Consumer Cellular Coverage Map

Stetson Doggett

Updated:

December 6, 2023

Does Consumer Cellular have good coverage?

Use the interactive maps below to check Consumer Cellular coverage in your area

You can also download the free Coverage Map app for iPhone and Android to compare cellular coverage between carriers.

Map Key:

Great coverage

Good coverage

Poor coverage

Great coverage = stream 4K videos, video call, use your phone to its fullest potential

Good coverage = stream 480p videos, browse social media, stream music, use the web

Poor coverage = make phone calls, send a text

*The Estimated Coverage Map is created with coverage data from the FCC

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AT&T coverage

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Included hotspot

480p SD video streaming

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AT&T coverage

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Included hotspot

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AT&T coverage

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480p SD video streaming

Unlimited minutes

Unlimited texts

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If you’re looking for a new cell phone plan, you may have come across Consumer Cellular and its affordable prices.

Consumer Cellular’s low-cost plans range from $20 to $50 per month and can save you over $500 per year on your cell phone bill.

But, how good is Consumer Cellular's coverage?

In this article we will cover:

Consumer Cellular coverage
Consumer Cellular coverage map
Consumer Cellular 5G and LTE coverage
Consumer Cellular vs. Verizon coverage
Consumer Cellular vs. AT&T coverage
Consumer Cellular vs. T-Mobile coverage

Let's dive in!

Consumer Cellular Coverage Quick Stats

Carrier: Consumer Cellular
Network: AT&T
Total area covered: 74.6%
Total square miles covered: 6,024,212
5G area covered: 41.4%
5G square miles covered: 3,345,127

The above statistics come from our analysis of the FCC signal strength data for the contiguous United States. The statistics ignore coverage data for Alaska and Hawaii. You can still see coverage data for Alaska and Hawaii in the interactive map below and in the table that shows cellular coverage by state.

Consumer Cellular Coverage

Consumer Cellular is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that uses AT&T for coverage.

By using AT&T’s existing 4G LTE and 5G networks instead of building their own network, Consumer Cellular is able to save on costs and offer more affordable cell phone plans.

Consumer Cellular covers over 99% of American's thanks to AT&T's nationwide LTE network. And over 290 million people are covered by Consumer Cellular 5G on AT&T's 5G network.

Check Consumer Cellular coverage in your area using the map below.

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What Network Does Consumer Cellular Use?

Consumer Cellular uses AT&T’s nationwide 4G LTE and 5G networks to provide service.

Because Consumer Cellular rides on AT&T towers for service, coverage will be the same between the two carriers.

Consumer Cellular 5G Coverage

Consumer Cellular provides 5G coverage using AT&T’s nationwide 5G network.

AT&T’s 5G network covers an impressive 41.4% of the United States, making it the second largest 5G network. For comparison, T-Mobile and Verizon’s 5G networks cover 49.0% and 14.7% of the United States, respectively.

Over 295 million people are covered by AT&T 5G.

Consumer Cellular LTE Coverage

Consumer Cellular rides on AT&T’s robust nationwide LTE network for coverage.

AT&T’s LTE network covers over 99% of the U.S. population, so you’re likely to have service in your area.

Consumer Cellular Coverage by State

How does Consumer Cellular's coverage vary by state?

Here is a table with a full coverage breakdown:

