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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...
Lewyman
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11 years ago
Doesn't make sense what they are doing. There was supposed
to be a huge swath of new HSPA coverage by today in NE MI. Don't know if there was but hopefully I can head up to check this coming weekend. HSPA "4G" is considered 3G on Sensorly and it doesn't appear anyone is even mapping the new coverage. Maybe there is nobody left up there with AT&T?? Anyway, I figured out how to make the SIM from my hotspot work in my old phone so I will try to get up there this weekend and do some serious mapping. Kudos to Big Red for getting LTE rolled out across the entire lower and most of the upper in the time they did. I will say with the hills, heavy forest, and decreased cell density there are holes in their coverage as well. I guess same can be said with all the carriers.
Post Edit: Just talked to a guy in the Gaylord AT&T store. He indeed confirmed that there was another large HSPA expansion in northeast MI yesterday. He couldn't confirm exactly which areas got it but there is new coverage and they are having some issues so service is kinda on and off right now. Tier 2 support told me three weeks ago that Waters, Frederick, Johannesburg, Lewiston, Atlanta, Hillman, and other areas were slated to get it by today.
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JREwing53
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11 years ago
Pickford and Cedarville were lit up with 4g off and on yesterday, August 1. We were able to get 4g in areas we have never received before. By the end of the day, our devices were all showing Edge. Maybe we are getting close.
Funny that the big roll of cable is still hanging on the pole.
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Lewyman
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11 years ago
Hellz Yeh!!!! They are definately testing/working out issues but your area will have it very very soon. That tower south of Pickford must be on microwave of fiber. If it is indeed on fiber that may indicate that Charter will use that roll of cable to tap into it and provide cable service to the area around it. Just guessing but thats awesome.
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JREwing53
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11 years ago
At 9:30 am, only Edge in the downtown metroplex area of Pickford. As of 10:15 am, showing 4g. August 2. My friend is showing 4g in Cedarville.
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JREwing53
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11 years ago
Here are the speeds I'm getting
Download: 2903 kbps
Upload: 1270 kbps
Ping: 166 ms
External
Is this good, bad, or average.
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Lewyman
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Lewyman
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11 years ago
Edit: You should be the first to map the new coverage on Sensorly. You can download their app from the play store.
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American Ninja
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11 years ago
Glad to hear you finally got "4G"!
I wonder if ATT added a new tower around the Perkins or Gladstone area? I used to get around 2-3 bars in Perkins and as I got closer to Gladstone my signal would improve to 4 then 5 bars. I noticed when I went into Gladstone Tues and Thurs I get 5 full bars now Right when I get into Perkins and stays that way all through Perkins and Gladstone.
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Lewyman
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11 years ago
Sounds like they did.
Looking at the tower locations near Pickford and in Cedarville, I am wondering if they lit up the towers in Goetzville, Detour Village, and Drummond as well.
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JREwing53
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11 years ago
As of this afternoon, August 2, there is no data showing on our devices. No Edge or 4G. Wonder what's up?
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