Apple pushes FCC to keep 'super-high' spectrum free for 5G & other future tech

I had really crappy service at my home using AT&T, 1-2 bars max, couldn't even talk while inside my house, had to go outside. I decided to switch to Verizon since they assured me that their network coverage was vastly superior. Turns out it is the same crappy connection. Mind you I'm in the center of LA county, one of the largest cities in the world. I wish these providers would invest more on putting up towers. 5G will mean nothing to me if I can't get a signal.

10 years from now the cell networks will be talking about frequent automatic switching between cell-sites which will include low earth orbiting satellites.   bandwidth usage is going to be very big.  That or we'll all be baked by microwave energy.  

volcan said:

I had really crappy service at my home using AT&T, 1-2 bars max, couldn't even talk while inside my house, had to go outside. I decided to switch to Verizon since they assured me that their network coverage was vastly superior. Turns out it is the same crappy connection. Mind you I'm in the center of LA county, one of the largest cities in the world. I wish these providers would invest more on putting up towers. 5G will mean nothing to me if I can't get a signal.

I totally agree with what you’ve said volcan. Here’s a good one for you... 4 blocks from Apples infinite loop buildings AT&T gives you 1 bar outside and no bars inside. The “heart” of the Silicon Valley and no signal. Between the phone companies lack of towers and the cities not wanting to add towers and the nimby’s “we don’t want them here”, I’m not sure that there will ever be a time when we all get good coverage. 

fh-ace said:
Between the phone companies lack of towers and the cities not wanting to add towers and the nimby’s “we don’t want them here”, I’m not sure that there will ever be a time when we all get good coverage. 

I don't know why the cities don't want the towers. They could make a lot of money putting them on city owned property. A friend of mine who owns some land near the I-15 in San Diego county earns around $20K a month for letting Verizon put a tower on is property. The tower is disguised as a tree so you don't even see it.

volcan said:

I had really crappy service at my home using AT&T, 1-2 bars max, couldn't even talk while inside my house, had to go outside. I decided to switch to Verizon since they assured me that their network coverage was vastly superior. Turns out it is the same crappy connection. Mind you I'm in the center of LA county, one of the largest cities in the world. I wish these providers would invest more on putting up towers. 5G will mean nothing to me if I can't get a signal.

It's so bizarre having those issues in large cities. There are times when I'm on the 210 or 5 and have like 1-2 bars. It's pretty ridiculous. I'll even lose my LTE connection and it goes to 2G. That shouldn't happen in a large city.