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The back-and-forth over which carrier has the best network continues, with Verizon Wireless taking the latest win.
The nation's largest carrier also proved to be the best, according to the results taken from the first half of the year from testing firm RootMetrics. Along with the best overall performance, Verizon took the top spot in reliability, speed, data, calling and text message. AT&T finished second in every category except for calls, where Sprint edged out its rival.
The results, which didn't differ much from RootMetrics' second-half 2015 test, give Verizon further ammunition as it touts the superiority of its network. These tests are critical to carriers as they sell you on the strength of their service. That's particularly the case for Verizon, which needs to justify the premium it charges its customers.
But RootMetrics isn't the only game in town, and the results differ radically. Rival testing firm OpenSignal has declared T-Mobile the best overall network, and Speedtest.net regularly crowns T-Mobile the fastest network to boot.
The high score among wireless carriers goes to Verizon.
The differing results come down to how each firm conducts its test. OpenSignal and Speedtest relies on tests run by regular people, which they argue offer vastly more results in real-world situations. RootMetrics uses a fleet of test vans and professional testers with a consistent set of phones.
RootMetrics said it conducted 3.7 million tests, drove 265,386 miles and tested 4,249 indoor locations to get its results.
(Score: 1) by ShadowSystems on Sunday August 28 2016, @10:32AM
I began my Verizon nightmare in Sacramento California. While I could get a full five bars (signal strength) inside the store, I could *never* get it anywhere else. When I got the phone home & looked at the screen, the best I could get was under two bars. I asked Verizon about this & they FINALLY told me ~6 months later that I lived in a "Known Trouble Spot" (KTS): in the Venn Diagram of the three towers nearest me, I evidently lived in the *precise* spot where all three towers couldn't reach me. I could step outside, travel less than a mile to stand beside the freeway, & get ~4 bars, but never more than 2 at home.
I moved from Sacramento to Modesto. Guess what? Evidently I've managed to find ANOTHER KTS in this town. Verizon's answer to this was a flippant "Tough shit. Go away."-style reply.
We had replaced the phone multiple times, updated the roaming capability umpteen zillion times, all to no avail.
Without moving again I then switched to T-Mobil. I get a 4 or 5 bar signal no matter where I might be, the call quality rivals the land line house phone, & I've yet to have any issues with them.
So for Verizon to claim it has the best coverage? I call *Bullshit* on their claims & offer up the five+ years of CRAP service from them as refutement.
Even as much as I hate AT&T for past transgressions, I would rather go back to them than EVER darken Verizon's doors. Verizon can kiss my ass.
YMMV as always, but my mileage has been nothing but a highway to hell. Fuck Verizon.