4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Lake Stevens

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	100%
T-Mobile	100%	100%
Verizon	100%	100%
Dish	0%	87%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 87% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Lake Stevens experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Lake Stevens Cell Signal Strength

There are 319 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Lake Stevens. 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%	78%	11%	0%
T-Mobile	36%	59%	5%	0%
Verizon	20%	72%	8%	0%
Dish	5%	49%	33%	13%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Lake Stevens

Coverage Critic has 1,002 crowdsourced data points from 67 map hexes within the boundaries of Lake Stevens. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	56	545
T-Mobile	42	280
Verizon	42	166

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Washington State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.6 / 10
AT&T	8.6 / 10
T-Mobile	8.1 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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