New York residential proxies by ISP: Verizon and Spectrum

Which internet providers serve New York homes?

The FCC National Broadband Map lists 7 wired or fixed wireless providers among the ten widest in New York (satellite left out). Verizon reports service to 92.6% of the city's 3,932,926 residential units, Spectrum to 65.2% and Optimum to 32.7%. T-Mobile Home Internet (87.2%) and Starry (35.3%) are mostly 5G fixed wireless home internet, whose IPs share the carrier's mobile network.

How much of New York has fiber, cable and gigabit service?

Fiber reaches 79.3% of New York's residential units, 5th of the 45 cities we track and above the 62.2% median. Cable is almost everywhere (97.3%), so a cable IP is the most common home connection type. Copper DSL is practically gone (0.3%). Gigabit service (1,000/100 Mbps) is available to 70.8% of units. Access type matters for testing: fiber and cable homes usually get their own public IPv4 address, while fixed wireless users often share one.

How do I target a New York ISP in my proxy username?

Start from the city: USERNAME-country-us-state-ny-city-new_york asks for any home IP in New York. Then add the ASN of the provider you need:

• USERNAME-country-us-state-ny-city-new_york-asn-701: Verizon in New York.
• USERNAME-country-us-state-ny-city-new_york-asn-12271: Spectrum in New York.
• USERNAME-country-us-state-ny-city-new_york-asn-6128: Optimum in New York.
• USERNAME-country-us-zip-10001-asn-701: Verizon in ZIP 10001 (Chelsea).
• USERNAME-country-us-state-ny-city-new_york-asn-12271-session-newyor1-ttl-20: one Spectrum IP kept for up to 20 minutes.

Use gw.broadbandproxies.com, port 7777 for HTTP and HTTPS or 7778 for SOCKS5. If a request finds no IP online, drop the ZIP first, then the city, and keep the ASN.

Why does New York have three cable networks?

New York City is split between cable franchises. Spectrum, the former Time Warner Cable system that still routes on AS12271, reports service to 65.2% of residential units; Optimum, the former Cablevision network on AS6128, to 32.7%, mainly in the Bronx and parts of Brooklyn; and Astound's RCN network (AS6079) to 20.1%. Verizon tops the FCC list at 92.6%, a figure that includes Fios and 5G Home. Copper DSL is down to 0.3% of units.

Local program: Big Apple Connect: city-paid free home internet and basic cable for NYCHA residents; extended Sept 2025 for three years (~330,000 residents, 220 NYCHA sites).

Which NY rules matter for checks from New York?

New York had no comprehensive consumer privacy law as of October 2026; the closest is the New York SHIELD Act (2019), a data-security and breach-notice law. Prices shown to New York shoppers may add sales tax at checkout: the combined state and local rate is 8.875%, so compare pre-tax prices when you check retail pages from a New York IP. New York is on Eastern Time: schedule checks of time-limited offers and local ads in that zone. Whatever the city, our acceptable use policy applies; blocked targets: Banking, government and payment-portal sites, plus SMTP (email-sending) ports 25, 465 and 587.