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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...
JREwing53
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10 years ago
AT&T has a major problem in the Marquette area. I would guess that most people there are on Verizon. The service there is horrible. No LTE anywhere.
The guy I was riding with was using Verizon in areas where I could get no service. I could not get a signal anywhere within a 50 miles distance east of Marquette all the way to the city. He was talking away on his Verizon device.
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Lewyman
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10 years ago
Verizon has better service in the U.P. then what is depicted on their map. I don't know why AT&T is not in a hurry to get as many sites running HSPA+ and LTE in the U.P. as possible. They can match Verizon spectrum wise up there.
I did notice AT&T has activated B4 LTE (AWS) on more sites in the Saginaw area. Sites along 675 on the northbound Z bridge detour are running LTE on B17 and B4. They also appear to be running two LTE carriers on B17 and B2 in Flint, probably getting ready for carrier aggregation.
I will check the site in Lovells today to see if it has been upgraded.
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American Ninja
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10 years ago
There are 3 panels on the tower. It likes they are positioned south,west and east. I went to Gwinn yesterday and passed the Lathrop tower, I did some speed tests and i was getting around 8-10 down and around 2 up. Here at my house I get a better signal now. I actually get service in my house. Oh and even though it shows it on the coverage map, Gwinn does NOT have 4G. Only E. I drove right by the tower in Gwinn and there are 2 sets of panels up on the tower there.
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Lewyman
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Ok.....there is only one panel per sector on the Lathrop site which are spaced 120 degrees apart and given the speeds you mentioned, they are running HSPA+ w/Ethernet backhaul. That being said, it doesn't appear that AT&T will be launching LTE in the near future on it. Given that LTE will be deployed on 700 MHz, an additional panel will have to be installed which will be longer that the current one and also have an RRU installed behind it. Not to worry, AT&T's HSPA+ will stream any content you need to download so the internet should be lightning fast. Hopefully, speeds will be good for you at your house.
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Lewyman
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American Ninja
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From what I can tell it has a total of 3 panels. If you can picture a triangle, it has one on each point.
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Lewyman
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Hope the speeds are great at your house.
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