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Verizon's billing practices aside, I'm surprised they're not using FirstNet (firstnet.gov / firstnet.com), since I thought the whole point of that project is to
by tjohns 8y ago
Verizon's billing practices aside, I'm surprised they're not using FirstNet (firstnet.gov / firstnet.com), since I thought the whole point of that project is to create a cellular network specifically for emergency services.
It also looks like FirstNet has a slightly more generous data overage policy for their "unlimited" plan:
> "Unlimited Plan may not exceed 22GB a month for three consecutive months; AT&T reserves
the right to require Customer to move to a FirstNet Mobile—Pooled Plan if usage exceeds this limitation."
Does anybody know how widely FirstNet has actually been adopted?
- StudentStuff 8y agoFirstNet's spectrum has yet to be deployed significantly, and in that part of California AT&T lags for coverage. Band 14 (the spectrum FirstNet uses) devices are few and far between, let alone a cellular data gateway that supports that band. It took years for band 12 to be available on cellular data gateways, I think band 71 will likely make an appearance before band 14 gets hardware support.