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On top of this, there are markets that are not well covered due to local politics. I can go just a few blocks away into a neighborhood that has plenty of densit
by amluto 2y ago
On top of this, there are markets that are not well covered due to local politics. I can go just a few blocks away into a neighborhood that has plenty of density to be interesting to the major carriers but has basically no usable cellular data. A couple years ago, there was a big fight between Crown Castle (big cellular network contractor) and the local government. Crown Castle wanted to build cell towers. The residents wanted service but didn’t want cell towers in their back yard. The government tried, and failed, to avoid issuing permits, because federal law sensibly prevents local government from effectively prohibiting the construction of cell towers.
Win? No! The local government is very proud of itself for having pulled a rabbit out of its hat. It turns out that a cell tower is useless without backhaul, and the government rolled out so much red tape that Crown Castle determined that they would never recover the costs of installing the backhaul and abandoned the entire project. The local government somehow considers this to be a victory.
- PaulHoule 2y agoWhat I remember in the 3G era was that my MVNO phone [1] worked great in medium sized cites like Rochester, NY but poorly in places with lower density and even worse in the highest density places like NYC and Hollywood. 4G had the capacity to serve super density urban areas really well. [1] I've got a suspicion that Tracfones ride the back of the bus and get worse service than you'd get with a premium-priced plan.
- lotsofpulp 2y agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/NoContract/comments/1cyfjpp/data_prioritization_policies_of_the_carriers_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NoContract/comments/1cyfjpp/data_pr... > Other TracFone brands are up in the air. I have gotten reports of priority data (and seen it myself on SafeLink, a TracFone brand) but I’ve also gotten reports of deprioritized data, complete with screenshots. It seems to be random what people get so if you absolutely require priority data, it might be best to look outside of the TracFone brands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QoS_Class_Identifier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QoS_Class_Identifier