4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Council Bluffs

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	99%	0%
T-Mobile	99%	97%
Verizon	89%	100%
Dish	0%	99%
US Cellular	92%	73%

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

Council Bluffs Cell Signal Strength

There are 1,103 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Council Bluffs. 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	10%	67%	23%	1%
T-Mobile	23%	56%	21%	1%
Verizon	37%	58%	5%	0%
US Cellular	19%	70%	7%	4%
Dish	26%	64%	9%	1%

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, 66 hexes in Council Bluffs that fall in bodies water, along rivers, or near shorelines are excluded from the table above.

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Council Bluffs

Coverage Critic has 985 crowdsourced data points from 136 map hexes within the boundaries of Council Bluffs. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	88	279
T-Mobile	80	533
Verizon	53	173

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Iowa State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.3 / 10
AT&T	7.1 / 10
T-Mobile	6.3 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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