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Bogus coverage maps

dougm

Sep 4, 2014, 10:00 AM
About a month or two ago, AT&T changed their coverage viewer on their website. You used to be able to select Voice coverage and get a street-level depiction of their coverage, with a scale of poor, fair, good, and excellent coverage strength. Now, their maps are a binary depiction of coverage, either there's coverage or no coverage.

In many areas, 4G LTE is stated on the maps, but I have experienced 2G coverage.

AT&T is just as bad as Sprint is about its coverage maps now. Completely overstated and bogus claims of 4G coverage where there is none.

T-Mobile is the most honest and transparent about its coverage on its maps. Verizon is a close 2nd, with AT&T and Sprint being complete liars.

I hate AT&T.
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linkfeeney

Sep 4, 2014, 10:13 AM
where do you live??

I live in NJ, I have no problem at all.
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dougm

Sep 4, 2014, 11:05 AM
Well, gosh, I would imagine in a state that covers only 7,800 square miles and one of the highest population densities that you would not have many problems picking up a 4G signal.

But I live somewhere more rural and spread out, and the AT&T coverage maps LIE about having 4G, even 3G service.
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linkfeeney

Sep 4, 2014, 11:48 AM
the only way to solve your problem.

move to a civilization where humans thrive 😳
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CMCHUNK

Sep 4, 2014, 12:15 PM
I live in the boonies in OR, on second tier AT&T signal (cricket) and still get 4G, so theres that.
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Airb330

Sep 4, 2014, 1:28 PM
Verizon's are just as bad as at&t's new maps. They show LTE in areas where you'll have 1X....in New Jersey and Delaware. Flat states where LTE launched over 4 years ago. 🙄

All of these carriers should publish better coverage maps. It's ridiculous.
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Kemers55

Sep 4, 2014, 12:25 PM
Here's a solution for you. Just cancel your service with AT&T and go to another carrier and quit your bellyaching
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dougm

Sep 4, 2014, 12:37 PM
this is not about my bellyaching. this is about truth, justice, and honor, of which AT&T coverage maps has none
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CMCHUNK

Sep 4, 2014, 12:42 PM
holy hell batman is in the forum
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DarkStar

Sep 4, 2014, 4:09 PM
You do know that Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile all do the same thing. This is radio frequency. Its pretty much a black magic. Maybe its not the service maybe your electromagnetic field is interrupting service to your cellphone.
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dougm

Sep 5, 2014, 11:02 AM
You're wrong. TMobile coverage maps are actually honest. You can tell where their towers are. And where they show roaming partner coverage it's only as honest as the lying maps that AT&T provides, but that is not TMO fault. Where TMO shows their native coverage it's actually an honest depiction of signal strength.
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DarkStar

Sep 6, 2014, 1:36 AM
No I'm sorry but you have no idea what you are talking about. I have been in many places where T-mobile shows they have excellent coverage and they actually had zero or were only on Edge.
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T Bone

Sep 4, 2014, 5:57 PM
Oh lord,it is a question of honor 🙄

Do you have an idea how many external things, that carriers have no control over, can effect the signal? Hills, trees, buildings, if you house has aluminum siding, you might not be able to get a signal, I've even heard, though I don't know if it is true, that satellite TV can interfere with a cellular signal too, as well as stuff like sunspots, solar flares etc.

All any carrier can reasonably do is sat 'here is where our towers are, and here is where we are broadcasting our signal', any number of other things that could prevent the signal they can't possibly predict or accurately report.
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CellStudent

Sep 5, 2014, 10:02 AM
T Bone said:
I've even heard, though I don't know if it is true, that satellite TV can interfere with a cellular signal too, as well as stuff like sunspots, solar flares etc.


The antennas on a mass market handheld cell phone are too small to receive radio interference from sun spots, satellites or solar flares. Distances are too far and power levels are too low.

Any behavior from one of those sources that could cause your cellphone to stop working would also be significant enough to take down the power grid and cause teeth to start growing out of your elbow- at which point poor cell service is the least of your problems!
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Joshmo

Sep 4, 2014, 11:13 AM
dougm said:
About a month or two ago, AT&T changed their coverage viewer on their website. You used to be able to select Voice coverage and get a street-level depiction of their coverage, with a scale of poor, fair, good, and excellent coverage strength. Now, their maps are a binary depiction of coverage, either there's coverage or no coverage.

In many areas, 4G LTE is stated on the maps, but I have experienced 2G coverage.

AT&T is just as bad as Sprint is about its coverage maps now. Completely overstated and bogus claims of 4G coverage where there is none.

T-Mobile is the most honest and transparent about its coverage on its maps. Verizon is a close 2nd, with AT&T and Sprint being complete liars.

I hate A
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T Bone

Sep 4, 2014, 12:09 PM
at&t's coverage, particularly high speed data coverage, was generally full of holes until about 2011-2012, since then, coverage has improved dramatically, so much so that one never hears the once near ubiquitous at&t 'dropped call' jokes. My last dropped call was in 2009. The last time I was flagged for 'off network' data usage was in 2010. It is much, much, much better than it was only a few years ago, and it's getting better.
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