4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Mount Prospect

The table below shows the proportion of Mount Prospect with coverage from different cellular technologies.

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

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

Mount Prospect Cell Signal Strength

There are 264 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Mount Prospect. 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	20%	77%	3%	0%
T-Mobile	85%	15%	0%	0%
Verizon	30%	66%	5%	0%
Dish	9%	89%	2%	0%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Mount Prospect

Coverage Critic has 24,072 crowdsourced data points from 220 map hexes within the boundaries of Mount Prospect. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	172	12,755
T-Mobile	181	7,079
Verizon	169	4,198

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Illinois State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.6 / 10
AT&T	8.7 / 10
T-Mobile	7.8 / 10

All the major networks generally perform well in Chicago and the surrounding area. Verizon and AT&T may have an advantage in rural portions of Illinois.

Data Sourcing

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

The coverage information for Mount Prospect is rated as high confidence. The predictions likely reflect reality. However, small areas of Mount Prospect may have worse coverage than predicted. Documentation is available elsewhere covering limitations of Coverage Critic's approach.