4G LTE & 5G Coverage In San Tan Valley

The table below shows the proportion of San Tan Valley with coverage from different cellular technologies.

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	99%	99%
T-Mobile	95%	91%
Verizon	100%	89%
Dish	0%	71%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 71% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in San Tan Valley experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

San Tan Valley Cell Signal Strength

There are 1,605 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of San Tan Valley. 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	4%	65%	31%	1%
T-Mobile	11%	50%	35%	5%
Verizon	15%	65%	20%	0%
Dish	2%	37%	32%	29%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In San Tan Valley

Coverage Critic has 302 crowdsourced data points from 42 map hexes within the boundaries of San Tan Valley. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	38	238
T-Mobile	1	2
Verizon	14	62

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Arizona State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.6 / 10
AT&T	7.7 / 10
T-Mobile	8.0 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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