4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Seaside

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	99%	99%
T-Mobile	100%	99%
Verizon	100%	96%
Dish	0%	64%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 64% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Seaside experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Seaside Cell Signal Strength

There are 209 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Seaside. 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%	59%	37%	1%
T-Mobile	25%	62%	14%	0%
Verizon	35%	59%	7%	0%
Dish	0%	42%	23%	36%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Seaside

Coverage Critic has 310 crowdsourced data points from 27 map hexes within the boundaries of Seaside. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	16	128
T-Mobile	9	21
Verizon	24	160

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

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