Viasat Satellite Internet in Rhode Island

Viasat provides satellite internet service across Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, from the Narragansett Bay, Block Island, and the rural western woodlands. Despite being the smallest state, Rhode Island's rural western towns and Block Island have broadband gaps, 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 Rhode Island 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. Block Island, 13 miles offshore, has limited submarine cable capacity, making satellite an important broadband supplement, which makes Viasat's expanding capacity especially impactful here.

Most of Rhode Island has solid cable coverage from Cox, but the western woods and Block Island benefit from satellite backup options. 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 Rhode Island households. The company's shift toward unlimited data and faster speeds reflects growing demand from remote workers, telehealth patients, and streaming households in the rural western communities of Foster and Glocester, Block Island, and the South County countryside.