7% |
| Tempe, Arizona | 83.7% |
| Renton, Washington | 82.9% |
| Baltimore, Maryland | 81.7% |
| Corona, California | 78.4% |
| Kent, Washington | 78.3% |
| Rancho Cucamonga, California | 76.7% |
| Rialto, California | 72.2% |
| Ventura, California | 72.1% |
| Bend, Oregon | 72.0% |
| Spokane Valley, Washington | 71.9% |
| Escondido, California | 71.6% |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 71.5% |
| Avondale, Arizona | 71.5% |
| North Las Vegas, Nevada | 71.5% |
| Henderson, Nevada | 70.4% |
| Vacaville, California | 69.8% |
| Chico, California | 69.0% |
| Oceanside, California | 68.9% |
| Tracy, California | 68.7% |
| Fairfield, California | 67.7% |
| Santa Clarita, California | 66.8% |
| Scottsdale, Arizona | 66.2% |
| Jurupa Valley, California | 65.9% |
| Salem, Oregon | 64.9% |
| Visalia, California | 64.9% |
| Bellevue, Washington | 63.9% |
| Detroit, Michigan | 63.9% |
| Joliet, Illinois | 62.9% |
| Worcester, Massachusetts | 62.8% |
| Fontana, California | 62.7% |
| El Monte, California | 61.6% |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 61.4% |
| Modesto, California | 60.9% |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | 60.8% |
| Salinas, California | 60.6% |
| Las Cruces, New Mexico | 59.9% |
| Gilbert, Arizona | 59.9% |
| Tucson, Arizona | 59.8% |
| Chandler, Arizona | 59.6% |
| Georgetown, Texas | 59.5% |
| Clovis, California | 59.2% |
| Springfield, Massachusetts | 59.0% |
| Orange, California | 58.9% |
| Boise, Idaho | 57.9% |
| Santa Rosa, California | 57.3% |
| Bakersfield, California | 56.2% |
| Stockton, California | 56.0% |
| Antioch, California | 55.5% |
| Palmdale, California | 55.2% |
| Anaheim, California | 54.7% |
| Fresno, California | 54.4% |
| Billings, Montana | 54.4% |
| Fort Myers, Florida | 53.8% |
| Carlsbad, California | 53.8% |
| Toledo, Ohio | 53.7% |
| Fremont, California | 53.5% |
| Riverside, California | 53.2% |
| Aurora, Illinois | 52.7% |
| McAllen, Texas | 52.2% |
| Peoria, Arizona | 51.5% |
| El Cajon, California | 49.8% |
| Glendale, Arizona | 48.6% |
| Vancouver, Washington | 48.3% |
| Macon, Georgia | 48.3% |
| Glendale, California | 48.1% |
| San Jose, California | 47.6% |
| Eugene, Oregon | 47.4% |
| Vallejo, California | 47.4% |
| Boulder, Colorado | 46.7% |
| Pasadena, California | 46.6% |
| Jackson, Mississippi | 45.8% |
| San Diego, California | 45.6% |
| Irvine, California | 45.6% |
| Rochester, New York | 45.1% |
| Costa Mesa, California | 43.4% |
| Sunnyvale, California | 43.3% |
| Los Angeles, California | 42.0% |
| Edinburg, Texas | 42.0% |
| Athens, Georgia | 41.9% |
| Santa Clara, California | 41.8% |
| St. George, Utah | 41.7% |
| Reno, Nevada | 41.6% |
| Inglewood, California | 41.6% |
| Rockford, Illinois | 41.2% |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 41.1% |
| Akron, Ohio | 40.8% |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | 40.6% |
| Aurora, Colorado | 40.2% |
| College Station, Texas | 39.9% |
| Cleveland, Ohio | 39.5% |
| Santa Ana, California | 39.4% |
| Buffalo, New York | 39.3% |
| Thornton, Colorado | 38.6% |
| Savannah, Georgia | 37.7% |
| Arvada, Colorado | 37.6% |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan | 37.5% |
| Roseville, California | 37.0% |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 36.8% |
| Oxnard, California | 36.4% |
| El Paso, Texas | 36.1% |
| Springfield, Illinois | 35.2% |
| Memphis, Tennessee | 35.1% |
| Laredo, Texas | 35.0% |
| Burbank, California | 35.0% |
| Dayton, Ohio | 34.8% |
| Davie, Florida | 34.6% |
