topic Re: Re: Coverage Checker not accurate, infact a bit of a lie!? in Mobile Network discussions

Re: Coverage Checker not accurate, infact a bit of a lie!?

Yehya — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 20:40:20 GMT

It’s happening with me everyday in zone 1 areas in London, and when I go to network checker it says that the 5g signal is good. It’s even hard to use google maps or social media. So bad

Re: Re: Coverage Checker not accurate, infact a bit of a lie!?

bristolian — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 20:53:57 GMT

What is the issue you're having?

Re: Re: Coverage Checker not accurate, infact a bit of a lie!?

Doge — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:03:23 GMT

The coverage checker is a data model and does not factor in terrain or buildings so in a city like London it would be wrong. Try OpenSignal app as it uses real data submitted by users

Re: Re: Coverage Checker not accurate, infact a bit of a lie!?

bristolian — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:11:12 GMT

@Doge wrote:

The coverage checker is a data model and does not factor in terrain or buildings

All radio networks use similar modelling, and terrain is a factor.

There are a couple of notable crowd-sourced coverage tools, OpenSignal is one.