4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Elk Grove

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	100%
T-Mobile	98%	99%
Verizon	100%	99%
Dish	0%	56%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 56% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Elk Grove experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Elk Grove Cell Signal Strength

There are 1,013 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Elk Grove. 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	11%	83%	6%	0%
T-Mobile	47%	50%	3%	0%
Verizon	30%	63%	7%	0%
Dish	3%	29%	24%	44%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Elk Grove

Coverage Critic has 22,747 crowdsourced data points from 417 map hexes within the boundaries of Elk Grove. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	267	6,263
T-Mobile	357	13,805
Verizon	206	2,622

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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 Elk Grove is rated as medium-high confidence. Documentation is available elsewhere covering limitations of Coverage Critic's approach.