| Mesa, Arizona | 34.5% |
| Pompano Beach, Florida | 34.1% |
| Sacramento, California | 34.0% |
| Lakeland, Florida | 33.9% |
| Gainesville, Florida | 33.5% |
| Boca Raton, Florida | 33.4% |
| Evansville, Indiana | 33.1% |
| Santa Maria, California | 32.8% |
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 32.5% |
| Sparks, Nevada | 32.2% |
| Palm Bay, Florida | 32.1% |
| Orlando, Florida | 31.7% |
| Beaumont, Texas | 31.3% |
| Hayward, California | 31.2% |
| Augusta, Georgia | 30.7% |
| West Palm Beach, Florida | 30.5% |
| Wilmington, North Carolina | 30.5% |
| Paterson, New Jersey | 30.4% |
| Syracuse, New York | 30.4% |
| Goodyear, Arizona | 30.4% |
| Hampton, Virginia | 30.3% |
| Brownsville, Texas | 30.1% |
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 30.0% |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 29.0% |
| Suffolk, Virginia | 28.9% |
| Moreno Valley, California | 28.7% |
| Edmond, Oklahoma | 28.7% |
| Elk Grove, California | 28.5% |
| Garden Grove, California | 28.0% |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 28.0% |
| San Francisco, California | 27.9% |
| Huntington Beach, California | 27.8% |
| Chula Vista, California | 27.6% |
| Buckeye, Arizona | 27.2% |
| Torrance, California | 27.1% |
| Yonkers, New York | 26.9% |
| South Bend, Indiana | 26.7% |
| Lakewood, Colorado | 26.4% |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 25.8% |
| San Bernardino, California | 25.8% |
| Columbia, South Carolina | 25.6% |
| New Braunfels, Texas | 25.3% |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | 25.3% |
| Meridian, Idaho | 25.3% |
| Hartford, Connecticut | 24.8% |
| Nampa, Idaho | 24.4% |
| Madison, Wisconsin | 24.4% |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 24.1% |
| Elizabeth, New Jersey | 24.0% |
| Charleston, South Carolina | 23.6% |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | 23.6% |
| Deltona, Florida | 23.1% |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | 23.0% |
| Denton, Texas | 22.8% |
| Chicago, Illinois | 22.8% |
| Lewisville, Texas | 22.4% |
| Westminster, Colorado | 22.2% |
| Peoria, Illinois | 22.1% |
| Hollywood, Florida | 22.0% |
| Sandy Springs, Georgia | 22.0% |
| Tallahassee, Florida | 21.9% |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | 21.9% |
| Green Bay, Wisconsin | 21.9% |
| Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 21.6% |
| Spokane, Washington | 21.4% |
| Miami, Florida | 21.4% |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 21.2% |
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 21.1% |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 21.0% |
| Denver, Colorado | 20.8% |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 20.7% |
| Hialeah, Florida | 20.6% |
| Fullerton, California | 20.5% |
| Norman, Oklahoma | 20.4% |
| Newark, New Jersey | 20.1% |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | 19.7% |
| Portland, Oregon | 19.6% |
| Richmond, California | 19.5% |
| Gresham, Oregon | 19.3% |
| Mobile, Alabama | 18.6% |
| West Covina, California | 18.1% |
| Broken Arrow, Oklahoma | 17.8% |
| Alexandria, Virginia | 17.4% |
| Lancaster, California | 17.3% |
| Ontario, California | 17.2% |
| Everett, Washington | 17.0% |
| Seattle, Washington | 17.0% |
| Greensboro, North Carolina | 16.8% |
| Port St. Lucie, Florida | 16.6% |
| Stamford, Connecticut | 16.3% |
| Houston, Texas | 16.2% |
| Austin, Texas | 16.0% |
| North Charleston, South Carolina | 15.8% |
| Surprise, Arizona | 15.7% |
