Internet Service in New York

The Empire State has incredible Internet connectivity. Wireless Internet is available to 99.7% of New Yorkers. Cable Internet is available to 97.8%, and DSL access is available to 94.1% of the population. Cutting edge Fiber Internet is offered to 61.5% of state residents, significantly higher than the national average of 25.4%.

More than 98.4% of New York residents have access to wired or wireless Internet with speeds of at least 10 Mbps. More than 69% of the state has at least 3 Internet service providers to choose from. Because of these levels of connectivity, 80.6% of New Yorkers have high speed Internet access at home, higher than the national average. Yet, still a mere 4.2% of New Yorkers have no Internet connection at work or home.

8.50%

Population with faster than 1.00 gbps available.

26.00%

Population with only 100.00 mbps speeds or less available.

2.00%

Population with only 25.00 mbps speeds or less available.

41.80 mbps

Average internet download speed across the state

0.70%

Population with no wired internet access available.

99.30%

Population with wired internet access available.

4.00%

Population underserved with minimum service options available

21

Average broadband score for New York

Broadband in New York

Largest Cities in New York	Providers					Broadband Score
Albany, NY	17	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	11.78 mbps	2.10 mbps	22
Auburn, NY	16	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	11.84 mbps	4.44 mbps	21
Binghamton, NY	14	50.00 mbps	5.00 mbps	9.56 mbps	1.06 mbps	17
Brentwood, NY	16	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	8.42 mbps	4.05 mbps	18
Buffalo, NY	16	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	10.82 mbps	2.07 mbps	28
Centereach, NY	16	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	7.38 mbps	3.05 mbps	18
Central Islip, NY	16	2.00 gbps	100.00 mbps	17.84 mbps	4.83 mbps	27
Clarence, NY	12	50.00 mbps	5.00 mbps	11.52 mbps	1.25 mbps	18
Commack, NY	18	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	9.24 mbps	4.03 mbps	21
Coram, NY	17	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	4.94 mbps	0.64 mbps	12
Deer Park, NY	19	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	11.28 mbps	4.46 mbps	26
East Meadow, NY	12	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	11.14 mbps	5.49 mbps	20
Elmira, NY	14	1.00 gbps	50.00 mbps	80.99 mbps	4.63 mbps	60
Elmont, NY	14	300.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	31.01 mbps	6.11 mbps	32
Franklin Square, NY	15	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	9.08 mbps	4.60 mbps	21
Freeport, NY	14	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	9.61 mbps	4.48 mbps	18
Harrison, NY	15	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	8.88 mbps	4.28 mbps	19
Hempstead, NY	16	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	11.23 mbps	6.84 mbps	22
Hicksville, NY	15	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	8.95 mbps	4.20 mbps	18
Huntington Station, NY	16	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	8.31 mbps	3.85 mbps	17
Ithaca, NY	17	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	67.73 mbps	59.99 mbps	68
Jamestown, NY	12	100.00 mbps	8.00 mbps	15.51 mbps	1.63 mbps	27
Levittown, NY	15	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	9.15 mbps	4.44 mbps	18
Lindenhurst, NY	16	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	8.52 mbps	4.25 mbps	21
Long Beach, NY	15	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	8.85 mbps	4.19 mbps	19
Middletown, NY	14	50.00 mbps	5.00 mbps	10.79 mbps	1.17 mbps	18
Mount Vernon, NY	19	300.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	25.40 mbps	6.68 mbps	37
New City, NY	15	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	9.60 mbps	4.84 mbps	19
New Rochelle, NY	18	300.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	24.66 mbps	5.09 mbps	31
New York, NY	33	2.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	61.12 mbps	33.78 mbps	79
Newburgh, NY	14	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	12.90 mbps	4.66 mbps	23
Niagara Falls, NY	13	50.00 mbps	5.00 mbps	10.45 mbps	1.18 mbps	17
North Tonawanda, NY	14	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	9.80 mbps	1.12 mbps	19
Oceanside, NY	17	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	66.98 mbps	63.02 mbps	100
Port Chester, NY	14	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	9.75 mbps	4.45 mbps	18
Poughkeepsie, NY	13	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	16.50 mbps	6.25 mbps	27
Rochester, NY	14	1.00 gbps	100.00 mbps	81.85 mbps	8.39 mbps	52
Rome, NY	13	50.00 mbps	5.00 mbps	10.28 mbps	1.14 mbps	17
Schenectady, NY	15	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	16.86 mbps	5.68 mbps	25
Shirley, NY	15	30.00 mbps	3.00 mbps	5.50 mbps	0.66 mbps	12
Spring Valley, NY	15	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	12.80 mbps	6.49 mbps	22
Syracuse, NY	16	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	10.21 mbps	2.89 mbps	23
Troy, NY	16	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	12.23 mbps	1.81 mbps	22
Utica, NY	12	1.00 gbps	1.00 gbps	94.37 mbps	84.57 mbps	98
Valley Stream, NY	17	300.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	27.23 mbps	5.98 mbps	34
Watertown, NY	13	50.00 mbps	5.00 mbps	11.40 mbps	1.30 mbps	20
West Babylon, NY	17	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	8.08 mbps	3.91 mbps	18
West Islip, NY	16	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	8.25 mbps	4.01 mbps	20
White Plains, NY	17	100.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	9.90 mbps	4.87 mbps	24
Yonkers, NY	18	300.00 mbps	100.00 mbps	26.10 mbps	5.46 mbps	34
* availability only includes locations with greater than 50,000 residents

Provider	Avg. Speeds
Viasat		25.00 mbps
Exede		25.00 mbps
HughesNet		25.00 mbps
Verizon		31.67 mbps
Spectrum		57.55 mbps
Frontier		14.24 mbps
Hudson Valley Wireless		25.00 mbps
Nysys Wireless		6.00 mbps
King Street Wireless		1.00 mbps
Mid-Hudson Data Corp.		38.60 mbps