Sudden 3G in W. Lafayette, IN

[iPhone3G]

Anyone in the West Lafayette, IN (Purdue University) area notice that we suddenly have 3G today? I haven't seen anything about this coverage upgrade, and we aren't supposed to have it according to the AT&T coverage map...

But hey, Im not complaining.

 

[mathcolo]

Strange... Has this happened before in other cases?

 

[TEG]

It just appears that either the organic growth up I-65 has reached that point, at&t is focusing on major routes in advance of a GPS app for iPhone (or their other phones), or Purdue has their own at&t tower that they have upgraded. My uncle works there and has actually done things like that.

TEG

 

[LePigeonBleu]

at&t is focusing on major routes in advance of a GPS app for iPhone (or their other phones)
TEG

Is that true, or an assumption?

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[Warbrain]

Is that true, or an assumption?

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It's a mere suggestion. It's nothing to be taken seriously but potentially considered. Don't start submitting that to news sites.

 

[TEG]

Is that true, or an assumption?

m

It is a logical interpretation given that I-65 is one of the most heavily travel route in the US, from Chicago to ATL (via I-24/75) and onto Florida (via I-75).

I expect the same sort of 3G growth along I-80/90, I-95, and I-5.


TEG

 

[Warbrain]

It is a logical interpretation given that I-65 is one of the most heavily travel route in the US, from Chicago to ATL (via I-24/75) and onto Florida (via I-75).

I expect the same sort of 3G growth along I-80/90, I-95, and I-5.


TEG

Same with I-10, I-70/76, and I-94. Any major cross-country route.

 

[mkrishnan]

Same with I-10, I-70/76, and I-94. Any major cross-country route.

You'd think cross-country routes would be easy, anyway, since they're blanketed pretty heavily by cell towers for voice coverage.

 

[bstockz]

Yes, it's true

Purdue said in an article over the summer that 3G would be added sometime in September. I guess that sometime was today! Now all I need is an iPhone 3G to actually use the network...

 

[iPhone3G]

Purdue said in an article over the summer that 3G would be added sometime in September. I guess that sometime was today! Now all I need is an iPhone 3G to actually use the network...

Nice, thanks. I was in Chicago for the summer so I never heard about the upgrade. I'm living just off campus this semester and 3G is still great here as well.