Rural Internet
Viasat is the best option for rural internet
Get affordable high-speed satellite internet for harder-to-reach areas, including rural and remote locations.
Rural Internet
Viasat is the best option for rural internet
Get affordable high-speed satellite internet for harder-to-reach areas, including rural and remote locations.
Satellite internet is a great rural internet option
Viasat home satellite internet has plan coverage for the majority of the U.S. population, so you can connect in even the most remote areas.
- Unlimited data
- No contract
- Fast installation, typically within 3-5 days
How to get Viasat Internet in rural areas
It's easy to get started. Here's how to get connected fast:
- Check availability – Viasat Internet is available to the majority of the U.S. and offers the speed and data needed to fit your family's needs.
- Get installed – typically within 3 - 5 days, a professional technician will come to your home and install your satellite dish. The technician will work with you to find the best location for your equipment.
- Connect your devices – once the technician sets up your equipment, including your modem, they'll make sure you can connect your devices and start enjoying your home internet.
How to get Viasat Internet in rural areas
It's easy to get started. Here's how to get connected fast:
Check availability – Viasat Internet is available to the majority of the U.S. and offers the speed and data needed to fit your family's needs.
Get installed – typically within 3 - 5 days, a professional technician will come to your home and install your satellite dish. The technician will work with you to find the best location for your equipment.
Connect your devices – once the technician sets up your equipment, including your modem, they'll make sure you can connect your devices and start enjoying your home internet.
Comparing Viasat satellite internet vs. fixed wireless
Both satellite and fixed wireless internet can connect rural areas, but there are some key differences.
Viasat satellite internet
Fixed wireless
Monthly plan price
As low as
$99.99
1
$120
As low as
$74.99
How it works
Internet is delivered from a satellite in space that transmits signals to and from a small antenna/dish on the home.
Service is transmitted from a tower via cellular signals to a small base unit in the home.
Equipment needed
Viasat provides the satellite dish (placed outside the home) & wireless gateway (placed inside the home).
Cellular versions require antenna/modem (placed inside the home). Fixed wireless with line-of-site requirements will need exterior antenna mounted to home with router equipment inside the home.
Installation
Dish and wireless gateway are professionally installed to help ensure optimal service.
Cellular versions are typically self-installed and customer is responsible for ensuring optimal location. Most Fixed Wireless requires an on-site evaluation to ensure line-of-site to local tower providing service.
Reliability
Dish needs a clear view of the southern sky. Service can undergo temporary weather disruptions, but typically unaffected by downed power lines and ground issues.
Home must be within range of a cell tower and within line-of-site and distance range of exterior mounted antenna. Service can be negatively affected by solid obstructions like trees, hills, and large structures.
Availability
Available to the majority of the U.S. population.
Available to 46% of homes in the U.S.
Based on information found at https://broadbandnow.com/fixed-wireless
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"Viasat has been absolutely wonderful. I use internet almost the entire time I'm home. Even if I'm not at my computer, I always have music streaming."
Leslie M. | Conifer, CO
Rural internet FAQs
Viasat Internet is available to the majority of the U.S. population, including in remote and rural areas where other internet companies offer slower (or no) service.
Depending on where you’re located, you may have access to one or more rural internet options, including DSL ("digital subscriber link” that uses telephone lines to transmit data), fixed wireless (antenna-based internet), dial-up (also using telephone landlines to deliver internet), mobile internet (using mobile network hotspots), and/or satellite internet (uses a satellite link to bring you internet). Each has pros and cons, and vary by speed, reliability, and availability.
It depends. Typically, the lower populations in rural areas don’t make it profitable for fiber and cable internet providers to spend the money on building the infrastructure to support internet service.
You’ll want to check the internet options that are available where you live, research their pros and cons, and decide which rural internet option works best for you.
If you go with Viasat high-speed satellite internet, you’ll be able to schedule installation after you choose your plan. Viasat Internet typically installs within 3 - 5 days. At your appointment, a professional technician will come to your home and install your satellite dish in the best location. Once the technician sets up your equipment, including your modem, he or she will make sure you can connect your devices and start enjoying your home internet.
It varies depending on what you need and what’s offered near you. When choosing a rural internet provider, important factors include cost, availability, speed, data amounts, how many people use internet in your household, and how much time you spend online. Viasat Internet is a high-speed option available to the majority of the U.S. population, including in remote and rural areas where other internet companies offer slower (or no) service.
No contract means there is no minimum service term commitment. You may cancel at any time. The Viasat Unleashed plan comes with unlimited data. If at any time your data usage is trending to exceed the "typical usage" of a residential customer on our network, you may have reduced priority during times of network congestion resulting in slower speeds. Typical usage represents the data usage of 70% of residential customers on our network and is consistent with data usage trending below 360 GBs in any 30-day period. Customers trending to exceed the typical usage threshold should expect to receive about half of their normal service speeds depending on the extent of network congestion. Customers trending to use more data than 95% of all residential customers, which is consistent with data usage trending to exceed 850 GB of data usage in any 30-day period, may experience significantly slower speeds during congestion resulting in a substantial reduction in the performance of applications and video streaming. Please visit www.viasat.com/legal to view Viasat's Unlimited Data Policy for more details. Speeds are "up to," are not guaranteed and will vary. One-time standard installation fee may be charged at the time of sale. Monthly service fee, equipment lease fee and taxes apply. Service is not available in all areas. Offer may be changed or withdrawn at any time.
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