4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Reston

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	99%	98%
T-Mobile	98%	95%
Verizon	100%	91%
Dish	0%	42%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 42% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Reston experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Reston Cell Signal Strength

There are 398 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Reston. 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	16%	56%	27%	1%
T-Mobile	32%	49%	17%	2%
Verizon	26%	52%	22%	0%
Dish	0%	22%	21%	58%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Reston

Coverage Critic has 9,990 crowdsourced data points from 197 map hexes within the boundaries of Reston. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	160	4,000
T-Mobile	151	5,449
Verizon	64	521

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Virginia State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.7 / 10
AT&T	8.3 / 10
T-Mobile	7.6 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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