4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Bellingham

The table below shows the proportion of Bellingham with coverage from different cellular technologies.

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	100%
T-Mobile	100%	99%
Verizon	100%	24%
Dish	0%	44%

Don't be alarmed by Dish's lack of 4G coverage in Bellingham. Dish has a newly-built network that's 5G-only.

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

US Cellular does not have native coverage in Bellingham. However, some US Cellular subscribers may still have coverage in Bellingham thanks to roaming agreements.

The 44% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Bellingham experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Bellingham Cell Signal Strength

There are 833 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Bellingham. The table below shows the proportion of hexes at various levels of signal strength. Where both 4G and 5G coverage is available, data is drawn from whichever technology offers a stronger signal.

Network	Strong	Decent	Weak	None
AT&T	8%	68%	24%	0%
T-Mobile	27%	62%	11%	0%
Verizon	22%	66%	13%	0%
Dish	1%	25%	18%	56%

For most purposes, decent signals are perfectly sufficient. Weak or non-existent signals cause far greater degradation in user experience.

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Bellingham

Coverage Critic has 10,583 crowdsourced data points from 237 map hexes within the boundaries of Bellingham. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	161	1,687
T-Mobile	165	5,901
Verizon	128	2,979

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Washington State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.6 / 10
AT&T	8.6 / 10
T-Mobile	8.1 / 10

Data Sourcing

Coverage maps draw on data from the FCC's Broadband Data Collection and Coverage Critic's crowdsourcing.

The coverage information for Bellingham is rated as medium-high confidence. Documentation is available elsewhere covering limitations of Coverage Critic's approach.