I've always felt that cell carriers want to hide this information from you. Note you can type in an address and get all the carriers coverage.
toomuchtodo · 2d ago
Where are you sourcing coverage information from?
rmason · 1d ago
As far as I know this is from a woman who runs a software firm for the industry. It is a free app to promote her company and build awareness. I have sent the link to a buddy in the industry for his comment. If I hear back from him where she might have obtained the data I will come back here and comment.
rmason · 1d ago
Learned a whole lot from my friend. The cell carriers never wanted this information public. But the Biden FCC released the information publicly based on actual signal measurements by an independent party. However once Trump's people took over the FCC it was pulled down and a map was produced based on carrier reported data that is highly inaccurate.
He told me that the map I found is 'optimistic' and based on proposed license data. He did say it was pretty close at the zip code level but he wouldn't trust it anywhere else. Hope that helps.
toomuchtodo · 1d ago
Thank you!
WarOnPrivacy · 1d ago
First time I've bookmarked a HN submission. Nice find.
He told me that the map I found is 'optimistic' and based on proposed license data. He did say it was pretty close at the zip code level but he wouldn't trust it anywhere else. Hope that helps.