| Waterbury, Connecticut | 15.6% |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 15.2% |
| Victorville, California | 15.2% |
| Topeka, Kansas | 15.1% |
| Grand Rapids, Michigan | 15.1% |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 14.8% |
| Pueblo, Colorado | 14.7% |
| Fort Collins, Colorado | 14.7% |
| Fayetteville, Arkansas | 14.7% |
| Pomona, California | 14.6% |
| Thousand Oaks, California | 14.5% |
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 14.3% |
| Yuma, Arizona | 14.2% |
| Pasadena, Texas | 14.2% |
| Dallas, Texas | 14.1% |
| Manchester, New Hampshire | 13.9% |
| Fayetteville, North Carolina | 13.9% |
| Norfolk, Virginia | 13.6% |
| Irving, Texas | 13.6% |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | 13.5% |
| Long Beach, California | 13.2% |
| Miramar, Florida | 13.0% |
| Chesapeake, Virginia | 13.0% |
| Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 12.9% |
| New Haven, Connecticut | 12.8% |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 12.8% |
| Nashville, Tennessee | 12.7% |
| New York, New York | 12.6% |
| Omaha, Nebraska | 12.6% |
| Provo, Utah | 12.6% |
| Tyler, Texas | 12.6% |
| Concord, North Carolina | 12.0% |
| Coral Springs, Florida | 12.0% |
| Rochester, Minnesota | 11.7% |
| Louisville, Kentucky | 11.7% |
| Downey, California | 11.7% |
| Fort Wayne, Indiana | 11.6% |
| Lansing, Michigan | 11.4% |
| San Antonio, Texas | 11.0% |
| Grand Prairie, Texas | 10.9% |
| South Fulton, Georgia | 10.9% |
| Centennial, Colorado | 10.8% |
| McKinney, Texas | 10.8% |
| Providence, Rhode Island | 10.7% |
| Cincinnati, Ohio | 10.6% |
| Durham, North Carolina | 10.5% |
| League City, Texas | 10.5% |
| Hesperia, California | 10.3% |
| Daly City, California | 10.1% |
| San Angelo, Texas | 10.1% |
| Brockton, Massachusetts | 9.9% |
| Wichita, Kansas | 9.7% |
| Arlington, Texas | 9.6% |
| Richmond, Virginia | 9.6% |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | 9.6% |
| Midland, Texas | 9.6% |
| Carmel, Indiana | 9.4% |
| Hillsboro, Oregon | 9.2% |
| West Jordan, Utah | 9.0% |
| Killeen, Texas | 9.0% |
| Jersey City, New Jersey | 8.9% |
| Richardson, Texas | 8.9% |
| Lubbock, Texas | 8.9% |
| Tampa, Florida | 8.8% |
| Cape Coral, Florida | 8.4% |
| Tacoma, Washington | 8.4% |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 8.4% |
| St. Paul, Minnesota | 8.1% |
| Columbus, Georgia | 7.9% |
| Bridgeport, Connecticut | 7.9% |
| Plano, Texas | 7.9% |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | 7.9% |
| Abilene, Texas | 7.8% |
| Berkeley, California | 7.8% |
| Oakland, California | 7.8% |
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 7.7% |
| Odessa, Texas | 7.7% |
| Carrollton, Texas | 7.6% |
| Newport News, Virginia | 7.5% |
| Frisco, Texas | 7.4% |
| Lexington, Kentucky | 7.2% |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 7.1% |
| Kansas City, Kansas | 7.1% |
| Mesquite, Texas | 7.0% |
| Fishers, Indiana | 7.0% |
| Garland, Texas | 6.7% |
| Springfield, Missouri | 6.7% |
| West Valley City, Utah | 6.6% |
| Columbia, Missouri | 6.5% |
| Menifee, California | 6.4% |
| Des Moines, Iowa | 6.4% |
| Waco, Texas | 6.3% |
| Elgin, Illinois | 6.2% |
| Palm Coast, Florida | 6.1% |
| Murrieta, California | 6.0% |
| Fargo, North Dakota | 5.9% |
| Davenport, Iowa | 5.8% |
| Pearland, Texas | 5.7% |
| Columbus, Ohio | 5.6% |
| High Point, North Carolina | 5.6% |
| Allen, Texas | 5.6% |
| Washington, District of Columbia | 5.5% |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 5.4% |
| Round Rock, Texas | 5.2% |
