ATT not working on my cell but LTE service is working on RIVN

[Fmc]

I found it strange that ATT is out in my area but Spotify, nav, etc still work. It is actually quite nice to be halfway off the grid today.

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[kylealden]

Multiple factors here -

• The car's LTE could be using multiple providers (e.g. via an MVNO) to get the best available coverage
• The car has virtually unlimited power for the antenna and a much larger antenna than your cell phone, in a much more ideal position, so it should be able to get reception even when your phone cannot.

I frequently use the car's wifi to get service when my phone is at the ragged edge of reception, it's quite handy.

 

[COdogman]

Big ATT outage happening today. Good to know you can still use the services in your Rivian!

https://downdetector.com/status/att/map/

 

[bd5400]

Same experience. Woke up to no AT&T service due to the nationwide outage but had LTE in the car for my commute. I wonder if there is a roaming agreement for the vehicles that allow them to operate on other networks when out of range of AT&T.

 

[KBabione]

Multiple factors here -

• The car's LTE could be using multiple providers (e.g. via an MVNO) to get the best available coverage
• The car has virtually unlimited power for the antenna and a much larger antenna than your cell phone, in a much more ideal position, so it should be able to get reception even when your phone cannot.

I frequently use the car's wifi to get service when my phone is at the ragged edge of reception, it's quite handy.

This is excellent! I hadn't really considered that the car might get better reception than my phone (or have access to other towers). Since we have AT&T for our phones I was hoping that the Rivian would be on a different network. We have WiFi-calling enabled on our phones to allow us to make/take calls when in VRBO's with internet but no cellular coverage. That should work in the R1S too!

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