[1st-mile-nm] Waiting for 4G

[Richard Lowenberg]

Another in the excellent, nearly daily POTS and PANS postings from CCG.
RL

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FCC Reports on Poor Rural 4G Coverage

February 25, 2020
https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2020/02/25/fcc-reports-on-poor-rural-4g-coverage/

The FCC released a report in January that shows that the cellular 
networks of the major carriers underperform in rural America. This is no 
news to anybody who lives and works in a rural county. The tests allowed 
the FCC to conclude that the national coverage maps for 4G LTE are 
largely fiction in rural America.

The FCC conducted 25,000 tests in twelve states to verify the coverage 
maps of Verizon, T-Mobile, and US Cellular. The majority of tests were 
done in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Vermont, Alabama and Montana. 
Speeds were tested from both stationary locations and in a moving 
vehicle. AT&T and Sprint weren’t tested because the maps they provided 
to the FCC showed only the combined upload and download speeds – 
something that is meaningless to test. The other three carriers reported 
what they claimed were actual upload and download speeds, shown 
separately.

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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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