Re: 5G map

On 4/5/2022 10:33 AM, badgolferman wrote:

> It’s nice to see Arlen, nospam, Lewis agreeing on something for once. It
> took sms to make this possible!

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” ― Napoleon 
Bonaparte

It's great to have three trolls all lying at the same time and being 
unable to dispute any referenced facts!

Arlen/Andy Burnelli/Dean Hoffman/whatever/ is wrong of course™.

I never claimed that the FCC maps showed 5G coverage. What I did say is 
that 5G coverage is virtually always a subset of 4G coverage, at least 
for mobile phones. 5G equipment is added to existing 4G cells to provide 
more capacity and higher speeds. The exception are mmWave 5G cells used 
to provide home broadband service.

I also pointed out the the Whistleout coverage map included the 
capability to show 5G only, 4G only, and 5G + 4G coverage, which is very 
useful if you want to see the difference between 4G and 5G coverage.

You can see one example of the difference in 5G and 4G service at 
<https://i.imgur.com/dEuUkuJ.jpeg>. You can see that 5G coverage is a 
subset of 4G coverage.

It's unclear what prompts Arlen/Andy Burnelli/Dean Hoffman/whatever/ to 
misstate the facts. It's likely that the cause is the marketing campaign 
by one carrier that correctly claims that they have more 5G coverage 
than their competitors. But what that carrier leaves out is that their 
_total_ coverage, is far less, and for most users what matters most is 
total coverage, not the difference between 200 Mb/s 4G and 400 Mb/s 5G, 
even if they're using home broadband service from their carrier. 
Arlen/Andy Burnelli/Dean Hoffman/whatever/ likely feels bad about making 
a poor purchasing decision, and rather than helping others to avoid the 
same mistake, he wants others to follow him down the wrong path.

A 2021 PC Magazine article 
<https://www.pcmag.com/news/fastest-mobile-networks-2021> summed it up 
well: "And if you’re out in the countryside and don’t often head to the 
city, T-Mobile might not be the best carrier for you. The carrier is 
doing great in the nation’s biggest metro areas, but when we look at 
small cities and areas away from interstate highways, especially in the 
western US, it's clear that T-Mobile has to do more work to get better 
coverage."

You can see a comparison of nationwide 4G+5G at 
<https://i.imgur.com/vPcBgF5.png>. But it's also helpful to zoom into 
the areas that you're most interested in. You can see a compendium of 
4G+5G coverage comparisons for areas I’ve experienced at 
<https://tinyurl.com/ATVCoverageComparisons>.