Best Coverage!

AT&T

100.00%
Coverage

  • Plans From $65 to $85
  • Unlimited Talk & Text
  • Up To 100GB Premium Data & 30GB 4G Hotspot
  • Top Plan Includes HBO MAX
  • Up To 720p Streaming
Call 800-288-2020

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Verizon

99.62%
Coverage

  • Plans From $70 to $90
  • Unlimited Talk & Text
  • Up To 75GB Premium Data & 30GB 4G Hotspot
  • Most Plans Include Apple Music and 1 Year Of Disney+
  • Up To 720p Streaming
Call 844-751-8735

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T-Mobile

99.46%
Coverage

  • Plans From $60 to $85
  • Unlimited Talk & Text
  • Up To 50GB Premium Data & 20GB 4G Hotspot
  • Netflix And Quibi Free For A Year
  • Up To 1080p Streaming
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Cellular Access In Chicago, IL


  • AT&T has the best cell phone coverage in Chicago.
  • Chicago, IL has an average of 99.69% coverage across the four major carriers.
  • Chicago is 384th in Illinois for cell reception ahead of Evanston, Niles, Morton Grove, and Wilmette, but behind Cicero.
  • AT&T is ranked as the fastest provider in Illinois.
  • Chicago has 8 cell towers.
  • The zip code in Chicago with the best coverage for May 2024 is 60604.

Chicago Cellular Coverage Map


Cell Phone Coverage By ZIP In Chicago

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Cell Phone Towers In Chicago, Illinois

Licensee Address Height Tower Type
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC10355 S Torrence Ave, Chicago, IL 6061731.1POLE
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC13900 S Manistee Ave, Chicago, IL 6063330.8POLE
Chicago SMSA Limited Partnership720 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605108.2B
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC3541 N Janssen Ave, Chicago, IL 6065716.2STACK
Chicago SMSA Limited Partnership6100 IL-50, Chicago, IL 6064631.7POLE
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC6234 S Dorchester Ave, Chicago, IL 6063721B
Chicago SMSA Limited Partnership6929 S Dorchester Ave, Chicago, IL 6063731.7POLE
Chicago SMSA Limited Partnership803 E 120th St, Chicago, IL 6062835.6POLE

