4G LTE & 5G Coverage In East Chicago

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	100%
T-Mobile	97%	74%
Verizon	83%	83%
Dish	0%	99%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

East Chicago Cell Signal Strength

There are 353 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of East Chicago. 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	16%	72%	11%	0%
T-Mobile	49%	48%	1%	3%
Verizon	31%	47%	5%	17%
Dish	23%	55%	21%	1%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In East Chicago

Coverage Critic has 2,284 crowdsourced data points from 97 map hexes within the boundaries of East Chicago. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	50	272
T-Mobile	78	1,940
Verizon	11	69

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Indiana State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.8 / 10
AT&T	8.7 / 10
T-Mobile	8.0 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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