My town isn't official yet, but lte has been popping up all over the place. I understand they are still in the build out phase here, but I am curious about something. Coverage seems to be limited to major roads, highways, and the interstate. What's interesting is that I can get full signal strength on the main road, getting great ping and 5 digit download speeds, but as soon as I turn off the main highway, the lte just disappears as if I just drove through a magic barrier that turns it off. Yesterday was the best example, I was sitting in my truck, in my garage, got a good 2 digit ping and 11 MBit download, (16 in my driveway) with it showing strong signal. I walk into the house and bam, back to 3g. Going back outside and turning airplane mode on and off didn't make lte come back, I had to drive a couple of hundred yards to get it back again.
How can that be? Can they physically turn the coverage on and off at certain geographic locations? It just seems weird to me how you get full bars and good speeds in a location and it just disappears a few minutes later.
How is it for you guys in official areas?
I have been using the Sensorly app to map my trips, and I find it a fun tool to make an actual map of my lte coverage.
Anyhow, I hope 4g will soon be as common and readily available as 3g, because when 4g works my phone feels like a new phone. I am amazed how fast Netflix buffers even when jumping around all over the movie.
For anyone in official and merging lte markets, get the Sensorly app on the play store, it's fun to map things out!
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How can that be? Can they physically turn the coverage on and off at certain geographic locations? It just seems weird to me how you get full bars and good speeds in a location and it just disappears a few minutes later.
How is it for you guys in official areas?
I have been using the Sensorly app to map my trips, and I find it a fun tool to make an actual map of my lte coverage.
Anyhow, I hope 4g will soon be as common and readily available as 3g, because when 4g works my phone feels like a new phone. I am amazed how fast Netflix buffers even when jumping around all over the movie.
For anyone in official and merging lte markets, get the Sensorly app on the play store, it's fun to map things out!
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