4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Portland

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	97%	92%
T-Mobile	99%	97%
Verizon	100%	93%
Dish	0%	78%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 78% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Portland experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Portland Cell Signal Strength

There are 3,861 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Portland. 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	10%	66%	21%	3%
T-Mobile	52%	38%	8%	1%
Verizon	31%	63%	5%	0%
Dish	3%	53%	22%	22%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Portland

Coverage Critic has 275,233 crowdsourced data points from 2,782 map hexes within the boundaries of Portland. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	2,174	88,081
T-Mobile	1,994	67,327
Verizon	2,508	119,340

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Oregon State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.6 / 10
AT&T	8.5 / 10
T-Mobile	7.6 / 10

Data Confidence

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