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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...
American Ninja
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Ok, thank you.
I see AT&T updated their coverage map as of 04/02/13 but it doesnt show the new 4G data coverage in Gladstone/Escanaba. Unless they are wating until they are done ugrading all their towers in the U.P. before adding the new coverage areas?
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Lewyman
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American Ninja
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Ok, thank you.
I just saw this via AT&T on Twitter:
AT&T activates its 4G LTE network in some new cities, names many more that'll go live this summer.
Time for another AT&T 4G LTE network expansion. This morning, AT&T announced that its LTE service is now available in a handful of new markets that are peppered across the U.S., including Kalamazoo, Mich., Rocky Mount, N.C., and Santa Rosa-Petaluma, Calif. AT&T has also expanded some of its existing coverage in other markets, bringing more LTE service to places like Greensboro, N.C., and the San Francisco Bay Area.
There's also some good news this morning for AT&T customers that are still without access to Big Blue's 4G LTE network. AT&T has named a long list of cities (all in separate announcements) that will be gaining LTE coverage this summer. There are quite a few towns that'll be joining Club AT&T LTE this summer, including Cape Cod, Mass., Davenport, Iowa, and Salem, Ore. The full lists of AT&T's new, expanded and upcoming are all available at the bottom of this post.
AT&T has said in the past that it plans to cover 250 million people with its LTE network by the time that 2013 comes to an end, and with today's lengthy list of markets that'll be going live in the summer, it looks like the carrier is pushing hard to reach that goal. It's not clear exactly when each city will be going live, but at least AT&T customers in those locales now know that their own taste of 4G LTE goodness is getting close. Stay tuned and we'll give you a shout once AT&T starts flipping its switches.
Here are the cites in Michigan:
New markets:
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Markets coming this summer:
Flint, Mich.
Lansing, Mich.
Muskegon, Mich.
Saginaw, Mich.
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JREwing53
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What happens when you can see the AT&T tower five miles away, and then look at your phone and you have no data signal? Not even an Edge signal. That's what is going on in the eastern UP.
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Lewyman
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That could be a great thing as they might be upgrading or testing. Now is there a series of antennas, usually 2 side by side every 120 degrees or does it have the tall whip style antennas?
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Lewyman
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JREwing53
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I think a better assessment can be made by year-end 2013. By then, both Verizon and ATT will have the state of Michigan covered with 4G or 4G LTE. In the eastern UP, they have told us that we will have 4G by June 29. Verizon is also upgrading to something around here that is going to expand their coverage. If ATT is going to compete in Michigan, they had better be moving fast. I know many people in the Saginaw area, and all of them are with Verizon since Big Red was the first to have 4G LTE coverage. It'a all a matter of who has the best coverage.
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American Ninja
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AT&T updated their coverage map 04/10/13, still not showing 4G in Gladstone. I wonder if they will wait to add the new areas in the U.P. until they are finshied upgrading all their towers? At least people have been doing a good job updating the coverage map on Sensorly.
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JREwing53
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I would not believe Att coverage maps. Around here, it shows solid 4g. I rarely ever see a 4g signal. In fact, the intersection of Hwy 129 and 48 shows 4g, and you can't even get a cell signal there.
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Lewyman
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