Spectrum Internet Coverage and Availability

Spectrum is available in over 40 states—Enter your zip code below to find plans available in your area.

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By Brianne Sandorf

May 27, 2025

2 min read

Spectrum Internet is a cable and fiber internet provider covering 30 million people in 41 states. According to federal broadband data and Reviews.org’s own proprietary information, Spectrum Internet is most widely available on the borders of the U.S., with its coverage almost making a frame around the country.

I’ve written extensively about Spectrum Internet and its coverage area. That includes poring over federal maps, talking with spokespeople, and looking at proprietary data to offer a deep dive into Spectrum Internet availability.

Where is Spectrum available?
Top cities for Spectrum
How is Spectrum expanding?
Spectrum biggest competitors
FAQ on Spectrum availability

Where is Spectrum available?

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Spectrum Internet is present mainly on the edges of the U.S.—north, east, west, and south—with a band of coverage spanning the middle. This availability correlates heavily to the 2020 census population density map, although Spectrum misses some big cities like Chicago.

It’s worth noting that while Spectrum offers both cable internet and fiber internet, only about 5% of its coverage area currently provides fiber. In contrast, 98% of its coverage area includes cable service. In short, new Spectrum customers are almost guaranteed cable service, not fiber.

That’s not bad—cable internet is relatively fast and reliable. But for anyone itching to move to a fiber-optic setup, having cable as the only option might be disappointing.

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Top 10 cities for Spectrum Internet

For anyone looking for Wi-Fi in a big city, here are ten of the biggest metropolises in the U.S. where Spectrum Internet is available.

How is Spectrum expanding internet service?

Spectrum Internet has a lot of room to grow. While the service is present in 41 states, most of those states have coverage gaps that Spectrum could expand into.

Happily, Spectrum is addressing some of these gaps. It’s partnering with a federal initiative called the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to expand service in rural and underserved areas, including numerous parts of the country where locals do not have internet access with minimum download speeds of 25Mbps.

These 24 states are slated to get expanded internet access through RDOF:

Alabama
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana

Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon

Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin

Is there a Spectrum rural expansion map?

Yes, you can see a rural expansion map for Spectrum below. Although details are few at this early stage in the process, it maps out the states in which Spectrum plans to expand services through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.

Map of states where Spectrum plans to expand rural internet access

As the map above shows, Spectrum's rural expansion initiative extends across 24 states. The project is expected to be complete by the end of 2027 and beginning of 2028.

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What are Spectrum’s biggest competitors?

Spectrum Internet’s coverage area crosses paths with several other internet providers. It’s most closely matched by Xfinity Internet, another cable provider with service in many of the same places, and T-Mobile 5G Home Internet, which has a 5G network that crosses most of the U.S.

Spectrum also has some fiber competitors. In the South, Spectrum competes with AT&T Fiber, and it’s up against Verizon Fios on the East Coast.

Compare Spectrum plans and prices to other ISPs in the same area

Internet Provider	Price range	Speed range	More info
Spectrum Internet®	$25-$70	50-1000 Mbps*	View Plans
Xfinity Internet	$14.95-$90†	75-2000 Mbps	View Plans
AT&T Fiber	$55-$245‡	300-5000 Mbps	View Plans
Verizon Fios Home Internet	$49.99-$109.99^	300-2300 Mbps	View Plans
T-Mobile 5G Home Internet	$50-$160°	292-415 Mbps	View Plans

Offers and availability vary by location and are subject to change. Data verified as of the article's publication date.

* Limited time offer; subject to change; valid to qualified residential customers who have not subscribed to any services within the previous 30 days and who have no outstanding obligation to Charter.

† Pricing for some packages are for the first 12 months. Some packages require a 1- or 2-year contract.

‡ Price after $5/mo Autopay & Paperless bill discount (w/in 2 bills). Plus taxes $ fees. Limited availability. May not be available in your area.

^ Price per month with Auto Pay & without select 5G mobile plans. Fios plan prices include taxes & fees

° w/ Auto Pay. Regulatory fees included in monthly price for qualified accounts. See full terms.

Spectrum availability FAQ

How do I know if there’s Spectrum in my area?

You can know if Spectrum Internet is in your area by looking at a coverage map, calling Spectrum customer service, or using the Reviews.org address finder.

How do you get Spectrum to come to your house?

You can get Spectrum to come to your house by signing up for home phone, TV, or internet service with the company—assuming you already live in a Spectrum service area.

If your address isn’t yet eligible for Spectrum services, rumor says you may be able to bring Spectrum to your location if you get enough households to commit to using the service.

Find if Spectrum is available in your area.

Written by

Brianne Sandorf

After five years with Reviews.org, Brianne can and will tell you which internet or mobile provider you should sign up for. She’s talked with internet customers across the U.S. and beyond and addresses their real-life concerns in every piece she writes. Brianne also created the ratings system for the Reviews.org internet service provider reviews and wrote most of them. Brianne channels her lifelong interest in detective work by hunting for obscure, need-to-know information about internet service providers. She’s always learning so that she can pass her knowledge on to Reviews.org readers. Her writing and expertise have appeared in numerous other publications, including Move.org, Parents.com, and the Stanford student blog. Her work for Reviews.org is also cited in a research paper about smart home assistants titled “Expert-Generated Privacy Q&A Dataset for Conversational AI and User Study Insights.” Brianne is a homegrown Utahn who loves to travel and see new places. She graduated from Westminster College with a double major in honors and creative writing. After 20 years in a 8,000-person city, she now lives in Murray, a bustling metropolis of 50,000 where she and her husband raise their two little girls.