Optimum vs Xfinity at a glance
| Optimum | Xfinity | |
|---|---|---|
| Main technology | Cable | Cable |
| Residential locations on that technology | 5,352,613 | 37,853,193 |
| Single technology or mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Full coverage detail | Coverage page coming | 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We do not publish speeds or prices here.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 Optimum 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.
| Metro area | Optimum | Xfinity |
|---|---|---|
| Torrington, CT Micro Area | 39% | 48% |
| Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area | 34% | 33% |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area | 65% | 33% |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area | 27% | 73% |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area | 23% | 66% |
| Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area | 21% | 46% |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area | 16% | 28% |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area | 51% | 16% |
| Huntsville, TX Micro Area | 52% | 11% |
| Clarksburg, WV Micro Area | 17% | 10% |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area | 9% | 61% |
| Monroe, LA Metro Area | 8% | 66% |
| New Haven-Milford, CT Metro Area | 8% | 87% |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metro Area | 6% | 62% |
| Fairmont, WV Micro Area | 6% | 38% |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area | 5% | 93% |
| Minden, LA Micro Area | 44% | 3% |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Metro Area | 40% | 3% |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area | 2% | 12% |
| Salinas, CA Metro Area | 1% | 74% |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | 1% | 75% |
| Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area | 1% | 22% |
| Longview, TX Metro Area | 13% | 1% |
| College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area | 70% | 1% |
| Charleston, WV Metro Area | 71% | 0% |
Showing 25 of 27 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.
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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