Find The Carrier With The Best Coverage In Your Area

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Hey,

What cell phone carrier has the best coverage in your area?

Have you ever wondered?

I have.

Getting great coverage is one of the most important aspects to me when deciding on a new cell phone plan.

What’s the point of saving money, or paying for extra hotspot data, if I don’t even get good service?

I imagine getting great coverage is important to you, too.

That’s why this week I am bringing you some fun facts about coverage as well as how to instantly see the #1 carrier in your area.

Coverage Ranking: How the Major Carriers Stack Up

How do AT&T, Dish, T-Mobile, and Verizon stack up for coverage?

Here are the rankings for coverage in the continental United States as of mid-2023:

1. AT&T - 74.6% total coverage (6.0 million square miles)

2. Verizon - 71.5% total coverage (5.8 million square miles)

3. T-Mobile - 59.5% total coverage (4.8 million square miles)

4. Dish - 8.5% total coverage (0.7 million square miles)

If you want coverage in more places than not, AT&T is the coverage king!

5G Coverage Comparison

But what about 5G coverage?

Just about every smartphone released today supports 5G, and getting 5G service is becoming an important part of getting fast speeds and not being stuck on a congested network.

Here’s how the carriers stack up in terms of 5G coverage in the continental U.S.:

1. T-Mobile - 49.0% 5G coverage (4.0 million square miles)

2. AT&T - 41.4% 5G coverage (3.3 million square miles)

3. Verizon - 14.7% 5G coverage (1.2 million square miles)

4. Dish - 8.5% 5G coverage (0.7 million square miles)

If you want the best 5G experience, T-Mobile may be for you.

T-Mobile has the most expansive 5G network and some of the fastest data speeds in many locations.

In fact, Ookla’s latest report shows that T-Mobile’s median download speeds are over 2x faster than the competition!

The #1 Carrier in YOUR Location

Of course, the tricky thing about cellular coverage is that it varies from state to state, county to county, and ZIP code to ZIP code.

Sure, AT&T may have the largest coverage footprint… but having a signal is very different than having fast data speeds.

And yeah, T-Mobile may have the fastest speeds…but what is the point of having fast speeds if they don’t have coverage where you live?

To help you find the #1 carrier in YOUR area, I co-founded a website called CoverageMap.com which has a nifty check coverage tool:

All you do is enter your ZIP code and the tool automatically tells you the #1 best carrier in your area.

Here is how the carriers ranked in my area:

It looks like T-Mobile is best for me.

What carrier ranks best in your area?

Try the tool now and then hit reply and let me know!

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Download the Free Coverage Map App

Download the free Coverage Map app now because it will help you find the #1 carrier in your area.

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I hope you found this information helpful.

Happy Monday,

Stetson

P.S. - You can use the fun interactive speed test map on CoverageMap.com to compare cellular data speeds between carriers.

Here in Longmont, T-Mobile is the fastest!