Who has the best 5G coverage in California?

At the moment, T-Mobile offers the most 5G coverage in California—roughly 40%. However, T-Mobile’s brand of 5G is really more of an enhanced 4G signal, so it doesn’t offer the game-changing speeds you’d expect. AT&T’s 5G network, meanwhile, covers a respectable 20% of the state; and Verizon’s covers a minuscule . 001%.

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Why do some areas not have 5G?

The reason rural areas may miss out on 5G, at least for now, is a combination of technology, geography and finances . The key spectrum needed for 5G only covers short distances, runs into problems when there’s even a tree in the way and requires lots of expensive towers installed close to each other.

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