AT&T network so bad it lies about entire cities!!

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Okay, I'm a phone nerd/tester you can say. BEFORE you reply: I put a line in this post to signify that the part after the lines where all just tests j did and not necessary to read to understand what I'm saying. You can read just everything above the line before replying. NOW back on topic: I test all four of the MAJOR carriers: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile and am SHOCKED to find AT&T coverage maps are the biggest scam and lie in wireless HISTORY!! I've spent at least 20 hours, in this last month testing all 4 carriers. I live in Colorado so rural coverage is important.
I also used an external Wilson 4G booster when any phone had a poor signal, and it works great. In the booster it normally gains 2 bars and 15DB to 20db improvement in field test mode. Also speeds can go from 1mbps up to 30mbps in some areas in the booster.
I'll start off with this: if you check AT&T data coverage for Colorado you'll see it claims it covers roughly 95% of the LAND MASS (not population but pure land mass) of the State of Colorado. Now here's the thing: roughly 50% of the land mass of Colorado is completely uninhabited and Extremely
Remote and desolate areas where no one lives for 50 to 100 miles just dirt and grass in these areas. So the FACT that AT&T claims they cover all these areas is proof itself they are lying on a GRAND scale already about 50% of their entire coverage map -- right off the bat!! If you look at Big Red they show they cover roughly 50% of the land mass of Colorado, which is correct as the other 50% land mass is uninhabited. So AT&T is lying right in front of everyone on a GRAND scale (we are talking HALF of an entire States coverage map is undeniable lying due to the fact most of Colorados land is uninhabited but AT&T shows coverage there). That's' 50,000 square miles that AT&T is lying about just looking at their coverage map for Colorado. That's HUGE. Insane. Crazy. Beyond error, just flat out lying at that point no computer projections can be wrong or miscalculate 50% of an entire state.
The worst part is I've tested over 20 cities/towns/highways/landmarks where AT&T shows full solid 4G coverage, but when I go there I get NO SERVICE AT ALL, in any direction for countless miles!! I even put it inside a external signal booster and it will sometimes pick up 1-2 bars of 4G. Problem? It had 100% failure rate on calls, texts, and on data. I even tried to let webpages load for 5++ mins before the phone kicked me off saying "no internet connection". Siri didn't work. Speed Test said no connection. So even when it picked up False 4G signal indicators it failed 100% of the time. Or actually 99% of time. One call out of over 200+ test calls -- one call -- while inside a Wilson cradle booster and reading 2 bars of 4G it called 611 for 11
Seconds then dropped it. I tried data right after and it refused to connect 100% of the time. I did all the usual: turning phone off then back on, Power-cycling the iPhone, put it in airplane mode for 30 seconds then back on, tried turning cellular off then back on -- it still had 100% failure rate....
Now if you want to keep reading here are some examples I have:
#1: AT&T is the only carrier who claims they have 4G coverage in parts of Colorado where no one lives for 50 miles in any direction. It's just dirt and grass there!! All other carries maps show no service, but ATT shows coverage on nearly every inch of land. Seriously. Another real example: AT&T shows it has 4G for roughly 80% of the drive on Rampart range road all the way to Denver; which travels through the Pikes Peak National forest. Then it claims it covers the other 20% with either LTE, 3G, EDGE, or roaming. So it shows 100% coverage on that 70 mile+ windy mountain road that goes into the forest. Problem and reality? Problem: towers are illegal in Narional forests so no one can have 100% coverage deep into it, but ATT says it does. Reality? It losses ALL signal (not even 1 bar of anything) within 0.1 miles of getting into the road!! It keeps no service for the entire 3 hour+ drive even though it's maps claim 4G all over. Wow, that's a insane difference. 3-4 hours of no service at all when thy claim 4G??
Now: Verizon/Sprint/T-Mobile all show No Service on this road into their forest on their maps. Again ATT is the only one lying about a massive stretch of land that take hours to drive through.
#2: To add insult to injury I put AT&T into that 4G external booster on this 3+ hour drive (remember AT&T claims it covers every inch of this area with mostly 4G and some roaming toward the end).
RESULTS? No service the ENTIRE DRIVE
