4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Los Alamitos

The table below shows the proportion of Los Alamitos with coverage from different cellular technologies.

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	95%
T-Mobile	100%	97%
Verizon	100%	100%
Dish	0%	15%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 15% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Los Alamitos experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Los Alamitos Cell Signal Strength

There are 90 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Los Alamitos. 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	34%	66%	0%	0%
T-Mobile	21%	67%	12%	0%
Verizon	27%	73%	0%	0%
Dish	0%	0%	15%	85%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Los Alamitos

Coverage Critic has 1,914 crowdsourced data points from 43 map hexes within the boundaries of Los Alamitos. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	31	573
T-Mobile	40	1,173
Verizon	18	166

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