Internet Providers in Manassas, Virginia

Internet Access in Manassas, Virginia

There are 6 Internet service providers (ISPs) in Manassas marketing residential connections, and a total of 25 including specialized smb, enterprise, and mobile providers such as Windstream and XFINITY from Comcast. (Note that some might be "double entries" as many companies market residential and business services separately.)

The information on this page comes via provider coverage reports specific to the area, and is confirmed with privatized data sources to provide more detailed listings than is available from the FCC directly. Lit address data is currently only available for select providers. Data about pricing and speed of listed broadband plans is generated by manually collecting tens of thousands of data points annually.

Considering network technology available Manassas, we see that the most frequently available physical wire broadband technology types are Cable and Fiber, with 99.00% and 91.87% respectively. TV providers are the main source for cable Internet service, thanks to the fact that they can leverage pre-existing coaxial TV wires — which have already been built out to homes in the area — to connect subscribers to Internet service. Cable often makes sense for Manassas residents due to the strong speeds in an attainable price range. Fiber technology uses future-proofed Fiber-optical transmission lines, which are composed of hair-like glass or plastic strands which can transmit digital data as light. Thanks largely tothe prevalence of fiber infrastructure, broadband download rates within Manassas rank 34.27% above the Virginia average. Not all "Fiber" connections reach the subscriber address, however. Some switch to to copper cables once in the "last mile." As a result, not all fiber connections offer true "gigabit" performance.

Viasat Internet has the widest availability in Manassas. near one hundred percent of Manassas census blocks can receive Internet service from them. HughesNet is the most likely second choice, serving close to one hundred percent of Manassas with predominantly Satellite Internet service. The fastest plan advertised by HughesNet in Manassas is 25 Mbps.

To summarize, the average Manassas resident has 2-3 options for Internet. Manassas ranks 84th in terms of the number of providers available per resident.