Att wireless vs Verizon wireless

[Red Mosquito]

they do it at a macro level - more theoretical. They have the info - because the phones report where they are and the power level
they are receiving. Some phones also do better than others.

everyone should have wifi calling turned on at this point.

Your cable co probably has mobile wifi, so make sure you have the latest certificates loaded - it will connect automatically.

Precisely. Or should I say, imprecisely. They make the map based on best-case signal coverage from each tower, that's how they have no holes. I'm just living on the edge, and not in a fun way. I guess my comment about the map was a bit naive, thinking that a marketing tool would be telling the whole story.

I do have wifi calling on, but that doesn't help when I walk away from the house. And for some reason it doesn't always work.

 

[Patrick]

I don’t. Should I?

A coworker does, and if I send him a text tomorrow morning, he’ll get it when he leaves for lunch (or home)!

there may be another setting about cellular data over wifi.

everything I do with Xfinity (my home) and Spectrum (vacation home) over wifi works flawlessly.
I have an iPhone. I can txt and send pics to android phones.

 

[ekuhn]

I've been a Verizon customer since 99 when it was Bell Atlantic. Technology is supposedly getting better, but I'm also in a quasi dead spot, have WIFI calling on, and I still get calls dropped. The newest thing for the last 6-8 months is going into SOS mode.

My work phone is also Verizon and when one or the other is in SOS, the other could have 3 bars.

Not sure what is better, but my neighbor with AT&T has the same issues I do with dropped calls. So I have no incentive to switch.

 

[Red Mosquito]

I have a Pixel and one common complaint is the modem. I don't disagree, it seems to have a hard time switching between 5g and 4g when the 5g signal is weak. I think this may be a decent part of my problem.

 

[shrpshtr325]

I have a Pixel and one common complaint is the modem. I don't disagree, it seems to have a hard time switching between 5g and 4g when the 5g signal is weak. I think this may be a decent part of my problem.

can you turn off the 5g option? would be an easy way to test this theory. (im still rocking a 4g only s10 so wtf do i know?)

 

[2Julianas]

The newest thing for the last 6-8 months is going into SOS mode.
My work phone is also Verizon and when one or the other is in SOS, the other could have 3 bars.

Same issue here - but usually it is that my work phone has signal while my personal one is in SOS (or that weird airplane looking thing). Granted work is a 15 and personal is a 12 but I also think my personal plan is cheaper and they restrict bandwidth out of spite for lower cost plans. That's my tinfoil hat and I am sticking to it.

 

[rjr44]

I have a Pixel and one common complaint is the modem. I don't disagree, it seems to have a hard time switching between 5g and 4g when the 5g signal is weak. I think this may be a decent part of my problem.

So I'm a pixel guy as well, primarily cuz I use Google Fi cell service, and the pixels for Fi don't have any bloatware and what not, they are pure (most cell carriers ruin good phones by dumping unnecessary shite on them, including controls that make the user experience worse).

Google Fi uses a combo of T-Mobile/Sprint/US Cellular/WiFi and switches pretty seamlessly to the strongest option in close to real-time. It's flat fee pricing for full feature set and unlimited data (they have lower-cost plans too). Full feature set meaning everything the phone can do, it does, you don't pay extra to unlock a feature the phone does natively that the carrier then locks to charge you money for to unlock (not sure if carriers still do a lot of this, but that was one of the main reasons I left Verizon many many years ago).

Going international? Do nothing, it'll just work. I've been to South America, Europe, Northern Africa, and it's never NOT worked. I didn't have to call anyone to turn on international, there were no surprise charges, the phone and service just effing work.

 

[Bike N Gear]

Need a new phone. Is it worth switching from AT&T to Verizon for a basically free iPhone 15pro? Seems like my unlimited plan will remain about the same amount.

 

[Red Mosquito]

New iPhones will be announced tomorrow, so I'm guessing the deal landscape may change a bit. I've been holding out on my switch for this reason. Who knows, maybe it won't change a thing?