| Wichita Falls, Texas | 5.1% |
| Lynn, Massachusetts | 5.0% |
| Sterling Heights, Michigan | 4.7% |
| Montgomery, Alabama | 4.7% |
| Temecula, California | 4.6% |
| Conroe, Texas | 4.6% |
| St. Petersburg, Florida | 4.5% |
| Miami Gardens, Florida | 4.5% |
| Kansas City, Missouri | 4.4% |
| Naperville, Illinois | 4.4% |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 4.4% |
| Cary, North Carolina | 4.2% |
| San Mateo, California | 4.1% |
| Huntsville, Alabama | 4.0% |
| Clearwater, Florida | 4.0% |
| Independence, Missouri | 3.7% |
| Dearborn, Michigan | 3.6% |
| Rio Rancho, New Mexico | 3.6% |
| Concord, California | 3.3% |
| Warren, Michigan | 3.2% |
| Overland Park, Kansas | 3.1% |
| Lee's Summit, Missouri | 3.0% |
| Sugar Land, Texas | 2.9% |
| Amarillo, Texas | 2.7% |
| Greeley, Colorado | 2.5% |
| Allentown, Pennsylvania | 2.3% |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 2.1% |
| Olathe, Kansas | 1.9% |
| Clarksville, Tennessee | 1.7% |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | 1.7% |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 1.6% |
| Longmont, Colorado | 1.3% |
| Knoxville, Tennessee | 1.0% |
| Simi Valley, California | 0.9% |
Two or more wired choices at 100/20 Mbps are reported at 52.0% of Rochester's locations, up from 31.4%2 in June 2022. Three or more, usually Spectrum plus both fiber networks, reach 10.3%1.
Fast uploads on cable as well as fiber
Rochester's speed figures do not follow the usual pattern of a city where cable is the main wire. Cable networks usually advertise much slower uploads than downloads, so the share of locations with 100/100 Mbps service tends to track the fiber share. Here it does not: symmetrical wired service of 100/100 Mbps or more is advertised at 97.1% of locations, although fiber reaches only 53.3%. At the addresses without fiber, the only wire offering those speeds is Spectrum's cable. The FCC's gigabit tier, 1,000 Mbps down with at least 100 Mbps up, is advertised at 97.1%, against 62.7%1 statewide.
That is a recent change. In June 2022 both shares were about a third of the city (32.1%2 for 100/100), and the gigabit share has since risen 65.0 percentage points. The map records what providers advertise, not why their reports changed. Syracuse, where Spectrum reports service at 97.3% of locations, shows nothing similar: its 100/100 share, 69.7%, equals its fiber share, and the 1,000/100 tier reaches only 1.3%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.
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| Area | Wired 100/100 Mbps |
|---|---|
| Rochester | 97.1% |
| Yonkers | 96.3% |
| New York | 90.3% |
| United States | 73.7% |
| New York | 73.0% |
| Syracuse | 69.7% |
| Buffalo | 59.9% |
| Albany | 2.0% |
The fiber networks set the top tier. The fastest advertised download is 2 Gbps or more at 52.4% of locations, matching the share with two or more wired choices; Greenlight advertises up to 8 Gbps and Frontier up to 7 Gbps. At nearly all other locations it falls between 940 Mbps and 2 Gbps (44.7%), the range that includes Spectrum's top download of 1 Gbps1. All are advertised maximums.
DSL shrank to Frontier's last copper
In the first National Broadband Map, for June 2022, DSL was reported at 86.0% of Rochester's locations. In the June 2026 data it is reported at 13.9%, 8,283 locations, all of them Frontier's. Over the same period fiber rose from 32.1% to 53.3% and the single-wire share fell from 63.7%2 to 45.1%. Rochester still has more DSL on the map than Buffalo (0.0%) or Syracuse (0.0%1).
