4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Palm Springs

The table below shows the proportion of Palm Springs with coverage from different cellular technologies.

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	99%	64%
T-Mobile	71%	65%
Verizon	85%	77%
Dish	0%	37%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 37% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Palm Springs experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Palm Springs Cell Signal Strength

There are 2,055 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Palm Springs. 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	19%	50%	30%	1%
T-Mobile	14%	34%	23%	29%
Verizon	17%	51%	18%	14%
Dish	0%	13%	24%	63%

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, 137 hexes in Palm Springs that fall in bodies water, along rivers, or near shorelines are excluded from the table above.

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Palm Springs

Coverage Critic has 7,880 crowdsourced data points from 290 map hexes within the boundaries of Palm Springs. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	164	1,469
T-Mobile	218	3,678
Verizon	232	2,710

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

California State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.8 / 10
AT&T	8.6 / 10
T-Mobile	8.2 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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