4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Palo Alto

The table below shows the proportion of Palo Alto with coverage from different cellular technologies.

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	84%	80%
T-Mobile	74%	70%
Verizon	96%	87%
Dish	0%	63%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 63% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Palo Alto experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Palo Alto Cell Signal Strength

There are 575 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Palo Alto. 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	4%	40%	39%	16%
T-Mobile	25%	32%	16%	26%
Verizon	16%	55%	24%	4%
Dish	0%	39%	23%	37%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Palo Alto

Coverage Critic has 10,343 crowdsourced data points from 232 map hexes within the boundaries of Palo Alto. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	194	4,784
T-Mobile	143	2,999
Verizon	168	2,527

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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 Palo Alto is rated as medium-high confidence. Documentation is available elsewhere covering limitations of Coverage Critic's approach.