I just moved here and I am confused... as one of the largest US cities, shouldn't I be getting 5 bars and great 3G speeds? Instead all I get are dropped calls and sometimes no bars... I have a ATT personal phone and a Verizon work phone... both get terrible service. Does the technology not exist to make the wireless network in our largest US cities reliable?
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Does the wireless technology not exist to have great service in Chicago?
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Yes, it's called 4G (LTE) and it should be rolling out to a city near you sometime between now and the next 2-3 years.
Yes, it's called 4G (LTE) and it should be rolling out to a city near you sometime between now and the next 2-3 years.
That's why. More people are congesting the network, especially during day time. In turn, that causes bad service.
The technology exists; they just need to put up more towers to support the demand. The question really is, "why haven't they put up more towers?"
On a side note, I heard Sprint was decent in Chicago. It worked well when I had Sprint and I was up in Chicago at least.
This is why I believe the moon landing was faked. How many years later and I can't hold a phone call? No way we landed on the moon!
I live in the suburbs and I get full bars pretty much everywhere I go and decent 3G speeds.
Downtown Chicago is just too congested. My service is always spotty when I'm there.
If it's one thing I've learned it's that lots of people complain about service and lots also complain about how ugly the cell towers are. It's a no-win situation.
Downtown Chicago is just too congested. My service is always spotty when I'm there.
If it's one thing I've learned it's that lots of people complain about service and lots also complain about how ugly the cell towers are. It's a no-win situation.
It exists. Money doesn't grow on trees despite what people might think. If you think you could engineer a network better give it a shot but keep in mind there are so many people cramped into one space for so few cell sites to handle. Solution is add more capacity but sometimes you can't do that because you don't have enough spectrum, fiber backhaul, space, etc.