User Reported Dead Zones In Chicago

Carrier Address Comment Date Added
Verizon60628There is a really back Verizon dead in the Chicago Illinois Roseland area 60628 cross streets 111th and south Michigan ave2014
Verizon1313 E 60th StDrops calls 1 bar weak signal no internet connection unless using wifi2019
Verizon5411 S Ellis AveVery weak coverage: 0-2 bars, often with only 1x coverage.2015
AT&T4800 S Chicago Beach DrSpotty service within units, calls drop when walking from one room to another.2014
T-Mobile820 W 19th StService dead zone. Voice, text, and data barely work.2014
AT&T3501 W Fillmore StUsually very poor service this area all the time. Lots of garbled and dropped calls. Phone goes dead, etc. Is there any plan for improvement? I may need to switch service in order to do my work.2016
AT&T2162 W Bowler StNo signal in any part of my house, I have to go outside to make or take a call and every half an hour have to go outside to get some signal to see if anyone has called or texted2015
T-Mobile247 S Plymouth CtNetwork stops working2015
AT&TLaSalle & AdamsChicago Loop Upper flooors. Higher up in buildlings, terrible '1 bar' reception.2019
Verizon150 S Wacker Dr19th floor, concrete and steel 33 story office building. 1 Bar of signal. Sometimes no signal, both on my company's network and on wireless LTE, which rarely comes through. Instead, I see 3G or 1x. My phone sends duplicate messages very often.2015
Verizon111 S Wacker Dr0 4G Service, no accountability by Verizon. Terrible company2015
AT&T3800-55 E Monroe StBad signal at top floor2019
Verizon10 S LaSalle StOccasional flake-outs at random during calls or streaming media2015
T-Mobile640 W Madison StPoor Signal Service, no data and no voice calling. I'm on 2 bars and LTE and not great signal strength.2015
T-MobileWells & MadisonLTE deadspot.2019
AT&T55 W Madison StDead , West Madison Street, Chicago, IL, United States2019
AT&T25 Michigan Aveat the bean, I get bars but internet doesnt work during lunchtime2019
SprintState & WashingtonSprint signal is really weak out on the street at State St between Washington and Randolph. However it's really bad inside of the Macy's store. The WiFi at Macy's stinks and make cellular worse but even if you turn WiFi off the Sprint signal is still bad.2019
AT&T1 W Randolph StTerrible LTE Service. Takes 5 minutes to send an iMessage sometimes! Cannot load internet. Horrible!!2015
Verizon300 E Randolph StAbsolutely no LTE service, extremely frustrating on iPhone as it will sporadically come in, notify there is a visual voicemail, but will then not have enough coverage to load the voicemail, so the play button is greyed out. Requires restarting the iphone or iphone network resettings to attempt to download the phone EVEN AFTER you move to an LTE area. And of course, sometimes you don't receive notifications of the voicemails altogether until you leave the building. It's the Blue Cross building in downtown Chicago, one of the most recognizable buildings in the city - absolutely horrible of Verizon. BTW, AT&T works perfectly in the building, even with LTE.2015
Verizon333 E Benton PlNo cellphone or data coverage for Verizon inside the entire store2019
AT&T310 N Wells St3 of 5 bars on 12th floor2016
AT&T4 River EsplanadeOne bar of signal. Constant dropped calls and can barely load a single webpage.2014
AT&T550 N St Clair StCall failures2015
Sprint600 N State Stdeadzone ongoing for months2016
Verizon58 E Ontario StVerizon - Dropped calls, poor signal or no service indoors, since 20152019
Verizonunlistedbad cell phone reception2015
Verizon2318 N Lavergne AveCalls continually taking forever to dial and then do not connect and/or drop.2019
Sprint947 W Fullerton AveLose Sprint coverage in the area2019
Verizon1932 W Wolfram St80% of calls within a 5 block radius drop repeatedly. Because service is so poor, I'm required to have a home phone in addition to my cell.2014
AT&T2950 N Allen Ave1 or 2 Bars within first floor of structure2014
T-Mobile2960 N Lake Shore Drwhen you are on Lake Shore drive there is a 3+ blocks dead zone from Wellinton Ave to Diversey Pkwy(up to Fullerton) . 2970 - 2600 N LSD2019
AT&T3241 N Central Park AveSo so dead!2019
T-Mobile3314 N Lake Shore Drwhen you are on inner Lake Shore drive there is a 3 blocks dead zone from Roscoe to Melrose .2019
T-Mobile3400 N Lake Shore Drno t- mobile service in entire inside ront of building. All other carriers work2014
AT&T3601 N Pine Grove Avedroped calls2015
AT&TIrving Park & KimballCalls drop, can not stream radio2016
AT&T1703 Irving Park Rd0-1 bars for a while now, can’t send/receive texts/calls2019
T-Mobile4039 N Kedvale AveComplete dead cell signal zone for T-Mobile inside Olive Garden. Tmobile cell signal (improvements) would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.2014
AT&T4101 N Sacramento AveNo cell service, call/text2016
T-Mobile4122 N Kenneth AveExtremely poor T-Mobile phone and Internet signall. A better T-Mobile signall would be much appreciated. Thank you T-Mobile.2014
AT&T4356 N Bell AveNo service in one block radius2019
Verizon4646 N Greenview AveVery weak signal with frequent dropped calls.2014
Verizon4702 N Kimball Avedropped calls, cant dial out. argh!!2014
Verizon4716 N Springfield AveDeadzone - weak to zero coverae2014
AT&T819 W Lawrence AveOutgoing calls are terrible. People say they can't hear or that the stream is breaking up so they only get bits of what we say. Happening on all calls going out on all devices, i-phones and android.2019
AT&T610 W Lawrence AveNo service in my building. Absolutely none.2014
T-Mobile8727 W Bryn Mawr AveDead cell zone for about 2 mile radius2019
T-MobilePatton Drsevere network congestion2019
AT&T1114 W Columbia AveHad service in apart up to December, now NONE2014
T-Mobile7332 N Oriole AveVery poor connection, dropped calls, poor web connectivity for a square mile.2014
Data Provided By DeadCellZones.com

Cell Phone Stores Closest To Chicago, IL

Carrier Address Phone Directions
AT&T205 West Monroe, Chicago, IL, 60606312-920-0414Directions
Verizon209 S Lasalle St, Chicago, IL, 60604312-658-3900Directions
T-Mobile36 S. State Street, Chicago, IL, 60603312-727-0240Directions