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSL available | 86.0% | 14.0% | 13.9% | −72.0 pts |
| Gigabit (1,000/100) | 32.1% | 97.1% | 97.1% | 65.0 pts |
| Fiber available | 32.1% | 53.2% | 53.3% | 21.2 pts |
| Two or more fiber networks | 0.5% | 10.5% | 10.6% | 10.1 pts |
Fixed wireless: wide footprints, fewer fast addresses
The three mobile carriers report home internet over licensed spectrum at 98.5% of locations combined, but at 100/20 Mbps the picture is narrower. T-Mobile reports service at 85.5% of locations and 100/20 at 29.8%. AT&T, which reported no Rochester locations in June 2022, now reports 84.2%, with 100/20 at 3.0%. Verizon reports 62.1%, with 100/20 at 40.9% and a fastest advertised download of 1 Gbps1.
Licensed fixed wireless at 100/20 Mbps from any carrier is reported at 57.0% of locations, down from 68.0%3 in the December 2025 release. Carriers cap sign-ups by address because a tower sector's capacity is shared, so a reported location is not a promise of an open slot. Satellite is reported at every location and is the only option at 51 locations.
Near-universal service, lower subscription
Wired service reaches nearly every Rochester address, but the share of households paying for internet is among the lowest of any large city. In the Census Bureau's 2025 American Community Survey, 89.0% of Rochester households had a broadband subscription of any type (margin of error ±2.2 percentage points), the 6th lowest share among large cities, against 93.6% for New York State. 10.9% had no internet subscription (±2.2 percentage points), and 17.2% relied only on a cellular data plan (±3.3 percentage points4).
Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year detailed tables. Whiskers show the 90% margin of error. Period: 2025.
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| Area | Households with a broadband subscription of any type | MOE |
|---|---|---|
| Yonkers | 94.4% | ±1.8 |
| New York | 93.6% | ±0.2 |
| New York | 93.4% | ±0.3 |
| Syracuse | 92.5% | ±2.1 |
| Buffalo | 91.4% | ±1.6 |
| Rochester | 89.0% | ±2.2 |
| Albany | 88.9% | ±3.2 |
Among New York's large cities only Albany, at 88.9% (±3.2 percentage points), has a similar share. The trend is upward: in 2019 the survey put Rochester's broadband share at 78.0% (±2.3 percentage points) and the share without a subscription at 21.8%5. Cable, fiber or DSL subscriptions stood at 70.2% of households in 2025 (±3.2 percentage points4).
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) | 97.1% | |
| Households subscribing to cable, fiber or DSL (Census) | 70.2% | ±3.2 |
| Households relying only on a cellular data plan | 17.2% | ±3.3 |
| Households with no internet subscription | 10.9% | ±2.2 |
The survey counts households across a year, and the FCC counts locations on a single date, where an apartment building is one location; the two sources describe the same city in different units. The New York page covers every county, including Monroe County, and the state's broadband programs.
Rochester internet questions
What internet providers are available in Rochester, NY?
As of June 30, 2026, Spectrum reports service at 96.6% of Rochester's locations, almost all of it cable. Frontier reports 42.4% (fiber and DSL) and Greenlight Networks 31.4%1 (fiber). T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon report fixed wireless home internet, and Empire Long Distance Corporation and FirstLight Fiber report fiber at a few hundred locations between them. Satellite is reported everywhere.
Is fiber internet available in Rochester?
At least one provider reports fiber at 53.3% of locations in the city, against 73.0% across Monroe County, 70.0% across New York State and 62.6% nationally. Frontier (31.1%) and Greenlight Networks (31.4%1) account for nearly all of it.
How many internet providers does Rochester have?
4 wired providers report service somewhere in the city, up from 32 in June 2022, and 3 carriers report licensed fixed wireless. At a single location the wired choice at 100/20 Mbps is narrower: one provider at 45.1% of locations, two at 41.7% and three or more at 10.3%1.
Can I get gigabit internet with fast uploads in Rochester?
Gigabit service with uploads of at least 100 Mbps (the FCC's 1,000/100 tier) is advertised at 97.1%1 of locations, up from 32.1%2 in June 2022. These are advertised maximums reported by providers.
Checking one address in Rochester
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 New York
The state picture, county by county: internet in New York. Other large cities in the state: New York, Buffalo, Yonkers, Syracuse and Albany. Compare Rochester with any other city or state in the comparison tool.
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
- 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
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019 1-year detailed tables; 2019. api.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.