Frontier Fiber vs Xfinity
These two overlap in 157 metro areas and 1,089 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.
Frontier Fiber vs Xfinity at a glance
| Measure | Frontier Fiber | Xfinity |
|---|---|---|
| Main technology | Fiber | Cable |
| Residential locations on that technology | 6,545,956 | 37,853,193 |
| Single technology or mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Full coverage detail | Where Frontier Fiber is available | Where Xfinity 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We do not publish speeds or prices here.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 Frontier Fiber and Xfinity 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. 75.5% of what Frontier Fiber files with the FCC 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 | Frontier Fiber | Xfinity |
|---|---|---|
| New Haven-Milford, CT Metro Area | 72% | 87% |
| Richmond, IN Micro Area | 71% | 83% |
| Norwich-New London, CT Metro Area | 70% | 96% |
| Connersville, IN Micro Area | 68% | 78% |
| Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area | 68% | 67% |
| Bloomington, IL Metro Area | 66% | 75% |
| Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area | 65% | 85% |
| Muskegon, MI Metro Area | 63% | 80% |
| North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL Metro Area | 59% | 55% |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area | 55% | 78% |
| Logansport, IN Micro Area | 51% | 70% |
| Lincoln, IL Micro Area | 50% | 59% |
| Torrington, CT Micro Area | 70% | 48% |
| Macomb, IL Micro Area | 47% | 73% |
| Seymour, IN Micro Area | 47% | 66% |
| Rochelle, IL Micro Area | 47% | 61% |
| Adrian, MI Micro Area | 46% | 66% |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area | 43% | 77% |
| Greensburg, IN Micro Area | 43% | 53% |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area | 42% | 44% |
| Wabash, IN Micro Area | 43% | 41% |
| Freeport, IL Micro Area | 39% | 61% |
| Sturgis, MI Micro Area | 50% | 38% |
| Fairmont, WV Micro Area | 50% | 38% |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area | 35% | 72% |
Showing 25 of 157 metro areas where both operate.
Where only one of them reaches
Frontier Fiber reports service in 25 states and Xfinity in 41, and they share 22 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.
189 metro areas have Frontier Fiber and not Xfinity
- Gloversville, NY Micro Area 64% covered
- San Angelo, TX Metro Area 61% covered
- Marion, OH Micro Area 61% covered
- Norwalk, OH Micro Area 58% covered
- Del Rio, TX Micro Area 57% covered
- Jacksonville, IL Micro Area 57% covered
- Coldwater, MI Micro Area 57% covered
- Portsmouth, OH Micro Area 56% covered
197 metro areas have Xfinity and not Frontier Fiber
- Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area 100% covered
- Key West, FL Micro Area 99% covered
- Ocean City, NJ Metro Area 99% covered
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area 98% covered
- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area 98% covered
- Vineyard Haven, MA Micro Area 98% covered
- Los Alamos, NM Micro Area 97% covered
- Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ Metro Area 97% covered
States where only Frontier Fiber reports service: Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada. States where only Xfinity reports service: Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri and 7 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: Frontier Fiber is mainly fiber and Xfinity 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 →
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