4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Salem

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	99%
T-Mobile	100%	99%
Verizon	100%	93%
Dish	0%	90%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 90% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Salem experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Salem Cell Signal Strength

There are 1,311 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Salem. 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	13%	67%	20%	0%
T-Mobile	40%	53%	6%	0%
Verizon	28%	68%	4%	0%
Dish	4%	56%	30%	10%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Salem

Coverage Critic has 17,206 crowdsourced data points from 610 map hexes within the boundaries of Salem. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	351	3,659
T-Mobile	442	10,776
Verizon	355	2,739

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

Oregon State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.6 / 10
AT&T	8.5 / 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 Salem is rated as medium-high confidence. Documentation is available elsewhere covering limitations of Coverage Critic's approach.