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Shame_On_Matt t1_ixcw4dn wrote

If you live next to a 5g tower you’re living large. There’s one down the block from me maybe 30 meters away and I’m getting 500 down and 100 up consistently.

Meanwhile spectrum has a whole fucking cable plugged into my apartment and I’m lucky if I get these same speeds.

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el_Topo42 t1_ixcz0qp wrote

I had to disable 5G on my phone because it was so bad anywhere I went. No joke my phone is better with 4G LTE.

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misterferguson t1_ixd36v0 wrote

I’ve experienced this as well. I seem to walk into 5G dead zones once per day.

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el_Topo42 t1_ixdckbl wrote

Yeah if it ever says 5G UW you are basically fucked in my experience. Same location I turn off 5G and LTE comes in and it’s fast again.

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RunRockBeanShred t1_ixdobt6 wrote

iPhone 13?

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el_Topo42 t1_ixdqchi wrote

Yup. 13 Mini.

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RunRockBeanShred t1_ixdtsga wrote

I think that might actually be a phone issue. Reports are that the iPhone 14 has fixed this issue for people.

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el_Topo42 t1_ixdvic2 wrote

Cool. Well they don’t make a 14 mini, so I guess I’m stuck. It’s fine though, literally 4G is plenty for my needs.

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krazyb2 t1_ixhl2ep wrote

I'm considering buying a backup iphone 13 mini for when my current iphone 13 mini dies. I don't want a big phone, the mini is the perfect size for me. Very disappointed they scrapped the mini. I have the Samsung flip also thinking it'd be a nice small phone to have, but it's actually a lot bigger with a case on it. And annoying to use.

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speeza t1_ixdounz wrote

Yup same here, it was getting ridiculous.

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foot-trail t1_ixefdm2 wrote

Doesn't living next to a 5G tower guarantee that your frog children will want to eat 2nd amendment freedom and mate with socialist canaries? Not on my water tower no way buble'.

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drecklia t1_ixd9ap3 wrote

But now you are being controlled by Bill Gates so there are trade offs

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Shame_On_Matt t1_ixd9j4h wrote

I did notice I became a billionaire overnight

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drecklia t1_ixdc3ku wrote

Damn thoughts and prayers. Hope you recover soon

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a-chips-dip t1_ixe9o22 wrote

There are like non in nyc or Brooklyn tho. Like 2 in crown heights and 2 by city hall

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AffectionateEffort77 t1_ixcydse wrote

This chart has T-Mobile as the fastest everywhere. This shits rigged. My wife has Verizon and I have T-Mobile. She’s usually faster and her coverage is more reliable.

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tc2k t1_ixd7f9s wrote

It's always rigged, whenever any ISP/Mobile carrier detects that you are speed testing the network, all throttles are off.

Could also be network congestion, so on the busier part of the day the network will slice up its bandwidth to accommodate everyone.

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pton12 t1_ixd397r wrote

Gonna be honest, I’m amazed at the strides T-Mobile has taken in the last 15 years. I first got it because it was a heck of a lot cheaper than AT&T, but there were enough gaps in coverage in suburban NJ and parts of NYC that I kinda understood why I was paying less. Now, I have better coverage than my wife who is on Verizon in most places, and I get significantly better international perks (which we use frequently enough that it’s meaningful). Bravo, T-Mobile!

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High-On-Benadryl t1_ixdhgtv wrote

And with T-Mobile you get free WiFi on Delta flights and offers/free stuff on the T-Mobile Tuesdays app.

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pton12 t1_ixdi1ee wrote

The T-Mobile Tuesday deals are great—I’ve loved having mlb.tv for the past few years.

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AffectionateEffort77 t1_ixdcov4 wrote

I have the exact opposite experience to you. Same coverage in the city, mine becomes garbage in jersey, Long Island, and upstate while hers is fine. Overseas hers consistently is more reliable.

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thecrgm t1_ixdoukm wrote

It’s because they bought sprint

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ironichaos t1_ixd5zie wrote

Go inside and try to get T-Mobile to work though. I had to switch to Verizon because T-Mobile never worked inside buildings.

