Like last month I noticed I only get LTE, even though my plan is 5g. Few months ago everywhere I went it would be 5g, but now only LTE
It has got consistently better everywhere I am. Every year is a bit better than the previous. Voice quality keeps getting better.
Too many people connected to an insufficient network
I’m ok with this. (Don’t call me)
I’d happily hang out at 3G or 4G speeds if it was reliable… this whole race to super LTE/5000G speeds is a little overkill.
I don’t need to watch a 4k movie on my phone.
Currently in Belltown Seattle with 5 bars of 5g and I have 5.71 Mbps ⬇️7.00Mbps⬆️. Ridiculous.
AT&T has been great for me (in Jonesboro, AR). They’ve a decent low-band 5G network and are rolling out their midband network, whereas Verizon is still all congested LTE here. T-Mobile is hit and miss, great speeds, but so-so coverage.
Anecdotal but have definitely noticed this in Atlanta
Also anecdotal. I moved to Austin from another state and it was just awful out here. I visited my parents back home for Thanksgiving, and it was way worse than I remember. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
I know it doesn’t represent the entire region, but I was in Downtown staying at a hotel that didn’t offer free wi-fi (Courtland Grand Hotel) and I only pay $25/month for Visible, which uses the Verizon Network, but I had 5 bars of 5G and 100mbit/sec download which is kind of what Visible limits you to, even on 5G, but it was a great experience overall when I was only staying in Atlanta for one night and didn’t feel like paying for wi-fi.
Same in my part of the PNW and I hate it! Totally wondered if I was just imagining it!
Weird. T-Mobile in Atlanta here: it used to suck but now is insanely good.
In the northeast I’ve had less dead zones the last couple years 🤷♀️
This is why I have my cell service for my phone, and cell service for my vehicle which uses a different carrier. It really sucks driving for work and ending up in a dead zone or spotty coverage.
This only talks about the US. It’s a misleading headline, cell phone reception isn’t generally getting worse, one part of the world is getting crappier service.
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I live in rural area. If my DSL internet went out, I used to be able to hotspot to my phone and continue basic internet surfing. As of a few years ago, that isn’t possible anymore. I don’t get enough signal to even text reliably.
I think internet has so much more shit on it to load now so it needs more signal just to get something basic loaded
I can only sms text from my home, mms does not work unless it’s the right time of day and I’m in one of two locations in my house and mercury is in retrograde while. Jupiter is in the fifth house while the fatted lamb is to be slaughtered, then I might be able to send or exeice a handful of mms before my shit goes to hell again and baphomet steals my first born. Luckily wifi calling exists or I’d have to actually pay for a landline
The FCC has coverage maps provided by the big 3, but you can also submit a challenge to their claims to try to make a more accurate map (since they lie their asses off). I’m on mobile, so apologies for the lack of formatting:
You’re right. I’m neither imagining nor experiencing it.
To be honest I haven’t experienced this at all. It’s only gotten slowly better every year since I got my first phone over 20 years ago.