Fidium Fiber vs Spectrum at a glance
| Fidium Fiber | Spectrum | |
|---|---|---|
| Main technology | Fiber | Cable |
| Residential locations on that technology | 1,033,779 | 33,900,003 |
| Single technology or mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Full coverage detail | Where Fidium Fiber is available | Where Spectrum 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We do not publish speeds or prices here.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 Fidium Fiber 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 | Fidium Fiber | Spectrum |
|---|---|---|
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME Metro Area | 73% | 92% |
| Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area | 72% | 72% |
| Augusta-Waterville, ME Micro Area | 68% | 92% |
| Bangor, ME Metro Area | 62% | 78% |
| Mankato, MN Metro Area | 75% | 59% |
| Berlin, NH Micro Area | 78% | 59% |
| Keene, NH Micro Area | 83% | 52% |
| Hudson, NY Micro Area | 36% | 40% |
| Barre, VT Micro Area | 63% | 27% |
| Faribault-Northfield, MN Micro Area | 27% | 62% |
| Lebanon, NH-VT Micro Area | 64% | 21% |
| Lufkin, TX Micro Area | 57% | 12% |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY Micro Area | 11% | 83% |
| Jacksonville, TX Micro Area | 4% | 34% |
| Centralia, IL Micro Area | 4% | 60% |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | 21% | 3% |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area | 74% | 3% |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area | 6% | 2% |
| Owatonna, MN Micro Area | 2% | 65% |
| Nacogdoches, TX Micro Area | 2% | 6% |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area | 1% | 6% |
| Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area | 1% | 65% |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area | 1% | 93% |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Metro Area | 1% | 50% |
| Tallahassee, FL Metro Area | 1% | 1% |
Showing 25 of 46 metro areas where both operate.
Where only one of them reaches
Fidium Fiber reports service in 18 states and Spectrum in 42, and they share 15 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.
27 metro areas have Fidium Fiber and not Spectrum
- Taylorville, IL Micro Area 77% covered
- Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area 73% covered
- Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area 67% covered
- Concord, NH Micro Area 58% covered
- Effingham, IL Micro Area 31% covered
- Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area 9% covered
- Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area 5% covered
- Emporia, KS Micro Area 4% covered
467 metro areas have Spectrum and not Fidium Fiber
- Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area 96% covered
- Akron, OH Metro Area 96% covered
- Jacksonville, NC Metro Area 96% covered
- Morehead City, NC Micro Area 96% covered
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area 96% covered
- Kapaa, HI Micro Area 96% covered
- Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area 95% covered
- Racine, WI Metro Area 95% covered
States where only Fidium Fiber reports service: Iowa, North Dakota, Oklahoma. States where only Spectrum reports service: Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana and 15 more.
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.
That is the case here: Fidium Fiber 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.