"5G made a number of promises when it debuted. The first was the ability to handle excessive capacity. I tested that promise outside a baseball playoff game this past October, and I found it to be partially true. The other promise was better coverage coast to coast. Now, it was time to head out and give that a try. How 5G could improve coverage outside of city centers."
"To do this, I took those same Google Pixel 10 Pros on a road trip across the most boring highway in America (and, thankfully, a different highway home) through the bulk of central Indiana and Illinois. I also passed through parts of Kentucky and Tennessee. Since I live in Chicago, I have found 5G coverage to be pretty great, but what about when I leave the big city?"
"This time around, I wanted to test not only network speed, but overall coverage. So, I took those same three Google Pixel 10 Pros - one each with an AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile eSIM card and I attached them to a 2x4 pine board. I plugged them into an Anker Solix C1000 Gen 2 portable power station."
Road-trip testing measured 5G coverage and speed across central Indiana, Illinois, parts of Kentucky and Tennessee on a 13-hour Chicago–Nashville drive. Three Google Pixel 10 Pro phones, each provisioned with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile eSIMs, were mounted on a 2x4 pine board and powered by an Anker Solix C1000 Gen 2 portable station. The nPerf app recorded location, carrier, signal strength, and other connectivity metrics to evaluate both speed and coverage. Previous testing near a baseball playoff showed 5G capacity handling was partially true. Signal reliability on interstate stretches was generally good to decent, and network architecture, including non-standalone 5G, influenced deployment and coverage.
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