AT&T in San Francisco

**GSMinCT** · 06-15-2012, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by wesmaniam

I live and work in SF and the coverage is pretty good these days. You wont find man locals including indoors that you can't get a fauxG signal. That said the data speeds are really bad. There is lots of latency and slow speeds. On sunny days you can't even use the data at all in places like Delores Park. You can't make calls either. I am used to the speeds at this point but I am always amazed at how fast the network is whenever I leave the city. In sacramento it is like I have a different phone.

Here is a speed test I just ran in potrero hill near 17th and rhode island.

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Why don't you get a carrier that actually works? Heck, in that case you might be better off with T-Mo. Either that or an LTE phone?

**silentjudge** · 06-15-2012, 07:35 PM

Here's my tests today, all with full bars. Taken while walking down Townsend to Caltrain. (Some taken while stationary)

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**Kies** · 06-15-2012, 08:21 PM

Anything under 400K is bad for HSPA. Sucks but what are your other options?

From my T-Mobile Galaxy S II

**Wireless Junkie** · 06-15-2012, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by Kies

Anything under 400K is bad for HSPA. Sucks but what are your other options?

From my T-Mobile Galaxy S II

Yea but you find that a lot on AT&T in the city unfortunately..

**johnhere** · 06-15-2012, 08:31 PM

That's horrible. I thought att was better than that by now in the area.

**ilvla2** · 06-15-2012, 08:43 PM

One more reason why rural is sometimes better when it comes to wireless.

The big city may get the goodies first, but they also get clogged up pretty quickly, those darn tubes

**silentjudge** · 06-15-2012, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by Kies

Anything under 400K is bad for HSPA. Sucks but what are your other options?

From my T-Mobile Galaxy S II

Oh I don't live in the city. I live in the suburbs hence I take Caltrain. So I'll bear with it.

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**formercanuck** · 06-15-2012, 09:37 PM

I'll be up there to try it out on my Samsung Galaxy SII in a couple of days.

**silentjudge** · 06-15-2012, 10:12 PM

I'm out in San Jose and no problems with data

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**ilvla2** · 06-15-2012, 10:21 PM

You'll get better HSPA+ w/EB speeds up here in Mendocino County Canuck

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From a test in Ukiah.

Edit-You'll lose AT&T's LTE on the Marin County side of the Golden Gate, and Verizon's LTE just north of San Rafael.

**Trocks797** · 06-15-2012, 10:22 PM

Yea, AT&T's data was dead in and around the airport when I was there earlier this year. It's funny- AT&T swears its better!

**drummer07** · 06-15-2012, 11:01 PM

I was at concert a couple weeks ago, and AT&T was completely useless. Started with 5 bars of HSPA+, then data crashed. No texts or phone calls would work. It then went from no service to G. About ~15000 people were there. What I don't understand is why at&t would not put LTE on that tower knowing that massive crowds would be there. It is in an LTE area, just not quite. Verizon LTE seemed to be the only service working.

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**Mr.Cell** · 06-15-2012, 11:41 PM

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**formercanuck** · 06-16-2012, 01:04 AM

Originally Posted by ilvla2

You'll get better HSPA+ w/EB speeds up here in Mendocino County Canuck

From a test in Ukiah.

Edit-You'll lose AT&T's LTE on the Marin County side of the Golden Gate, and Verizon's LTE just north of San Rafael.

I still have good service in Santa Clarita. Attachment 82257

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**ilvla2** · 06-16-2012, 01:31 AM

Nice! The best I've been able to hit up here in the Ukiah area on the download is just over 10 Mbps, uploads max out at 1 Mbps.

Edit-I meant you'll do better on AT&T's Faux G network up here than in the Bay Area though.