Astound Broadband vs Spectrum at a glance
| Astound Broadband | Spectrum | |
|---|---|---|
| Main technology | Cable | Cable |
| Residential locations on that technology | 2,213,317 | 33,900,003 |
| Single technology or mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Full coverage detail | Where Astound Broadband is available | Coverage page coming |
We do not publish speeds or prices here. Both providers change them constantly and by market, and a stale number is worse than no number. Coverage is the part that is federally reported and verifiable.
Where you can get both
Metro areas where both Astound Broadband and Spectrum report service, ranked by how well covered the less available of the two is because that is what decides whether you genuinely get a choice.
| Metro area | Astound Broadband | Spectrum |
|---|---|---|
| Waco, TX Metro Area | 62% | 75% |
| Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area | 52% | 84% |
| Newport, OR Micro Area | 45% | 72% |
| Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area | 26% | 76% |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area | 26% | 82% |
| Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area | 12% | 81% |
| Salem, OR Metro Area | 20% | 11% |
| Wenatchee, WA Metro Area | 10% | 60% |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area | 9% | 31% |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | 7% | 86% |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | 18% | 3% |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area | 2% | 2% |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area | 27% | 2% |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area | 2% | 79% |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area | 5% | 1% |
| Astoria, OR Micro Area | 1% | 89% |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area | 23% | 1% |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area | 0% | 91% |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area | 0% | 7% |
| Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area | 0% | 6% |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area | 6% | 0% |
| Salinas, CA Metro Area | 0% | 18% |
| Bakersfield, CA Metro Area | 0% | 79% |
| Visalia, CA Metro Area | 0% | 32% |
| Merced, CA Metro Area | 0% | 9% |
Showing 25 of 31 metro areas where both operate.
Which should you pick?
Honestly, in most of the places above only one of them will actually reach your building, and that settles it. Where both do reach you, the useful question is the technology rather than the brand.
Both are mainly cable networks, so the technology argument does not separate them. Compare on price, contract terms and local service reputation instead, none of which the FCC publishes, and none of which we will invent.
See which one reaches your address →
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