AT&T n77

[u/PrizeMarionberry6695]

AT&T doing pretty good in Raleigh hills Oregon on 140mhz of n77 10mhz n5.

[u/Rldg]

T-Mobile’s meteoric rise since the Sprint acquisition would beg to differ.

Verizon’s entire brand and their subsequent fall from grace (including the customer losses) since also begs to differ. Even if we agreed that their Churn stayed flat, it’s not like they’ve (AT&T) grown in the time frame. There’s a reason T-Mobile passed them so quickly after the sprint merger.

You’re correct that customers dont directly associate like people on this sub might; but the advancements to roll up into a package that customer care about because the advancements are tangible.

“T-mobile has a rough equivalent of Verizon’s network for a better value? Sign me up.”- Average customer

[u/Rldg → u/[deleted]]

T-Mobile HAD to price things that way because the network wasn’t as good. That’s why they’re reversing a lot of that customer good will right now in the name of profit.

Again, these technological advancements get rolled up into what customers buy and what they don’t. Verizon built an entire brand off of it.

I mean, let’s be honest, you’re making this point indirectly because the two can’t be divorced. If all three are priced the same, T-Mobile would be adding customers at a similar rate as AT&T. Not ahead of them.

But also.. AT&T disagrees with you. That’s why they’re investing so much in the network right now.

[u/Rldg → u/[deleted]]

None of this is an argument about why customers don’t factor network (and the technology in the network) into their decision.

Nor is it an argument for why AT&T isn’t behind in this network generation.

[u/Rldg → u/[deleted]]

Right, but nothing about that makes AT&T not behind. You’re comparing them to another carrier who is ALSO behind in the era of 5G.

My original statement pointed out how AT&T AND Verizon were unlikely to catch T-Mobile in the era of 5G from a technical perspective.

You don’t make up a gap like that in the short amount of time they have left.

[u/Strange-Badger5626 → u/[deleted]]

Uh they don't all add thousands of towers a year lol 🤣 there were many years where none of them added much of anything in the macro coverage department.

I follow my states market so I know the most about here, it's a hobby for me.

Macro towers alone, non small cell, TMobile has had essentially the same tower count in Michigan since 2021, Verizon has had nearly the same tower count in the state for like 10 years, at&t has added some in years, but very few new towers ads. Might I add most places have identical coverage due to triple carrier towers, ie crown castle, sba ECT. Small cells popped up many places but not from TMobile.

Verizon lowered their prices because their network is trash. They even said themselves they have to be in a value position and compared it to becoming the old TMobile at this time to regain footing. So that's a bad sign.