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 |
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| 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.