Comments on: Which carrier is best with iPhone 4S in your state?

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:18:17 +0000

This map is so misleading. I’ll take Verizon’s 3G coverage and fewer drop calls over AT&T’s 3G mostly edge network coverage outside of the metro areas at least in most state I’ve been in.

By: Glenn Gore

Glenn Gore — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:30:38 +0000

This is all well and good, but here in Oklahoma, despite their recommendation of AT&T as the best provider, the fact is that Sprint has FAR more AREAL coverage, and 100% of that is 3G, whereas AT&T covers only 40% of the state and only 30% of that is 3G. I have pre-ordered a Sprint iPhone 4Gs, and although Sprint’s download speeds will not be as high as AT&T’s, at least I will be able to use my new iPhone at home, which is something I have never been able to do with AT&T.

By: OpenSignalMaps

OpenSignalMaps — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:24:31 +0000

@Scuba Steve We are collecting the data on a very granular level, but that obviously requires a greater density of data to be accurate. You can view more granular data on the OpenSignalMaps website.

@Sol Republic – We haven’t included reliabilityin this study and we agree its important. There’s many other metric we could include as well but we’ve focused on speed for this study.

@Sandieu – If you click through to our website you can see we do have data for both Hawaii & Alaska, albeit slightly less than more populated states.

Thanks for all the comments!

By: Sandieu

Sandieu — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:45 +0000

Last I checked, Alaska and Hawaii are states as well…

By: SOL REPUBLIC

SOL REPUBLIC — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:58:25 +0000

Scuba Steve, I agree. Here’s a study comparing all 3 carriers in 13 major cities. It shows that AT&T’s San Francisco service is a full 26% less reliable than Sprint and a full 30% less reliable than Verizon (for the same area). http://www.pcworld.com/article/167391/a_day_in_the_life_of_3g.html

By: Scuba Steve

Scuba Steve — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:10:18 +0000

This comparison would be better at a more granular level (counties, state regions, etc.). I’m sure people in places like West Texas or Western North Carolina would beg to differ about AT&T being better than Verizon.