Guides

Guides for getting online here.

Longer reads, written to be useful whether or not you ever order from us — the options, the economics, and how to find out what your building can actually get.

Three long reads

Pick the one that sounds like you.

The renter’s no-Fios guide

Fios said no. What that means, the honest alternatives — cable, 5G, rooftop — and how to check your building. Read the guide.

The small-building owner’s guide

For owners and managers of buildings between four and forty units: the real options, the economics, and what a rooftop license involves. Read the guide.

The Upper West Side internet guide

Every way to get online between W 57th and 110th, what each one is good at, and how to check any address. Read the guide.

Never got Fios at all? Start with what that no actually means.

One apartment is enough to start.

Request the building check — no card, nothing charged. A person checks the exact building, then replies by email with the result.

Request my building check