If you’re in search of a new cell phone plan, you may have come across Astound Mobile and its low-cost cell phone plans.
Astound Mobile offers budget friendly cell phone plans for Astound Broadband customers.
The low-cost cell phone plans can save you over $420 per year on your cell phone bill.
However, you may be wondering if Astound Mobile’s coverage will meet your expectations.
In this article, we will explore Astound Mobile's coverage and compare it to other major carriers to help you make an informed decision.
Astound Mobile runs off of T-Mobile’s 4G LTE and 5G networks to provide coverage.
It covers over 99% of Americans.
Here are some quick facts about Astound Mobile coverage:
You can check Astound Mobile coverage in your area by using the two coverage maps below.
The first coverage map is an estimated coverage map. It shows where you are likely to get signal on Astound Mobile. The map is made from signal strength data provided by the FCC.
The second coverage map is a verified coverage map. It is made from user-contributed data. People run speed tests on their phones to report how good the speed and coverage is on Astound Mobile.
Check Astound Mobile coverage in your area by using the maps below and by using the search bar:
Astound Mobile uses T-Mobile’s network for coverage.
5G coverage on Astound Mobile is provided by T-Mobile’s 5G network..
T-Mobile 5G covers over 98% of Americans.
Astound Mobile is able to fully use both T-Mobile’s Extended Range 5G network and T-Mobile’s Ultra Capacity 5G network.
T-Mobile’s Extended Range 5G covers over 325 million Americans. It also covers over 90% of the U.S. highway miles. It is the second largest 5G network in the United States right now.
T-Mobile’s Ultra Capacity 5G network covers 265 million Americans. It delivers fast 5G speeds. The excellent performance on the Ultra Capacity 5G network is one of the main reasons T-Mobile ranks as having the fastest speeds in most locations in our Coverage Search tool.
Astound Mobile customers will enjoy the same great 5G coverage and fast 5G speeds as T-Mobile customers.
Astound Mobile offers nationwide LTE coverage on T-Mobile’s LTE network.
T-Mobile’s nationwide LTE network covers 99% of Americans.
Astound Mobile has the same coverage as T-Mobile because it uses the T-Mobile network for coverage.
Astound Mobile has a bit less total coverage than Verizon.
Astound Mobile covers 35% of the U.S. while Verizon covers an impressive 55% of the U.S.
However, Astound Mobile has over double the 5G coverage as Verizon.
Astound Mobile covers 26% of the U.S. with 5G and over 323 million people. Verizon's 5G reaches an impressive 230 million people, but it covers just 12% of the U.S.
Astound Mobile also has faster data speeds as Verizon.
Our crowdsourced data measured median download speeds of 152.34 Mbps on Astound Mobile.
Verizon achieved just 61.23 Mbps for its median download speed.
Both carriers got similar upload speeds. Astound Mobile got median upload speeds of 17.34 Mbps and Verizon got median upload speeds of 11.65 Mbps. There likely won’t be much difference in upload performance between the two carriers.
If you live in a city, both Astound Mobile and Verizon will likely perform great.
You’ll have great coverage on both networks and great performance.
If you travel outside of cities or in more rural areas, you may find you have a bit less coverage on Astound Mobile than on Verizon.
That said, Astound Mobile has substantially more 5G coverage, which helps it deliver faster overall data speeds.
Check Verizon coverage to see how it performs in your area.
Astound Mobile has a bit less coverage than AT&T.
Astound Mobile covers 35% of the U.S. while AT&T covers 55% of the U.S.
You also get more 5G coverage on AT&T than on Astound Mobile.
AT&T provides 5G coverage across 31% of the U.S., and Astound Mobile only covers 26% of the U.S. with 5G.
That said, Astound Mobile has way faster data speeds than AT&T.
Our crowd sourced data shows Astound Mobile has median download speeds of 152.34 Mbps. That’s about 2.5x faster than AT&T, which had median download speeds of 61.17 Mbps.
Upload speed performance is about the same on both carriers. Astound Mobile got 17.34 Mbps median upload speeds, and AT&T got 11.29 Mbps.
Both carriers will likely work well in cities, with Astound Mobile offering measurably faster data speeds.
However, if you travel outside of cities into more rural areas, then you may benefit from the expanded overall coverage area that AT&T offers.
Check AT&T coverage to see how well it performs in your area.
This data is from the FCC.
This speed test data comes from our community-contributed coverage map.
Yes, Astound Mobile coverage is good. It uses T-Mobile for coverage, which covers over 99% of Americans and has one of the largest and fastest 5G networks in America.
Yes. Astound Mobile customers can enjoy 5G service on T-Mobile’s 5G network.
Astound Mobile does not provide coverage in Canada.
Astound Mobile does not provide coverage in Mexico.
Astound Mobile does not offer international roaming.