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Coverage - what is the plan for my area?
I've been suffering with very poor T-Mobile/Sprint coverage for years in Byron, MN. The cellspot T-Mobile sent me helps me make calls, get data and send text - using my wifi router to provide the co...
Sadly, the former maps which showed ‘Excellent / Good / Fair / No Service’ has been primarily converted to ‘5G UC / 5G / 4G LTE / No Service’
With the former maps, much of what was listed as 'Fair' typically really meant "You_might_ get service outdoors" if all conditions are ideal (no clouds, trees with leaves, you're facing the correct direction 'and' all the planets are in alignment). Good typically meant you have service indicator, can make calls/text, and "might" have data service that is usable.
Since there’s no differentiation between what as ‘fair’ (service if you’re lucky) and excellent (standing within ~1000’ of the tower), the maps become much less useful for consumers, but much more important for …. sales.
The ‘actual’ tower is east of Byron, MN The one that shows in ‘red’ is a ghost (i.e. bad geo-tag or not properly triangulated).
Verizon appears to be the only carrier with a site the Byron
