Verizon Prepaid Coverage Map

What Network does Verizon Prepaid use?

Verizon Prepaid uses Verizon’s 4G LTE and 5G networks for coverage. 

Coverage is the same between Verizon Prepaid and Verizon Postpaid. 

Verizon Prepaid 5G Coverage

Verizon Prepaid uses Verizon’s 5G Nationwide and 5G Ultra Wideband networks to provide 5G coverage. 

What is the difference between 5G Nationwide and 5G Ultra Wideband?

5G Nationwide is Verizon’s larger 5G network. It covers 230 million people, or about 69% of the U.S. population. However, 5G Nationwide does not have the fastest speeds. 

Performance on 5G Nationwide is about the same as on 4G LTE.

5G Ultra Wideband, meanwhile, is Verizon’s super-fast 5G network. 

You can get speeds ranging from 300 Mbps all the way up to 4 Gbps. Verizon is still building out its 5G Ultra Wideband network though. It currently covers about 222 million people, or just 60% of the U.S. population. 

It is important to note that only some Verizon Prepaid plans come with full access to 5G Ultra Wideband. 

Other planes may still connect to 5G Ultra Wideband, but speeds may be limited to 25 Mbps.

Verizon Prepaid LTE Coverage

Verizon Prepaid offers coverage on Verizon’s robust nationwide LTE network.

Verizon LTE covers 98% of the U.S. population. 

Verizon Prepaid Coverage by State

How good is Verizon Prepaid coverage in each state?

Here is a detailed breakdown of what percentage of each state Prepaid covers. We have even included what percentage of the coverage is great, good, or poor quality.

Take a look:

Verizon Prepaid 5G Coverage by State

Here is a breakdown of Verizon Prepaid's 5G coverage in each state:

Verizon Prepaid Data Speeds by State

Having great coverage is nothing without having fast data speeds.

How fast is Verizon Prepaid?

We decided to find out. We used the crowd-sourced data submitted to our Speed Test Map to calculate the median speeds of Verizon Prepaid in each state. 

We found Verizon Prepaid’s median download speeds ranged from 11.1 Mbps in Alaska to 135.3 Mbps in Washington, DC. Upload speeds on Verizon Prepaid were between 6.6 Mbps in Mississippi and 24.6 Mbps in Rhode Island. And latency was between 26 ms to 128 ms. 

Verizon Prepaid vs. Verizon Coverage

Verizon Prepaid has the same coverage as Verizon Postpaid.

Verizon Prepaid vs. AT&T Coverage

Both Verizon Prepaid and AT&T have excellent coverage across the U.S.

However, Verizon Prepaid has slightly less coverage than AT&T overall.

Verizon Prepaid covers 67.4% of the U.S. and AT&T covers 78.1%.

Verizon Prepaid also has measurably less 5G coverage than AT&T.

Verizon Prepaid covers 14.5% of the U.S. with its 5G Nationwide and 5G Ultra Wideband networks. 

Meanwhile, AT&T covers an impressive 43.3% of the U.S. with its 5G network:

Data speeds are about the same between Verizon Prepaid and AT&T. 

When we look at our crowd-sourced speed test data, Verizon Prepaid has median download speeds of 61.2 Mbps and median upload speeds of 11.7 Mbps.

AT&T has similar performance. It has the same median download speed of 61.2 Mbps and a slightly slower median upload speed of 11.3 Mbps.

Overall you are likely to get exceptional coverage and good data speeds on both Verizon Prepaid and AT&T.

Use our AT&T coverage map to see what AT&T coverage and data speeds look like in your specific area. 

Verizon Prepaid vs. T-Mobile Coverage

Verizon Prepaid has better coverage than T-Mobile.

You will get coverage across 67.4% of the United States on Verizon Prepaid. 

On T-Mobile, you will only have service in 46.6% of the U.S.:

To T-Mobile’s credit, it does have substantially better 5G coverage than Verizon Prepaid does. 

Verizon Prepaid covers just 14.5% of the U.S. with any form of 5G.

T-Mobile, meanwhile, covers 36.0% of the U.S. with 5G:

T-Mobile customers are also enjoying measurably faster data speeds on T-Mobile than on Verizon Prepaid.

When we look at median performance from our crowd-sourced speed test data, we can see Verizon Prepaid gets 61.2 Mbps for its median download speed and 11.7 Mbps for its median upload speed.

T-Mobile delivers almost 2.5x the performance.

The median download speed on T-Mobile was 152.3 Mbps. The median upload speed was 17.3 Mbps.

You are likely to have coverage in more places on Verizon Prepaid, especially in more rural areas.

However, if you do live in an area with strong T-Mobile signal, then you are likely to get faster data speeds on T-Mobile when compared to Verizon Prepaid.

See exactly what T-Mobile data speeds and coverage look like in your area with our T-Mobile coverage map.