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tripsnoir t1_j0zyi64 wrote

Reply to comment by DasWheever in Cell Coverage in VT - Now I know... to switch provider by ExpressionFamiliar98

You need to understand the difference between anecdotal data (i.e. your own personal experience, on your particular phone, and your cell plan) versus crowd-sourced/sampled data (more representative of everyone’s plans and phones and situations).

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Real-Pierre-Delecto2 t1_j1006h8 wrote

> crowd-sourced/sampled data

Pretty sure this was one guy a bunch of phones and a Prius.

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tripsnoir t1_j10jayg wrote

> Nearly five years ago, Chase drove a state-owned Prius 6,000 miles on Vermont roads for an earlier test of cellphone coverage and released a report in 2019. This year’s test was carried out by a contractor called Ookla and presented opportunities for Vermonters to provide data. The department and Ookla worked with drivers from the state Agency of Transportation who traversed 6,500 miles of Vermont roads between July 1 and September 15.

Read it more carefully.

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Real-Pierre-Delecto2 t1_j10knv3 wrote

Ok be a jerk. But your still wrong so think on that a bit before jumping down someones throat. I noticed you left this part out which was the next sentence after your quote.

"Chase said he hadn’t yet compared the results of the two tests, and the report released on Thursday doesn't include the data obtained through crowdsourcing."

You read it more carefully. I was wrong about which test but it's still not "crowd-sourced data". Have a nice day a nice try at a smear.

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DasWheever t1_j11235f wrote

Um. Not just me, dickhead. Any number of other people--including my fiancé who has ATT--have said the same thing; Everyone up here knows where they can and CANNOT get cell service.

But, you know, fuck you for being presumptuous enough to think I was some kid who need "anecdotal" defined for me. 🙄

What were YOU doing in '79? I was having sex.

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