Where Viasat reports satellite internet, and where it does not

Everywhere in some states, almost nowhere in others

Viasat reports residential satellite service in 49 states, at 95,329,223 of the 115,784,915¹ broadband serviceable locations the FCC counts, as of June 30, 2026 (file revision of November 10, 2026). In California, Arizona, Washington, Missouri and many other states its filing covers virtually every location. The gaps are concentrated in the East:

• New Jersey: 0.9% of locations (21,905); Maryland: 2.8% (53,011)
• Florida: 55.5%; Pennsylvania: 57.6%; Georgia: 58.3%; New York: 59.3%; Virginia: 61.5%
• Alaska: 59.5% (168,239); North Dakota: 66.0%; Ohio: 80.7%¹

In Delaware and DC it lists no residential service at all. The reason is in the filing itself. The FCC's location-level files mark each listing as offered to homes, to businesses only, or to both, and in these states many of Viasat's listings are marked business-only. This site counts only service a household can order (see the methodology), so those listings are left out; the FCC map still shows them. HughesNet reports residential service at 100.0% of New Jersey's locations and 100.0%¹ of Florida's, so a national coverage percentage hides a large difference between the networks, which is why the map above is drawn state by state.

Inside Ohio the gap is not spread evenly. Viasat reports service across Columbus (100.0%), Cincinnati (100.0%) and Toledo (100.0%), but only 1.0% of Akron (746¹ locations), and its filing lists no locations at all inside Cleveland.

What Viasat reports, and at what speed

Every Viasat location in the FCC data is satellite: 95,329,223¹ locations, no fiber, cable, DSL or fixed wireless. The FCC lists the service under Viasat, Inc., with filings under the names Viasat Inc and Viasat Carrier Services Inc.

The more telling number is speed. 100/20 Mbps (100 Mbps download, 20 Mbps upload) is the FCC's current benchmark for fixed broadband and the threshold this site uses throughout (see the methodology). Viasat reports it at 0¹ of its locations. The table compares the three national satellite networks on the same terms, including the fastest download speed each one advertises in its filing.

Starlink reports 100/20 at 115,411,631¹ locations, its whole footprint; Viasat and HughesNet report it nowhere. All speeds in these files are the maximum each provider advertises, not speeds anyone has measured.

A footprint that shrank in the latest filing

Between December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026, Viasat's reported footprint changed by −19,357,577 locations. Over the same six months the FCC's list of locations changed by +581,049¹, HughesNet's footprint by +580,866 and Starlink's by +581,315³. The two others grew roughly in step with the location list; Viasat moved the other way. Almost all of that fall comes from how the June 2026 filing is coded rather than from a smaller network: many Viasat listings that were open to homes in December 2025 are now marked as business-only, and this site does not count them.

Over the longer run since the first National Broadband Map of June 30, 2022, Viasat's count changed by −16,803,165 locations, less than the FCC's list (+3,495,329¹), HughesNet (+3,479,322) or Starlink (+5,795,139⁴). Because the location list itself changes with every release, part of any of these changes reflects new or corrected locations rather than a change in the network. The state table compares each state with June 2022: sorted by the change column, the largest falls are in the eastern states where business-only listings are concentrated, Florida, Pennsylvania and New York among them.

Where satellite is the only option

For most readers Viasat is one choice among several. The FCC data count it as the only wired 100/20 provider at 0 locations, since satellite is not a wired technology and Viasat reports no 100/20 service. Where satellite matters most is the small set of locations with no wired or fixed wireless service reported: 962,554 locations, 0.8%¹ of the US, as of June 30, 2026. That share was 0.4%⁴ in June 2022 and 0.9%³ in December 2025.

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Source: FCC, National Broadband Map, data as of June 30, 2026; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file cb_2025_us_state_20m. Darker states have larger gaps; DC is the dot. FCC file revision of November 10, 2026. Shares are of broadband serviceable locations (homes and businesses), not people.

Show the numbers

State	Satellite only
Alaska	7.2%
West Virginia	6.4%
Wyoming	3.8%
Montana	3.5%
Idaho	2.4%
Maine	2.4%
Louisiana	2.3%
Alabama	1.9%
Arkansas	1.8%
Virginia	1.7%
Washington	1.7%
Oregon	1.7%
Hawaii	1.4%
Kentucky	1.2%
New Mexico	1.2%
Colorado	1.2%
Michigan	1.2%
Wisconsin	1.0%
Pennsylvania	0.9%
New York	0.8%
North Carolina	0.8%
Minnesota	0.7%
Arizona	0.7%
Oklahoma	0.7%
California	0.7%
Rhode Island	0.7%
Utah	0.7%
Mississippi	0.6%
South Dakota	0.6%
Missouri	0.6%
Nebraska	0.6%
New Hampshire	0.5%
Georgia	0.5%
Texas	0.5%
Ohio	0.5%
Indiana	0.5%
Illinois	0.4%
Kansas	0.4%
Tennessee	0.4%
Iowa	0.4%
Florida	0.3%
Vermont	0.3%
Massachusetts	0.3%
Nevada	0.3%
Maryland	0.3%
South Carolina	0.2%
Delaware	0.1%
New Jersey	0.1%
Connecticut	0.1%
North Dakota	0.0%
District of Columbia	0.0%

Alaska has the highest share of satellite-only locations, 7.2% (20,366), followed by West Virginia at 6.4% and Wyoming at 3.8%¹. Alaska is also one of the states where Viasat reports the smallest share of locations, so anyone relying on satellite there should not assume all three networks are on offer. More on what the technology can and cannot do is on the satellite internet page.

Reading Viasat's numbers

These figures are Viasat's own reports to the FCC. "Available" means Viasat says it could install standard service at the location within ten business days; it does not mean anyone there subscribes. Counts are of broadband serviceable locations (a house, an apartment building, a small business), not households or people. The FCC data contain no prices; Viasat must publish them on its broadband facts labels. Anyone who finds a listing wrong, for their own address or another, can challenge it on the FCC National Broadband Map.