Cell phone reception data issues

Care to show some proven statistics or just sharing your opinion?

Hurst

 

no way to do that until the 4G/LTE amps come out. I have mine on pre-order, just waiting for them to ship. But I dont have the time or money to invest in comparing each model.

I had their 3G amp when it came out and it worked in places other amps wouldn't. Quality is second to none and I say that from personal experience.

this comes straight from the owner of Maximum Signal

go read the specs on the WeBoost/Wilson amps.

 

I personally havent had a need for such a device. Verizon has worked well for me in some of the most rural places.

When I was with Nextel and Sprint,.. especially Nextel,.. I would have loved to have something like that. Personally,.. if you have the need to pay for something that costs that much,.. would it not be better to just switch to a better carrier?

Hurst

 

not taking cheap stabs. you have the note 4. which is much newer then my note 2. it don't work in the areas i stated. buy a used not 2 and see if you have better luck.

as for sprint. i was told one needs a newer phone. as sprint is installing SPARK antannaes in the rural areas they din't have service before. my sprint note 2 has service. but it's roaming, i think. i can surf the internet on the phone but most times can't use the mobile hotspot. unless it's sprint's 3g or 4g signal.

i have better service with my sprint on the 15 corridor from idaho to las angeles. then i do with verizon.
on the 80 corridor to sacramento. it's about even between the 2 phones.

technology changes. sprint is adding their 4g called spark. verizon has some new 4g service that i can't remember the name on the billboards. i'm sure i need newer phones.

right now. i'm sitting at the petro in ontario california. using my sprint phone. cuz my verizon phone has no service.

as for long in the tooth. my experience with verizon hasn't been pleasant. of course i'll tout sprint. 15 years and been happy with them every year. can't say that with verizon.

BTW. when sprint got new ownership and ceo. it was announced to have a bigger footprint then verizon in 2 years. guess we'll see what happens in the next 12 months. with a new phone that can handle SPARK.

if i were a trucker, though, who stayed strictly east coast. i'd defenitly stick with sprint. i see no reason to use verizon on that side of the country. i had coverage EVERYWHERE 15 years ago. that hasn't changed today.

it's all in the technology and the phones. 2 guys with verizon. one has service. the other might not with a different model. course, if the spot is flat dead.

 

it's too bad that mci worldcom went dead. that would have been the best service for us traveling people.

satellite phones was their service.

don't know what happened to them. they were pretty big back in the day, too.

 

Maybe so, your opinion is noted.

 

This thread is old I realize but will chime in anyway. If we're talking about DATA, this issue may not be a cell area issue as much as a device issue. During southern storm chase season I can attest to the fact 2 Verizon devices will not perform the same, side by side, depending on area.

My iPhone will provide minimal data in remote 3g areas, while the Samsung tablet will refuse to operate. I'm convinced some Samsung devices will not fall back to 3g if that's all that is available, (no matter what mode you have it running in). And this performance is using a Wilson 3G amp (in 3g only areas)

I said that to say this, if your device is connect (data) only on 4G, you're going to have issues in remote areas, an amplifier may help, but if you're close enough for an amp to hear a 4g signal, you probably don't need the amp to push your 4g signal out. Just my opinion based on my cellular data experiences

 

I have Spring and travel those same areas. Just simply moving to another truck stop or rest area on top of a hill will give you a lot better signal.

 

Verizon is the best bar none for LTE data & talk.

Have been ALL over 48 states MANY times with 2 different Verizon phones. (Samsung Note 2 & currently HTC One M7)

The quality, power, & effectiveness of the phone's hardware radio & antennae come into play as well as the actual service.

I notice my HTC does not pick up signals as strongly as my Note 2 did & drops 4G more often as well in same areas with no booster.

IMO, Samsung & Motorola have the best antenne in their phones & software specifying the switch points from 1x - 2g - 3g - 4g LTE, the HTC is way behind in this regard.

That said, I72 from around 20miles west of Springfield IL to Hannibal, MO is a complete dead zone.

US287 from I70 in CO all the way to near Amarillo,TX is a dead zone with spots of 4g that go as quickly as they came.

Mountain areas cause loss of signal even in well coveraged areas, was just on CA166 coming out of Santa Maria,CA & lost all signal barely after getting into the mountains.

Most irritatingly, when in Spencer, TN area just off TN111 even though there is 4g in Spencer, I cannot even get 1x just off the highway; nor can I get any good signal heading south until 2/3 of the way to Chattanooga! Though from Spencer up through Sparta, Cookville, & Livingston everything is a ok.

Nothing is perfect, but Verizon is as close as possible to it.

My GF iPhone 6 on Sprint is constantly tethered to my phone for data.

T-Mobile is a joke outside metro.