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US LTE Coverage Comparison Report - Feb 2016 [message #294888]

Tue, 02 February 2016 08:40

rcjordan

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"Verizon is still the coverage leader for LTE, with its subscribers having access to LTE 86 percent of the time, OpenSignal says. But T-Mobile users now get LTE 81 percent of the time, which the firm says is very good. T-Mobile and Verizon tied on 4G LTE speed, with AT&T and Sprint falling far behind."

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2498693,00.asp

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State of Mobile Networks: USA (Feb 2016)
http://opensignal.com/reports/2016/02/usa/state-of-the-mobile-network/

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Re: US LTE Coverage Comparison Report - Feb 2016 [message #294891 is a reply to message #294888]

Tue, 02 February 2016 09:37

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My sister has been with T-mobile forever and has one of those grandfathered plans that gives her unlimited everything for half of what it would cost her to move. She calls the company "T-Maybe" because she says more often than not, she has no coverage.

Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama Had 5 over the years. Currently have a '06 Fleetwood Discovery 39L

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Re: US LTE Coverage Comparison Report - Feb 2016 [message #294892 is a reply to message #294888]

Tue, 02 February 2016 09:49

rcjordan

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I tend to believe your sister's review more than the report. I'd bet it'd fail to connect or be so slow as to be unusable 75% of the time here. Even Verizon fails or drops a significant percentage of the time around home (but it is better in town).

But, from the report, it reads like T-Mobile (which usually seems to have the more subscriber service for the money ...IF you can access them) has left the Sprint backbone. Good, Verizon needs some competition.

The take-away regarding our current on-the-road needs is that Verizon mifi and/or data coverage still appears to be the way to go.

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Re: [GMCnet] US LTE Coverage Comparison Report - Feb 2016 [message #294917 is a reply to message #294891]

Tue, 02 February 2016 14:54

USAussie

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Kerry,

I have a T-Mobile cell phone number that I use whenever I'm in the USA. It's a prepaid account and I suspend the service but leave a
few bucks on it and that keeps it from being deleted. The coverage is OK and has gotten better over time.

For my notebook I have a Verizon USB modem. Unfortunately their system is not the same as Verizon and I activate it when I arrive in
the USA and cancel it when I leave. Its coverage is better than the T-Mobile phone.

They are both month by month accounts with no contracts.

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Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic

-----Original Message-----
From: Kerry Pinkerton

My sister has been with T-mobile forever and has one of those grandfathered plans that gives her unlimited everything for half of
what it would cost her to move. She calls the company "T-Maybe" because she says more often than not, she has no coverage.
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Kerry

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Re: US LTE Coverage Comparison Report - Feb 2016 [message #294990 is a reply to message #294888]

Wed, 03 February 2016 12:22

Dan

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I have been a long time T-Mobile customer and save tons over a Verizon plan. Their coverage has gotten a lot better -- as in from terrible to okay (in the northeast). It is still no where near is good verizon.

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