Re: Maps to Compare AT&T, T-Mobile, US Cellular, & Verizon Mobile Coverage and US State of the Mobile Union 1H 2021

sms <[email protected]> Wed, 6 Oct 2021 14:04:17 -0700
Newsgroups misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,alt.cellular
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 10/6/2021 1:55 PM, badgolferman wrote:
> sms <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 10/6/2021 11:39 AM, Robin Goodfellow wrote:
>>> sms <[email protected]> asked
>>>> You're right, it doesn't matter what one person's 5G signal, in one
>>>> location looks like, regardless of which network it's on.
>>>
>>> Let's be super clear that the cellular coverage at your home does matter.
>>> A lot.
>>>
>>> Each (USA) person should find their own home in each of these three maps:
>>> 1. AT&T: <https://www.att.com/maps/wireless-coverage.html>
>>> 2. T-Mobile: <https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/coverage-map>
>>> 3. Verizon: <https://www.verizon.com/coverage-map/>
>>>
>>> I'm not going to show my house but all three cover me just fine.
>>> How about for your home?
>>>
>>> Badgolferman: How do the three maps cover your home for example?
>>> What about you, nospam?
>>> Steve?
>>
>> They all cover my home, according to the maps, though when I did the
>> "T-Mobile Test Drive," in August, the LTE data speeds were extremely
>> slow, and it was basically unusable.  But it's rather immaterial. At
>> home I don't really need cellular coverage since I can use broadband
>> data and VOIP for calls. It's always amusing when at a carrier's store
>> they check your home address for coverage then proclaim that their
>> network will work, or not work, for your needs.
>>
>> Verizon gives 117 Mb/s down, 36.2 Mb/s up
>> AT&T gives me 38.6 Mb/s down, 43.4 Mb/s up
>> T-Mobile gave me 3.15 Mb/s down, 0.81 Mb/s up
>>
>> All of this was on LTE.
>>
>> I was in another area last week, in New Hampshire, with only AT&T and
>> Verizon coverage. Search for "Mt Washington Auto Rd, Jackson, NH, 03846,
>> USA" on
>> <https://fcc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6c1b2e73d9d749cdb7bc88a0d1bdd25b>.
>>
>> Bottom line is that if you travel out of cities and towns, and like to
>> go to more remote areas, you should at least take a long a phone on AT&T
>> or Verizon. With the iPhone you can put T-Mobile on the eSIM then use a
>> physical SIM card for a low cost MVNO like Page Plus. All the carriers'
>> maps, and all the map comparison sites, confirm this fact.
>>
> 
> Why are you responding to Arlen? You claim he is blocked.

Arlen is blocked, but since he has been behaving better under the Robin 
Goodfellow name I have not filtered him out. I always said that Arlen 
sometimes told the truth, about 20% of the time, and that if he changed 
his ways he could be taken more seriously. He seems to be becoming more 
credible.