List of wired multiple-system broadband providers in Massachusetts (by municipality)

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This is a list of municipalities with available wired multiple-system ("triple play") broadband providers, often commonly known as cable franchise holders, or fiber to the premises providers. As of 2015 Massachusetts had ten registered providers which served 308 communities (out of 351), with those 308 having at least one franchise provider. [1] It is estimated that these ten providers alone contributed roughly $3.5 billion dollars to the Commonwealth's economy in 2011. [2] [3]

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A handful of municipal owned providers in the state also form a collective known as the Massachusetts Alliance for Municipal Electric Choice (MAMEC).

MunicipalityProvidersType [4] County [5] Population
(2010) [5]
Year
established [6]
Abington Comcast [7] · Verizon [8] Town Plymouth 15,9851712
Acton Comcast · Verizon Town Middlesex 21,9241735
Acushnet ComcastTown Bristol 10,3031860
Adams Spectrum Town Berkshire 8,4851778
Agawam ComcastCity [9] Hampden 28,4381855
Alford Whip City FiberTown Berkshire 4941773
Amesbury Breezeline · ComcastCity Essex 16,2831668
Amherst ComcastTown Hampshire 37,8191775
Andover Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 33,2011646
Aquinnah ComcastTown Dukes 3111870
Arlington Comcast · RCN · VerizonTown Middlesex 42,8441807
Ashburnham ComcastTown Worcester 6,0811765
Ashby ComcastTown Middlesex 3,0741767
Ashfield Whip City FiberTown Franklin 1,7371765
Ashland Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 16,5931846
Athol SpectrumTown Worcester 11,5841762
Attleboro ComcastCity Bristol 43,5931694
Auburn SpectrumTown Worcester 16,1881778
Avon ComcastTown Norfolk 4,3561888
Ayer ComcastTown Middlesex 7,4271871
Barnstable ComcastCity [9] Barnstable 45,1931639
Barre SpectrumTown Worcester 5,3981774
Becket VacantTown Berkshire 1,7791765
Bedford Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 13,3201729
Belchertown SpectrumTown Hampshire 14,6491761
Bellingham Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 16,3321719
Belmont Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 24,7291859
Berkley ComcastTown Bristol 6,4111735
Berlin SpectrumTown Worcester 2,8661812
Bernardston ComcastTown Franklin 2,1291762
Beverly ComcastCity Essex 39,5021668
Billerica Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 40,2431655
Blackstone ComcastTown Worcester 9,0261845
Blandford VacantTown Hampden 1,2331741
Bolton ComcastTown Worcester 4,8971738
Boston Comcast · RCN · VerizonCity Suffolk 617,6601630
Bourne ComcastTown Barnstable 19,7541884
Boxborough Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 4,9961835
Boxford Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 7,9651685
Boylston SpectrumTown Worcester 4,3551785
Braintree BELD · Comcast · Verizon
(BELD does not provide television service [10] )
City [9] Norfolk 35,7441640
Brewster ComcastTown Barnstable 9,8201803
Bridgewater ComcastCity [9] Plymouth 26,5631656
Brimfield SpectrumTown Hampden 3,6091731
Brockton ComcastCity Plymouth 93,8101821
Brookfield SpectrumTown Worcester 3,3901718
Brookline Comcast · RCNTown Norfolk 58,7321705
Buckland ComcastTown Franklin 1,9021779
Burlington Comcast · RCN · VerizonTown Middlesex 24,4981799
Cambridge ComcastCity Middlesex 105,1621636
Canton Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 21,5611797
Carlisle ComcastTown Middlesex 4,8521780
Carver ComcastTown Plymouth 11,5091790
Charlemont VacantTown Franklin 1,2661765
Charlton SpectrumTown Worcester 12,9811755 [11]
Chatham ComcastTown Barnstable 6,1251712
