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Like last month I noticed I only get LTE, even though my plan is 5g. Few months ago everywhere I went it would be 5g, but now only LTE
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AT&T has been great for me (in Jonesboro, AR). They’ve a decent low-band 5G network and are rolling out their midband network, whereas Verizon is still all congested LTE here. T-Mobile is hit and miss, great speeds, but so-so coverage.
Anecdotal but have definitely noticed this in Atlanta
Also anecdotal. I moved to Austin from another state and it was just awful out here. I visited my parents back home for Thanksgiving, and it was way worse than I remember. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
Weird. T-Mobile in Atlanta here: it used to suck but now is insanely good.
I know it doesn’t represent the entire region, but I was in Downtown staying at a hotel that didn’t offer free wi-fi (Courtland Grand Hotel) and I only pay $25/month for Visible, which uses the Verizon Network, but I had 5 bars of 5G and 100mbit/sec download which is kind of what Visible limits you to, even on 5G, but it was a great experience overall when I was only staying in Atlanta for one night and didn’t feel like paying for wi-fi.
Same in my part of the PNW and I hate it! Totally wondered if I was just imagining it!
*in the U.S.A
Oh please, telecoms being greedy is universal. This also isn’t as much of a self-deprecatory comment as you think it is. Oh, my poor country is so full of phones and tablets we can’t keep up :(
and UK, london reception is fucking awful
In OZ, signal is very good, with black spots all over the country, but these have been there since CDMA was abandoned.
Same here in the UK. I get full bars but shit speed in city centres.
all those massive 5G towers everywhere that got installed overnighter are definitely not hybrid Electronic warfare assets. That’s crazy talk.
I’m ok with this. (Don’t call me)
Thank you, thank you! REAL as 1 “Great Fiber-Optic” throat shove by municipalities, boroughs & civic offcls, over a wet-lunch & nation-wide.
No lie, having T-Mobile in Austin and going to the surrounding areas sucks!
You’re right. I’m neither imagining nor experiencing it.
Any explanation for this other than 5G or rural? Or is that it? There’s none in the article.
Verizon eliminating 3G killed a lot of areas that needed it for bridging the gaps on 4G/5G. I believe a lot of older frequencies were eliminated from other companies too.
Definitely agree with this. It’s been harder finding a no-interference spot lately.
It feels like 5g has to been line of sight sometimes. You go in a room without a window and suddenly you’re on lte or lower
I’d happily hang out at 3G or 4G speeds if it was reliable… this whole race to super LTE/5000G speeds is a little overkill.
I don’t need to watch a 4k movie on my phone.
To be honest I haven’t experienced this at all. It’s only gotten slowly better every year since I got my first phone over 20 years ago.