4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Kansas City

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	99%
T-Mobile	100%	99%
Verizon	100%	99%
Dish	0%	89%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 89% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Kansas City experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Millimeter Wave 5G

Parts of Kansas City have millimeter wave 5G coverage. This novel celluar technology offers extremely fast speeds, but the coverage potential is limited. Millimeter waves aren't well-suited for traveling long distances.

Network	Millimeter Wave
Verizon	✓
AT&T	?
T-Mobile	?

Millimeter wave coverage in Kansas City is likely sparse (mostly limited to dense, outdoor areas like popular parks or sports stadiums).

Kansas City Cell Signal Strength

There are 7,636 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Kansas City. 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	10%	67%	22%	0%
T-Mobile	29%	64%	7%	0%
Verizon	26%	66%	8%	0%
Dish	11%	58%	20%	11%

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, 93 hexes in Kansas City that fall in bodies water, along rivers, or near shorelines are excluded from the table above.

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Kansas City

Coverage Critic has 169,643 crowdsourced data points from 2,805 map hexes within the boundaries of Kansas City. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	2,091	52,684
T-Mobile	2,348	73,071
Verizon	1,703	43,499

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Missouri State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.0 / 10
AT&T	8.7 / 10
T-Mobile	7.4 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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