4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Santa Ana

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	98%
T-Mobile	100%	100%
Verizon	100%	96%
Dish	0%	19%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 19% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Santa Ana experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Santa Ana Cell Signal Strength

There are 604 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Santa Ana. 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	64%	36%	0%	0%
T-Mobile	84%	16%	0%	0%
Verizon	51%	49%	0%	0%
Dish	0%	18%	1%	81%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Santa Ana

Coverage Critic has 41,694 crowdsourced data points from 520 map hexes within the boundaries of Santa Ana. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	425	14,498
T-Mobile	442	22,342
Verizon	237	4,726

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California State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.8 / 10
AT&T	8.6 / 10
T-Mobile	8.2 / 10

Data Confidence

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