Every now and then inside the signal booster it would pop up showing "1-2 bars of 4G", which I would immediately attempt both the Internet and phone calls/texts. Results? All intent failed saying no connection even when AT&T would show 4G every now and then, and it FAILED to even dial out on 100% of all phone calls, and all text messages had 100% failure rate. The only time AT&T worked on this 3+ hour drive? When it one time read 4G with 3 bars it called 611 and dropped it 10 seconds later. Internet again failed to work at all.
Overall results: AT&T had NO SERVICE AT ALL 99% of the time and 1% of the time it picked up a 4G signal but it failed to work every time, and it only picked it up in a signal booster and but still failed to work!! Now this wouldn't be a problem if AT&T maps didn't claim it covered 100% of this 3 hour+ road with 4G coverage.
#3: Florrisant, Colorado: AT&T shows blanket full 4G coverage for the city. Reality? It gets 4G when you pass the city on the highway, but then the city heads south on the highway to actually get to it. Results? NO SERVICE AT ALL anywhere in the city. I drove all over and nothing! I can't believe they claim the entire city is covered in 4G but reality is no service. So I tried to put it in a signal booster.
Results? Exactly the same no service ANYWHERE, but the phone has "false indicators" sometimes saying 1-3 bars or 4G but it failed 100% of the time for data connection or phone calls. I go to this city
Semi- frequently so I was SHOCKED to find it had no service anywhere for dozens of miles -- even inside a Signal booster. Glad I didn't get rid of Verizon because I wanted AT&T more, but if I did I'd have no service in nearly all rural areas I go to! BTW Verizon had LTE out here even though it showed I was in a 3G area with limited 4G LTE.
Sprint had roaming service that worked. T-mobile did not work because their maps showed roaming and that was based off AT&T's coverage maps, which ATT lied about this entire city and the multiple highways near it!! NOW: I could **somewhat** understand if AT&T showed "2G roaming for entire city" and I went to that city and it had no service anywhere in the city. I could maybeee understand that. But claiming full solid 4G coverage and in reality having NO SERVICE AT ALL in the entire city!?! That's beyond scam, that's beyond "map's coverage Miscalculation" -- this is flat out lying about entire cities and entire highways.
#4: Rye, Colorado. Same story as above. Now their maps do show 4G all over for data but their voice coverage says requires 3G device likely meaning they have 1900 frequency out there. BUT STILL: they lied about that entire city too.
#5: I could name about 20 other cities, towns, highways, and landmarks but it would take hours to post. So far every single rural area test I have done in Colorado AT&T has failed in ALL CITIES with NO SERVICE, when their maps claimed they had solid 4G in every place!! Myself personally I have found 20 large areas AT&T claims full solid 4G coverage but in reality they have nothing at all, not even 1 bar of service. This is crazy. AGAIN: I tested all other carriers and no one else's map claim they have 4G coverage in entire cities and highways when reality they have nothing at all!! AT&T maps where roughly 5X + more inaccurate than everyone else.

Answer 1

AT&T coverage is smaller than maps online but if you compare it to national carriers, it is second only to Verizon in the USA and allows for larger global scale than Verizon.
I am having an issue now with View account not working and data previously not working on my tower which got a little better here as posted in another forum. But view account is still down for multiple days now and I told AT&T but no resolution as of yet. Service works well on the interstate highway system in populated areas.
I am not sure why they lie on coverage areas on their map, but from a consumer perspective the choices are Verizon or AT&T for large scale domestic as others are not competitive. AT&T just wants to make their network look even better than it is, but if population centers developed in rural markets, you can be sure AT&T would roll out a tower in those communities.
So even with the flaws I am experiencing on AT&T there are workarounds fortunately. You can not expect coverage everywhere on land based wireless. You need satellite or a hybrid land/wireless for complete coverage. AT&T does extremely well for wireless services. It does better than Verizon in some markets and worse in others.
AT&T does like to embelish its map whether intentionally or maybe it goes by actual license holdings and/or partners. But it is well known and over 100 million people will continue to use AT&T even fully knowing this.