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Kett2000

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join:2002-04-23

Lilburn, GA 21 recommendations Kett2000 Premium Member and AT&T and Verizon envision a Wireless only future... Looks like wired networks will be around for a long long time. dlewis23

join:2005-04-18

Boca Raton, FL 12 recommendations dlewis23 Member Verizon disputes...

Verizon Drop Verizon can dispute the data all the want but this is not the only bit of data that shows the same thing. I noticed it with in a few weeks after they launched unlimited data with the numbers I was seeing from my Speedtest app. In my monthly report from last month you can clearly see how both Verizon and AT&T have had large drops in speed since offering unlimited data. Verizon has dropped from a peak of over 25 Mbps national avg. to just over 22 Mbps national avg. Tchaika

join:2017-03-20

New Orleans, LA 7 recommendations Tchaika Member Meanwhile, in the Real World......



Compound that with the fact that my Nexus 6P had a modem reset issue on T-Mobile (don't just take my word for it,



Finally, I don't know it's like in your market, but in New Orleans they are not even in the same ballpark as Verizon for speed or coverage. Don't say "Band 12," because it's live here, and they still lag far behind Verizon and AT&T with rural and indoor coverage. Speed? It's a joke. There are T-Mobile sites in the suburbs that can't deliver the throttled 480p Youtube streams. In the city proper you'll be looking at ISDN speeds during Mardi Gras, if you're lucky. .... T-Mobile completely let me down, because I signed up for Simple Choice right before they rolled out One, and found my plan obsolete before my account was three months old. They're now neglecting all of the Simple Choice accounts, hoping to push people to ditch it, by neglecting Binge On and Music Freedom, so your "free" data is in fact billed, and denying you access to new promotions. This breaks the spirit of the "If you like your plan you can keep your plan" uncarrier, which they announced years ago, and conveniently deleted from their webpage when One came out.Compound that with the fact that my Nexus 6P had a modem reset issue on T-Mobile (don't just take my word for it, it's happening to a ton of people ), rendering my device virtually unusable, an issue that does not manifest on any other carrier.Finally, I don't know it's like in your market, but in New Orleans they are not even in the same ballpark as Verizon for speed or coverage. Don't say "Band 12," because it's live here, and they still lag far behind Verizon and AT&T with rural and indoor coverage. Speed? It's a joke. There are T-Mobile sites in the suburbs that can't deliver the throttled 480p Youtube streams. In the city proper you'll be looking at ISDN speeds during Mardi Gras, if you're lucky.

srtdodge05

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join:2011-10-16

Ypsilanti, MI 7 recommendations srtdodge05 Premium Member I'd agree I can agree with this. Since unlimited data came out speeds have dropped like crazy. Average I could see 25mb down and peak at 60mb. Now average is 8mb with a peak of 25mb. I've called in and complained a few times but it doesn't do any good. davidhoffman

Premium Member

join:2009-11-19

Warner Robins, GA 5 recommendations davidhoffman Premium Member T-Mobile poor coverage. Useless for me due to lack of signal coverage. I guess I will have to wait for some of that 600Mhz to get developed.

MalibuMaxx

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join:2007-02-06

Chesterton, IN 5 recommendations MalibuMaxx Premium Member Oh yeah my speeds are so bad... www.speedtest.net/my-res ··· 36285175



Pfft let me know when TMO can cover my entire commute without dropping a call... Then I'll go pink... Pfft let me know when TMO can cover my entire commute without dropping a call... Then I'll go pink... haggler

join:2002-05-15

Glendale, CA 4 recommendations haggler Member Oversold in LA Go to anywhere popular and crowded in LA, and you'll be lucky if your phone works. I'm not talking about bars either. 3 bars on a Sunday in Redondo Beach and no data goes through. Yet friends on ATT & Verizon work fine. This is the trend in LA now, oversell the shit out of it and worry about it later.

Anon15ad2

@verizon.net 3 recommendations Anon15ad2 Anon Sprint is just... Down there Finally data that shows the true performance of the Sprint network, although it might be a bit forgiving idk. Just because Sprint used to be the big third carrier doesn't mean they should have apologise for their network problems. NewbergAgain

join:2017-04-24

Newberg, OR 3 recommendations NewbergAgain Member Verizon is horrible data speed wise in my county! Verizon is less than 1mbps down all day long every day in my county. AT&T works better in a data sense both in town and non town parts of the county but there seem to be more pockets of dead-zones with AT&T. Verizon seems to work in more places in a voice sense. T-Mobile and Sprint are worthless coverage-wise until you get into the actual big city area closer into Portland. I'm thinking about getting a dual carrier capable phone so I can have the better voice coverage from Verizon and the better speed from AT&T. Nucleartx

join:2016-09-08

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3 recommendations Nucleartx Member AT&T is taking a hit but still useable North Austin this morning. Towers that use to net me just over 200mbps are in the lower 100 range now. keason

Premium Member

join:2002-05-02

Ann Arbor, MI 3 recommendations keason Premium Member Tmobile also has slowed down I've seen Tmobile speeds fall 50% plus where we live, but still averaging a very respectable 25-30 Mbps. I used to see speeds in excess of 100Mbps close to towers, now it's only in the most isolated areas. Rural coverage has definitely improved, but ATT is still better outside of town.

tshirt

Premium Member

join:2004-07-11

Snohomish, WA 3 recommendations tshirt Premium Member it would be nice to know bandwidth totals or capacity from each provider in each tested area.

IS T-mo really that capacity rich? or less total clients?

and are T and V's networks really under that much stress? or suffering from "network management"?

Anond83fa

@myfairpoint.net 3 recommendations Anond83fa Anon Hmmm One thing it certainly shows is that there was not, after all, tons of wireless bandwidth for free just lying around. So maybe it makes sense--after all--that, to keep prices down and profits up, ISPs throttle the 1% tail users. Those are people who may not, after all, be the kind of customer ISPs want.



Every buffet business has customers who waddle in and scrape clean the "all-you-can-eat" steam table, because, after all, it says "all you can eat." Cell service should cost a fraction of what it does, but the bottomless voracity of the "unlimited" user, combined with the limitless avarice of Verizon management, mean the guy in the middle just gets screwed royally when the bill arrives each month.



That's why most restaurants sensibly serve a plate of food at a given price. If you want more, pay more--or eat for free from the dumpster.