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Will Northeast MI ever receive 3G?
I've heard talk about how ATT is "working on their network coverage" and plans to provide 3G service in Northeast MI "in the coming months". Well, now that another 2 year contract has expired, I'm seriously wondering if I would be better off jumping to Verizon. The EDGE data network up here if virtually useless. 5 full bars, yet extremely poor data transfer.
Can anyone provide an HONEST answer as to when this coverage is planned to be upgraded??? Verizon has had 3G for quite a long while up here...
Tpeltz
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12 years ago
@jamileh - With all due respect, LTE in Detroit has no effect on the condition of the AT&T network in northeast lower Michigan. That is well over a hundred miles away. And the network really hasn't improved around here, otherwise there wouldn't be threads inquiring about network improvements in NE MI...because there haven't been any. The EDGE is still terrible here and 3G or HSPA+ hasn't been launched (except in Gaylord) which is in north central MI.
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Lewyman
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12 years ago
I have to agree 100% with Tpeltz. The network up in northern Michigan is very slow and outdated especially for the good people that live up there full time. I have a cottage up there but live downstate and I can tell you for a fact the EDGE network in S.E. Michigan is totally different than up there. The network here was upgraded to EDGE class 10 which will run at 150Kb/s and stream low quality video, send mms messages, and email pictures.....and that was 5 years ago!!!!!! However, EDGE upnorth should be classified as 1G in my opinion. Pretty much anywhere north of Saginaw and away from I-75 you will be lucky to see 50Kb/s. I am hoping that AT&T continues to upgrade fast because once Verizon launches LTE across the north, it will be very tough to get customers to come back.
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Lewyman
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Mjrtom7
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11 years ago
"...we recently upgraded the network in the Detroit area to LTE and have improved the overall network in Northern Michigan."
How can you say that you have improved the overall network in Northern Michigan? Oh wait....I suppose even the most minor upgrade, anywhere north of Saginaw, would have to qualify as an 'improvement'.
As I drove around Alpena this morning struggling to get any type of data response on this Edge network, I'm left wondering how these companies can get away with claiming they provide a service, when technically, they do not.
If I wasn't locked into contract with ATT, I would jump ship in a heartbeat. I couldn't be more dissappointed in the service...
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Lewyman
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JREwing53
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11 years ago
The Drummond Island and Cedarville towers are still on Edge, which really baffles me. These are huge tourist areas in the Upper Peninsula. Sault Ste Marie is 4G now, but people around my area are flocking to Verizon in droves.
I don't know what the holdup is with upgrading these towers to at least 3G.
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Mjrtom7
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11 years ago
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Lewyman
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JREwing53
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11 years ago
There is no reason that Escanaba and Ishpeming shouldn't have 3G/4G coverage.
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Mjrtom7
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11 years ago
I'm hoarse from barking up this tree for so long...
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