Visible Coverage Map

Does Visible have good cell coverage?

Stetson Doggett

Updated:

June 24, 2023

If you’re in search of a new cell phone plan, you may have come across Visible and its affordable unlimited data plan.

Budget-friendly carriers like Visible can save you over $500 per year on your cell phone bill.

However, you may wonder if Visible’s coverage will meet your expectations.

In this article, we will explore the coverage provided by Visible and compare it to other major carriers to help you make an informed decision.

Visible Coverage

Visible is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that is owned by Verizon.

Visible uses Verizon’s network to provide service.

By leveraging Verizon’s towers and operating online only, Visible is able to offer affordable plans without compromising on the quality of service. Unlimited data from Visible costs just $30 per month.

Below, you can see our community-contributed map of Visible’s coverage. This map has over 1.5 million speed tests so you can get an accurate idea of what Visible coverage and data speeds are like in your area.

You can search for your area in the search bar, and you can toggle between Visible’s LTE and 5G coverage using the coverage maps below:

Map Key:

Great coverage

Good coverage

Poor coverage

Great coverage = stream 4K videos, video call, use your phone to its fullest potential

Good coverage = stream 480p videos, browse social media, stream music, use the web

Poor coverage = make phone calls, send a text

*The Estimated Coverage Map is created with coverage data from the FCC

Visible Coverage Quick Stats

Total area covered: 55%
Total square miles covered: 2,095,163
5G area covered: 12%
5G square miles covered: 459,756

The above data comes from the FCC’s National Broadband Map.

The FCC collected signal strength data from all network operators and made the coverage information publicly available.

Currently, the network that covers the most area covers just 55% of the U.S. This number may seem low, but it’s because large areas of rural land where no one lives, like the vast wilderness of Alaska (17.5% of the land area of the United States) don’t get covered with cell service.

We calculate the total square miles covered by Visible’s network by multiplying the percentage of area Visible covers by the total area of the United States, which was reported as 3,805,927 by the United States Census Bureau.

What network does Visible use?

Visible uses the Verizon network to provide coverage.

Since Visible relies on Verizon, its coverage is essentially the same as that of Verizon.

This means that Visible offers extensive 4G LTE and 5G coverage across the country.

Use Visible's compatibility checker to see if your device will work on their network.

Visible 5G Coverage

Visible offers nationwide 5G coverage on Verizon’s 5G Nationwide and 5G Ultra Wideband networks.

Verizon 5G Nationwide currently covers about 230 million people, or roughly 69% of the U.S. population.

Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband is much faster, but it has a bit less coverage. Verizon says 5G Ultra Wideband covers about 200 million people as of March 7th, 2023, which is about 60% of the U.S. population.

Check Visible 5G coverage in your area here.

Visible 4G LTE Coverage

Visible LTE coverage map, as reported by the FCC

Nationwide 4G LTE coverage is available on Visible thanks to Verizon’s extensive 4G LTE network, which covers 99% of Americans.

Check Visible LTE coverage in your area here.

Visible vs. Verizon Coverage

Visible runs on the Verizon network, so coverage is the same between the two carriers.

Visible even gets access to Verizon’s domestic roaming partners.

Domestic roaming is where your phone switches to a partner network for coverage in areas where your primary network doesn’t have service.

Many times, prepaid carriers like Visible are not able to provide service in areas where their parent network does not have service.

However, in Visible’s case, they are able to use the existing roaming agreements in place by Verizon to provide service.

So in parts of Nebraska, for example, where Verizon may not have built out native coverage just yet, Visible customers can roam on the Viaero Wireless network for service.

Viaero Wireless is a local network operator in Nebraska and allows certain carriers to use them for coverage.

Having access to domestic roaming coverage areas helps give Visible some of the best coverage possible, and makes it the same as Verizon coverage here in the United States.

Visible vs. AT&T Coverage

Visible’s coverage is very similar to AT&T’s coverage,.

Visible covers 55% of the United States and AT&T also covers 55%.

With 5G coverage, it’s a different story though. Visible has under half the 5G coverage as AT&T. AT&T covers 31% of the US with 5G, while Visible covers only 12%.

Data speeds are similar between the two carriers.

According to Ookla, Visible’s median download speed was 69.01 Mbps, and its median upload speed was 9.33 Mbps.

Meanwhile, AT&T’s median download speed was 65.57 Mbps and its median upload speed was 7.98 Mbps.

Both Visible and AT&T offer similar coverage and data speeds to one another, and likely both carriers will be great options in many areas.

You can check AT&T coverage in your area here to see how it compares to Visible.

Visible vs. T-Mobile Coverage

Visible’s coverage is a bit better than T-Mobile’s coverage.

