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New Englander 10-21-2017 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by EdFNJ (Post 1463953)
A microcell is the same as WiFi calling. It’s simply a voip connection to the internet through a 2nd physical device. WiFi calling does help a little but doesn’t help the worthless signal all around the area when I leave my house. I want to drop my regular phone line but can’t do that until I have a reliable cell connection. It seems Verizon is much more solid. It unfortunate TV doesn’t permit cell towers which is why they are all on the outskirts of TV.

I guess I will be switching to VZW soon.


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Wouldn't it be helpful if TV allowed some badly needed cell towers? The towers can be disguised these days to look like trees.

jclrxman 10-21-2017 10:06 AM

I have an AT&T microcell box and it works great.

JimC55 10-21-2017 10:15 AM

We have been in FL for many years. Had all the big services. Verizon has been the best. Used their WiFi calling in Europe last year for no charge international calls. If on a budget, you can get Verizon on Straight
Talk. My wife uses it and has the same coverage as my Verizon phone.


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EdFNJ 10-21-2017 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by dbussone (Post 1464125)
Call and speak with AT&T. They gave me a device that has provided complete coverage at home.


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Thanks .... what They gave you is a MicroCell (which they no longer provide either for free or for sale) but it doesn't help me when I leave my house. They stopped because most devices (mine included) now support WI-FI calling which is virtually identical to the MicroCell but without the necessity of the device however it doesn't resolve the issue after I walk out my front door and am in a dead zone.

Problem is solved though because I just switched to Verizon which has full strength signal at and around my home.

EdFNJ 10-21-2017 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jclrxman (Post 1464536)
I have an AT&T microcell box and it works great.

A microcell is unnecessary if your device(s) have wi-fi calling which is the same and which mine do however they won't resolve the issue after I leave my house.

Nucky 10-21-2017 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by EdFNJ (Post 1464784)
Thanks .... what They gave you is a MicroCell (which they no longer provide either for free or for sale) but it doesn't help me when I leave my house. They stopped because most devices (mine included) now support WI-FI calling which is virtually identical to the MicroCell but without the necessity of the device however it doesn't resolve the issue after I walk out my front door and am in a dead zone.

Problem is solved though because I just switched to Verizon which has full strength signal at and around my home.

Good for you. Can't be messing around with phones. Just as your compadie want to let you know your gonna need a lawyer to decipher your first Verizon bill and a home equilty line of credit to pay it. Seriously, glad it worked out.

twoplanekid 10-21-2017 09:23 PM

A previous discussion of cell phone towers in TV https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...towers-243642/

Although I still use AT&T, my phone coverage still has issues in my area.

EdFNJ 10-21-2017 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by l2ridehd (Post 1464528)
I have AT&T, live South of 466 and have never had any issue any place in The Villages or in my home. The biggest advantage to AT&T is when you travel outside the US. You will still have coverage almost anywhere. I have traveled all over the world and only had a problem in a remote area of Malaysia. And there global plan is less expensive than others and can be activated when you travel. Last time I did it, it was $60 for a month outside the US. There was a data limit, but I did not even come close to using all of it even though sending pictures back to US.

You can put a foreign sim in a Verizon phone as well and do the same thing. In fact most Verizon phones also work fine with an ATT or T-Mobile (as well as some ATT & TMobile phones working on Verizon as long as they are unlocked). All Verizon LTE phones are unlocked as required by law. I will using my 2 AT&T iPhones on Verizon starting on Monday.

EdFNJ 10-21-2017 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Nucky (Post 1464794)
Good for you. Can't be messing around with phones. Just as your compadie want to let you know your gonna need a lawyer to decipher your first Verizon bill and a home equilty line of credit to pay it. Seriously, glad it worked out.

Actually it's $12/month more because I lost my corp discount but I get a bit more data so it's basically a wash. No problem deciphering bills as I was a call center tech support trainer in another life for a major cable company. It's really simple as long as one can understand pro-rating. They are all the completely identical. I had Verizon FIOS for many years up north and it's the same billing system and boy do I ever miss FIOS.

EdFNJ 10-21-2017 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by twoplanekid (Post 1464796)
A previous discussion of cell phone towers in TV https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...towers-243642/

Although I still use AT&T, my phone coverage still has issues in my area.

That thread has a LOT of misinformation in it, especially regarding cell tower location.

EdFNJ 10-21-2017 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by New Englander (Post 1464531)
Wouldn't it be helpful if TV allowed some badly needed cell towers? The towers can be disguised these days to look like trees.

For sure. All the towers surround TV but are not in it. You would think they would allow it but I guess their palms need to be greased a bit. They won't even rent space on their own monster radio station tower you can see foff Morse near me. I used to think that was a cell tower until I checked the FCC registration database. That one belongs to T.V.'s propaganda radio station. :D

We had a "tree looking" cell tower off one of the highways near us up north (Nucky know of it I'm sure in Clark on the GSP). They built that tower many years ago then shortly afterwards let the cell companies plant towers wherever they wanted all over the highway.

EdFNJ 10-25-2017 09:48 AM

WOW! We completed the switch from AT&T to Verizon yesterday (hated to do it because of probably close to 30 yrs of service and loss of DirecTV discounts) and the coverage difference from all the way up by Fenney all the way down to Spanish Springs was absolutely remarkable. With few exceptions "full signal" virtually everywhere including in our house where AT&T was ZERO. Also the audio quality on both ends was much improved. Cost me around $20/mo more but I picked up 2 extra gigs of shared data (6->8).

Nucky 10-25-2017 12:24 PM

There is a Safety Mode for Verizon Data. We use 2 Gigawatts (GIGS) of 4G LTE or whatever the fastest one is called then if we go over instead of being charged you may be put into a Safety Mode, this allows you to use Data for free just at a slower speed which is not noticeable. I found this out when I called to cancel one day.

The Cellular Tree in N.J. is not bad looking and straightened out many peoples coverage for many companies. The same thing is probably in the works for The Villages. Let's hope so. It's not fun paying all that money and not receiving or making every call without a hassle.

Unless things have changed beware of your Cell Service in Our newest neighborhood. Check it out for yourself.

Toymeister 10-26-2017 02:40 PM

Why AT&T at all? Why ANY service that only uses ONE carrier? Why not double your chances with Google's phone service? They use Sprint T mobile and wifi. It is even cheaper. Google Fi, Google it for info, pun intended. Yes it works wonderful south of 466a, north of it and in Fenny or anywhere that I have been in the US it works internationally as well

geofitz13 10-26-2017 03:13 PM

We were in TV for a week this month. Both my wife and I have Verizon service. I have IPhone 5, she has a brand new (about a week old) Motorola. We were staying in Pennecamp. We were relying on the phones to use the Villages App for navigation. My iPhone worked fine, but the battery kept running out. Her Motorola would sometimes connect with the Villages app, but would lose the connection almost immediately. This happened all over the Villages. We are going to go to the Verizon store to see if there something wrong in the settings on her phone.


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