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Are all those towers enabled?
Did OP just got the physical # of towers, or #of active towers?
As a fact I know of few towers that are just standing there, but completely out of business, because no one cares to take them down...
Those are operational towers as of logging. I know it because apps can communicate with them and the towers would send out their MCC, MNC, LAC and Cell ID.
And that is why I can use a map to show cell towers owned by any given carrier at any place. I suppose that would help people deciding which carrier to go.
For example, you can check this out to find cell towers from ATT https://bit.ly/2N6vN4h , zoom out to find more. In the meantime, you can click this link to find cell towers from all carriers at that same place, https://bit.ly/2YeCYrW . There you can see a lot of unregistered cell sites with MNC 127.
Come visit me. I’ll be happy to loan you my Verizon phone to order a pizza. In the meantime we will use your Sprint phone as a paperweight till you go back to your urban home
Unfortunately one data point doesn’t make a trend.
Part of the coverage issue is if someone has an older phone without all of the latest bands. In the case of T-Mobile they added Band 71 coverage which is only available to phones which have it. In the case of the iPhone that’s only the last generation (XS/XS Max/XR)
Unfortunately one data point doesn’t make a trend.
Part of the coverage issue is if someone has an older phone without all of the latest bands. In the case of T-Mobile they added Band 71 coverage which is only available to phones which have it. In the case of the iPhone that’s only the last generation (XS/XS Max/XR)
This is what Band 71 added
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While what you say is true, In CA and NV where I spend most of my time Sprint is consistent-useless once you leave urban areas. If you want something that works in rural areas, Verizon is best, with ATT as a good second choice
Come visit me. I’ll be happy to loan you my Verizon phone to order a pizza. In the meantime we will use your Sprint phone as a paperweight till you go back to your urban home
Coverage differs market to market. Don't make blanket comments that coverage is poor in all urban markets unless you can back it up. Just because you don't have coverage at your home doesn't mean that everyone in your area, even if using the same carrier, will have the same experience. Too many factors involved to throw the entire carrier under the bus.
While what you say is true, In CA and NV where I spend most of my time Sprint is consistent-useless once you leave urban areas. If you want something that works in rural areas, Verizon is best, with ATT as a good second choice
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Originally Posted by dontaskwhy
Coverage differs market to market. Don't make blanket comments that coverage is poor in all urban markets unless you can back it up. Just because you don't have coverage at your home doesn't mean that everyone in your area, even if using the same carrier, will have the same experience. Too many factors involved to throw the entire carrier under the bus.
Who is talking urban markets? I don’t live in an urban area.
While what you say is true, In CA and NV where I spend most of my time Sprint is consistent-useless once you leave urban areas. If you want something that works in rural areas, Verizon is best, with ATT as a good second choice
I can’t comment on Sprint other than anecdotally from what I have heard. My example was with T-Mobile.
If you are really rural then the 1% of coverage difference means you get a signal rather than none.
I have more than 10 millions of cell towers collected in database, after doing my maths (based on mobile network code), I have found that ATT has way more cell towers than Verizon. Is this normal? The numbers are as follows.
I think I may have not counted some cell towers whose MNC are unknown to me, which in fact belong to Verizon. Could this be the reason?
Thanks
I would guess that AT&T have more towers than Verizon because they have built, bought, or leased more towers than Verizon have.
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