New York Broadband Data
New York is a high-volume Form 477 filing book: 1,804,926 deployment records across 71 providers, with a satellite-led mix and 31.2% of filings at ≥100 Mbps advertised max.
Data updated June 2026
1,804,926 Form 477 records, upper third of 56 states/territories (≥ 1,310,136)
New York at a glance
In New York, 56.7% of Form 477 records are satellite and 7.5% are fiber, a satellite-led high-volume book (1,804,926 records).
- 7.5%
- fiber share (above the 4.3% national share)
- 31.2%
- filings ≥100 Mbps max (+6.7 pp vs 24.6% national)
- 56.7%
- satellite share - the dominant category
- widest footprint - 350,169 records
Shares are the percentage of this state's Form 477 deployment records using each technology category. Speed tiers are max-advertised download buckets, not measured retail speeds.
New York broadband livability score
A single 0-100 verdict combining New York's standing on 3 FCC Form 477-derived measures against every other tracked state and territory. A missing measure would drop out and redistribute its weight rather than deflate the score, not exercised on this build, since New York reports all three.
82/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Average download speed
- B 235 Mbps
89th percentile of 56 tracked
- Fiber availability
- B 7.5 %
88th percentile of 56 tracked
- Provider competition
- C 71.0 providers
59th percentile of 56 tracked
New York's ≥100 Mbps filings outpace the national Form 477 mix
On this high-volume book, 31.2% of max-advertised-download filings sit at ≥100 Mbps (giga + gigabit buckets), versus 24.6% across every state_speed_tiers row (+6.7 pp).
- NY ≥100 Mbps share
- 31.2%
- All-state ≥100 Mbps share
- 24.6%
- NY vs national
- +6.7 pp
- NY avg max advertised
- 235 Mbps
Derivation: NY state_speed_tiers row vs SUM(state_speed_tiers); maxaddown buckets, not address-level availability or retail speed tests.
New York vs all states by provider count
Where this state's Form 477 filer count sits among every state and territory on PlainBroadband
71 24th of 56 higher than 32 of 56 states
States, banded by distinct broadband providers filing Form 477
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FCC Form 477 fixed broadband deployment · June 2020
Technology Breakdown
New York broadband technologies by reported deployment records
FCC Form 477 fixed broadband deployment data (June 2020 status)
Full technology detail
| # | Technology | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satellite | 1,023,743 |
| 2 | Cable | 279,652 |
| 3 | DSL | 201,962 |
| 4 | Fiber | 136,068 |
| 5 | Terrestrial Fixed Wireless | 63,018 |
| 6 | ADSL2+ | 56,440 |
| 7 | VDSL | 38,653 |
| 8 | Other Copper | 4,293 |
| 9 | Symmetric DSL | 1,097 |
Who Reports the Most in New York
The providers carrying the largest share of New York's Form 477 deployment records. ViaSat, Inc. leads with 350,169 records.
Top providers in New York by reported deployment records
FCC Form 477 fixed broadband deployment data (June 2020 status)
Full Provider List - New York
Showing top 50 of 71 providers.
High-volume peers near New York
High-volume peers for New York: states with similar filer counts and similar total deployment records (provider floor ≥10, record floor ≥10,000).
Similar provider count
Nearest states by FCC filers reporting (71 here).
Similar deployment-record total
Nearest states by summed Form 477 records (1,804,926 here), excluding the filer-count set.
Disclaimer: Data from FCC Form 477. For informational purposes only. Coverage percentages are based on provider filings and may overstate actual availability at specific addresses. Speed figures represent maximum advertised speeds, not guaranteed performance. Always verify availability directly with providers.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Why does New York show so many Form 477 deployment records?
- New York has 1,804,926 deployment records from 71 providers, upper third of the 56-state corpus (≥ 1,310,136). Dense books usually mix large cable/fiber footprints with satellite overlays.
- How does New York's ≥100 Mbps advertised share compare nationally?
- 31.2% of New York's Form 477 filings advertise ≥100 Mbps max download, versus 24.6% nationally (+6.7 pp). Tiers come from state_speed_tiers maxaddown buckets, not retail speed tests.
- What broadband technologies dominate New York's filings?
- satellite-led mix: fiber 7.5%, cable 15.5%, DSL 16.8%, fixed wireless 3.5%, satellite 56.7% of Form 477 records.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Read with this state
- Arkansas (72 filers)
- North Carolina (70 filers)
- Georgia (73 filers)
- Arizona (73 filers)
- Mix reading guide →
What to do with New York's footprint
Provider count and record volume describe who files here, not what any one address can get.
- ViaSat, Inc. leads New York's filings with 350,169 records. Check its footprint across every other state it serves. ViaSat, Inc. profile
- Compare against Arkansas, a similarly-sized state by provider count. Compare to Arkansas
- Find your own speed tier and what technology mix typically delivers it. Speed tier finder
Figures are FCC Form 477 fixed-deployment data as of June 2020, the final Form 477 release, self-reported by census block. For current, address-level availability, use the FCC National Broadband Map.
State-level figures reflect reported provider footprint, not a real-time or address-level availability check.