Chelmsford Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 33,8021655
Chelsea ComcastCity Suffolk 35,1771739
Cheshire SpectrumTown Berkshire 3,2351793
Chester ComcastTown Hampden 1,3371765
Chesterfield VacantTown Hampshire 1,2221762
Chicopee SpectrumCity Hampden 55,2981848
Chilmark ComcastTown Dukes 8661714
Clarksburg SpectrumTown Berkshire 1,7021798
Clinton ComcastTown Worcester 13,6061850
Cohasset Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 7,5421775
Colrain VacantTown Franklin 1,6711761
Concord ComcastTown Middlesex 17,6681635
Conway ComcastTown Franklin 1,8971775
Cummington Whip City FiberTown Hampshire 8721779
Dalton SpectrumTown Berkshire 6,7561784
Danvers Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 26,4931775
Dartmouth ComcastTown Bristol 34,0321664
Dedham Comcast · RCN · VerizonTown Norfolk 24,7291636
Deerfield ComcastTown Franklin 5,1251677
Dennis ComcastTown Barnstable 14,2071793
Dighton ComcastTown Bristol 7,0861712
Douglas SpectrumTown Worcester 8,4711775
Dover Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 5,5891836
Dracut ComcastTown Middlesex 29,4571701
Dudley SpectrumTown Worcester 11,3901732
Dunstable Spectrum · VerizonTown Middlesex 3,1791673
Duxbury Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 15,0591637
East Bridgewater ComcastTown Plymouth 13,7941823
East Brookfield SpectrumTown Worcester 2,1831920
East Longmeadow SpectrumTown Hampden 15,7201894
Eastham ComcastTown Barnstable 4,9561646
Easthampton SpectrumCity Hampshire 16,0531809
Easton Comcast · VerizonTown Bristol 23,1121725
Edgartown ComcastTown Dukes 4,0671671
Egremont VacantTown Berkshire 1,2251775
Erving ComcastTown Franklin 1,8001838
Essex ComcastTown Essex 3,5041819
Everett Comcast · RCNCity Middlesex 41,6671870
Fairhaven ComcastTown Bristol 15,8731812
Fall River ComcastCity Bristol 88,8571803
Falmouth ComcastTown Barnstable 31,5311686
Fitchburg Comcast · VerizonCity Worcester 40,3181764
Florida VacantTown Berkshire 7521805
Foxborough Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 16,8651778
Framingham Comcast · RCN · VerizonTown Middlesex 68,3181700
Franklin Comcast · VerizonCity [9] Norfolk 31,6351778
Freetown ComcastTown Bristol 8,8701683
Gardner ComcastCity Worcester 20,2281785
Georgetown Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 8,1831838
Gill ComcastTown Franklin 1,5001793
Gloucester ComcastCity Essex 28,7891623
Goshen VacantTown Hampshire 1,0541781
Gosnold VacantTown Dukes 751864
Grafton Spectrum · VerizonTown Worcester 17,7651735
Granby ComcastTown Hampshire 6,2401768
Granville ComcastTown Hampden 1,5661775
Great Barrington SpectrumTown Berkshire 7,1041761
Greenfield Comcast · GCETCity [9] Franklin 17,4561775
Groton Spectrum · VerizonTown Middlesex 10,6461655
Groveland ComcastTown Essex 6,4591850
Hadley SpectrumTown Hampshire 5,2501661
Halifax ComcastTown Plymouth 7,5181734
Hamilton Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 7,7641793
Hampden SpectrumTown Hampden 5,1391878
Hancock VacantTown Berkshire 7171776
Hanover Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 13,8791727
Hanson ComcastTown Plymouth 10,2091820
Hardwick ComcastTown Worcester 2,9901739
Harvard SpectrumTown Worcester 6,5201732
Harwich ComcastTown Barnstable 12,2431694
Hatfield ComcastTown Hampshire 3,2791670
Haverhill Breezeline · ComcastCity Essex 60,8791641
Hawley VacantTown Franklin 3371792
Heath VacantTown Franklin 7061785
Hingham Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 22,1571635
Hinsdale SpectrumTown Berkshire 2,0321804
Holbrook Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 10,7911872
Holden SpectrumTown Worcester 17,3461741
Holland Cox Town Hampden 2,4811835
