4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Peoria

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	0%
T-Mobile	97%	93%
Verizon	100%	20%
Dish	0%	99%
US Cellular	93%	74%

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

Peoria Cell Signal Strength

There are 1,266 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Peoria. 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	14%	71%	15%	0%
T-Mobile	24%	56%	17%	3%
Verizon	27%	64%	9%	0%
US Cellular	21%	66%	9%	4%
Dish	12%	73%	13%	1%

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, 65 hexes in Peoria that fall in bodies water, along rivers, or near shorelines are excluded from the table above.

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Peoria

Coverage Critic has 12,732 crowdsourced data points from 494 map hexes within the boundaries of Peoria. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	407	6,296
T-Mobile	203	1,708
Verizon	328	4,703

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