Coverage
How accurate is verizons coverage map on their website vs sprints coverage map on their site?
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I will just state for my area. I would say that Verizon’s coverage map is false here and Sprint is true because I tested both and obviously, I have Sprint over Verizon. With Sprint, I could get full signal almost everywhere but with Verizon I could not get very good signal at all.
When I look to get a carrier, I do not care about the coverage maps actually, because I just use the trial to see for myself. I do not think they are accurate enough to tell consumers if there is coverage or not. There may be a little bit of coverage but capacity is an issue. The latter sometimes is more important than the former.
When I look to get a carrier, I do not care about the coverage maps actually, because I just use the trial to see for myself. I do not think they are accurate enough to tell consumers if there is coverage or not. There may be a little bit of coverage but capacity is an issue. The latter sometimes is more important than the former.
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I can pretty much guarantee you Verizon doesn't have capacity issues. Those are the places where Verizon is rock solid.
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(How did I know you were going to say that.)
I can tell you otherwise from engineers whom I have talked to over the past 5 years.
I can tell you otherwise from engineers whom I have talked to over the past 5 years.
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What you can tell about from coverage maps is the overall effort that is put into the coverage, and a general idea there are going to be specifics in every area and that is why there is a 30 day free trial but overall verizon spends more time and $$$$ on the Network and coverage than the other nationwide carriers outthere. and yes verizon originally didn't have a lot of spectrum to go around, but after a lot of the recent acquisitions it shouldn't be as much of a problem as it was b4.
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That is not accurate. If a company says by their coverage maps the coverage area is good and one tests it, like I have, and the data presents itself to be on the contrary then what good does a coverage map give to us consumers? No value. That is why as you mentioned there is a 30-day trial. World of mouth also helps. Does not mean that spending more money would yield in high results. Check out lately the Yankees past eight or so years and how much they have spent. You can also compare that with businesses and their capital expenditures leaving a poor ROIC and ROE. Even if they do spend the most, which they do by a wide margin, does not mean they will have perfect coverage. They do not. Not one carrier has perfect coverage in every single ma...
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please explain what is capacity and how it works? you stated that its been an issue.
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Sure, let us take an overall context of the wireless communications. I will not go to deep in it but I will mention a few things. They have three main aspects. One being spectrum, another being the infrastructure and the other one being capacity. So you wanted to know about capacity so let us switch just do that.
As you know, the FCC auctions off spectrum that allows companies to operate and to provide services to customers like us. They all intertwine, the three aspects, so I have to touch on them all a little bit but I will not go into it too much to confuse you. Therefore, after the spectrum is assigned the company builds its infrastructure into a given area or areas let us for the sake of the argument say my location of Massachusetts ...
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As you know, the FCC auctions off spectrum that allows companies to operate and to provide services to customers like us. They all intertwine, the three aspects, so I have to touch on them all a little bit but I will not go into it too much to confuse you. Therefore, after the spectrum is assigned the company builds its infrastructure into a given area or areas let us for the sake of the argument say my location of Massachusetts ...
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That is not accurate. If a company says by their coverage maps the coverage area is good and one tests it, like I have, and the data presents itself to be on the contrary then what good does a coverage map give to us consumers? No value. That is why as you mentioned there is a 30-day trial. World of mouth also helps. Does not mean that spending more money would yield in high results. Check out lately the Yankees past eight or so years and how much they have spent. You can also compare that with businesses and their capital expenditures leaving a poor ROIC and ROE. Even if they do spend the most, which they do by a wide margin, does not mean they will have perfect coverage. They do not. Not one carrier has
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Bars mean nothing to me so I was doing other tests for example outgoing and incoming calls and text messages. I also asked my engineer friends for them to help me out with how to track signal quality and strength.
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nextel18 said:
I will just state for my area. I would say that Verizon’s coverage map is false here and Sprint is true because I tested both and obviously, I have Sprint over Verizon. With Sprint, I could get full signal almost everywhere but with Verizon I could not get very good signal at all.
When I look to get a carrier, I do not care about the coverage maps actually, because I just use the trial to see for myself. I do not think they are accurate enough to tell consumers if there is coverage or not. There may be a little bit of coverage but capacity is an issue. The latter sometimes is more important than the former.
I will tell you this ATT's coverage map is accurate to the street level. IF ...
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No, coverage maps are not always accurate or up to date. I can tell you that based on my experience with verizon when I lived in my old place. I dropped calls left and right. Best thing to do (which can be a hassle) is to get a phone, try out the service, and if you have any problems you can cancel within 30 days without any penalty. Thats for both Verizon and Sprint.
Basically, all carriers will have dead spots. You will drop calls with every company. They're all the same (well...Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T).
Basically, all carriers will have dead spots. You will drop calls with every company. They're all the same (well...Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T).
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I think and would put money the map is accurate, no map is perfect as it only measures what the network covers, no other factors.
Like as nextel pointed out, capacity issues. Or hills, mountains, trees, weather, buildings, other towers, etc.
Perfect example is I used to be Cingular, lived in between multiple towers, I couldn't use my phone worth a dang. Switched to Verizon and though the towers are farther away I have never had a single issue with making/receiving calls.
Like someone else said, it sucks, no one wants to do it, but do the test drive, especially with Verizon there is no harm in it, if you port your number out to another carrier, your monthly access charges activation fee and etf are all waived, basically just downlo...
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Like as nextel pointed out, capacity issues. Or hills, mountains, trees, weather, buildings, other towers, etc.
Perfect example is I used to be Cingular, lived in between multiple towers, I couldn't use my phone worth a dang. Switched to Verizon and though the towers are farther away I have never had a single issue with making/receiving calls.
Like someone else said, it sucks, no one wants to do it, but do the test drive, especially with Verizon there is no harm in it, if you port your number out to another carrier, your monthly access charges activation fee and etf are all waived, basically just downlo...
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