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Verizon's new 5G coverage maps show just how sparse the network is
Verizon has continually touted its rollout of 5G as it reaches more cities with the latest cellular technology, but new coverage maps confirm what consumers have experienced: Verizon's 5G network is only sparsely deployed even in major cities.
You can check out Verizon's new coverage maps that show 5G mobile deployment in 18 cities on the Verizon website, and we'll show you some highlights in this article. In many of the maps, you'll see one or two densely populated areas covered by 5G, with just small pockets of 5G scattered throughout the surrounding streets. You'll also see a lot of areas where there is 5G on each street but not between each street, suggesting that Verizon 5G doesn't penetrate indoors.
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The carriers' objections came in response to the FCC seeking comment on a plan to improve the nation's inadequate broadband maps. Besides submitting more accurate coverage maps, the FCC plan would require carriers to do a statistically significant amount of drive testing.
"In order to help verify the accuracy of mobile providers' submitted coverage maps, we propose that carriers submit evidence of network performance based on a sample of on-the-ground tests that is statistically appropriate for the area tested," the FCC proposal issued in July 2020 said.
This could prevent repeats of cases in which carriers exaggerated their coverage in FCC filings, which can result in government broadband funding not going to the areas where it is needed most. Small carriers that compete against the big three in rural areas previously had to conduct drive tests at their own expense in order to prove that the large carriers didn't serve the areas they claimed to serve.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai did not punish Verizon, T-Mobile, and US Cellular after finding that the carriers exaggerated their 4G coverage in official filings. But Pai is moving ahead with plans to require more accurate maps as mandated by Congress.
Previously:
(2019-12-05) FCC Says Wireless Carriers Lie about Coverage 40% of the Time
(2019-11-23) Verizon's New 5G Coverage Maps Show Just How Sparse the Network Is
(2019-02-17) "These Maps are Bogus": U.S. Lawmakers Tear Into Telecom Execs Over Spotty Rural Coverage
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @09:03PM (2 children)
duh...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @09:13PM (1 child)
That's dirty!
Naughty boy!
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @10:44PM
Suck a nigger cock, buttercup.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @09:37PM (2 children)
I'm going 10G.
Engineering reports? Take it down to my toilet, I will wipe my ass with it.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @09:53PM
"64G should be enough for anybody" -Bill Gates
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Saturday November 23 2019, @09:57PM
https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-have-achieved-wireless-speeds-of-1-tb-per-second [sciencealert.com]
https://www.techradar.com/news/get-ready-for-6g-mobile-networks-1tbps-speeds-microsecond-latency-and-ai-optimisation [techradar.com]
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @09:54PM (4 children)
Verizon is claiming that there's 5G less than 100m from my home.
I'd love to go up to the corner and see for myself just how full of shit they are.
But I don't need to do that to know that Verizon are a bunch of lying scumbags.
NY Telephone/NYNEX/Bell Atlantic/Verizon have been that since *before* the 1984 consent decree [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday November 23 2019, @11:57PM (3 children)
If you find any antennae, do your neighborhood a favor and wrap them in tin foil.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 24 2019, @01:41AM (2 children)
Can't stop the signal..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 24 2019, @02:53AM (1 child)
Faraday says you're wrong.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday November 24 2019, @09:26AM
Unfortunately at millimeter-wave frequencies, developing useful faraday-cages with short lead-times and low cost becomes very problematic. Aluminum foil, however, is cheap and with at least 3dB (from the perspective of 5G, easily as much as 100% reflection) of reflectivity.
Furthermore, wrapping foil around infrastructure besides being done quickly easily and cheaply, is a lot less likely to get you fucked in the ass should you get caught. Wrapping foil around a radome won't get you any jail time as opposed to serious eco-terrorist types whose M.O. is burning everything down to the fucking ground.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @10:18PM (1 child)
Nobody needs 4G.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday November 24 2019, @02:02PM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Sunday November 24 2019, @04:38PM (1 child)
The viewpoint of this is that we should be begging for it, like how dare they not give us our 5g? We need these incompetent oligarchs beaming crap into our houses asap! We must have the right to have our subscription prices raised!
The reverse psychology here is getting pretty transparent, and from ars. How far the mighty have fallen.
Ill just leave this here, it might help you determine who to and who not to trust, enjoy.
https://archive.is/rvZTo [archive.is]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 24 2019, @05:39PM
nice infographic. thanks