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  1. Re:He confirms: T-Mobile was lying. Q: How much? by DrunkenTerror · · Score: 2 · on Ten Lies T-Mobile Told Me About My Data Plan

    > In our area, T-Mobile lies about its coverage.

    Then consider contributing some real end-user coverage mapping to the Sensorly project.

  2. Partner up by Erect+Horsecock · · Score: 2 · on Mozilla Is Mapping Cell Towers and WiFi Access Points

    http://sensorly.com/

    Has already done much of what this project is wanting to accomplish

  3. Coverage map for many carriers by Bill+Dimm · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: Best Cell Phone Carrier In the US?

    Sensorly.com provides coverage maps from user-generated data. I don't know how good the quality of the data is, but it allows you to compare many different carriers and avoids relying on the carriers themselves.

  4. How about good 2G/3G coverage in the UK now? by hankwang · · Score: 1 · on Mobile Operator Grabs 4G Lead In UK — But Will Anything Work On It?
    I'm on holiday in the UK (Scotland, that is) and I have been rather unimpressed by the cell phone coverage here. Since I'm roaming, I can see the coverage for various providers (Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, Orange). From within buses and trains on the countryside, most of the time there is zero coverage for any provider. In villages and small towns, Vodafone/O2/Orange have 2G coverage (at crawling 1 kbyte/s-or-less speeds), but only if you are outdoors in the right street; indoors and just around the corner, the signal may drop to zero bars. T-mobile has 3G, but even in fewer places than the other ones (I suppose 3G has inherently a smaller range from the tower). And I won't talk about using a cell phone while walking on a trail in the mountains/hills/shore... Even while walking around in the center of Edinburgh, I regularly get zero bars.

    The good thing about it is that in the trains, buses, and restaurants, the other people are not bothering me with their phone conversations. :-)

    There's a website that collects coverage data through an Android app and publishes them online: Sensorly, which confirms that it's mostly 2G in Scotland. Regarding spatial coverage, it suffers a bit from undersampling, though.

    Note: my experience is from an HTC Desire S phone in a silicone rubber casing; I noticed in the past that the silicon reduces the GPS sensitivity, but I never noticed a difference for 2G/3G signals.

  5. Sensorly by karit · · Score: 2 · on BBC Crowdsources 3G Coverage Map

    Umm Sensorly already does this http://sensorly.com/ and is for whole world

  6. Re:MyTrueCoverage/Root Mobile by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Testing and Mapping a Cellular Data Network?

    Consider using Sensorly at http://www.sensorly.com/ if you have an Android phone. I've tried both and it's better : data is visible on the map within the hour, maps are available from the mobile app itself (not just on a website), maps show an aggregate of everyone's data (not just your own).
    Besides, they have data in the whole US (not just 16 cities) and 8 other countries for lots and lots of carriers whether CDMA, GSM or WiFi

  7. Sensorly on Android by mykro76 · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Testing and Mapping a Cellular Data Network?

    http://www.sensorly.com/ Run it on your phone manually (or have it triggered intermittently). The 3G, EDGE and wifi coverage that your phone detects is uploaded to the central server and within a minute your phone receive the updated maps. You can only contribute to the maps for your phone's carrier, but you can view the maps for all carriers.