The honest comparison
ConnectNYC vs Spectrum.
Spectrum’s pricing is built around a promo that expires. Ours is built around a price that doesn’t. Here’s the whole picture — bring your bill and check our work.
Line by line
Side by side.
Where Spectrum is fine, we say so. Where they’re not, we say that too.
| What matters | ConnectNYC | Spectrum (typical advertised)* |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $89/mo — locked, forever | ~$50/mo typical advertised promo for 12 months — then it climbs |
| Price after the promo | Still $89 | Typically $85+/mo post-promo |
| Contract | None | None on most plans — fair is fair |
| Data caps | None | None |
| Equipment | Own it — $149 once | WiFi equipment fee, ~$10/mo typical |
| Upload speeds | 50–500 Mbps | Typically 10–35 Mbps on cable tiers |
| Cancelling | One click online | Phone call + retention pitch |
| Speed guarantee | Written — or we credit you | Best effort |
| Support | 24/7 humans in NY | National call centers |
*“Typical advertised” and “typical post-promo” figures reflect common Spectrum pricing patterns for NYC addresses — full disclaimer below. Your address may differ. Check your own bill.
Do the math
Three years, two stories.
Their bill grows. Ours doesn’t. Same apartment, same service — month 1 and month 36.
What you pay in month 1
What you pay in month 36
The honest part.
If you only ever keep the promo year, cable can be cheaper. That’s real, and we won’t pretend otherwise. But the typical advertised promo starts around $50 and the typical post-promo bill lands at $85+ — before the equipment fee. If you plan to live in New York longer than 12 months, do the math on year two and three. We did. It’s why our price doesn’t move.
Spectrum figures reflect typical advertised promotional and post-promotional pricing and standard equipment fees for NYC addresses as of mid-2026; actual pricing varies by address, tier, and promotion. Spectrum is a trademark of Charter Communications. We compare because we compete — check current offers at spectrum.com and your own bill before deciding.
Fair’s fair
Credit where due.
Spectrum is almost everywhere. Citywide availability across all five boroughs is genuinely hard to build, and they built it. We’re live on the Upper West Side. They’re live nearly everywhere else. That counts.
Their first-year promos are cheap. If your budget is tight right now and a typical advertised ~$50/mo promo gets you through the next twelve months, that’s a legitimate move. Just set a calendar reminder for month eleven.
The mobile bundles can work. If you want internet and phone lines on one bill from one company, Spectrum bundles that. We do internet. Only internet. On purpose.
If those matter more to you than flat pricing, fast uploads, and one-click cancellation — they might genuinely be the better pick. We’d rather you choose right than churn.
Making the move
Switching is a 15-minute project.
No overlap anxiety, no dead days without internet. Here’s the whole plan.
Check your address
Type it in below. You get an instant answer — no email harvested, no sales call triggered. If your building is in the live zone, you can move to step two today.
Get online with us first
Order, plug in, confirm your speeds. There’s no contract here either, so trying us costs you nothing but the modem — and zero days of downtime, because you haven’t cancelled anything yet.
Cancel them once you’re live
Return their equipment promptly to avoid fees, then make the call. Yes, there will be a retention pitch. We’ll be cheering you on from the other line.
Thirty seconds. Real answer.
See if your building is covered.
Live now on the Upper West Side — W 57th to 110th St.