4G LTE & 5G Coverage In East Peoria

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	0%
T-Mobile	100%	98%
Verizon	100%	24%
Dish	0%	100%
US Cellular	93%	61%

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

East Peoria Cell Signal Strength

There are 564 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of East Peoria. 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	5%	60%	34%	0%
T-Mobile	13%	71%	16%	0%
Verizon	21%	64%	15%	0%
US Cellular	11%	68%	18%	3%
Dish	9%	80%	11%	0%

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, 54 hexes in East Peoria that fall in bodies water, along rivers, or near shorelines are excluded from the table above.

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In East Peoria

Coverage Critic has 6,543 crowdsourced data points from 202 map hexes within the boundaries of East Peoria. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	192	3,742
T-Mobile	115	884
Verizon	142	1,888

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Illinois State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.6 / 10
AT&T	8.7 / 10
T-Mobile	7.8 / 10

All the major networks generally perform well in Chicago and the surrounding area. Verizon and AT&T may have an advantage in rural portions of Illinois.

Data Sourcing

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

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