Visible covers an impressive 55% of the area in the US, compared to just 35% covered by T-Mobile.

That said, T-Mobile has over double the 5G coverage than Visible does. T-Mobile boasts 26% 5G coverage compared to Visible’s 12% 5G coverage.

T-Mobile also has faster speeds than Visible. T-Mobile got median download speeds of 151 Mbps and median upload speeds of 12.5 Mbps, according to Ookla’s February 2023 report.

Visible’s median speeds were 69 Mbps down and 9.3 Mbps up.

Both carriers will likely provide adequate coverage in major cities, and T-Mobile will likely deliver faster speeds.

However, Visible’s larger coverage footprint will likely come in handy outside of major cities and could be a better pick in more rural parts of the country.

You can check T-Mobile coverage in your area here.

Visible Coverage by State

Sate	Area Covered (sq km)	Total Percent Covered	Great Coverage	Good Coverage	Poor Coverage
Alaska	0	2.0%	0.4%	0.6%	1.0%
Alabama	125,780	83.9%	36.1%	27.4%	20.5%
Arkansas	118,422	83.0%	33.5%	26.9%	22.7%
Arizona	179,349	64.8%	24.0%	22.2%	18.6%
California	251,383	63.0%	28.5%	21.7%	12.8%
Colorado	223,092	62.7%	19.7%	24.0%	19.1%
Connecticut	12,860	87.2%	56.5%	24.0%	6.8%
District of Columbia	179	98.6%	98.2%	0.4%	0.0%
Delaware	5,185	80.4%	0.8%	1.0%	78.7%
Florida	134,354	80.1%	48.6%	21.7%	9.9%
Georgia	131,395	93.6%	43.7%	32.9%	17.0%
Hawaii	12,543	44.2%	19.3%	14.4%	10.6%
Iowa	124,346	92.3%	52.2%	29.0%	11.1%
Idaho	94,699	46.7%	20.7%	17.3%	8.8%
Illinois	144,562	93.5%	52.6%	29.7%	11.2%
Indiana	92,661	98.3%	56.4%	28.8%	13.0%
Kansas	207,559	98.4%	42.5%	34.1%	21.8%
Kentucky	91,826	74.0%	32.3%	22.9%	18.7%
Louisiana	114,912	78.4%	29.4%	27.7%	21.3%
Massachusetts	21,134	72.1%	44.7%	19.9%	7.5%
Maryland	26,410	78.8%	52.8%	17.1%	8.9%
Maine	36,855	51.6%	17.8%	19.4%	14.4%
Michigan	131,066	46.6%	20.7%	13.6%	12.4%
Minnesota	197,215	79.3%	40.8%	25.5%	13.0%
Missouri	176,347	86.2%	37.2%	28.4%	20.7%
Mississippi	117,117	81.3%	25.0%	27.7%	28.6%
Montana	198,358	53.0%	18.1%	20.5%	14.4%
North Carolina	108,559	80.3%	36.2%	27.0%	17.1%
North Dakota	174,474	92.7%	47.2%	31.1%	14.4%
Nebraska	176,021	86.5%	30.0%	27.2%	29.3%
New Hampshire	21,575	80.1%	32.6%	30.3%	17.2%
New Jersey	19,579	84.8%	0.0%	0.0%	84.7%
New Mexico	224,922	71.0%	23.3%	26.0%	21.7%
Nevada	91,951	42.5%	12.6%	17.7%	12.2%
New York	105,653	72.4%	3.4%	1.0%	68.0%
Ohio	103,714	85.5%	54.9%	18.6%	12.0%
Oklahoma	163,279	55.4%	26.1%	17.3%	11.9%
Oregon	103,850	50.9%	18.2%	19.8%	12.9%
Pennsylvania	106,050	83.0%	16.9%	11.5%	54.6%
Rhode Island	2,961	72.1%	48.7%	17.7%	5.8%
South Carolina	69,818	90.9%	39.5%	31.2%	20.2%
South Dakota	184,372	87.0%	31.8%	28.6%	26.6%
Tennessee	99,496	84.7%	38.9%	26.3%	19.5%
Texas	614,198	83.0%	36.7%	28.3%	18.0%
Utah	136,159	49.2%	17.0%	18.8%	13.4%
Virginia	82,698	83.3%	38.0%	28.9%	16.5%
Vermont	21,246	66.8%	23.6%	27.5%	15.7%
Washington	109,806	54.4%	22.4%	18.7%	13.4%
Wisconsin	109,839	65.1%	28.3%	20.9%	16.0%
West Virginia	40,576	41.7%	16.5%	11.6%	13.6%
Wyoming	142,749	59.1%	15.8%	23.1%	20.2%

