Yonkers, New York Internet Outage Today
Live Yonkers internet outage reports and how households here get online.
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The most recent internet outage report from Yonkers came in on September 4, 2026.
Internet access in Yonkers
Fiber reaches 92.1% of homes in Yonkers, well above the 55.9% national figure, so a single cable outage leaves most households with a wired backup option.
3 home internet providers reach at least 5% of the city's 76,050 homes. Satellite service is excluded. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
- Broadband subscription: 92% of 81,645 households (New York 90.8%, US 91%). Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Fiber to the home: available at 92.1% of 76,050 homes (US 55.9%). Gigabit plans: 90%. Cable: 94.5%.
- Home internet providers filing coverage here: Optimum (94% of homes). 5G home or mobile coverage: 98% of the city area. Source: FCC National Broadband Map, Dec 2025 data
- Rank: highest of 8 New York cities we track (lowest: Mount Vernon, 83.6%).
- Cable, fiber or DSL: 76.9%. Cellular data only: 12.6% (US 11.5%).
- No internet subscription: 7.8%. No computer or smartphone: 5%. Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (table S2801)
- Grid reliability, 2024: Con Edison customers averaged 28 minutes without power. Source: EIA Form 861, 2024 reliability data
- Westchester County storm record since 2015: 278 reports; power outages named in 6 episodes. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data.
Yonkers is 2nd of 6 nearby cities on this measure. Source: Census ACS 2020–2024.
| City | Widest wired provider | Fiber | Gigabit plans | No internet subscription |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonkers, NY | Optimum (94%) | 92.1% | 90% | 7.8% |
| Mount Vernon, NY | Spectrum (96%) | 90.3% | 81.8% | 16.2% |
| New Rochelle, NY | Optimum (96%) | 95.6% | 94.2% | 8.4% |
| Paterson, NJ | Optimum (94%) | 94.1% | 93.4% | 10.6% |
| New York City, NY | Spectrum (65%) | 79.3% | 70.8% | 9.4% |
Source: FCC National Broadband Map, December 2025 data; Census ACS 2020–2024.
Checked September 2026.
Internet providers in Yonkers
Share of Yonkers homes each provider reported it can serve, in FCC filings for December 2025: Optimum (94%), Verizon (89%), and T-Mobile Home Internet (76%). Check your own address on the FCC National Broadband Map. If the lights are out too, see Yonkers power outages.
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Who to check first in Yonkers
The providers with the widest reported coverage in Yonkers. Start with the one on your bill.
Optimum in Yonkers
Reach: reports service to 94% of Yonkers homes. Network: Cable and fiber, run by Optimum (Altice USA).
Where to check: Sign in to the Optimum app or optimum.net to see outages at your address.
Backup internet options in Yonkers
Optimum is the only wired provider reporting service to more than half of Yonkers homes (94%). When its network fails, most households here have no second wired line to switch to, so a phone hotspot or a home 5G plan is the practical backup.
Home 5G and fixed-wireless plans from Verizon (89%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (76%) report coverage of Yonkers homes (Verizon’s figure combines Fios fiber and 5G Home). They run over cell towers rather than cable or fiber, so they can work when a wired network is down. Cell coverage by area is 100% for 4G LTE and 98% for 5G.
About 12.6% of Yonkers households, roughly 10,300 homes, get online only through a cell plan. For them a mobile outage is an internet outage.
Power and weather behind internet outages in Yonkers
Con Edison customers averaged 28 minutes without power in 2024, across 0.13 interruptions each, against 220 minutes for New York as a whole. Cable nodes and fiber cabinets run on batteries that last hours, not days, so a long power cut can take internet down even for homes whose own power has returned. See Yonkers power outages when both go out together.
Westchester County logged 278 storm reports since 2015, most often thunderstorm wind, flash flood, and hail. Reports peak in July. Power outages were named in 6 of those storm episodes. Wind, ice and flooding damage poles and buried lines, which is how a storm turns into an internet outage as well as a power outage.
Fiber reports reach 92.1% of Yonkers homes, cable 94.5% and copper lines 0.5%. Where fiber runs to the home, a red or blinking LOS light on the optical terminal points to a line problem that a restart will not fix.
Yonkers internet outage questions
Does a cell network outage take down home internet in Yonkers?
For the 12.6% of Yonkers households that rely only on a mobile data plan, yes. The 76.9% with cable, fiber or DSL are not affected.
What can I use for internet in Yonkers when my provider is down?
A phone hotspot: 4G LTE covers 100% of Yonkers by area and 5G 98%. Home 5G plans: Verizon (89%) and T-Mobile Home Internet (76%).
Can a power outage take internet down in Yonkers?
Yes, a long power cut can. Con Edison customers averaged 28 minutes without power in 2024. NOAA records name power outages in 6 storm episodes in Westchester County since 2015.
Is fiber or gigabit internet available in Yonkers?
Fiber is reported at 92.1% of Yonkers homes (US 55.9%, New York 69.9%), and plans of 1 Gbps or faster at 90% (US 69.2%).
How many Yonkers households have no home internet?
About 6,400 of 81,645 households, or 7.8%, have no internet subscription of any kind, and another 12.6% rely only on a cell plan (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Which internet provider covers the most homes in Yonkers?
Optimum, at 94% of homes in its FCC filing. Fiber reaches 92.1% of Yonkers homes and gigabit plans 90%.
Recent internet reports in Yonkers
- Internet reports in Yonkers, last 24h
- 0
- Most recent internet report here
- September 4, 2026
- Internet reports across New York, last 24h
- 0
- City population
- 211,569
Other outage types in Yonkers
Internet Outages in cities near Yonkers
- Mount Vernon, NY 3 mi
- New Rochelle, NY 6 mi
- Paterson, NJ 14 mi
- New York City, NY 16 mi
- Jersey City, NJ 17 mi
- Newark, NJ 20 mi
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