Where Is 5G Being Installed?

Verizon's 5G coverage map for Chicago. (Verizon)

Here are some resources to help you determine if 5G has been installed in your city or neighborhood. These sites will also give you information on other wireless installations. Keep in mind, online maps are not necessarily up to date. I know that, because there are 5G small cells installed on main roads in my city, Ann Arbor, that are not shown on any of these maps. How do I know they are 5G? 1) By the way they look, 2 ) because I asked the installer to find out if they really were and then called the company installing to further verify, and 3) because when I walk by them, I feel horrendous negative effects. As I approach them, it is as if a mist of metallic rain is coming toward me at a slight angle from above. I become very quickly fatigued. I’ve paced off the distance for when I begin to feel this: it’s 100 to 120 feet, depending on the small cell. I’ve experienced these effects multiple times without knowing that I was approaching a 5G small cell. I look up and, voila, there is is!

Different carriers use different bandwidths, so much 5G is not millimeter-wave technology. It’s still harmful, however! Verizon and AT&T use mm-wave tech for some of their installs.

Websites
1. nPerf. The most up-to-date site I have found, this site is best accessed by typing into your search engine: “nPerf 5G [name of your city].” I have not had success getting to a usable 5G section on this site except by using this method.

2. Verizon

3. AT&T

4. T-Mobile. Keep in mind, T-Mobile uses (fortunately) 600 MHz, not the ultra-fast, ultra-wideband frequencies used by Verizon and AT&T.

Antenna Search does not appear to show 5G small cells and is not recommended for determining whether millimeter-wave 5G has been installed in your area.