Where Astound Broadband is actually available
Astound Broadband reports 2,213,317 residential cable locations across 12 states and 61 metro areas, in the latest FCC filing. Here is where that footprint actually reaches, and where it does not.
Looking for RCN, Grande, Wave and enTouch? Same network. Astound Broadband is the current consumer brand for RCN, Grande, Wave and enTouch: one company, one FCC filing, and everything below covers both.
Is Astound Broadband available in my area?
Astound Broadband is a regional network, not a national one. The honest answer for any given home is that it depends on the street, because cable networks were built out block by block. The tables below are the closest thing to a straight answer that public federal data allows: every state and metro where Astound Broadband has reported service, and how much of each it covers.
Astound Broadband coverage by state
Coverage is the share of residential locations in each state where Astound Broadband reports it can serve. A low percentage does not mean a bad network. It usually means a network concentrated in a few towns.
| State | Share of homes covered |
|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 63.6% |
| Illinois | 19.1% |
| Massachusetts | 15.8% |
| Washington | 12.4% |
| New York | 8.5% |
| Maryland | 7.5% |
| Pennsylvania | 6.5% |
| Oregon | 6.1% |
| Texas | 5.1% |
| California | 3.6% |
| Virginia | 0.2% |
| Indiana | 0.0% |
Metro areas Astound Broadband serves
Ranked by how much of the metro is covered, not by metro size. The top of this list is where Astound Broadband is a realistic option for most homes.
| Metro area | Share of homes covered |
|---|---|
| Longview, WA Metro Area | 70.4% |
| Port Angeles, WA Micro Area | 67.7% |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area | 65.8% |
| Waco, TX Metro Area | 61.9% |
| Brownwood, TX Micro Area | 56.3% |
| Odessa, TX Metro Area | 55.8% |
| Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area | 51.9% |
| Midland, TX Metro Area | 49.9% |
| Newport, OR Micro Area | 45.3% |
| Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area | 41.5% |
| Oak Harbor, WA Micro Area | 39.2% |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area | 26.7% |
| Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area | 26.4% |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | 25.8% |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area | 25.0% |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area | 23.1% |
| Centralia, WA Micro Area | 22.5% |
| Shelton, WA Micro Area | 22.4% |
| Salem, OR Metro Area | 20.3% |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area | 19.8% |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | 18.0% |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area | 16.2% |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area | 13.4% |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area | 12.4% |
| Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area | 12.4% |
Showing the 25 best-covered of 61 metro areas with reported Astound Broadband service.
What technology does Astound Broadband use?
Radiate Holdings, LP reports more than one technology to the FCC, so not every address in its footprint gets the same product:
84% of the locations Radiate Holdings, LP reports nationally are cable.
| Technology | Residential locations reported |
|---|---|
| Cable | 2,213,317 |
| Fiber | 336,072 |
| Fixed Wireless | 81,242 |
| DSL / Copper | 12,631 |
An honest limitation. The FCC publishes each provider's technology mix nationally, but not per city. So we can tell you Astound Broadband operates cable somewhere in a given state and we cannot tell you from this data that your particular street gets cable rather than one of the others. Check with the provider before signing anything.
How cable compares
Fiber vs cable explains what actually differs between the delivery methods, and when the difference is worth paying for.
Astound Broadband compared to other providers
Providers that overlap with Astound Broadband in enough places to be a real choice:
- Astound Broadband vs Spectrum (both available in 31 metro areas)
- Astound Broadband vs Xfinity (both available in 40 metro areas)
Other providers in the states Astound Broadband serves
Operators reporting service in the same states, most overlap first. Sharing a state is not sharing a street, so treat this as where to look next rather than as a second option at your address.
- Xfinity in 12 of the same states
- Verizon Fios in 12 of the same states
- Spectrum in 11 of the same states
- AT&T Fiber in 11 of the same states
- Fidium Fiber in 6 of the same states
- Frontier Fiber in 6 of the same states
- Breezeline in 5 of the same states
- Brightspeed in 5 of the same states
- Greenlight Networks in Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania
- Ezee Fiber in Illinois, Texas, Washington
- Empire Access in New York, Pennsylvania
- Sonic in California, Texas
- Ziply Fiber in Oregon, Washington
- GVTC in Texas
- Tachus Fiber in Texas
Common questions
Is Astound Broadband available at my address?
Only an address check answers that. Use the state and metro tables above to find out whether Astound Broadband operates in your area at all. If your state is not listed, it does not. If it is, coverage within that state is uneven and street-level.
Who owns Astound Broadband?
Astound Broadband files with the FCC under the holding company name Radiate Holdings, LP. This is common, because the name on the bill and the name on the federal filing are frequently different.
How current is this data?
It comes from the FCC Broadband Data Collection, filing period D25, published July 21, 2026. The FCC refreshes it roughly twice a year, and there is a publication lag of several months. We update these pages when new data is released.
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