4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Garden Grove

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	98%
T-Mobile	100%	100%
Verizon	100%	100%
Dish	0%	3%

Don't be alarmed by Dish's lack of 4G coverage in Garden 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 Garden Grove. However, some US Cellular subscribers may still have coverage in Garden Grove thanks to roaming agreements.

The 3% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Garden Grove experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Garden Grove Cell Signal Strength

There are 386 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Garden 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	51%	49%	0%	0%
T-Mobile	77%	23%	0%	0%
Verizon	55%	45%	0%	0%
Dish	0%	2%	0%	97%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Garden Grove

Coverage Critic has 36,657 crowdsourced data points from 340 map hexes within the boundaries of Garden Grove. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	288	10,743
T-Mobile	313	19,295
Verizon	207	6,555

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