4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Oak Harbor

The table below shows the proportion of Oak Harbor with coverage from different cellular technologies.

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	99%	92%
T-Mobile	99%	99%
Verizon	99%	86%
Dish	0%	2%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 2% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Oak Harbor experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Oak Harbor Cell Signal Strength

There are 271 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Oak Harbor. 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	5%	59%	35%	1%
T-Mobile	30%	52%	18%	0%
Verizon	14%	67%	18%	1%
Dish	0%	0%	2%	98%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Oak Harbor

Coverage Critic has 26 crowdsourced data points from 17 map hexes within the boundaries of Oak Harbor. Data is available for AT&T only.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	17	26
T-Mobile	0	0
Verizon	0	0

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

Washington State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.6 / 10
AT&T	8.6 / 10
T-Mobile	8.1 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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