4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Vacaville

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	100%
T-Mobile	100%	96%
Verizon	100%	100%
Dish	0%	8%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 8% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Vacaville experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Vacaville Cell Signal Strength

There are 718 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Vacaville. 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%	70%	26%	0%
T-Mobile	29%	63%	7%	0%
Verizon	29%	69%	2%	0%
Dish	0%	1%	7%	92%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Vacaville

Coverage Critic has 13,384 crowdsourced data points from 251 map hexes within the boundaries of Vacaville. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	180	6,490
T-Mobile	127	1,584
Verizon	200	5,276

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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 Sourcing

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

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