Anybody dealing with 4G dead spots

[anon(3092520)]

I live in Plymouth, MI which is about 25 miles west of Detroit. according to Verizon's maps, my entire area is covered by 4G and I am almost always have a strong 4G signal except for one small area around two miles in diameter.

The problem is, that's my home and the downtown area where I spend a lot of my time. If I go a mile in either direction, I have 4G but never when I'm in this little circle of doom.

Anybody else finding little 4G dead spots in their 4G coverage areas?

 

[FrankXS]

Yeah, 4G seems still a little flaky. I find that as long as I have strong 4G and/or 3G signals, the phone will switch nicely as I progress through the areas. But if I'm in a very weak 4G area (or fringe 4G area), the phone seems to have a hard time deciding whether to try to latch onto a weak 4G signal or a stronger 3G signal. This often results in no data connection at all when the phone is "thinking", I guess.

-Frank

 

[Maddog241]

We have a couple of dead spots that are related to terrain. The same spots that were dead areas on 3G are dead areas on 4G too.

 

[paulmike3]

We have a couple of dead spots that are related to terrain. The same spots that were dead areas on 3G are dead areas on 4G too.

No dead spots by me, but I do notice I get roughly the same signal strength (dBs) for 3G and LTE (when switching manually).

Kind of surprising to me, considering LTE is supposed to penetrate and travel better. I guess I'm assuming the 3G and LTE antennas are in the same place. All the towers I've found by me have both 3G and LTE antennas.

 

[Maddog241]

AFIK all of the 4G antennas were placed on existing 3G sites here.

 

[anon(113926)]

I'm in the DC - Balt area and have not come across any dead spots yet.

 

[paulmike3]

AFIK all of the 4G antennas were placed on existing 3G sites here.

Yeah, makes sense. Although I believe there are some smaller LTE antennas installed around the my work's campus (large corporation). Prob close to the 3G ones we have.

If only they'd put one in around my building (I've already started working on my voice/data contacts)! I only get 1-2 bars of LTE at my desk.

 

[RkyMtnHigh]

No dead spots by me, but I do notice I get roughly the same signal strength (dBs) for 3G and LTE (when switching manually).

Kind of surprising to me, considering LTE is supposed to penetrate and travel better. I guess I'm assuming the 3G and LTE antennas are in the same place. All the towers I've found by me have both 3G and LTE antennas.

It does penetrate better, but it's a lot smaller area of travel (reception) because of the lower freq.

 

[paulmike3]

It does penetrate better, but it's a lot smaller area of travel (reception) because of the lower freq.

Great point. I guess you won't really see a difference in signal strength unless you're in a thick building near a tower. After that, the signal strength would be pretty level between the two (better signal, farther reaching, but less penetrating for 3G; less signal, but better penetrating for LTE).