4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Clearwater

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	100%
T-Mobile	100%	99%
Verizon	99%	99%
Dish	0%	97%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

Clearwater Cell Signal Strength

There are 827 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Clearwater. 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	23%	74%	2%	0%
T-Mobile	74%	25%	0%	0%
Verizon	34%	65%	0%	1%
Dish	10%	67%	20%	3%

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

Due to data-reliability concerns, 137 hexes in Clearwater that fall in bodies water, along rivers, or near shorelines are excluded from the table above.

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Clearwater

Coverage Critic has 54,426 crowdsourced data points from 534 map hexes within the boundaries of Clearwater. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	409	17,140
T-Mobile	475	32,643
Verizon	281	4,561

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Florida State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.8 / 10
AT&T	8.7 / 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 Clearwater is rated as medium-high confidence. Documentation is available elsewhere covering limitations of Coverage Critic's approach.