Cell phone/Internet/TV reception in E/SE areas of Knoxville

[KathiOH1]

uh... unless something has changed, Verizon has had some issues around RT Lodge (behind Maryville College). Locals suspect there is something disrupting the signal but a booster helps. Also often notice reception trouble anywhere around a new development of many homes because the new construction blocks and overloads existing towers. That usually clears up in a couple years.

Rounding the bend near Walland has cell phone deadspace, as with anywhere near mountains. Using wifi calling on cell fixes some of that.

[coolman302003]

I’m in Maryville (city limits) and have AT&T Fiber 1000, it finally became available in February this year even though they trenched it underground in the neighborhood last year in October. It’s by far the BEST internet service I’ve ever had and I had Spectrum prior. I would not trade it for any other provider!

It’s my understanding that AT&T is mostly finished deploying more fiber for existing residential but will still focus on MDUs and new development. At least within the city limits of Maryville, AT&T has deployed quite a bit of FTTH just check the address on there site to verify but its availability is in a large portion of the city limits now. I do not think however the fiber reaches the county portion if at all, I noticed in a lot of cases they literally will stop the fiber on the last pole in the city limits before the county starts just FYI.

Verizon has been deploying fiber here as well but it will only be used for small cell deployment of 5G in the future for Maryville/Alcoa areas.

https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/v...96c7054c0.html

[ehynbot]

I'm now in Jefferson County and haven't had any phone service issues with Google Fi (which tends to stay on Sprint towers). So I don't think you'd have any issues with Sprint! We unfortunately live in an area like an above poster mentioned, how Charter said they would service it when we called before we moved and then decided we were too far out of their range. We ended up with a company who services mobile internet thru a router and that has been fine for us, though expensive. Dish wasn't even much of an option where we moved!