The short answer
The only way to know whether fiber is available at your address is to check that exact address. Fiber is built street by street, so two homes on the same block can get different answers. Citywide maps and ZIP-code lookups report averages, not facts about your house — a census block counts as "served" if any location in it can be served, which is why a map can show your street as covered when the line stops three doors down.
Across the markets FiberNear tracks, fiber reaches a median of 64.2% of residential locations — meaning roughly one home in three still cannot get it even in well-built metros.
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Why coverage maps say yes when the answer is no
Every national coverage map — the FCC's included — is drawn at the census-block level. A block is marked as served if at least one location inside it can be served. Blocks in suburban and rural areas routinely span dozens of homes and several streets. So a provider can honestly report a block as covered while the fiber terminates partway down it.
That is not a flaw anyone is hiding; it is how the data is collected. It does mean the map answers a different question from the one you are asking. The map answers "is there fiber around here." You are asking "can I order it."
How much fiber actually reaches each market
These are the markets FiberNear tracks, ranked by the share of residential locations where at least one provider reports fiber at 100/20 Mbps or better. Even the best-covered market on this list leaves one home in five without it.
| Market | Fiber available | Fiber gigabit | Cable available |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia, PA | 86.2% | 50.9% | 99.0% |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 79.6% | 76.2% | 97.5% |
| New York, NY | 79.3% | 67.5% | 97.3% |
| Seattle, WA | 77.1% | 67.8% | 97.7% |
| Tampa, FL | 75.4% | 75.4% | 92.1% |
| Fort Worth, TX | 75.2% | 75.2% | 80.7% |
| Raleigh, NC | 73.2% | 73.2% | 91.6% |
| San Antonio, TX | 71.7% | 71.7% | 93.5% |
| Portland, OR | 71.5% | 53.8% | 97.7% |
| Boston, MA | 69.8% | 18.0% | 99.5% |
| Nashville, TN | 68.9% | 68.7% | 95.5% |
| Charlotte, NC | 68.5% | 68.5% | 93.1% |
| Austin, TX | 68.2% | 68.2% | 91.6% |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 65.6% | 62.2% | 77.2% |
| Denver, CO | 64.2% | 48.6% | 93.3% |
| Washington, DC | 62.4% | 15.5% | 97.6% |
| Dallas, TX | 62.2% | 62.1% | 92.8% |
| Indianapolis, IN | 61.4% | 60.4% | 98.0% |
| Houston, TX | 55.2% | 54.5% | 94.9% |
| Jacksonville, FL | 54.3% | 54.0% | 96.2% |
| Sacramento, CA | 51.5% | 51.3% | 98.0% |
| San Francisco, CA | 44.0% | 43.8% | 97.4% |
| San Diego, CA | 40.2% | 37.7% | 89.7% |
| San Jose, CA | 37.3% | 37.1% | 97.4% |
| Los Angeles, CA | 37.2% | 36.8% | 93.8% |
| Columbus, OH | 35.6% | 35.6% | 97.3% |
| Chicago, IL | 33.3% | 33.3% | 99.2% |
| Phoenix, AZ | 27.1% | 10.3% | 73.7% |
| Detroit, MI | 22.4% | 22.3% | 98.7% |
Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, residential fixed broadband, as of December 31, 2025. Figures are advertised availability self-reported by providers, not measured speeds.
How to check fiber availability at your address, step by step
- Use the full street address. Not the ZIP code. A ZIP commonly spans thousands of homes with different infrastructure.
- Check more than one provider. Most addresses that can get fiber can get exactly one fiber network — but which one varies block to block, so checking a single carrier tells you almost nothing.
- Treat the coverage map as a hint, not an answer. Confirm at the address level before you plan around it.
- Re-check if you were told no more than a year ago. Fiber footprints expand continuously; a no in 2025 is not a no today.
- Ask what the install actually involves. Where fiber passes the property but has not been dropped to it, installation may take longer than a standard appointment.
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