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Cell Phone Coverage In Owensboro

AT&T is predicted to have the best cell phone coverage in Owensboro, KY and the surrounding area. Check coverage at your location with the map below.

Recommended Low-Cost Carriers In Owensboro

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Owensboro 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 Owensboro

The table below shows the proportion of Owensboro with coverage from different cellular technologies.
Network4G Coverage5G Coverage
AT&T100%100%
T-Mobile100%98%
Verizon100%54%
Dish0%94%
Don't be alarmed by Dish's lack of 4G coverage in Owensboro. Dish has a newly-built network that's 5G-only.

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 94% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Owensboro experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Owensboro Cell Signal Strength

There are 575 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Owensboro. 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&T19%67%14%0%
T-Mobile17%64%19%0%
Verizon33%63%4%0%
Dish9%63%21%6%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Owensboro

Coverage Critic has 15,199 crowdsourced data points from 217 map hexes within the boundaries of Owensboro. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

NetworkUnique HexesTotal Observations
AT&T1785,346
T-Mobile931,040
Verizon1928,776

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Kentucky State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network Coverage Score
Verizon 3.7 / 10
AT&T 8.4 / 10
T-Mobile 7.3 / 10

Data Confidence

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

Last updated: February 27, 2024