It's going to be two less activations if they can't help me port numbers from different markets to the same family plan. WTF is this, 2005?
so > 4 Millions phones sold on the first couple of days and ONLY 1 Million activated with AT&T
Guess this is good news that the other carriers are doing well and hopefully we see some more competition with better better prices/plans.
HAHA!!
Too bad speeds are closer to 0.03Mbps down 0.01Mbps up in the DC area...!
Over 7 tests this week, my highest download speed has been 0.88Mbps. Today, I tried 4 times and it's been between 0.01-0.03Mbps down.
Using the speedtest.net app.
HAHA!!
Too bad speeds are closer to 0.03Mbps down 0.01Mbps up in the DC area...!
Over 7 tests this week, my highest download speed has been 0.88Mbps. Today, I tried 4 times and it's been between 0.01-0.03Mbps down.
Using the speedtest.net app.
"Theoretically".
Do you similarly bash Verizon's LTE network? They have no problem calling it 4G, and in Chicago, AT&T's 3G "4G" usually beats it.
I've been with AT&T since the beginning. The biggest problem I have is signal in dense urban areas. Where I live right now 40 miles outside of Chicago, I have 5 bars almost everywhere. Anytime I'm downtown, the phone can even have 3-4 bars of 3G displayed, but all data stops or freezes constantly. Then minutes later the bars switch to No Service, then start over with 1 bar on Edge or something. But for those moments in between it is unusable, and that's often.
I don't know if any of the other carriers are better in this regard, can anyone else chime in?
just wait until they all get their first bill... "what??? I used how many gbs of data on this faster network and I have to pay for everything over2 gbs???!!!"
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I worked for AT&T for 4 years and this isn't hard to do. Go to a corporate store and tell them you need to setup your account as a NBI account. A NBI account can have numbers on it from any market. I did this numerous time for my customers and even changed my account from a regular account to a NBI to add a family member. Just ask for an associate that's been there for a few months.
I certainly did my fair share of AT&T bashing back in 2008 - 2009. And boy did they deserve it.
But I gotta say, things change. And considering all the factors I now tell new iPhone owners that I suggest AT&T as the carrier to go with.
Obviously it still depends on where you live, but that's my first suggestion to investigate. Things may change again when an LTE iPhone comes out, but right now in 2011 with the 4S, I gotta give AT&T credit for being the best option.
HAHA!!
Too bad speeds are closer to 0.03Mbps down 0.01Mbps up in the DC area...!
Over 7 tests this week, my highest download speed has been 0.88Mbps. Today, I tried 4 times and it's been between 0.01-0.03Mbps down.
Using the speedtest.net app.
HAHA!!
Too bad speeds are closer to 0.03Mbps down 0.01Mbps up in the DC area...!
Over 7 tests this week, my highest download speed has been 0.88Mbps. Today, I tried 4 times and it's been between 0.01-0.03Mbps down.
Using the speedtest.net app.
My wife was able to upgrade from an iPhone 3GS to the iPhone 4 with AT&T despite having 6 months or so left on her existing contract. AT&T said they were "making an exception to their usual policies" with the iPhone 4 due to customer demand, and would simply extend an existing contract for another 2 years on top of however many months you had left on the previous one.
Now with the 4s, they offered her that option again!
AT&T w/ my corporate discount is only 3 dollars more expensive than sprint. Their data speeds are an unlimited amount of garbage speeds.
HAHA!!
Too bad speeds are closer to 0.03Mbps down 0.01Mbps up in the DC area...!
Over 7 tests this week, my highest download speed has been 0.88Mbps. Today, I tried 4 times and it's been between 0.01-0.03Mbps down.
Using the speedtest.net app.
Got to love America.
Nowhere else on the planet would a company have a guaranteed revenue stream of $60M/mo for the next two years, or nearly $1.5B total (1M activations * $60/mo * 24 mo), with those crappy speeds.
You guys should demand much better.
Let's see, The population of Germany: 82M, Australia: 22M, France 62M, Canada: 34M, Japan: 128M, UK: 62M (total: 390M) vs US: 307M.
If we assume double popularity in US means 2.4M iPhones sold in US
If we assume equal popularity in US means 1.8M iPhones sold in US
either way, 1M iPhones activated by ATT is impressive.