4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Morehead City

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	96%	0%
T-Mobile	95%	95%
Verizon	94%	90%
US Cellular	99%	83%

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

Dish does not have native coverage in Morehead City. However, some Dish subscribers may still have coverage in Morehead City thanks to roaming agreements.

Morehead City Cell Signal Strength

There are 281 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Morehead 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	12%	78%	6%	4%
T-Mobile	15%	73%	7%	5%
Verizon	31%	60%	2%	6%
US Cellular	8%	60%	30%	1%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Morehead City

Coverage Critic has 518 crowdsourced data points from 12 map hexes within the boundaries of Morehead City. Data is available for AT&T and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	11	447
T-Mobile	0	0
Verizon	4	69

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North Carolina State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.6 / 10
AT&T	8.4 / 10
T-Mobile	7.5 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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