4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Roanoke

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	12%
T-Mobile	99%	98%
Verizon	100%	0%
Dish	0%	91%
US Cellular	92%	82%

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

Roanoke Cell Signal Strength

There are 1,118 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Roanoke. 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	8%	64%	28%	0%
T-Mobile	28%	57%	14%	1%
Verizon	36%	64%	1%	0%
US Cellular	18%	70%	8%	4%
Dish	8%	52%	31%	9%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Roanoke

Coverage Critic has 493 crowdsourced data points from 98 map hexes within the boundaries of Roanoke. Data is available for T-Mobile and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	0	0
T-Mobile	92	340
Verizon	29	151

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

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