4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Ruskin

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	100%
T-Mobile	100%	98%
Verizon	100%	92%
Dish	0%	91%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 91% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Ruskin experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Ruskin Cell Signal Strength

There are 510 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Ruskin. 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	11%	76%	12%	0%
T-Mobile	22%	60%	17%	0%
Verizon	21%	70%	9%	0%
Dish	11%	57%	23%	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 Ruskin

Coverage Critic has 3,861 crowdsourced data points from 162 map hexes within the boundaries of Ruskin. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	133	2,273
T-Mobile	110	1,191
Verizon	80	393

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Florida State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.8 / 10
AT&T	8.7 / 10
T-Mobile	8.2 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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