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Originally Posted by ZeroPointMachine
It is not a tower/timeout issue. I traveled to 6 different wifi hotspots from Nellis to Rainbow today and used my AT&T smartphone in 4GLTE and 3G, and a T-mobile burner, at each spot.
I was unable to verify location on UP at any location. The loc-aid demo found me in less than 10 seconds at all but one location. The one bad one was on Howard Hughes parkway. Even there it failed once and then found me in 25 sec. and then 16 sec. This may have been more of a wifi issue than anything else.
This is 100% a programing issue IMO. It is either loopy programming, bad error handling, or a GIGO issue.
I have a theory that I am trying to prove now. I will let you know.
Hint: I think it is a GIGO issue.
The issue is the use of Verifi, to provide phone triangulation. Online sports book provide service no problem, you can goto loc-aid directly & determines locations no problem regardless of cell provider, lte/4g etc.
It's UP use of Verifi - there are a myriad of cell location services that could be used as well use of loc-aid directly. Is UP considering using another provider for this as Verifi is not up to task. It's not Verizon's fault that UP did not do there homework prior to launching with a substandard location validator, no calls to Verizon can fix this.
Again are there any plans for UP to rectify this or switch providers of location services?
here is an email I received from customer support:
All your flags have been verified. We are having problems with third-party geo-location services. We apologize and working on this issue.
I'm sorry that you've tried all these things and we're still not able to geolocate your phone. The main problem is that AT&T/T-Mobile/Sprint phones will often "ping" (connect) to Verizon cell phone towers, and Verizon is still not working with us to geolocate.
Please be assured that we're making this technical issue our #1 priority. If you're experiencing intermittent Nevada verification location please continue to try logging on throughout the day and you may catch the right cell phone tower.
We totally understand what a frustrating user experience this has been for you, and that's why it's our top priority. We know what the issues are at this stage; it is just a matter of getting Verizon to resolve the situation.
thanks customer support!= - glad it's being looked into!!