Cable internet providers in the United States

261 operators report cable service to the FCC. About 83% of US homes can get cable at 100 Mbps or better. Almost all of them are regional, so which one you can get depends entirely on where you live.

What cable actually is

A coaxial line shared across a local node, originally built to deliver television. Download speeds are strongly competitive with fiber; upload is typically a small fraction of download, and performance can dip when the street is busy. Widely available in urban and suburban areas.

Cable availability nationally

SpeedShare of US homes
25/3 Mbps 83.1%
100/20 Mbps 82.9%
250/25 Mbps 82.0%
1 Gbps / 100 Mbps 32.8%

Cable providers we cover

Ranked by reported residential cable locations. We have detailed coverage pages for 35 of the 261 operators nationally, starting with the largest and the ones people actually search for.

Provider Residential locations States
Xfinity 37,853,193 41
Spectrum 33,900,003 42
Cox 6,447,111 18
Optimum 5,352,613 21
Mediacom 2,630,802 22
Astound Broadband 2,213,317 12
Sparklight 2,092,486 23
Breezeline 1,245,192 14
Midco 529,137 5
Armstrong 290,054 6
Buckeye Broadband 209,201 4

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Cable providers compared

Head-to-head where both operators reach enough of the same places for it to be a real choice:

Or see every provider comparison on the site.

How many US homes can actually get a gigabit, and how that varies by state and county, is measured in our gigabit availability study.

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