Astound Broadband vs Xfinity
These two overlap in 40 metro areas and 535 towns and cities, so for a lot of people this is a real choice rather than a hypothetical one. The first question is not which is better. It is which of them can reach you.
Astound Broadband is RCN, Grande, Wave and enTouch's consumer internet brand, so if you are comparing RCN, Grande, Wave and enTouch this is the same network.
Astound Broadband vs Xfinity at a glance
| Measure | Astound Broadband | Xfinity |
|---|---|---|
| Main technology | Cable | Cable |
| Residential locations on that technology | 2,213,317 | 37,853,193 |
| Single technology or mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Full coverage detail | Where Astound Broadband is available | Where Xfinity is available |
We do not publish speeds or prices here.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 Xfinity 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 | Xfinity |
|---|---|---|
| Longview, WA Metro Area | 70% | 80% |
| Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area | 41% | 55% |
| Oak Harbor, WA Micro Area | 39% | 56% |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area | 27% | 95% |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area | 25% | 63% |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area | 23% | 98% |
| Centralia, WA Micro Area | 22% | 39% |
| Shelton, WA Micro Area | 22% | 25% |
| Salem, OR Metro Area | 20% | 71% |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area | 20% | 72% |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | 18% | 75% |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area | 16% | 98% |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area | 13% | 94% |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area | 12% | 78% |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area | 66% | 12% |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area | 9% | 94% |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area | 9% | 16% |
| Bellingham, WA Metro Area | 7% | 84% |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area | 6% | 91% |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area | 5% | 44% |
| Vallejo, CA Metro Area | 4% | 92% |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area | 4% | 97% |
| Albany-Lebanon, OR Metro Area | 3% | 75% |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area | 2% | 93% |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area | 0% | 89% |
Showing 25 of 40 metro areas where both operate.
Where only one of them reaches
Astound Broadband reports service in 12 states and Xfinity in 41, and they share 12 of them. Overlap is the exception, not the rule, so if you are outside the table above this is the part that answers your question.
21 metro areas have Astound Broadband and not Xfinity
- Port Angeles, WA Micro Area 68% covered
- Waco, TX Metro Area 62% covered
- Brownwood, TX Micro Area 56% covered
- Odessa, TX Metro Area 56% covered
- Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area 52% covered
- Midland, TX Metro Area 50% covered
- Newport, OR Micro Area 45% covered
- Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area 26% covered
314 metro areas have Xfinity and not Astound Broadband
- Key West, FL Micro Area 99% covered
- Ocean City, NJ Metro Area 99% covered
- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area 98% covered
- Vineyard Haven, MA Micro Area 98% covered
- Los Alamos, NM Micro Area 97% covered
- Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ Metro Area 97% covered
- Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area 96% covered
- Lebanon, PA Metro Area 96% covered
States where only Xfinity reports service: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and 17 more.
Showing the eight best covered of each. Ranked by reported coverage within the metro, from the same FCC filing as the table above. Providers self report and overstate, so read these as a ceiling on where a company will sell to you, not a promise about your street.
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.
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