Cox vs Spectrum at a glance
| Cox | Spectrum | |
|---|---|---|
| Main technology | Cable | Cable |
| Residential locations on that technology | 6,447,111 | 33,900,003 |
| Single technology or mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Full coverage detail | Where Cox 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We do not publish speeds or prices here.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 Cox 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 | Cox | Spectrum |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area | 63% | 30% |
| Ocala, FL Metro Area | 24% | 39% |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area | 69% | 19% |
| Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area | 11% | 81% |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | 79% | 10% |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area | 8% | 85% |
| Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area | 75% | 7% |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Metro Area | 52% | 7% |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area | 66% | 6% |
| Lafayette, LA Metro Area | 73% | 4% |
| Morgan City, LA Micro Area | 43% | 3% |
| Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area | 28% | 3% |
| Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area | 66% | 3% |
| New Haven-Milford, CT Metro Area | 9% | 2% |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area | 80% | 2% |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area | 47% | 1% |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | 61% | 1% |
| Fremont, NE Micro Area | 1% | 64% |
| Gainesville, FL Metro Area | 60% | 1% |
| Springfield, MA Metro Area | 0% | 25% |
| Richmond, VA Metro Area | 2% | 0% |
| Houma-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area | 0% | 42% |
| Opelousas, LA Micro Area | 0% | 68% |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area | 0% | 91% |
| Worcester, MA-CT Metro Area | 0% | 62% |
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.
Both are mainly cable networks, so the technology argument does not separate them. Compare on price, contract terms and local service reputation instead, none of which the FCC publishes, and none of which we will invent.
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