4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Puyallup

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	99%
T-Mobile	100%	95%
Verizon	100%	100%
Dish	0%	67%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 67% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Puyallup experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Puyallup Cell Signal Strength

There are 399 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Puyallup. 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	7%	64%	29%	0%
T-Mobile	24%	60%	16%	0%
Verizon	28%	69%	3%	0%
Dish	0%	27%	39%	33%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Puyallup

Coverage Critic has 3,033 crowdsourced data points from 155 map hexes within the boundaries of Puyallup. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	80	975
T-Mobile	116	1,391
Verizon	101	654

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

Washington State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.6 / 10
AT&T	8.6 / 10
T-Mobile	8.1 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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