Tech Tips for Non-Tech People!
Original Air Date: Jan 24, 2020
Wireless Carrier Coverage Data
The Big 4 in the cell phone wars are in a never-ending marketing war to convince you to sign up with them for your wireless plan.
While the offers can sound amazing, they don’t amount to much if the signal available from their network isn’t very good where you live and work.
Using data to make your decision can save you from the surprises that so many experience when they switch carriers.
If you live anywhere near a metropolitan area, there’s a website that makes it easy to see what others have reported about each of the major networks.
A general analysis of your metro area gives you lots of great ratings on things like speed and reliability, but the real value is when you drill down to the areas that you most often spend time.
The coverage map will allow you to dissect the various performance ratings for each of the carriers, including 5G reports from other users.
This being a crowd-sourcing platform, downloading their app to provide data to the rest of the community is a great way to contribute.
City reports: https://www.rootmetrics.com/en-US/rootscore/map
Coverage Maps: https://webcoveragemap.rootmetrics.com/en-US
iPhone app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cell-phone-coverage-map/id399701910
Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootmetrics
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