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Cell Phone Coverage In Merritt Island

Verizon is predicted to have the best cell phone coverage in Merritt Island, FL and the surrounding area. Check coverage at your location with the map below.

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Merritt Island Coverage Maps

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

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

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4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Merritt Island

The table below shows the proportion of Merritt Island with coverage from different cellular technologies.
Network4G Coverage5G Coverage
AT&T97%97%
T-Mobile97%96%
Verizon97%91%
Dish0%97%
Don't be alarmed by Dish's lack of 4G coverage in Merritt Island. Dish has a newly-built network that's 5G-only.

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 97% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Merritt Island experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Merritt Island Cell Signal Strength

There are 1,266 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Merritt Island. 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.

NetworkStrongDecentWeakNone
AT&T8%53%36%3%
T-Mobile31%57%10%3%
Verizon33%61%4%3%
Dish12%62%23%3%

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, 804 hexes in Merritt Island that fall in bodies water, along rivers, or near shorelines are excluded from the table above.

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Merritt Island

Coverage Critic has 7,847 crowdsourced data points from 217 map hexes within the boundaries of Merritt Island. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

NetworkUnique HexesTotal Observations
AT&T1331,473
T-Mobile981,002
Verizon1745,349

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Florida State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network Coverage Score
Verizon 8.8 / 10
AT&T 8.7 / 10
T-Mobile 8.2 / 10

Data Confidence

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

Last updated: February 27, 2024