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AT&T Announces Rollout Plans for 7.2 Mbps 3G Service
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Is that all anyone does is b***h about at&t? No matter what they do you people complain. In order to make you happy it seems like at&t should be rolling out a 5G network to get ready for the 2013 iPhone model right about now.
The popularity of the iPhone and the amount of data iPhone users consume is unprecedented. at&t is spending billions of $$'s to keep up. You're talking about a cell phone network covering the entire united states with thousands of towers that need to be constantly upgraded and maintained.
I have been nothing but happy with at&t, their pricing and service are on par or better than every other company I've used. I can't say the same for when I had Verizon. Service was crap with them! At least in Minneapolis at&t is great, I have consistently fast data speeds and have never had a dropped call or trouble making a call (even several floors underground indoors).
"The folks over at Computerworld just ran the current 3G providers in America through their paces, only to discover that AT&T came out on top in almost every category." Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/15/atandts-3g-comes-out-on-top-in-speed-tests-will-only-get-faster/
http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...tsrc=kc_feat&taxonomyName=mobile_and_wireless
The popularity of the iPhone and the amount of data iPhone users consume is unprecedented. at&t is spending billions of $$'s to keep up. You're talking about a cell phone network covering the entire united states with thousands of towers that need to be constantly upgraded and maintained.
I have been nothing but happy with at&t, their pricing and service are on par or better than every other company I've used. I can't say the same for when I had Verizon. Service was crap with them! At least in Minneapolis at&t is great, I have consistently fast data speeds and have never had a dropped call or trouble making a call (even several floors underground indoors).
"The folks over at Computerworld just ran the current 3G providers in America through their paces, only to discover that AT&T came out on top in almost every category." Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/15/atandts-3g-comes-out-on-top-in-speed-tests-will-only-get-faster/
http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...tsrc=kc_feat&taxonomyName=mobile_and_wireless
What about PHOENIX!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bunch of effers
In Texas they'll do Houston and Dallas but no, no Phoenix.
Ahem Ahem, the numbers: lol
With the July 1, 2006 estimates, Phoenix replaced Philadelphia as the fifth largest city in the United States.
1. New York, New York - 8,214,426
2. Los Angeles, California - 3,849,378
3. Chicago, Illinois - 2,833,321
4. Houston, Texas - 2,144,491
5. Phoenix, Arizona - 1,512,986
6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1,448,394
7. San Antonio, Texas - 1,296,682
8. San Diego, California - 1,256,951
9. Dallas, Texas - 1,232,940
10. San Jose, California - 929,936
11. Detroit, Michigan - 871,121
12. Jacksonville, Florida - 794,555
13. Indianapolis, Indiana - 785,597
14. San Francisco, California - 744,041
15. Columbus, Ohio - 733,203
16. Austin, Texas - 709,893
17. Memphis, Tennessee - 670,902
18. Fort Worth, Texas - 653,320
19. Baltimore, Maryland - 631,366
20. Charlotte, North Carolina - 630,478
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Bunch of effersIn Texas they'll do Houston and Dallas but no, no Phoenix.
Ahem Ahem, the numbers: lol
With the July 1, 2006 estimates, Phoenix replaced Philadelphia as the fifth largest city in the United States.
1. New York, New York - 8,214,426
2. Los Angeles, California - 3,849,378
3. Chicago, Illinois - 2,833,321
4. Houston, Texas - 2,144,491
5. Phoenix, Arizona - 1,512,986
6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1,448,394
7. San Antonio, Texas - 1,296,682
8. San Diego, California - 1,256,951
9. Dallas, Texas - 1,232,940
10. San Jose, California - 929,936
11. Detroit, Michigan - 871,121
12. Jacksonville, Florida - 794,555
13. Indianapolis, Indiana - 785,597
14. San Francisco, California - 744,041
15. Columbus, Ohio - 733,203
16. Austin, Texas - 709,893
17. Memphis, Tennessee - 670,902
18. Fort Worth, Texas - 653,320
19. Baltimore, Maryland - 631,366
20. Charlotte, North Carolina - 630,478
from About.com Link to Source
I wish AT&T would start rolling out 3G in Anderson, SC. They do not even have the slow 3G here yet....
this is nice and all, but.....