Visible Data Speeds by State

Sate	Average Download Speed	Average Upload Speed	Average Ping
Alaska	28.6 Mbps	15.4 Mbps	95.1 ms
Alabama	52.7 Mbps	13.8 Mbps	83.6 ms
Arkansas	42.8 Mbps	13.5 Mbps	78.7 ms
Arizona	55. Mbps	15.2 Mbps	78.8 ms
California	67.5 Mbps	16.7 Mbps	59.4 ms
Colorado	62.9 Mbps	14.9 Mbps	81.3 ms
Connecticut	90.4 Mbps	18.8 Mbps	54.9 ms
District of Columbia	157.8 Mbps	19.2 Mbps	70.4 ms
Delaware	91.9 Mbps	17.8 Mbps	59.9 ms
Florida	79.2 Mbps	16. Mbps	80. ms
Georgia	64.7 Mbps	14. Mbps	91.9 ms
Hawaii	32. Mbps	14.7 Mbps	132.8 ms
Iowa	56. Mbps	15.3 Mbps	64.4 ms
Idaho	43.6 Mbps	13.7 Mbps	117.2 ms
Illinois	79.5 Mbps	19.9 Mbps	56.9 ms
Indiana	78.5 Mbps	17.2 Mbps	63.4 ms
Kansas	49.2 Mbps	15.6 Mbps	79.7 ms
Kentucky	52.6 Mbps	14.6 Mbps	80. ms
Louisiana	52.4 Mbps	14.6 Mbps	70.8 ms
Massachusetts	89.1 Mbps	18.3 Mbps	68.6 ms
Maryland	64.5 Mbps	14.8 Mbps	66.1 ms
Maine	40. Mbps	14.8 Mbps	80. ms
Michigan	68.7 Mbps	16.1 Mbps	67.6 ms
Minnesota	94.5 Mbps	17. Mbps	61.9 ms
Missouri	63.3 Mbps	15.9 Mbps	72.1 ms
Mississippi	24.7 Mbps	11.6 Mbps	94.5 ms
Montana	36.2 Mbps	14.7 Mbps	123.1 ms
North Carolina	52.8 Mbps	12.7 Mbps	69.2 ms
North Dakota	97.1 Mbps	19.2 Mbps	62.5 ms
Nebraska	64.6 Mbps	17.1 Mbps	67.9 ms
New Hampshire	48.5 Mbps	14.4 Mbps	67. ms
New Jersey	84.9 Mbps	16.7 Mbps	46.5 ms
New Mexico	31.6 Mbps	13.5 Mbps	139.7 ms
Nevada	73.6 Mbps	15.4 Mbps	61.9 ms
New York	87. Mbps	16.7 Mbps	69.5 ms
Ohio	55.2 Mbps	15.2 Mbps	64.9 ms
Oklahoma	46.3 Mbps	13.6 Mbps	73.4 ms
Oregon	46.3 Mbps	13.1 Mbps	70.6 ms
Pennsylvania	79.2 Mbps	15.5 Mbps	56.9 ms
Rhode Island	146.8 Mbps	20.7 Mbps	48.5 ms
South Carolina	51.8 Mbps	12.9 Mbps	71.7 ms
South Dakota	46.7 Mbps	16.7 Mbps	74.7 ms
Tennessee	65.2 Mbps	15.4 Mbps	83.6 ms
Texas	60.4 Mbps	13.7 Mbps	67.4 ms
Utah	60.7 Mbps	16.6 Mbps	104.4 ms
Virginia	47.3 Mbps	12.9 Mbps	70.2 ms
Vermont	37. Mbps	11.7 Mbps	79.6 ms
Washington	62.6 Mbps	14.8 Mbps	63.1 ms
Wisconsin	61.7 Mbps	14.1 Mbps	61.5 ms
West Virginia	32.9 Mbps	12.6 Mbps	83.6 ms
Wyoming	28.1 Mbps	13.6 Mbps	122.2 ms

Visible Coverage Frequently Asked Questions

Is Visible coverage good?

Visible uses Verizon, which has one of the largest network footprints in America. For most people, yes, Visible's coverage will be good. See Visible's self-published coverage map here.

Does Visible offer 5G?

Yes. Visible offers 5G on both Verizon's Nationwide 5G network and Verizon's Ultra Wideband 5G network.

Does Visible have coverage in Canada?

No, Visible does not offer service in Canada.

Does Visible have coverage in Mexico?

No, Visible does not offer service in Mexico.

Does Visible have international coverage?

Visible only works within the United States.