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3G coverage can be this spotty?
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Posted by: UnR1

Seems like there are spots of non-3G coverage (a couple blocks) that are surrounded by 3G coverage?
I don't have AT&T to test this myself but how accurate are these maps?

Thanks in advance for your input

Posted by: N.Y. Johnny

Now I can't speak for that map, but I can tell you the one in Austin Texas is not accurate at all. There are spots there that are covered on the map on the site but down here it goes to EDGE only, there isnt no 3G there, its wishfull thinking on AT&Ts part.

I've checked it with different phones so its not that, and usually the closer to downtown Austin and on I-35 and eastwards its there. I guess AT&T thinks there's Indians and outposts on the plains west of I-35 so they've ignored that area for now.

Posted by: UnR1

I see. Well I guess I'll have to find out directly through a 3G capable phone.

Posted by: danny.boi

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Originally Posted by UnR1

Seems like there are spots of non-3G coverage (a couple blocks) that are surrounded by 3G coverage?
I don't have AT&T to test this myself but how accurate are these maps?

Thanks in advance for your input

Yes it's like that in SoCal. It used to be much worse, but there are still gaps within cities that are surrounded by 3G otherwise. I'm not sure why?

Posted by: enigma99a

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Originally Posted by N.Y. Johnny

Now I can't speak for that map, but I can tell you the one in Austin Texas is not accurate at all. There are spots there that are covered on the map on the site but down here it goes to EDGE only, there isnt no 3G there, its wishfull thinking on AT&Ts part.

I've checked it with different phones so its not that, and usually the closer to downtown Austin and on I-35 and eastwards its there. I guess AT&T thinks there's Indians and outposts on the plains west of I-35 so they've ignored that area for now.

I bet it's not that there is no 3G, but that the defined threshold simply is causing you to IRAT down to EDGE

Posted by: George Knighton

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Originally Posted by UnR1

I see. Well I guess I'll have to find out directly through a 3G capable phone.

There is definitely no substitute for availing yourself of a trial period, or the personal experience of people who live, work and travel the same way that you do.

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Originally Posted by enigma99a

I bet it's not that there is no 3G, but that the defined threshold simply is causing you to IRAT down to EDGE

Happens all the time.

Posted by: formercanuck

The 3g / non-3g areas are more of an approximation.
I typically get 3g where these non 3G holes are showing.
The reason for it showing this was is because they have 3g on 1900MHZ while GSM is on 850/1900, and the signal is a bit 'weaker' for lack of a better term.

Posted by: RogerPodacter

that map of socal is showing the same thing in my area, yet i get 3G fully. i wouldnt trust that map at all. testing it out is really the best way. but no worries.

Posted by: geoshale

How interesting that I now find myself living in a 3g area. Sadly, it isn't reflected looking at my phone at this moment. When I switched over to AT&T back in Dec/Jan I lived in a non-3g area. And I haven't seen any change to my signal driving around and still run into non-3g areas that the map now shows at 3g. Maybe that's how AT&T plans to "increase" 3g coverage before the year is out. Just by changing the maps!

If the map sez you got 3g it must be true... Not.

Bill in San Gabriel
(hoping the AT&T's coverage/quality will match Verizon in LA before my 2 years are up. At this point I give them a "C-")

Posted by: formercanuck

Nobody says their coverage, or maps are perfect.
I've also noticed in the San Fernando Valley that my phone will go in and out of 3g A LOT, even when idle.

Posted by: geoshale

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Originally Posted by formercanuck

Nobody says their coverage, or maps are perfect.
I've also noticed in the San Fernando Valley that my phone will go in and out of 3g A LOT, even when idle.

But when they change their map to reflect a change in 3g cov that hasn't occurred. That's wrong.

I have friends who live to the west of me that barely has edge coverage, yet the map now shows 3g.

Posted by: formercanuck

True - I haven't seen it happen here in Santa Clarita (there's only about 20 sites total), so as each one is added, a new 'blue' spot ends up on the map.
In they valley, its difficult to tell, as many areas have been 'up and down' a lot. I suspect that in your case, it was possible that the site was to go live, but didn't.

Posted by: ilvla2

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Originally Posted by formercanuck

True - I haven't seen it happen here in Santa Clarita (there's only about 20 sites total), so as each one is added, a new 'blue' spot ends up on the map.
In they valley, its difficult to tell, as many areas have been 'up and down' a lot. I suspect that in your case, it was possible that the site was to go live, but didn't.

He is in "The Valley", the San Gabriel Valley

Posted by: formercanuck

Do a Google search of 'The Valley'
2nd item is a reference to Wiki San Fernando Valley.
I'm technically an outsider here, and consider it 'the valley', even though I'm in the Santa Clarita valley, and often pass through Simi Valley and San Fernando Valley as well as countless other valleys and canyons.

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The San Fernando Valley or The Valley is an urbanized valley located in the north-western section of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States.

Posted by: ilvla2

I know, I'm just givin' ya a hard time

Posted by: ilvla2

Speaking of the San Gabriel Valley, the patch I wore on my Boy Scout Uniform-

Okay, so it's kinda off-topic, but it got me to thinking about growing up in West Covina