Have you ever taken a road trip from West Palm Beach, FL to Atlanta, GA? Well, as soon as you exit north Palm Beach 3G is gone. It comes back in Daytona for a brief period, then is never seen again until Atlanta. Heck, the Florida Keys have more 3G coverage than anywhere in south Georgia.
Then take a road trip around North/South Carolina, and it'll be about the same. EDGE only, no matter where you go. And not even more bars of it either.
That is ridiculous. On my iPhone I can deal, but when I take out my laptop and my Laptop Connect card, EDGE browsing is impossible. ATT needs to step it up and really give "more bars in more places" even on EDGE. There are some pretty heavily populated places stuck on EDGE while ATT is taking their money and running. What do they do with it anyway? I agree, they need to speed up 3G in larger cities, but please, start rolling it out in the smaller ones as well.
Have you ever taken a road trip from West Palm Beach, FL to Atlanta, GA? Well, as soon as you exit north Palm Beach 3G is gone. It comes back in Daytona for a brief period, then is never seen again until Atlanta. Heck, the Florida Keys have more 3G coverage than anywhere in south Georgia.
Then take a road trip around North/South Carolina, and it'll be about the same. EDGE only, no matter where you go. And not even more bars of it either.
That is ridiculous. On my iPhone I can deal, but when I take out my laptop and my Laptop Connect card, EDGE browsing is impossible. ATT needs to step it up and really give "more bars in more places" even on EDGE. There are some pretty heavily populated places stuck on EDGE while ATT is taking their money and running. What do they do with it anyway? I agree, they need to speed up 3G in larger cities, but please, start rolling it out in the smaller ones as well.
Perhaps AT&T should get 3G coverage in over 80% of the US, stop making me pay for data speeds I can't use and then move on to faster services.
~ Shoe
~ Shoe
What about PHOENIX!!!!!!!!!!!!
In Texas they'll do Houston and Dallas but no, no Phoenix.
Ahem Ahem, the numbers: lol
With the July 1, 2006 estimates, Phoenix replaced Philadelphia as the fifth largest city in the United States.
1. New York, New York - 8,214,426
2. Los Angeles, California - 3,849,378
3. Chicago, Illinois - 2,833,321
4. Houston, Texas - 2,144,491
5. Phoenix, Arizona - 1,512,986
6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1,448,394
7. San Antonio, Texas - 1,296,682
8. San Diego, California - 1,256,951
9. Dallas, Texas - 1,232,940
10. San Jose, California - 929,936
11. Detroit, Michigan - 871,121
12. Jacksonville, Florida - 794,555
13. Indianapolis, Indiana - 785,597
14. San Francisco, California - 744,041
15. Columbus, Ohio - 733,203
16. Austin, Texas - 709,893
17. Memphis, Tennessee - 670,902
18. Fort Worth, Texas - 653,320
19. Baltimore, Maryland - 631,366
20. Charlotte, North Carolina - 630,478
from About.com Link to Source
That doesn't address the metroplex counts. Dallas has a number of suburbs with greater than 200k people. The major population centers in Texas are around Houston and Dallas - the second most populous state in the Union. Pretty sure AT&T has this figured out.
and there are >298 million folks not living in the Minneapolis area, and >299.7 million not living in Minneapolis proper.
I'm happy for you, but I can tell you LA is not as fortunate, and UCLA Medical Center, which employs largely what might be the iPhone demographic, is worthless with regard to ATT coverage. No calls in or out with any reliability, and data, forget it...
Cell service is very location dependent. I live in central NJ and have been on ATT for several years. For most of this time ATT was as good or better then VZ in this area with more reliable coverage and faster performance. However in the last few months the performance has been worsening. Presumably due to the 3GS launch overwhelming there network (poor planning by ATT). Assuming they get this fixed soon, I would not change to VZ if given the option.
My point being that ATT is generally quite good on the North East.
I think media perception of ATT being poor is at least partially due to the West Cost, where it seems most of the technical news journalists are based. I was recently in Cali traveling the cost from SF to SD and found that the ATT Cell service was boarding on unusable for much of the trip.
