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chowmein
Jul 20, 2009, 05:56 PM
So some of you (ok, most of you) are already thinking that I'm absolutely insane for suggesting something as ludicrous as staying with AT&T. But have any of you actually put into thought as to why I might do this yet? <break so you can think>

When the iPhone first launched, AT&T's EDGE network was flooded with a gazillion times more traffic than usual. When the iPhone 3G came out, AT&T's network got even more traffic. You know the problems: bad reception because iPhones demanded too much power, dropped calls, can't read visual voicemail, etc. So when Apple finally moves the iPhone away from the massively overcrowded AT&T network over to Verizon and the hordes of Apple fanboys move along with it, AT&T subscribers will get a breath of fresh air. And then all the iPhone fanboys will begin crying to Apple telling them to leave Verizon and we'll all end up with Sprint. So instead of having to face the same old problems on a different network, wouldn't you rather just stick with AT&T and not deal with it?



HarrisonB
Jul 20, 2009, 06:00 PM
I'd like to keep wifi on my phone, and my 3GS is faster than the internet on my gf's storm.

-aggie-
Jul 20, 2009, 06:01 PM
Well, whether any of that even happens, I'll be sticking with AT&T. I've had no problems here with them. The only reason I'd leave AT&T is if they were to ever lose the iPhone completely, which I don't see happening.

arykmax
Jul 20, 2009, 06:01 PM
I think I will probably stay with the iPhone unless something that I like alot better comes out. Services are all pretty much the same across the different carriers so I will go with the phone I want.

Tallest Skil
Jul 20, 2009, 06:03 PM
It won't work on Verizon until Verizon has an LTE network. Then it will only work circumstantially, as it will be an LTE iPhone made for GSM+LTE carriers and not CDMA+LTE carriers.

HarrisonB
Jul 20, 2009, 06:04 PM
It won't work on Verizon until Verizon has an LTE network. Then it will only work circumstantially, as it will be an LTE iPhone made for GSM+LTE carriers and not CDMA+LTE carriers.

omg it would take apple 10 seconds to make a CDMA phone to give to the 80 MILLION customers on Verizon. Don't be a n00b.

mkrishnan
Jul 20, 2009, 06:10 PM
There are plenty of threads about various combinations of Verizon, LTE, and the iPhone. Use them. And enough with the name-calling and trolling.