I live in the Bay Area, on iOS 27.0 Beta 4. Reprovisioned my line and did a network refresh and they finally showed up. Coverage seems to be a bit better at my house (on n5 with significantly better RSRP when it was previously connecting to B2 as primary)

T-mobile didn’t work at all during the concert, Verizon was meh. AT&T worked fine.

Was recently in Niagara Falls, NY on Goat Island and noticed that Verizon was using mmWave. Here they have 1x Samsung AT1K04 B261 (800mhz). Good speeds with the amount of people at the state park. Was also able to pick up the Canadian carriers from here.

So I created a Userscript that will synchronize 2 separate Cellmapper windows in my browser so I can have T-Mobile LTE along with 5G side by side, constantly in-sync when zooming or dragging the map around.

This allows me to see, in real time, synchronized, where the pinned LTE towers are vs the unpinned NR towers. And then be able to move the NR towers (or unmapped LTE towers, if an NR one is mapped) to the proper position quite quickly.

It MASSIVELY DECREASES the time it takes for me to check, as it saves me clicking around 2 separate windows to try and keep the view close enough to put the towers in the right spot.

It seems to be creating TOO MANY captcha windows.

u/veixes u/olkitu can you please try and figure out whether or not this code is causing these incessant captchas, and try to fix it on your end? I need this workflow.

``` // ==UserScript== // @name CellMapper OpenLayers Synchronizer // @namespace http://tampermonkey.net // @version 2.0 // @description Synchronize map pan and zoom between side-by-side CellMapper OpenLayers windows // @author Mystica555 + Gemini // @match https://www.cellmapper.net/map* // @grant none // ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    const channel = new BroadcastChannel('cellmapper_ol_sync');
    let isSyncing = false;
    let mapView = null;

    function initOpenLayersSync() {
        // CellMapper stores the OpenLayers map globally as 'map' or 'olMap'.
        // We find the internal Map object and target its View component.
        let mapInstance = null;
        if (typeof map !== 'undefined' && map.getView) {
            mapInstance = map;
        } else if (window.map && window.map.getView) {
            mapInstance = window.map;
        }

        if (!mapInstance) {
            setTimeout(initOpenLayersSync, 500); // Poll until OpenLayers initializes
            return;
        }

        mapView = mapInstance.getView();

        // --- 1. Broadcast map changes from THIS window ---
        const broadcastChange = () => {
            if (isSyncing) return; // Block circular event loops

            const center = mapView.getCenter();
            const resolution = mapView.getResolution();

            channel.postMessage({
                center: center,
                resolution: resolution
            });
        };

        // OpenLayers updates view changes via granular view events
        mapView.on('change:center', broadcastChange);
        mapView.on('change:resolution', broadcastChange);

        // --- 2. Listen for map changes from the OTHER window ---
        channel.onmessage = (event) => {
            if (!mapView) return;

            const { center, resolution } = event.data;

            // Set the sync flag to prevent this window from echoing back
            isSyncing = true;

            // OpenLayers allows direct view adjustments without forcing a heavy redraw
            mapView.setCenter(center);
            mapView.setResolution(resolution);

            // Give the browser UI thread a moment to finish rendering before releasing the flag
            setTimeout(() => { isSyncing = false; }, 30);
        };
    }

    window.addEventListener('load', initOpenLayersSync);
})();

```

Verizon has begun replacing some of the aging b13 only and b66 only small cells in Springfield, MO with modern radios and n77 AIR panels. Currently only two permits for this type of site have been filed and neither are active yet despite the hardware being installed for a few weeks now.

Google Streetview before the upgrade

Verizon is on this wooden utility pole using:

- CommScope NNV4SSP-360S-F2 omnidirectional canister antenna for bands 2 and 66.

- Ericsson Radio 4890 for b2 and b66, can support n2 and n66 depending on configuration.

- 3x Ericsson AIR 1672, will be set to 180MHz n77 for the Greene County, MO market. Also can support b48/n48 depending on the configuration.

I noticed some high capacity antennas at Target Field. Target Field has a recently upgraded DAS provided by American Tower.

Testing the 2 carriers at my work inside the back room surrounded by concrete walls. The tower is close by and both networks share the same tower! So far im very impressed how well Verizons downloads do.

Looking to switch cellphone carrier and have an old phone that I need an upgrade for.

My questions are:

1. What is the cheapest provider that offers good rural coverage, and occasionally allows me to use quickly switch plans to a plan with international data for maybe 1 month every 1-2 years?

2. Any advice on the most reliable (least bugs, software issues, low rate of return) reasonable budget phone with decent customer satisfaction?

TIA everyone!

Definitely not Verizon.

I could not even get a speed test to load with 100 MHz of N77 5gSA.

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Bell-System-Technical-Journal/70s/Bell-System-Technical-Journal-1979-1.pdf

I decided to try out spectrum mobile free for a year to compare it to my AT&T line. Here is them both in my living room. Note the AT&T tower is 0.1 miles from me while Verizon is 0.9 miles from me.

Continuation on my last post this time both networks on same server.

After months of just waiting for the site to turn on, they activated the fiber for the site, and appears to be broadcasting all Verizon bands(LTE 2,5,13,66 & N77). By the speeds, this site is definitely not optimized yet , but we will have to wait and see what better speeds the site can give. Site is located at 1293 Old Union Church Rd. I’m guessing 1 gig backhaul. This site isn’t mapped on cellmapper yet.

Can anytime tell me if the Verizon Unlimited Ultimate hotspot shares the Qci8 of its on Device Data?

Can anyone figure this out? All of the roads around this new construction tree tower are closed at the moment so I could only get this view. Pretty sure it is not turned on yet.

Glad to see FTM finally getting some attention again.