Viasat Satellite Internet in Nebraska

Viasat provides satellite internet service across Nebraska using its advanced ViaSat-2 and ViaSat-3 satellite constellation. Unlike cable or fiber providers that require physical infrastructure running to each home, Viasat beams internet directly from orbit to a small dish installed on your roof. This makes it available virtually everywhere in Nebraska, from the Sandhills grasslands, Platte River Valley, and the western Pine Ridge region. Nebraska's Sandhills and western Panhandle are among the most sparsely populated regions in the continental US, and Viasat fills that critical gap by delivering broadband speeds without needing a single mile of cable or fiber.

Viasat has invested heavily in its next-generation satellite fleet, with the ViaSat-3 constellation delivering significantly more capacity than previous generations. For Nebraska residents, this means faster speeds and more consistent performance, particularly with the new Unleashed plan lineup. These contract-free plans offer unlimited data, a major shift from Viasat's earlier offerings that had priority data thresholds. Nebraska's Sandhills cover a quarter of the state and contain almost no wired broadband infrastructure, making satellite essential, which makes Viasat's expanding capacity especially impactful here.

Omaha has competitive broadband from Cox and CenturyLink, but the western two-thirds of Nebraska relies primarily on satellite and fixed wireless. With speeds up to 300 Mbps on the Unleashed 300+ plan and no data caps to worry about, Viasat has evolved from a last-resort option into a genuinely competitive broadband choice for rural Nebraska households. The company's shift toward unlimited data and faster speeds reflects growing demand from remote workers, telehealth patients, and streaming households in the Sandhills ranching region, the Panhandle near Scottsbluff, and the Republican River Valley.