4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Berkeley

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	100%
T-Mobile	99%	99%
Verizon	100%	100%
Dish	0%	95%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 95% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Berkeley experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Berkeley Cell Signal Strength

There are 252 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Berkeley. 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	20%	74%	6%	0%
T-Mobile	61%	36%	3%	0%
Verizon	56%	42%	1%	0%
Dish	5%	85%	6%	5%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Berkeley

Coverage Critic has 14,722 crowdsourced data points from 162 map hexes within the boundaries of Berkeley. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	156	6,888
T-Mobile	100	3,976
Verizon	39	3,819

Click here to toggle to the map's crowdsourced data layer.

California State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.8 / 10
AT&T	8.6 / 10
T-Mobile	8.2 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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