GoNetspeed vs Fidium Fiber
These two overlap in 8 metro areas and 55 towns and cities, so for a lot of people this is a real choice rather than a hypothetical one. The first question is not which is better. It is which of them can reach you.
GoNetspeed vs Fidium Fiber at a glance
| Measure | GoNetspeed | Fidium Fiber |
|---|---|---|
| Main technology | Fiber | Fiber |
| Residential locations on that technology | 534,197 | 1,033,779 |
| Single technology or mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Full coverage detail | Where GoNetspeed is available | Where Fidium Fiber is available |
We do not publish speeds or prices here.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 GoNetspeed and Fidium Fiber 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.
These percentages count each operator's whole reported network. 63.3% of what Fidium Fiber files is fiber. The FCC publishes that split nationally and never per metro, so a high number here means the operator reaches the metro, not that it reaches it on that technology.
| Metro area | GoNetspeed | Fidium Fiber |
|---|---|---|
| Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area | 29% | 72% |
| Bangor, ME Metro Area | 27% | 62% |
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area | 25% | 73% |
| Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area | 23% | 68% |
| Rutland, VT Micro Area | 6% | 61% |
| Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area | 2% | 5% |
| Warrensburg, MO Micro Area | 6% | 0% |
| Pittsfield, MA Metro Area | 1% | 0% |
Where only one of them reaches
GoNetspeed reports service in 9 states and Fidium Fiber in 18, and they share 7 of them. Overlap is the exception, not the rule, so if you are outside the table above this is the part that answers your question.
19 metro areas have GoNetspeed and not Fidium Fiber
- Seneca Falls, NY Micro Area 56% covered
- Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area 31% covered
- New Haven-Milford, CT Metro Area 31% covered
- Albertville, AL Micro Area 21% covered
- Sedalia, MO Micro Area 19% covered
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area 16% covered
- Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area 13% covered
- Marshall, MO Micro Area 11% covered
65 metro areas have Fidium Fiber and not GoNetspeed
- Bennington, VT Micro Area 85% covered
- Keene, NH Micro Area 83% covered
- Berlin, NH Micro Area 78% covered
- Taylorville, IL Micro Area 77% covered
- Mankato, MN Metro Area 75% covered
- Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area 74% covered
- Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area 73% covered
- Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area 67% covered
States where only GoNetspeed reports service: Connecticut, West Virginia. States where only Fidium Fiber reports service: California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas.
Showing the eight best covered of each. Ranked by reported coverage within the metro, from the same FCC filing as the table above. Providers self report and overstate, so read these as a ceiling on where a company will sell to you, not a promise about your street.
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 fiber 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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