Holliston Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 13,5471724
Holyoke Comcast · Holyoke Gas & Electric City Hampden 39,8801850
Hopedale Comcast · VerizonTown Worcester 5,9111886
Hopkinton Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 14,9251715
Hubbardston SpectrumTown Worcester 4,3821775
Hudson Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 19,0631866
Hull Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 10,2931644
Huntington ComcastTown Hampshire 2,1801775
Ipswich Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 13,1751634
Kingston Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 12,6291726
Lakeville Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 10,6021853
Lancaster ComcastTown Worcester 8,0551653
Lanesborough SpectrumTown Berkshire 3,0911765
Lawrence Comcast · VerizonCity Essex 76,3771847
Lee SpectrumTown Berkshire 5,9431777
Leicester SpectrumTown Worcester 10,9701714
Lenox SpectrumTown Berkshire 5,0251775
Leominster Comcast · VerizonCity Worcester 40,7591740
Leverett VacantTown Franklin 1,8511774
Lexington Comcast · RCN · VerizonTown Middlesex 31,3941713
Leyden VacantTown Franklin 7111809
Lincoln Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 6,3621754
Littleton Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 8,9241715
Longmeadow ComcastTown Hampden 15,7841783
Lowell ComcastCity Middlesex 106,5191826
Ludlow SpectrumTown Hampden 21,1031775
Lunenburg ComcastTown Worcester 10,0861728
Lynn Comcast · VerizonCity Essex 90,3291629
Lynnfield Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 11,5961814
Malden Comcast · VerizonCity Middlesex 59,4501649
Manchester-by-the-Sea ComcastTown Essex 5,1361645
Mansfield Comcast · VerizonTown Bristol 23,1841775
Marblehead Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 19,8081649
Marion Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 4,9071852
Marlborough Comcast · VerizonCity Middlesex 38,4991660
Marshfield Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 25,1321640
Mashpee ComcastTown Barnstable 14,0061870
Mattapoisett Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 6,0451857
Maynard Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 10,1061871
Medfield Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 12,0241651
Medford Comcast · VerizonCity Middlesex 56,1731630
Medway Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 12,7521713
Melrose Comcast · VerizonCity Middlesex 26,9831850
Mendon Comcast · VerizonTown Worcester 5,8391667
Merrimac Breezeline · ComcastTown Essex 6,3381876
Methuen Comcast · VerizonCity [9] Essex 47,2551725
Middleborough Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 23,1161669
Middlefield VacantTown Hampshire 5211783
Middleton Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 8,9871728
Milford Comcast · VerizonTown Worcester 27,9991780
Millbury Spectrum · VerizonTown Worcester 13,2611813
Millis Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 7,8911885
Millville SpectrumTown Worcester 3,1901916
Milton Comcast · RCNTown Norfolk 27,0031662
Monroe VacantTown Franklin 1211822
Monson ComcastTown Hampden 8,5601775
Montague ComcastTown Franklin 8,4371775
Monterey VacantTown Berkshire 9611847
Montgomery VacantTown Hampden 8381780
Mount Washington VacantTown Berkshire 1671779
Nahant Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 3,4101853
Nantucket ComcastTown Nantucket 10,1721671
Natick Comcast · RCN · VerizonTown Middlesex 33,0061781
Needham Comcast · RCN · VerizonTown Norfolk 28,8861711
New Ashford Whip City FiberTown Berkshire 2281835
New Bedford ComcastCity Bristol 95,0721787
New Braintree VacantTown Worcester 9991775
New Marlborough VacantTown Berkshire 1,5091775