State	Total Coverage	Great Coverage	Good Coverage	Poor Coverage
Alabama	95.2%	31.0%	25.8%	38.5%
Alaska	8.4%	0.9%	1.5%	6.1%
Arizona	74.6%	13.3%	20.5%	40.9%
Arkansas	87.4%	21.2%	24.4%	41.8%
California	78.5%	32.5%	23.3%	22.7%
Colorado	85.1%	16.4%	25.0%	43.7%
Connecticut	99.8%	46.3%	35.6%	17.9%
Delaware	97.9%	54.6%	26.4%	16.9%
District of Columbia	100.0%	93.0%	7.1%	0.0%
Florida	93.4%	42.2%	23.8%	27.4%
Georgia	94.0%	30.3%	23.9%	39.8%
Hawaii	77.4%	20.4%	21.1%	35.9%
Idaho	56.7%	12.7%	16.1%	27.9%
Illinois	99.3%	40.6%	33.0%	25.7%
Indiana	99.1%	47.9%	28.5%	22.7%
Iowa	87.7%	23.9%	24.1%	39.6%
Kansas	98.6%	31.6%	33.8%	33.2%
Kentucky	90.0%	24.9%	24.5%	40.6%
Louisiana	95.7%	38.3%	24.8%	32.6%
Maine	63.2%	9.5%	16.5%	37.2%
Maryland	93.2%	45.7%	26.6%	20.9%
Massachusetts	99.6%	43.9%	35.0%	20.6%
Michigan	88.1%	33.2%	21.4%	33.5%
Minnesota	93.3%	30.3%	30.1%	32.9%
Mississippi	94.5%	30.5%	23.7%	40.3%
Missouri	98.1%	38.3%	29.5%	30.3%
Montana	69.5%	12.7%	19.6%	37.2%
Nebraska	94.1%	19.5%	34.0%	40.6%
Nevada	60.8%	10.0%	20.2%	30.6%
New Hampshire	96.6%	39.7%	36.7%	20.1%
New Jersey	98.9%	63.2%	19.5%	16.3%
New Mexico	84.7%	19.8%	27.6%	37.2%
New York	86.5%	26.7%	23.0%	36.7%
North Carolina	86.3%	26.1%	23.4%	36.8%
North Dakota	98.2%	27.2%	35.8%	35.2%
Ohio	98.1%	42.4%	29.4%	26.2%
Oklahoma	93.3%	30.8%	29.5%	33.1%
Oregon	58.4%	11.0%	14.2%	33.2%
Pennsylvania	92.4%	37.0%	26.5%	29.0%
Rhode Island	99.6%	74.3%	22.8%	2.5%
South Carolina	95.6%	39.0%	24.9%	31.7%
South Dakota	96.9%	27.7%	35.0%	34.2%
Tennessee	92.4%	31.1%	22.9%	38.4%
Texas	92.7%	27.7%	29.7%	35.3%
Utah	87.6%	23.0%	27.2%	37.4%
Vermont	96.0%	14.9%	31.0%	50.1%
Virginia	81.5%	22.3%	19.1%	40.1%
Washington	70.4%	20.0%	20.5%	29.9%
West Virginia	68.0%	14.8%	16.6%	36.7%
Wisconsin	78.3%	27.3%	18.4%	32.6%
Wyoming	70.8%	10.1%	19.7%	41.0%

Consumer Cellular 5G Coverage by State

State	Total 5G Coverage	Great 5G Coverage	Good 5G Coverage	Poor 5G Coverage
Alabama	59.4%	24.5%	22.1%	12.9%
Alaska	2.3%	0.6%	0.8%	0.9%
Arizona	21.1%	7.1%	7.4%	6.5%
Arkansas	68.8%	22.1%	25.4%	21.3%
California	54.2%	28.5%	17.2%	8.6%
Colorado	40.9%	9.6%	14.2%	17.1%
Connecticut	89.6%	47.8%	35.5%	6.3%
Delaware	93.4%	56.6%	27.0%	9.7%
District of Columbia	100.0%	94.2%	5.8%	0.0%
Florida	85.2%	41.2%	24.1%	19.9%
Georgia	61.8%	27.3%	20.8%	13.7%
Hawaii	53.4%	21.6%	20.7%	11.2%
Idaho	18.4%	5.2%	7.3%	5.9%
Illinois	76.1%	33.6%	27.3%	15.1%
Indiana	92.9%	48.1%	29.6%	15.2%
Iowa	10.6%	4.2%	3.7%	2.7%
Kansas	51.4%	18.5%	18.7%	14.3%
Kentucky	58.6%	22.0%	21.4%	15.2%
Louisiana	77.7%	35.5%	22.6%	19.6%
Maine	32.2%	8.1%	11.6%	12.4%
Maryland	88.7%	46.3%	28.7%	13.8%
Massachusetts	86.7%	44.8%	34.0%	7.9%
Michigan	67.2%	30.4%	21.1%	15.7%
Minnesota	76.9%	26.8%	27.0%	23.2%
Mississippi	32.8%	12.0%	10.2%	10.7%
Missouri	75.8%	34.8%	26.4%	14.6%
Montana	31.7%	8.7%	13.0%	10.1%
Nebraska	6.4%	1.8%	2.9%	1.7%
Nevada	27.8%	7.1%	11.3%	9.4%
New Hampshire	18.4%	10.8%	6.8%	0.8%
New Jersey	90.4%	63.9%	19.4%	7.1%
New Mexico	45.7%	13.0%	18.0%	14.7%
New York	63.5%	28.2%	24.7%	10.6%
North Carolina	22.4%	9.9%	8.3%	4.2%
North Dakota	82.2%	24.0%	31.9%	26.4%
Ohio	89.8%	41.8%	31.3%	16.7%
Oklahoma	64.6%	26.1%	23.7%	14.8%
Oregon	16.2%	5.9%	5.6%	4.8%
Pennsylvania	77.7%	38.5%	26.4%	12.7%
Rhode Island	93.1%	71.5%	20.2%	1.4%
South Carolina	30.3%	16.1%	10.2%	4.0%
South Dakota	81.3%	25.0%	31.3%	25.0%
Tennessee	51.6%	20.0%	16.6%	15.0%
Texas	72.6%	24.7%	25.2%	22.6%
Utah	53.5%	19.9%	21.6%	12.0%
Vermont	13.4%	3.6%	6.6%	3.2%
Virginia	41.1%	15.5%	13.5%	12.1%
Washington	49.8%	19.0%	19.1%	11.7%
West Virginia	45.4%	15.6%	16.4%	13.4%
Wisconsin	38.8%	19.4%	12.3%	7.1%
Wyoming	33.4%	8.2%	14.3%	10.9%

