4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Las Cruces

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	99%
T-Mobile	100%	99%
Verizon	100%	12%
Dish	0%	96%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 96% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Las Cruces experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Las Cruces Cell Signal Strength

There are 1,617 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Las Cruces. 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	6%	66%	28%	0%
T-Mobile	14%	60%	25%	0%
Verizon	47%	51%	3%	0%
Dish	7%	66%	23%	4%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Las Cruces

Coverage Critic has 387 crowdsourced data points from 43 map hexes within the boundaries of Las Cruces. Data is available for T-Mobile and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	0	0
T-Mobile	36	304
Verizon	39	83

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

New Mexico State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.4 / 10
AT&T	7.9 / 10
T-Mobile	8.0 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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