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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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11 years ago
They haven't invested in their network and backhaul in northern MI for the most part. Therefore, some areas are now 2 generations behind in cellular technology. Are you sure Alpena now has usable, active Verizon 4G LTE? I was just there a few days ago and did not see LTE on my iPhone 5.
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Tpeltz
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11 years ago
Verizon 4G LTE is online in the Alpena, MI area, which I have confirmed with a few people in the area.
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Lewyman
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Tpeltz
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11 years ago
Lol yes! Verizon LTE live at Alpena! I know it sounds far too good to be true, but believe it. It is there. Supposedly Rogers City is going live in a week or two.
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Lewyman
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11 years ago
It isn't officially cool until you run a speedtest.
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Tpeltz
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11 years ago
LOL. I will be sure to run a few speed test when I go there and I'll post them on here.
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JREwing53
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11 years ago
In the Eastern UP, you can't run speedtests on AT&T. The Edge data network is too slow to run the test.
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Lewyman
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11 years ago
Well I was down at Costco this evening in Shelby Township and AT&T's LTE was running pretty good. This is a screenshot saved on my Samsung GS3 and I was out of the LTE coverage area when I sent it.
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JREwing53
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11 years ago
Here is our horrbly slow speeds here in the Eastern UP. As you can see, this has to be embarrasing for AT&T.
Basically everyone should forget about an AT&T smartphone living up here.
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randu22
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11 years ago
I think I got you beat in Alpena
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Test Date: Dec 24, 2012 11:48 PM
Connection Type: Cellular
Server: Mount Pleasant, MI
Download: 0.01 Mbps
Upload: 0.01 Mbps
Ping: 341 ms
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