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WolfMan889 t1_ixdd3jf wrote

I've wondered if this is more because T-Mo really doesn't penetrate well or if it's because Verizon seems to have cornered the small-cell market. I've never seen a booster for anyone other than VZW in the buildings I've worked on.

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Blue_Line t1_ixdr6cf wrote

Same, I moved all my cell backups to TMo and I’m never looking back. 50$ a month for reliable business backup is amazing.

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azspeedbullet t1_ixciam4 wrote

how is this possible? in my area of middle village i am lucky enough to get barely 1 bar of signal and the data speed is like dial up slow. this happen on both att and verizon

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yadunknow777 t1_ixcovmu wrote

Looks like, according to the chart here, you need TMobile

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BurninCrab t1_ixcs0u3 wrote

I always used to get made fun of for having T-Mobile (the cheap option) growing up but look who's laughing now

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abscando t1_ixcy2s8 wrote

Seriously service and reliability have both improved drastically over the years while the opposite feels true for the others.

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TeamMisha t1_ixe2o0m wrote

Same, people were like wow you're poor, but my family has had a plan with T-Mobile for so long it was always cheaper and now they've really really come a long way, IMO, with network size and reliability. I never have any issues really and in the days of contracts we'd always have great deals for unlimited data. At one point a while back we were paying $5 per line for unlimited if I recall thanks to a grandfathered rate back with blackberry devices :)

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shamam t1_ixcqd4p wrote

T-Mobile's 'test drive' allows you to install an e-sim in your phone to test their network before you spend any money.

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jadedaid t1_ixcxisc wrote

No fancy chart will convince me that NYC has anything other than poor service. AT&T and queensboro? Might as well be on the moon. Rural Africa which lacks roads has better cell phone reception than the Hudson metro north line up to Westchester.

Just the idea that you need to mix and match your operator in - let us remind ourselves - the richest city in the world is mind boggling. Want connection at home AND where you work? Or maybe even on your commute? Get out of here.

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Killingstar t1_ixd0n0j wrote

Just third? That’s not nearly as good as first. It’s not even as good as second. /s

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Dontlookimnaked t1_ixd79og wrote

This feels like a T-mobile ad. I’ll agree t-mobile may be ok in the city but their coverage anywhere outside of metro areas is garbage.

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StrngBrew t1_ixd8nlt wrote

For 5G it seems like my experience would change literally from block to block

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app4that t1_ixdhnu5 wrote

On T-Mobile in JC and NYC I don’t get anywhere near those average speeds but it is usable for Zoom and FaceTime but can say for sure it is terrible for video calls or Personal Hotspot use in suburban parts of Nevada (Vegas or Henderson)

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atari_Pro t1_ixdpew1 wrote

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ahendo10 t1_ixdra8u wrote

The inside of my apartment was not sampled in this study.

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The_CerealDefense t1_ixdsmgl wrote

This is literally complete nonsense. This isn’t at all how any of this works.

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TonyzTone t1_ixe79a1 wrote

Thank you Eric Adams! 🙏🏼

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GreenTunicKirk t1_ixe92m8 wrote

Another great win for those of us in Jersey City! Add that little factoid to your tinder bios and you're sure to find a soulmate!

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offwhitegrey t1_ixen11w wrote

iPhone 14 . 5G is useless on park in the 50s phone doesn’t work. Just did the turning off truck someone said above LTE works better

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DaBrooklynGirl t1_ixfxpff wrote

I’m trying to figure out why hizzoner won’t reimburse me for every time a helicopter flies by everything glitches?

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biggreencat t1_ixht9i1 wrote

i mean yeah, everybody knows the US mobile network is trash

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LithiumLawson OP t1_ixc3pgc wrote

From the source of the study:

> Jersey City, NJ, has the fastest mobile network speed in the United States, with an average download speed of 107.2 Mbps, average upload speed of 22.5 Mbps, and an average latency of 28 ms. Jersey City’s coverage score was 13/16, on par with a majority of the other most populous cities.

I never thought I'd see the day that Jersey City would beat us at something

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darksideofthesun1 t1_ixceg2q wrote

Such a weird comment. Jersey City is a great place.

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SoulfulYam t1_ixco5s0 wrote

I love taking shots at New Jersey, but JC and Hoboken are honestly pretty cool places.

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