4G LTE & 5G Coverage In Walnut Creek

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

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	100%
T-Mobile	98%	95%
Verizon	100%	100%
Dish	0%	54%

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

US Cellular And Dish Roaming Coverage

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

The 54% figure for Dish may understate what subscribers in Walnut Creek experience after accounting for roaming agreements.

Walnut Creek Cell Signal Strength

There are 467 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of Walnut Creek. 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	11%	59%	30%	0%
T-Mobile	39%	46%	14%	2%
Verizon	44%	54%	1%	0%
Dish	1%	28%	25%	46%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In Walnut Creek

Coverage Critic has 21,280 crowdsourced data points from 178 map hexes within the boundaries of Walnut Creek. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	155	10,910
T-Mobile	126	6,287
Verizon	138	4,038

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