Also it seems that the iPhone is many peoples first experience with ATT. I hate to say it, but as a phone handset, the iPhone is average at best.
My point being that ATT is generally quite good on the North East.
I think media perception of ATT being poor is at least partially due to the West Cost, where it seems most of the technical news journalists are based. I was recently in Cali traveling the cost from SF to SD and found that the ATT Cell service was boarding on unusable for much of the trip.
Also it seems that the iPhone is many peoples first experience with ATT. I hate to say it, but as a phone handset, the iPhone is average at best.
Pipe dreams. I pay $45/month for Comcast wired internet at ~16Mbps. Comcast highest package is 50Mbps at $100/month. So how much would a wireless service, such as 4G, cost per month at speeds of 60Mbps? Plus, Verizon only demonstrated speeds of 60Mbps. That won't be the actual consumer speeds. Supposedly 3G can go much faster than 7Mbps, but we will never see that.
What about PHOENIX!!!!!!!!!!!!
In Texas they'll do Houston and Dallas but no, no Phoenix.
Ahem Ahem, the numbers: lol
With the July 1, 2006 estimates, Phoenix replaced Philadelphia as the fifth largest city in the United States.
1. New York, New York - 8,214,426
2. Los Angeles, California - 3,849,378
3. Chicago, Illinois - 2,833,321
4. Houston, Texas - 2,144,491
5. Phoenix, Arizona - 1,512,986
6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1,448,394
7. San Antonio, Texas - 1,296,682
8. San Diego, California - 1,256,951
9. Dallas, Texas - 1,232,940
10. San Jose, California - 929,936
11. Detroit, Michigan - 871,121
12. Jacksonville, Florida - 794,555
13. Indianapolis, Indiana - 785,597
14. San Francisco, California - 744,041
15. Columbus, Ohio - 733,203
16. Austin, Texas - 709,893
17. Memphis, Tennessee - 670,902
18. Fort Worth, Texas - 653,320
19. Baltimore, Maryland - 631,366
20. Charlotte, North Carolina - 630,478
from About.com Link to Source
Those are individual city populations, but the Phoenix area is only the 12th largest metro area. It all depends on how an area is configured. Some have one large city, some have tons of little suburbs but the population of the 'main' city is relatively small. The Philadelphia area has 5.8 million people and the Phoenix area has 4.2 million.
You have a curious definition of '3rd largest port in the world.' New Orleans isn't even the biggest port in the state of Louisiana.By 2011 yes, not sooner
I Hope New Orleans gets it! I believe we are a major city... 3rd largest port in the world and growing.
That not true. I Live in boca and go up to Port ST. Lucie all the time, and 3G works all the way up to there. Most of the populated areas of florida have 100% 3G coverage. I have gone all the way up to orlando with 3G 100% of the way. 3G even works in through Ocala to Gainesville. About 20 miles after Gainesville is when it starts to get spotty. Then its gone before the georgia border. You get it back like 20 Min before reaching Atlanta.
AT&T's Altered Timetable
Guys... June 17th AT&T Said "By end of Summer, you'll use MMS on AT&T"... so we all did the math, June 17 - Sept 20 (last day of summer) we figured to be 93 days... AT&T now will deliver September 25, 5 days over schedule, or 5% for all intensive purposes.
So today's announcement is that the major markets will be 3G by 2011 means 840 days to meet the deadline, and add their 5%, you can all sleep well knowing by March 1, 2012 you'll all be able to use your 3.5 year old iPhones, haha...
Yeah, it's sad, real sad, but the reality of it is in this country it's our backwards political system that prohibits companies like AT&T from throwing up a tower. In China, they do things "for the good of the people"... but in the US, they only do things that are good for everyone, so if there's a block of 5000 people in SF that can't get reception in their home, and 1 person who's a hippie and doesn't want "government cancerous air waves in their neighborhood" they go to planning and zoning commission meetings and fight all day about the negative impact, and make it costly and a pain for things to get done that truly are "for the good of the masses" ... same reason why they can't extend the airport at SFO... we've become ultra soft-touch as a country, and other nations walk all over us now because while they progress, we let the 1/10th of 1% stop us from what's doing what's good for the general public. When parents won't let their kids watch the president of this country wish the kids a welcome back to school saying he's trying to brainwash them with socialist agenda, we're failing... and it makes me sad to be growing up in a time like this.
