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Internet providers measured in New York, ranked by speed
Median real-world speeds for the 6 fixed home internet providers with at least 100 distinct connections in New York, fastest first. These are the speeds their customers measured, not advertised plan speeds, and not a statement of who can be bought at a given address.
| # | Provider | Download | Upload | Latency | Connections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frontier | 293.0 | 159.6 | 20 ms | 250+ |
| 2 | Optimum | 273.0 | 34.9 | 17 ms | 1k+ |
| 3 | Greenlight Networks | 273.0 | 147.6 | 18 ms | 250+ |
| 4 | Verizon | 207.6 | 82.5 | 19 ms | 5k+ |
| 5 | Spectrum | 193.9 | 24.3 | 33 ms | 2.5k+ |
| 6 | Astound Broadband | 152.5 | 29.9 | 17 ms | 100+ |
Measured in New York and named rather than ranked: AT&T, Boost Mobile, T-Mobile US. In New York each of these is the operator's mobile network rather than a wired home line, and a browser test cannot tell a phone from a 5G home gateway on the same network. Ranking them beside fibre and cable would compare two different products.
Also measured, with too few connections for a median we would stand behind: Empire Access.
Internet in New York: what the data shows
In New York, the median real-world download speed is 166.5 Mbps, 14% above the median published state of 145.6 Mbps, ranking #8 of the 39 states and districts with enough data to publish.
New York is led by Frontier, with Greenlight Networks, an upstate New York fibre network, exactly level with Optimum at 273 Mbps.
Uploads median 36.4 Mbps and latency 28 ms.
Mobile tests run about 1.1× faster than desktop, and mobile is 32% of tests.
Across the 6 fixed providers with enough connections to rank here, medians run from 293.0 Mbps (Frontier) down to 152.5 Mbps (Astound Broadband), a 1.9× spread inside one state. Which network reaches an address matters more here than which state the address is in.
The New York sample carries enough tests to name 10 providers, 28 counties and 32 cities and localities.
Figures are medians of 25k+ browser-based tests from 10k+ distinct connections, first half of 2026. Each connection counts at most three times, third-party sources are capped, and datacenter networks are excluded, so one busy line cannot move a state. That makes these numbers a different series from the national figure on the United States page, and they are not directly comparable to it.
Where the New York data comes from
28 counties with enough tests to name:
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32 cities and localities with enough tests to name:
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Counties, cities and localities are named, never numbered, and listed alphabetically. Speeds below state level are part of the licensed dataset.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the average internet speed in New York?
The median real-world download speed in New York is 166.5 Mbps, with 36.4 Mbps upload and 28 ms latency, measured from 25k+ browser-based speed tests on SpeedOf.Me.
Where does New York rank among US states?
New York ranks #8 of the 39 states and districts we publish, 14% above the median published state. We publish a state only where at least 2,000 distinct connections back the number, so 12 of the 51 are not listed at all.
Why is this lower than the speed my provider advertises?
An advertised speed is the maximum the line can carry. This is a real-world measurement through a browser to neutral servers on the open internet, which is what a video call, a download or a game actually gets. Wi-Fi, the device and time of day all sit between the two.
Which internet provider is fastest in New York?
Of the fixed home internet providers with at least 100 distinct connections in New York, Frontier has the highest median real-world download speed at 293.0 Mbps, ahead of Optimum at 273.0 Mbps. That is the median its customers measured here, not an advertised plan speed, and a provider is only as fast as the line that reaches your address.
Which internet providers were measured in New York?
10 providers had enough tests in New York to name: Astound Broadband, AT&T, Boost Mobile, Empire Access, Frontier, Greenlight Networks, Optimum, Spectrum, T-Mobile US, Verizon. 6 of them carry a ranked median speed on this page: the rest are either a carrier's mobile network in New York rather than a wired home line, or below the 100 distinct connections we require before publishing a median. That list is not a market-share estimate or a statement of who can be bought at a given address.
Are speeds on phones lower than on computers in New York?
Tests run on phones and tablets, over home Wi-Fi or a cellular connection, are 32% of the New York sample and median 173.9 Mbps. Tests run on desktops and laptops, which are almost always on a fixed line's Wi-Fi, median 162.2 Mbps. This is a device comparison, not a comparison of providers.
How current is this data?
It covers first half of 2026 and was last updated on 2026-09-05. The dataset is free to reuse with attribution under CC BY 4.0.
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