What I meant was in building coverage. The signal is all full bars outside, but inside a 25 story building, AT&T seems to win here.
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What I meant was in building coverage. The signal is all full bars outside, but inside a 25 story building, AT&T seems to win here.
I can't speak for everyone else, but in my building in Boston, I get nearly no bars on any floors, where as my coworkers with Verizon get full strength.
To me, these types of press releases are just carriers trying to pull an Apple-style Reality Distortion Field.
Carrier: "We just added ## new markets with LTE coverage!!!!!"
Reality being distorted: The carrier added LTE to the minimal number of towers in the markets to offer initial LTE coverage. Coverage is spotty compared to their 3G data network (esp. in-building), speeds will vary dramatically, and data devices will often flip back to the 3G network. Carrier will come back later in time, usually after the majority of other markets have had their initial LTE coverage rolled out, and then fill in the LTE coverage gaps.
It will be years before LTE coverage in many markets offers the same signal and consistency as 3G, so people should think about what their experience is going to be like with their carrier when their data does drop back to 3G, or a really weak LTE signal.
Again, I think that's where AT&T and T-Mobile have the upper-hand on Verizon. In my market, even AT&T HSPA (no plus) is faster than Verizon 3G.
I can't speak for everyone else, but in my building in Boston, I get nearly no bars on any floors, where as my coworkers with Verizon get full strength.
Its clearly your buildings fault.
They used too much concrete and steel without considering GSM signal penetration
Or you might be holding it wrong or both
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I can't speak for everyone else, but in my building in Boston, I get nearly no bars on any floors, where as my coworkers with Verizon get full strength.
Check with the building. A lot of buildings have signal boosters and those are almost always carrier specific
My girlfriend and I went away last weekend. I had 4 bars the whole time, she had none. I am on ATT, she is TMO.
It all really does depend on the area. Even if you look at the county I live in, there are areas where each providers coverage is simply non-existent. Some areas they each take turns having superior coverage. Some areas they are all duds. Again I am talking about just one county.
I've had TMO, Sprint, and ATT over the years. Where I live ATT is the best hands down. Many of my friends have VZW and experience issues. When I travel, it's another story, seems like ATT service is like flipping a coin, even in major cities.
It all really does depend on the area. Even if you look at the county I live in, there are areas where each providers coverage is simply non-existent. Some areas they each take turns having superior coverage. Some areas they are all duds. Again I am talking about just one county.
I've had TMO, Sprint, and ATT over the years. Where I live ATT is the best hands down. Many of my friends have VZW and experience issues. When I travel, it's another story, seems like ATT service is like flipping a coin, even in major cities.
Yea, Verizon is out in 330 markets, and has the big cities (where I live and travel for work) covered.
So unless you live in the rural areas, I guess you can live with HSPDA+ and ATT's horrible customer service and unreliable dropped call statistic
You clearly had a bad experience with AT&T. I've had dealing with all the big 3 carriers and AT&T and VZW in my area are the exact same...Sprint is a joke. I hate threads like these because there are so many variables based on where you live. Verizon has just as many dropped calls here as any other carrier...and what do you mean "unless you're in a rural area"...verizon has the better rural coverage...at least in my area.
Just proving a point that carrier a is no better than carrier b when you base it nationwide..you had bad CS experience with AT&t and theres going to be a billion threads that will say VZW CS sucks too...its all moot
Also - since you're all about the "better network" wouldnt you rather fall back on HSDPA then base tier 3g? Also saying that a company has ### markets with LTE vs another is just childish because at the end of the day it does NOT show network superiority and it does not represent real world usage.
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Bad experience? Yea, my calls drop, my 3G signal sucks in places I am often, (but where the signal is good it's blazing fast, it's just not often), and their customer service is useless.
As I said before, you are entirely correct that the best carrier for an individual can be highly dependent on where they live. Well, for me, for signal and reliability, that carrier is Verizon.
I'm also always in the city, so Verizon has spot on LTE coverage, thus I don't really care for the "fall back" speeds. I'd rather have the fastest speeds 90% of the time and at least reliably normal speeds the other 10%, rather than average speeds all the time.
I would think Verizon given their LTE investment and how far along they are compared to any other US carrier. However what I don't get is why Sprint is even bothering with LTE instead of going right to LTE Advanced. Make the investment the right way, but since they have $15 Billion committed to Apple for iPhone's over 5 years they may be squeezed.
Yes, but T-Mobile is behind in the race for LTE. The good news is LTE-A should give us speeds of 200+ Mbps download.
Right, but when you upgrade, meaning signing a new contract, you will no longer be able to keep your unlimited. The only way around this currently is to buy your phone outright. AT&T will likely make the same change (if they haven't already).
I can't speak for everyone else, but in my building in Boston, I get nearly no bars on any floors, where as my coworkers with Verizon get full strength.
I was actually shocked how bad Verizon was in the Boston area. My friend and I just finished Apartment/Loft hunting in Boston and surrounding cities. I only brought my ATT iPhone and he brought his GNex. Reception was terrible for him. We used my phone to navigate most of the trip. Happy I had a backup battery pack.
I was actually shocked how bad Verizon was in the Boston area. My friend and I just finished Apartment/Loft hunting in Boston and surrounding cities. I only brought my ATT iPhone and he brought his GNex. Reception was terrible for him. We used my phone to navigate most of the trip. Happy I had a backup battery pack.
It must really depend. In my friend's apartments, I get zero service and they get full bars. Same with my office building, hell I get only 2-3 bars in my own house!
Try going to the financial district and real core of Boston, there my AT&T GPS won't even function, let alone I have full bars but can't send/receive data!
I'd tend to go with a local's experience over mine (although I guess I will be a local soon enough!) It was kind of a bummer because I am switching over to VZW in October when we get married since my wife will be able to hook me up with a company phone. Maybe I will keep both lines for a little while to see if it's bearable. Free is no good if I can;t ever use it.