4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Imperial Beach

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	100%
T-Mobile	100%	88%
Verizon	100%	100%
Dish	0%	79%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 79% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Imperial Beach experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Imperial Beach Cell Signal Strength

There are 93 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Imperial Beach. 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	8%	58%	34%	0%
T-Mobile	30%	38%	32%	0%
Verizon	27%	73%	0%	0%
Dish	0%	32%	47%	21%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Imperial Beach

Coverage Critic has 1,071 crowdsourced data points from 36 map hexes within the boundaries of Imperial Beach. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	25	460
T-Mobile	25	210
Verizon	18	399

Click here to toggle to the map's crowdsourced data layer.

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