altafiber vs Spectrum at a glance
| altafiber | Spectrum | |
|---|---|---|
| Main technology | Fiber | Cable |
| Residential locations on that technology | 953,587 | 33,900,003 |
| Single technology or mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Full coverage detail | Where altafiber is available | Coverage page coming |
We do not publish speeds or prices here. Both providers change them constantly and by market, and a stale number is worse than no number. Coverage is the part that is federally reported and verifiable.
Where you can get both
Metro areas where both altafiber and Spectrum report service, ranked by how well covered the less available of the two is because that is what decides whether you genuinely get a choice.
| Metro area | altafiber | Spectrum |
|---|---|---|
| Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area | 85% | 95% |
| Kapaa, HI Micro Area | 83% | 96% |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area | 79% | 89% |
| Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI Metro Area | 73% | 92% |
| Hilo, HI Micro Area | 67% | 81% |
| Jackson, OH Micro Area | 57% | 78% |
| Coshocton, OH Micro Area | 55% | 78% |
| Greenville, OH Micro Area | 47% | 72% |
| Dayton-Kettering, OH Metro Area | 19% | 93% |
| Portsmouth, OH Micro Area | 18% | 74% |
| Wilmington, OH Micro Area | 12% | 89% |
| Wooster, OH Micro Area | 10% | 23% |
| Chillicothe, OH Micro Area | 10% | 81% |
| Point Pleasant, WV-OH Micro Area | 9% | 6% |
| Salem, OH Micro Area | 5% | 29% |
| Marietta, OH Micro Area | 5% | 23% |
| Washington Court House, OH Micro Area | 4% | 79% |
| Ashtabula, OH Micro Area | 3% | 66% |
| Athens, OH Micro Area | 3% | 53% |
| Columbus, OH Metro Area | 3% | 91% |
| Ashland, OH Micro Area | 2% | 18% |
| Mount Vernon, OH Micro Area | 2% | 76% |
| Zanesville, OH Micro Area | 2% | 91% |
| Sidney, OH Micro Area | 2% | 77% |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area | 1% | 20% |
Showing 25 of 36 metro areas where both operate.
Which should you pick?
Honestly, in most of the places above only one of them will actually reach your building, and that settles it. Where both do reach you, the useful question is the technology rather than the brand.
That is the case here: altafiber is mainly fiber and Spectrum is mainly cable. The practical difference is upload speed and consistency rather than headline download speed, we explain what that means here.
See which one reaches your address →
What we will not do is tell you one is better because it pays us more. See the affiliate disclosure for how that works.