It all depends where you live.... But I will tell you my iPhone drops way less calls than my Att Blackberry Bold.
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Am I the only one who's never had an issue with AT&T coverage/service?
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When I switched to AT&T to get the iPhone, I started using speakerphone a lot and the feature to browse the web while talking.
I have dropped calls sitting on my couch at full bars. This still happens probably twice a week. I dont think I have ever dropped a call in my house when I was on Verizon.
I have dropped calls sitting on my couch at full bars. This still happens probably twice a week. I dont think I have ever dropped a call in my house when I was on Verizon.
Live in Houston and the only time I had issues was after hurricane Ike, otherwise I can't say I have had any dropped calls except from deep within parking garages...which is to be expected. I have been extremely happy with AT&T myself.
Even on last year's cross-country vacation trip I was amazed that we had excellent coverage on nearly the entire stretch from TX to PA and NY...even in the mountains. And not having 3G was the exception rather than the rule.
Even on last year's cross-country vacation trip I was amazed that we had excellent coverage on nearly the entire stretch from TX to PA and NY...even in the mountains. And not having 3G was the exception rather than the rule.
It means that I have problems with dropped calls and spotty coverage, but I still like AT&T well enough, and am willing to put up with those issues for the iPhone, rollover minutes (not so much anymore) and the ability to talk and use data at the same time.
It's a crapshoot. It depends on where you are. Some areas have better service than others.
Is that a dig thrown in Verizon's direction because their phones can't do that (from what I've heard anyway)? If so, well played
No. AT&T works absolutely perfect, at home, my office and around the twin cities area. Five bars all of the time and no dropped calls Also, I often travel to LA and NY and have very few problems. So I have 0 complaints with AT&T.
Verizon on the other hand was nothing but trouble for me. I had only 1-2 bars in my house. I could use the phone outside ok, but in the house it was poor and ate battery life. Verizon plan friends who come over to the house also have weak signal. AT&T ones no problem. AT&T is just better for my area.
Sprint is good too.
Hope the iPhone stays on AT&T.
Verizon on the other hand was nothing but trouble for me. I had only 1-2 bars in my house. I could use the phone outside ok, but in the house it was poor and ate battery life. Verizon plan friends who come over to the house also have weak signal. AT&T ones no problem. AT&T is just better for my area.
Sprint is good too.
Hope the iPhone stays on AT&T.
I'm in Denver and am very happy with my AT&T service. I get very few dropped calls and coverage is fine for me.
I too live in Kentucky, and I've had both the 3G and 3GS and never had a single complaint about AT&T. And I don't even have 3G service were I live! I live 30 minutes away from the closest 3G service area. Also I have zero problems with dropped calls.
I was just in NYC for a week on vacation and spent time in just about every neighborhood in Manhattan. While I had no problems with data, I dropped every single call I made if it lasted over 5-10 minutes. This was with a full signal in just about all instances as well. Kind of ridiculous if you ask me.
Fortunately, I don't have too many problems in Colorado where I live.
Fortunately, I don't have too many problems in Colorado where I live.
It might have to do with the phone. I live on Long Island, in Great Neck I have pretty good reception (used to be great in my apartment, have experienced dropped calls lately). Next town over, in Little Neck, which is technically in Queens, therefore, NYC, no reception. It's spotty all over NYC and NJ (no reception at all in Jersey City unless turned to Edge). I was in Tenessee, granted a small town, but had ZERO reception for 8 hours. While travelling back to NYC, lost reception on the highway in Virginia, yet my sister, who has a slider phone on AT&T had 100% reception. So basically, unless this new antannae on the iPhone 4 improves the reception by a lot, I think I'm leaving AT&T (contract is up in September). P.S., the old, "more bars in more places" is such BS, I can't tell you how many times I've had full bars, with no reception at all. I've even turned off 3G, and the 3G indicator is still there.
Southern New Hampshire I drop probably 1 out of every 3 calls with 5 full bars. As soon as my contract is up I am going back to Verizon.
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I think it is pretty well established by now that AT&T is an awesome carrier in the 'second tier' of smaller cities where they have 3g.
Head to the big city... and they are garbage.
I've never really had an issue and neither has my wife. She has the 3GS. I have the EDGE. I do notice the few times she has had problems with calls on 3GS, it is just fine on the EDGE network. So I, as I've heard, sometimes when the 3G signal is not good you can switch your phone over for better signal
I don't really have a problem with dropped calls but Sprint and AT&T clearly have a problem with each other. I frequently miss calls and don't get texts from people on Sprint and vice versa (and when it's your girlfriend it gets to be a problem).
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Yeah, AT&T isn't very good here in NYC. I get dropped calls and spots where I can barely hear the person on the other end of the line. Data services are not that bad, but I imagine it's slow because of all the congestion in the area.
Yeah, AT&T isn't very good here in NYC. I get dropped calls and spots where I can barely hear the person on the other end of the line. Data services are not that bad, but I imagine it's slow because of all the congestion in the area.
I've never had an issue with my AT&T service here in western NY. Haven't had a dropped call on my iPhone 3Gs since I've had it. The only real issue I have noticed was the building I used to work at would occasionally interfere with the data signal, but that was primarily due to the fact that I was located in the middle of the building and there a number of metal walls and support columns.
No problems here in Indiana. I sometimes get weird fluctuation in my service at my house, but i'm in the middle of nowhere with trees all around me. My Verizion MiFi does the same thing. In the winter is fine, so the trees in the spring and summer screw with my signal no matter what carrier it is.
Other than that, I live in a medium size town that has 3G and haven't dropped it at all with my iPad and never dropped a call in Milwaukee, Chicago, Rural Wisconsin and West Michigan with my AT&T phones that I have owned throughout the years. So i've got no beef with AT&T (except the new data cap!)
Other than that, I live in a medium size town that has 3G and haven't dropped it at all with my iPad and never dropped a call in Milwaukee, Chicago, Rural Wisconsin and West Michigan with my AT&T phones that I have owned throughout the years. So i've got no beef with AT&T (except the new data cap!)
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I think it is pretty well established by now that AT&T is an awesome carrier in the 'second tier' of smaller cities where they have 3g.
Head to the big city... and they are garbage.
Well, I am in the 4th largest city in the nation (2.2 mill in the city, about 6 mill metro) and things are pretty good. Is Houston a "second tier of smaller cities?"
...sry that they are so crappy in New York, but in THIS big city they are great.
Must be an issue with your phone. Ive traveled all over SoFla and have had ZERO issues with Verizon. Pretty much near 100% signal and coverage. The Pearl is about 3 years old so maybe its time to update to something better.