New Salem Whip City FiberTown Franklin 9901775
Newbury ComcastTown Essex 6,6661635
Newburyport ComcastCity Essex 17,4161764
Newton Comcast · RCN · VerizonCity Middlesex 85,1461688
Norfolk Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 11,2271870
North Adams SpectrumCity Berkshire 13,7081878
North Andover Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 28,3521855
North Attleborough Comcast · VerizonTown Bristol 28,7121887
North Brookfield SpectrumTown Worcester 4,6801812
North Reading Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 14,8921853
Northampton ComcastCity Hampshire 28,5491656
Northborough Comcast · VerizonTown Worcester 14,1551775
Northbridge SpectrumTown Worcester 15,7071775
Northfield ComcastTown Franklin 3,0321723
Norton ComcastTown Bristol 19,0311711
Norwell Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 10,5061849
Norwood Comcast · Norwood Municipal · VerizonTown Norfolk 28,6021872
Oak Bluffs ComcastTown Dukes 4,5271880
Oakham SpectrumTown Worcester 1,9021775
Orange SpectrumTown Franklin 7,8391810
Orleans ComcastTown Barnstable 5,8901797
Otis Whip City FiberTown Berkshire 1,6121773
Oxford SpectrumTown Worcester 13,7091713
Palmer ComcastCity [9] Hampden 12,1401775
Paxton SpectrumTown Worcester 4,8061775
Peabody ComcastCity Essex 51,2511868
Pelham ComcastTown Hampshire 1,3211743
Pembroke ComcastTown Plymouth 17,8371712
Pepperell SpectrumTown Middlesex 11,4971775
Peru VacantTown Berkshire 8471771
Petersham VacantTown Worcester 1,2341754
Phillipston ComcastTown Worcester 1,6821786
Pittsfield SpectrumCity Berkshire 44,7371761
Plainfield Whip City FiberTown Hampshire 6481807
Plainville ComcastTown Norfolk 8,2641905
Plymouth Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 56,4681620
Plympton ComcastTown Plymouth 2,8201707
Princeton SpectrumTown Worcester 3,4131771
Provincetown ComcastTown Barnstable 2,9421727
Quincy ComcastCity Norfolk 92,2711792
Randolph Comcast · VerizonCity [9] Norfolk 32,1121793
Raynham Comcast · VerizonTown Bristol 13,3831731
Reading Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 24,7471644
Rehoboth ComcastTown Bristol 11,6081645
Revere ComcastCity Suffolk 51,7551846
Richmond SpectrumTown Berkshire 1,4751765
Rochester Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 5,2321686
Rockland Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 17,4891874
Rockport ComcastTown Essex 6,9521840
Rowe Whip City FiberTown Franklin 3931785
Rowley Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 5,8561639
Royalston VacantTown Worcester 1,2581765
Russell Russell MunicipalTown Hampden 1,7751792
Rutland SpectrumTown Worcester 7,9731713
Salem ComcastCity Essex 41,3401626
Salisbury Breezeline · ComcastTown Essex 8,2831639
Sandisfield VacantTown Berkshire 9151762
Sandwich ComcastTown Barnstable 20,6751638
Saugus ComcastTown Essex 26,6281815
Savoy VacantTown Berkshire 6921797
Scituate ComcastTown Plymouth 18,1331636
Seekonk ComcastTown Bristol 13,7221812
Sharon ComcastTown Norfolk 17,6121775
Sheffield SpectrumTown Berkshire 3,2571733
Shelburne ComcastTown Franklin 1,8931775
Sherborn Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 4,1191674
Shirley ComcastTown Middlesex 7,2111775
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury MunicipalTown Worcester 35,6081727
Shutesbury VacantTown Franklin 1,7711761
Somerset ComcastTown Bristol 18,1651790
Somerville Comcast · RCNCity Middlesex 75,7541842
South Hadley ComcastTown Hampshire 17,5141775
Southampton SpectrumTown Hampshire 5,7921775
Southborough Spectrum · VerizonTown Worcester 9,7671727
Southbridge SpectrumCity [9] Worcester 16,7191816
Southwick ComcastTown Hampden 9,5021775
Spencer SpectrumTown Worcester 11,6881775
