4G LTE & 5G Coverage In West Des Moines

The table below shows the proportion of West Des Moines with coverage from different cellular technologies.

Network	4G Coverage	5G Coverage
AT&T	100%	0%
T-Mobile	98%	97%
Verizon	100%	99%
Dish	0%	97%
US Cellular	99%	77%

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

West Des Moines Cell Signal Strength

There are 1,201 map hexes within the census-defined boundaries of West Des Moines. 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	15%	67%	18%	0%
T-Mobile	29%	60%	10%	2%
Verizon	29%	62%	9%	0%
US Cellular	26%	60%	12%	1%
Dish	11%	66%	20%	3%

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

Crowdsourced Coverage Data In West Des Moines

Coverage Critic has 13,680 crowdsourced data points from 397 map hexes within the boundaries of West Des Moines. Data is available for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Network	Unique Hexes	Total Observations
AT&T	317	3,278
T-Mobile	304	8,201
Verizon	191	2,090

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Iowa State-Wide Coverage Scores

Network	Coverage Score
Verizon	8.3 / 10
AT&T	7.1 / 10
T-Mobile	6.3 / 10

Data Sourcing

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

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