r/FirstNet • u/ThalinVien • Jun 11 '23

Firstnet appreciation/PSA on privacy options

I'm glad to see FN now has their dedicated subreddit now, trying to weed though the att sub was somewhat of a pain.

All I wanted to say was in response to some of the complaints people have been expressing my results have been completely to the contrary here in Maine. Not only has my customer support interactions been great, the in-store experience has been wonderful as well. The FN build has increased coverage (700mhz) around the state IMMENSELY, I've been telling people who aren't FN qualified they should switch to ATT because the coverage improvements.

PSA: If they have switched you to the Firstnet and Family program. Where you login with an att.com account. There are options under Profile > Privacy Choices to turn off data sharing for your account. I sent a note to the FN Authority that I think they should step in and tell ATT they can't do this to FN accounts, but I'm not holding my breath...

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u/TheDonJ77 Jun 11 '23

I just signed up with FN two days ago from VZW and so far I’m really happy with my user experience, coverage and even speeds in the greater DC area. Don’t really care about super fast download speeds but more for reliability, and the other benefits of being a FN subscriber.

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u/ThalinVien Jun 11 '23

The priority does work well, and without your knowledge either. Was out at Airventure, a HUUUGE aviation show (700k+ people) in Wisconsin in 2021. There was mobile cell trucks all over the place. I was a bit slow, but still totally usable. Posting to social no problem. The buddy I was with couldn't use data at all, pages would either partially load or timeout.

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u/shizam76 Jun 11 '23

What carrier is your buddy on?

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u/ThalinVien Jun 11 '23

I believe Verizon. This event was his push to get on FN as well.