Guys... June 17th AT&T Said "By end of Summer, you'll use MMS on AT&T"... so we all did the math, June 17 - Sept 20 (last day of summer) we figured to be 93 days... AT&T now will deliver September 25, 5 days over schedule, or 5% for all intensive purposes.
So today's announcement is that the major markets will be 3G by 2011 means 840 days to meet the deadline, and add their 5%, you can all sleep well knowing by March 1, 2012 you'll all be able to use your 3.5 year old iPhones, haha...
Yeah, it's sad, real sad, but the reality of it is in this country it's our backwards political system that prohibits companies like AT&T from throwing up a tower. In China, they do things "for the good of the people"... but in the US, they only do things that are good for everyone, so if there's a block of 5000 people in SF that can't get reception in their home, and 1 person who's a hippie and doesn't want "government cancerous air waves in their neighborhood" they go to planning and zoning commission meetings and fight all day about the negative impact, and make it costly and a pain for things to get done that truly are "for the good of the masses" ... same reason why they can't extend the airport at SFO... we've become ultra soft-touch as a country, and other nations walk all over us now because while they progress, we let the 1/10th of 1% stop us from what's doing what's good for the general public. When parents won't let their kids watch the president of this country wish the kids a welcome back to school saying he's trying to brainwash them with socialist agenda, we're failing... and it makes me sad to be growing up in a time like this.
What about PHOENIX!!!!!!!!!!!!
In Texas they'll do Houston and Dallas but no, no Phoenix.
Ahem Ahem, the numbers: lol
With the July 1, 2006 estimates, Phoenix replaced Philadelphia as the fifth largest city in the United States.
1. New York, New York - 8,214,426
2. Los Angeles, California - 3,849,378
3. Chicago, Illinois - 2,833,321
4. Houston, Texas - 2,144,491
5. Phoenix, Arizona - 1,512,986
6. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1,448,394
7. San Antonio, Texas - 1,296,682
8. San Diego, California - 1,256,951
9. Dallas, Texas - 1,232,940
10. San Jose, California - 929,936
11. Detroit, Michigan - 871,121
12. Jacksonville, Florida - 794,555
13. Indianapolis, Indiana - 785,597
14. San Francisco, California - 744,041
15. Columbus, Ohio - 733,203
16. Austin, Texas - 709,893
17. Memphis, Tennessee - 670,902
18. Fort Worth, Texas - 653,320
19. Baltimore, Maryland - 631,366
20. Charlotte, North Carolina - 630,478
from About.com Link to Source
Phoenix? Are you serious? How can you complain that Dallas gets it before you. Freaking ATT world headquarters are located here. Not to mention Dallas has one of the largest populations in the US of you count the cities around which will be included in this upgrade. Dallas and Ft Worth and all the suburbs put it way above the Phoenix area and suburbs in population. Dallas is actually a pretty lightly populated city. The suburbs is what makes DFW so big.
Well I'm sorry to hear that, I have not had a chance to use my iPhone in LA yet. All these people complaining about New York though I do not understand. I was just there for several days for work and service seemed just fine everywhere I went. I know there are legitimate concerns with at&t (including yours), but I have a strong feeling a lot of people are just jumping on the "at&t sucks, I can't wait for Verizon!" bandwagon. Verizon isn't going to be any better people...
Here's some metro area sizes from wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas
This is what happens with liberalism
How can AT&T get away with things like this?
I live in Sweden and here we got 14,4 Mbit/s 3G in 90% of the country. In central parts of Stockholm, the first LTE network is already up and running.
This is while paying 199 SEK (about 25 USD) for unlimited data (with full speed up to 5GB, and throttled after that, but no higher cost.). And that includes tethering.
What gives?
How can AT&T get away with things like this?
I live in Sweden and here we got 14,4 Mbit/s 3G in 90% of the country. In central parts of Stockholm, the first LTE network is already up and running.
This is while paying 199 SEK (about 25 USD) for unlimited data (with full speed up to 5GB, and throttled after that, but no higher cost.). And that includes tethering.
What gives?