That's funny, because since I switched to AT&T from T-Mobile I have five times the dropped calls on iPhone...
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T-Mobile Attacked by AT&T in Newspaper Ad Ahead of Potential Rebranding
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This is bad form.
No. This is AT&T.
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Of course AT&T's network is global. Because they ride on T-Mobile's backbone outside of the US, where T-Mobile is much bigger and more respected than them.
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In all three places that it's available?
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Yes. That's the rub here, folks. Whether you buy a subsidized contract phone or a full price phone you're still paying for it. Subsidies are like Aaron Rents. It's a financing plan for people who either don't think about it, or don't want to think about it.
The difference is that, if for some reason you were to just keep on going after your contract was up on a subsidized phone, the phone company would be more than happy to keep taking that amortized payment every month even though you paid for the phone long ago. At least with full priced, no contract phones the whole thing is more transparent.
Any time one company directly targets another it makes me wonder what the company on the receiving end is doing right.
One word... Spectrum. They didn't want the network, they wanted the added wireless spectrum so they could add capacity to their network.
Wow. No contract? Go T-Mobile! I can't believe it. It looks like the beginning of something great! I've always said this must be the future, and here it is! If I was in the US I would immediately switch to them. And if others did that too, it would give them enough money to sort out any slowness issues immediately.
Oh and AT&T: two times more dropped calls? So every year you'll get two dropped calls instead of one? Oh noe! And downloading an ebook will take 0.2 seconds instead of 0.4? Oh the drama! No wonder directly attacking another brand in an advert is simply illegal in most countries.
Oh and AT&T: two times more dropped calls? So every year you'll get two dropped calls instead of one? Oh noe! And downloading an ebook will take 0.2 seconds instead of 0.4? Oh the drama! No wonder directly attacking another brand in an advert is simply illegal in most countries.
You guys crack me up.
You're offended because two cooperate giants are slugging it out? As a consumer always looking for the best deal, I'd be more concerned if they weren't slinging mud.
No contracts. We're turning into Europe!
You're offended because two cooperate giants are slugging it out? As a consumer always looking for the best deal, I'd be more concerned if they weren't slinging mud.
No contracts. We're turning into Europe!
bulls**tAT&T said:
bulls**tAT&T said:
not on 3G, not on HSPA+ So, more bulls**tAT&T said:
Looks like someone might be afraid that customers may find more value in new T-Mobile than they might in the "good 'ol" AT&T
The sad part is that Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile US, is even smellier "crap" than AT&T. But applying what works for most European carriers (except for Detusche Telekom, obviously) to T-Mobile US might turn out great, actually.
Now give us an iPhone and everybody's happy*.
* Only in areas where LTE is available. See t-mobile.com if that applies to you.
Now give us an iPhone and everybody's happy*.
* Only in areas where LTE is available. See t-mobile.com if that applies to you.
No contracts. We're turning into Europe!
That's not necessarily a bad thing. Just sucks these global LTE networks are fragmented.
No doubt. On my 4S, I get from 30Kbps to 9Mbps if I am lucky.
On T-Mobile, I get between 17-21Mbps constantly. I hate AT&T now, I left Verizon in January to them having worse speeds than AT&T.
Rock on T-Mobile!
AT&T can claim what they want, but for me T-Mobile's coverage is waaaaaaaaaaaaay better than AT&Ts, not that that's saying anything. AT&T gets virtually no 2G coverage (let alone 3G) even in populated areas right off the highway for me.
T-Mobile drops to 2G quite often, though at least WORKS, and when it's 3G, it's really fast. AT&T you're lucky to get 1 bar of 2G.
I don't get AT&T, they're the but of every cell phone joke across the nation, and...well, I guess it's cheaper to market than to actually build new towers.
T-Mobile drops to 2G quite often, though at least WORKS, and when it's 3G, it's really fast. AT&T you're lucky to get 1 bar of 2G.
I don't get AT&T, they're the but of every cell phone joke across the nation, and...well, I guess it's cheaper to market than to actually build new towers.
I'm smoking crack? Perhaps you are confused.
You may get 20-40 MegaBITS down (3-5 megaBYTES), certainly not 25-40 MegaBYTES.
Mb (Megabits) is not a measurements of link speeds, so that isn't even an appropriate measurement.
And that is LTE, not "4G". AT&T may have more 4G than Tmobile in more places, but Verizon has more LTE than AT&T so it's all relative. Network size alone doesn't equate to network experience for a user.
4G is HSPA+, LTE is LTE. I'm well aware of Tmobile having faster 4G, hence my original post. I'm also well aware of AT&T LTE having more coverage and probably better speeds, but Verizon trumps them in both arenas. We were talking about 4G, not LTE.
I'm in Orlando, and NEVER had a dropped or failed call with tmobile. Two years ago when I first got my iPhone 4 on AT&T, I had dropped calls ALL the time.
It's since gotten better, but it was almost enough to make me give up my phone.
Sidebar, I called AT&T recently and asked that since my two years was up and my subsidy paid for, when can I expect to see a decrease in my monthly bill? The poor kid on the phone nearly died laughing.
I'm free to switch whenever now, so I'm REALLY hoping we get simultaneous LTE data and phone calls on Verizon this year. If so, iPhone 5S here I come!!
It's since gotten better, but it was almost enough to make me give up my phone.
Sidebar, I called AT&T recently and asked that since my two years was up and my subsidy paid for, when can I expect to see a decrease in my monthly bill? The poor kid on the phone nearly died laughing.
I'm free to switch whenever now, so I'm REALLY hoping we get simultaneous LTE data and phone calls on Verizon this year. If so, iPhone 5S here I come!!
That doesn't make much sense. Why spend so much money on something you're going to replace anyway? Why not just spend the money to expand their own network infrastructure?
I think it's probably a mix of what others have said: infrastructure, spectrum, and customers.
How AT&T is treating T-Mobile ...... almost as bad as how Taylor Swift treats all her ex-boyfriends.