Springfield ComcastCity Hampden 153,0601636
Sterling ComcastTown Worcester 7,8081781
Stockbridge SpectrumTown Berkshire 1,9471739
Stoneham Comcast · RCN · VerizonTown Middlesex 21,4371725
Stoughton Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 26,9621726
Stow Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 6,5901683
Sturbridge SpectrumTown Worcester 9,2681738
Sudbury Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 17,6591639
Sunderland ComcastTown Franklin 3,6841714
Sutton Spectrum · VerizonTown Worcester 8,9631714
Swampscott Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 13,7871852
Swansea ComcastTown Bristol 15,8651667
Taunton Comcast · VerizonCity Bristol 55,8741639
Templeton ComcastTown Worcester 8,0131762
Tewksbury Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 28,9611734
Tisbury ComcastTown Dukes 3,9491671
Tolland VacantTown Hampden 4851810
Topsfield Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 6,0851650
Townsend ComcastTown Middlesex 8,9261732
Truro ComcastTown Barnstable 2,0031709
Tyngsborough Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 11,2921809
Tyringham VacantTown Berkshire 3271762
Upton SpectrumTown Worcester 7,5421735
Uxbridge SpectrumTown Worcester 13,4571727
Wakefield Comcast · RCN · VerizonTown Middlesex 24,9321812
Wales SpectrumTown Hampden 1,8381762
Walpole Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 24,0701724
Waltham Comcast · RCN · VerizonCity Middlesex 60,6321738
Ware ComcastTown Hampshire 9,8721775
Wareham Comcast · VerizonTown Plymouth 21,8221739
Warren ComcastTown Worcester 5,1351742
Warwick VacantTown Franklin 7801763
Washington Whip City FiberTown Berkshire 5381777
Watertown Comcast · RCNCity [9] Middlesex 31,9151630
Wayland Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 12,9941780
Webster SpectrumTown Worcester 16,7671832
Wellesley Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 27,9821881
Wellfleet ComcastTown Barnstable 2,7501775
Wendell VacantTown Franklin 8481781
Wenham Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 4,8751643
West Boylston SpectrumTown Worcester 7,6691808
West Bridgewater ComcastTown Plymouth 6,9161822
West Brookfield SpectrumTown Worcester 3,7011848
West Newbury Comcast · VerizonTown Essex 4,2351819
West Springfield ComcastCity [9] Hampden 28,3911774
West Stockbridge SpectrumTown Berkshire 1,3061775
West Tisbury ComcastTown Dukes 2,7401892
Westborough Spectrum · VerizonTown Worcester 18,2721717
Westfield Comcast · Whip City FiberCity Hampden 41,0941669
Westford Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 21,9511729
Westhampton ComcastTown Hampshire 1,6071778
Westminster ComcastTown Worcester 7,2771770
Weston Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 11,2611713
Westport SpectrumTown Bristol 15,5321787
Westwood Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 14,6181897
Weymouth ComcastCity [9] Norfolk 53,7431635
Whately ComcastTown Franklin 1,4961771
Whitman ComcastTown Plymouth 14,4891875
Wilbraham SpectrumTown Hampden 14,2191763
Williamsburg ComcastTown Hampshire 2,4821775
Williamstown SpectrumTown Berkshire 7,7541765
Wilmington Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 22,3251730
Winchendon ComcastTown Worcester 10,3001764
Winchester Comcast · VerizonTown Middlesex 21,3741850
Windsor VacantTown Berkshire 8991771
Winthrop ComcastCity [9] Suffolk 17,4971852
Woburn Comcast · RCN · VerizonCity Middlesex 38,1201642
Worcester SpectrumCity Worcester 181,0451684
Worthington VacantTown Hampshire 1,1561768
Wrentham Comcast · VerizonTown Norfolk 10,9551673
Yarmouth ComcastTown Barnstable 23,7931639

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