4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Frederick

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

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

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

Frederick Cell Signal Strength

There are 598 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Frederick. 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	14%	63%	22%	0%
T-Mobile	43%	53%	4%	0%
Verizon	30%	68%	2%	0%
Dish	11%	84%	5%	0%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Frederick

Coverage Critic has 10,757 crowdsourced data points from 286 map hexes within the boundaries of Frederick. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	243	4,969
T-Mobile	248	5,398
Verizon	73	360

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Maryland State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.7 / 10
AT&T	8.7 / 10
T-Mobile	8.3 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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