Consumer Cellular Data Speeds by State

Cellular data speeds are an important part of how good your experience is on a network.

How fast your data speeds are directly impact how quickly content loads on your phone, and your ability to make FaceTime and video conference calls.

Here is a full breakdown of Consumer Cellular's median data speeds by state. Keep in mind you typically need about 25 Mbps download speeds to stream 4K video, 8 Mbps to stream 1080p video, 4 Mbps to stream 720p video, and 1.5 Mbps to stream 480p video.

State	Consumer Cellular Median Download Speeds	Consumer Cellular Median Upload Speeds	Consumer Cellular Median Latency
Alabama	47.0 Mbps	7.3 Mbps	40 ms
Alaska	16.9 Mbps	10.6 Mbps	67 ms
Arizona	42.2 Mbps	7.5 Mbps	43 ms
Arkansas	36.8 Mbps	9.3 Mbps	45 ms
California	52.3 Mbps	11.3 Mbps	35 ms
Colorado	55.1 Mbps	11.0 Mbps	45 ms
Connecticut	62.9 Mbps	9.1 Mbps	33 ms
Delaware	87.0 Mbps	8.4 Mbps	34 ms
District of Columbia	76.1 Mbps	15.4 Mbps	30 ms
Florida	82.2 Mbps	12.6 Mbps	34 ms
Georgia	52.3 Mbps	10.2 Mbps	30 ms
Hawaii	42.4 Mbps	10.5 Mbps	26 ms
Idaho	23.6 Mbps	7.2 Mbps	42 ms
Illinois	98.3 Mbps	13.0 Mbps	30 ms
Indiana	82.3 Mbps	11.8 Mbps	37 ms
Iowa	60.7 Mbps	7.2 Mbps	42 ms
Kansas	66.2 Mbps	9.3 Mbps	38 ms
Kentucky	51.1 Mbps	10.5 Mbps	58 ms
Louisiana	48.4 Mbps	10.4 Mbps	49 ms
Maine	36.6 Mbps	7.5 Mbps	47 ms
Maryland	68.4 Mbps	10.5 Mbps	30 ms
Massachusetts	74.6 Mbps	11.0 Mbps	33 ms
Michigan	101.2 Mbps	8.2 Mbps	32 ms
Minnesota	41.5 Mbps	9.3 Mbps	47 ms
Mississippi	30.6 Mbps	7.0 Mbps	58 ms
Missouri	51.4 Mbps	8.4 Mbps	38 ms
Montana	76.2 Mbps	11.1 Mbps	68 ms
Nebraska	66.8 Mbps	7.8 Mbps	51 ms
Nevada	114.9 Mbps	14.3 Mbps	29 ms
New Hampshire	45.0 Mbps	8.9 Mbps	42 ms
New Jersey	61.2 Mbps	10.4 Mbps	44 ms
New Mexico	20.6 Mbps	9.8 Mbps	55 ms
New York	67.7 Mbps	13.1 Mbps	38 ms
North Carolina	55.3 Mbps	8.2 Mbps	40 ms
North Dakota	74.7 Mbps	11.3 Mbps	59 ms
Ohio	72.8 Mbps	11.5 Mbps	40 ms
Oklahoma	37.7 Mbps	9.8 Mbps	40 ms
Oregon	38.3 Mbps	7.5 Mbps	41 ms
Pennsylvania	67.6 Mbps	11.1 Mbps	43 ms
Rhode Island	122.3 Mbps	13.0 Mbps	30 ms
South Carolina	76.9 Mbps	11.0 Mbps	40 ms
South Dakota	73.0 Mbps	8.4 Mbps	46 ms
Tennessee	49.5 Mbps	9.5 Mbps	43 ms
Texas	44.1 Mbps	12.0 Mbps	34 ms
Utah	74.5 Mbps	10.6 Mbps	33 ms
Vermont	39.5 Mbps	8.4 Mbps	42 ms
Virginia	63.8 Mbps	11.9 Mbps	38 ms
Washington	46.6 Mbps	9.4 Mbps	34 ms
West Virginia	64.0 Mbps	13.7 Mbps	65 ms
Wisconsin	54.4 Mbps	8.5 Mbps	46 ms
Wyoming	15.7 Mbps	8.3 Mbps	78 ms

