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iPhone Carrier and Your Home

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apple111115

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Hello, I thought it would be interesting to see people's carriers, and the amount of bars you receive in your home (you can post a screenshot if you want).

Also, feel free to include how performance is (ex. drop calls in home? Good call quality? Good data?)

I will try to post one soon.
 
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I am using AT&T, and usually get around two bars of LTE. I am able to do everything I want with my coverage, and am quite pleased with just "fairly average" coverage. :)

Sorry, I couldn't upload a screenshot.
 
I'm with Telecom in NZ, live behind a hill, and get 1-2 bars. That's about 1-2 bars more than I get from Telecom's competitors :p
 
AT&T. Miami. 33186. Get 3 bars while at home. Enough to do everything I need. Great call quality. Regardless I'm on wifi at home. LTE speeds with 3 bars at about 19mbps down.
 
apple111115 said:
Hello, I thought it would be interesting to see people's carriers, and the amount of bars you receive in your home (you can post a screenshot if you want).

Also, feel free to include how performance is (ex. drop calls in home? Good call quality? Good data?)

I will try to post one soon.
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It is my understanding that the number of bars represent the distance between you and a tower.

Reception is based how many users are connected to that tower at the same time, not the bars.
 
I get 1 to 2 bars at home, but that means nothing. However, bars relates to LTE/3G not voice connection in some cases. I have verizon and voice uses 1x. You want to display actual signal strength which can be done using field test mode. The number will change depending on whether you are using voice or LTE/3G. In my house while using LTE, signal strength is between -100 and -115 dBm, while on voice it is around -90 dBm. If you can get LTE in the -80 to -85 dBm range you are close to a tower and should see more stable speeds with lower latency, not necessarily faster speeds.
 
If I go outside, I get 1-2 bars of LTE. Indoors 1-2 bars of 3G or Edge. I use a microcell indoors and get 5 bars of 4G, which is faster than a 5 bars signal of LTE or wifi.
 
-103dbpm (about three bars) LTE in Phoenix, AZ. I'm on Sprint.

I have an Airave providing 3G about 15 feet from the couch.
 

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T-Mobile

Tampa, FL

5 full bars of 4G. No LTE though at my house yet. Although, LTE does show up a few miles down the road.

Coverage and service is simply amazing with T-Mobile. I used to have AT&T and could never make a phone call at my house, even with that signal booster they had.
 

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This is "good" for me. During peak hrs, forget about getting anything above 1x. Typically 2 bars of voice.
 
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This is "good" for me. During peak hrs, forget about getting anything above 1x. Typically 2 bars of voice.
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Ouch! It gets better though when Sprint LTE finally shows up in your area. Speeds are nothing compared to the other carriers, but it's far more useable than Sprint 3G.

I only just got Sprint LTE in my home about three weeks ago. Before it was four bars of 3G, but only because I've got an Airave.
 
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