I feel your pain. When I first moved here after retiring from the Army everyone bragged that Verizon had just built a tower. I took the plunge and got their phone and aircard. Wish I’d bought a meter to read the bars first. I generally had to walk outside and up the hill to get the darn thing to work.
Thanks for the anecdote. Pretty the same here. Guess I should be happy with the access I’ve got.