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Cell Service At US Airports Varies From 1st Class To Middle-seat Coach
alphadogg writes with this NetworkWorld story about the wide disparity in wireless coverage available at airports across the U.S.. Atlanta scores very high while Los Angeles International is less than mediocre. According to the story: You can download an episode of your favorite show in less than a minute and a half on Verizon Wireless at Atlanta's airport—or spend 13 hours doing the same over T-Mobile USA at Los Angeles International. The comparison of 45-minute HD video downloads illustrates the wide variation in cellular service at U.S. airports, which RootMetrics laid out in a report for the first half of 2015 that's being issued Thursday. Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson is the best place to go mobile and Verizon covers airports best overall, but just like security lines and de-icing delays, it all depends.
Can we get some ACTUAL numbers instead of just some bullshit article describing some vague numbers? As T-Mobile has already pointed out, according to Ookla (ya'know, speedtest.net and a few other services that provide data to the Ookla database), they come out on top on average in the nation. Granted average doesn't mean they're the best at every given location, but being a frequent traveler, I can easily attest that, no, T-Mobile's network isnt anywhere NEAR that slow at LAX. Also, what handsets were they using and in which modes? While other networks offer LTE server, T-Mobile has both LTE and HSDPA+ if the handset supports it. So which of these two networks were they testing?
In Soviet Russia cell coverage same in all location .. .. No coverage