Internet Providers in Melville, NY
Residential Internet Statistics for Melville, NY
Internet Service Providers: | 6 |
Plans Start From: | $19.99 |
Top Download Speed: | 1 Gbps |
Fastest Connection Type: | Fiber |
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Internet Access in Melville, New York
Viasat Internet has the most coverage in Melville. HughesNet is also widely available.
Optimum by Altice and Verizon can also provide Internet service in Melville, with shared coverage areas in some parts of town.
2 Internet options per address isn't a strong amount of competition, but it's sufficient to reduce pricing in Melville blocks with provider overlap. Choice often varies depending on neighborhood, as illustrated in the map below.
As might be expected with cities with Melville's density of broadband service competitiveness, the weighted average speeds recorded within city limits fall somewhat short of the state average. (87.64 Mbps, as opposed to New York's 285.91 Mbps average in the past twelve months.)
The broadband coverage insights here and elsewhere on BroadbandNow are drawn from government data from the FCC and privatized data collected directly from industry sources. Averaged statistics about speed data comes primarily from M-Labs, which is a speed test tool integrated into BroadbandNow and Google and Chrome queries. The BroadbandNow researchers have manually sourced pricing for 361 broadband deals within the Melville market as of 2022.
- There are 19 internet providers in Melville with 8 of those offering residential service
- Melville is the 5th most connected city in New York ahead of Farmingdale, Woodbury, Old Bethpage, Plainview, and Wyandanch.
- Explore internet access for communities within Melville: Huntington Station
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Summary Of Fastest Internet Providers In Melville, New York
Provider | Speed | Type | Time To Download 1 GB | Availability |
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Optimum by Altice | 1,000 Mbps | Cable | 8s | 99.2% |
Optimum by Altice | 1,000 Mbps | Fiber | 8s | 3.9% |
Viasat Internet | 50 Mbps | Satellite | 2m 43s | 100.0% |
HughesNet | 25 Mbps | Satellite | 5m 27s | 100.0% |
T-Mobile 5G Home Internet | 182 Mbps | 5G Internet | 45s | 15.2% |
EarthLink 5G Home Internet | 100 Mbps | 5G Internet | 1m 21s | 15.2% |
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Melville, NY
1.1% of consumers in Melville
200 People Only have access to 1 or fewer wired internet providers available at their address.Reference
This data is calculated from FCC datasets which providers are legally required to supply twice a year. We further validate this data for accuracy.
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The “Connected” metric is a citywide average based on FCC data showing the density of broadband options at the census block level.
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This statistic is drawn from the population in census blocks not served by at least one wired broadband provider.
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Fiber coverage data is sourced from FCC Form 477 filings and cross-validated through BroadbandNow with private datasets and direct provider reporting.
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This coverage statistic is based on a mix of FCC and private provider reporting in the past two quarters.
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25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload is the minimum speed for an Internet connection to be classified as “Broadband” by the FCC.