OpenSignal app lets you check whether Verizon, AT&T, Sprint or T-Mobile has the best 4G LTE coverage in your area
posted by Victor H.
/ Dec 21, 2016, 7:51 AM
To help you make the right choice comes an app that you should know about: OpenSignal, available both for iPhone and Android. By using this app, you can see the coverage of every detail in your area in excruciating detail. Yes, you can see which roads and which areas are properly covered.
And while most people obsess over speed tests, lacking coverage can be a much greater problem, so we recommend you giving OpenSignal a shot to see your 4G LTE coverage.
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10 Comments
2. libra89
Posts: 2221; Member since: Apr 15, 2016
It is a very useful app. I have tried it on my iPhone but not on my Android phone.
posted on Dec 21, 2016, 8:23 AM 0
9. bestbuywolff33
Posts: 10; Member since: Dec 22, 2016
It is similar but more buggy as would be expected.
posted on Dec 22, 2016, 8:16 PM 0
3. VZWuser76
Posts: 4974; Member since: Mar 04, 2010
According to the app, there are no towers anywhere in my state. My phone must be magical then!
posted on Dec 21, 2016, 11:35 AM 1
4. MrElectrifyer
Posts: 3960; Member since: Oct 21, 2014
Or the signals are penetrating your state while the towers are outside your state? Presuming what you call a state is a relatively small portion of land.
posted on Dec 21, 2016, 2:18 PM 2
5. VZWuser76
Posts: 4974; Member since: Mar 04, 2010
No, I live in the US, as in the United STATES of America. I live in is South Dakota, it''s just over 77000 square miles of land, so no not a small portion of land. On their app I went out to roughly 90 miles all around me and no towers shown, even though I know there are roughly 6 towers within a 30 mile radius. Finding nothing their I went to the largest city in the state, knowing full well from my time living there that there are around 100 transmitters and towers in the metro area handling multiple carriers, and nothing shown.
posted on Dec 21, 2016, 8:12 PM 1
6. MrElectrifyer
Posts: 3960; Member since: Oct 21, 2014
In that case, there's definitely a problem with the app, might want to live a 1star review pointing that out...
posted on Dec 21, 2016, 8:20 PM 0
7. bestbuywolff33
Posts: 10; Member since: Dec 22, 2016
I use this app professionally.
Prefer it over root metrics and the others.
posted on Dec 22, 2016, 8:13 PM 0
8. bestbuywolff33
Posts: 10; Member since: Dec 22, 2016
I could have sworn I saw US Cellular avaliable on there too (when hovering the map over the Midwest specifically Chicago).