Consumer Cellular vs. AT&T Coverage

Consumer Cellular uses AT&T’s network for service, so coverage is the same between the two carriers.

If you’d like more information about AT&T coverage in your area, you can check out our AT&T coverage map.

Consumer Cellular vs. Verizon Coverage

Consumer Cellular Coverage is a bit better than Verizon’s coverage.

Consumer Cellular covers 74.6% of the U.S. and Verizon covers 71.5% of the U.S.

When it comes to 5G coverage though, things are a little different.

Consumer Cellular has almost three times as much 5G coverage as Verizon does.

You can find 5G coverage on Consumer Cellular across 41.4% of the U.S. Verizon’s 5G network covers just 14.7% of the U.S.

Data speeds on both Consumer Cellular and Verizon are relatively similar.

Data from our crowd-sourced speed test map shows both carriers get median download speeds of 61.2 Mbps.

Median upload speeds are also similar between the two carriers. Consumer Cellular gets 11.3 Mbps for median upload speeds and Verizon gets 11.7 Mbps.

See our Verizon coverage map for more information about Verizon coverage and data speeds in your area.

Consumer Cellular vs. T-Mobile Coverage

Consumer Cellular has better coverage than T-Mobile.

Consumer Cellular covers an expansive 74.6% of the U.S. while T-Mobile covers just 59.5%.

5G coverage is surprisingly similar between the two carriers. Consumer Cellular 5G covers 41.4% of the U.S. and T-Mobile 5G covers 49.0%.

Consumer Cellular is a bit slower than T-Mobile though.

According to data from our crowd-sourced speed test map, Consumer Cellular gets median download speeds of 61.17 Mbps and median upload speeds of 11.29 Mbps.

T-Mobile's median download and upload speeds, meanwhile, are 152.34 Mbps and 17.34 Mbps, respectively.

Both Consumer Cellular and T-Mobile will likely perform well in cities, with T-Mobile offering slightly faster data speeds. When it comes to getting service outside of cities in more rural areas, Consumer Cellular may be a better option thanks to its bigger overall coverage footprint.

Check T-Mobile coverage in your area using our T-Mobile coverage map.

Consumer Cellular Coverage Frequently Asked Questions

Is Consumer Cellular coverage good?

Yes, coverage on Consumer Cellular is good. Consumer Cellular uses AT&T for coverage, and AT&T covers over 99% of Americans with its LTE network. AT&T also has the largest 5G network of any carrier right now.

Does Consumer Cellular offer 5G?

Yes. Consumer Cellular provides 5G coverage on AT&T's 5G network.

Does Consumer Cellular have coverage in Canada?

Yes, Consumer Cellular offers coverage in Canada at pay-per-use rates. Currently Consumer Cellular charges $0.01 to $0.06 per minute, $0.01 to $0.06 per text, and $0.01 to $0.06 per MB of data ($60 per GB) for use in Canada.

Does Consumer Cellular have coverage in Mexico?

Does Consumer Cellular have international coverage?

Consumer Cellular offers coverage internationally at pay-per-use rates. However, some of the rates are quite expensive. You may want to consider other options for cellular data while traveling abroad.