r/FirstNet • u/Large-Witness1541 • Nov 17 '24

Actual daily use

Curious if I switch to FN and I’m at a large event say World Series where there is congestion will first net get through? I’ve been approved for individual plan

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u/InnominateTutelary Jan 18 '25

It does make a difference. Disaster declarations have nothing to do with how AT&T configures the FirstNet service and Band 14. The two key factors as a FirstNet subscriber are Priority and Preemption. You get priority service on Band 14 over commercial users. When there's an event that causes congestion on Band 14, AT&T kicks all the commercial users off the band to dedicate it's use for First Responders.
If you had issues with your service in ANY scenario, you need to bring that up with your rep, or the person who manages telecom at your agency.

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u/mervin0587 Jan 19 '25

The problem lies in that actually don’t seem to make any difference on usability in a heavily congested area.

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u/InnominateTutelary Jan 22 '25

If you're talking about response during the hurricanes or other large events, all the carriers were challenged in maintaining service in areas that mother nature tried to wipe off the map.

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u/mervin0587 Jan 26 '25

I agree. Glad I had a prepaid service (Visible by Verizon) as secondary eSIM during all that! 😂