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AT&T Unimpressed With 'Operation Chokehold' Proposal to Strain Cellular Network
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i've had my iphone for 14 months - it has not dropped a single call here in europe.
during two visits to the US this year (NY & SF) i had constant problems with dropped calls and voice clarity etc.
to me this indicates a network problem, rather than a device problem.
lost a $1800 client because of crappy AT&T service
To those who say they might miss an important call during the protest, consider this....
A client called back in October and left a voice mail to let me know she wanted to hire me to photograph her wedding, $1800. But Att failed to deliver that voice mail AND 7 OTHERS for an entire month! I actually didnt receive it until TWO DAYS after her wedding! No missed call notices or anything! I'm not the only one this has happened too, either.
And before you say dont rely on a cell phone for your business, In my particular set of circumstances (to long to go into here) I have too.
Switching to Verizon and the Droid in January.
To those who say they might miss an important call during the protest, consider this....
A client called back in October and left a voice mail to let me know she wanted to hire me to photograph her wedding, $1800. But Att failed to deliver that voice mail AND 7 OTHERS for an entire month! I actually didnt receive it until TWO DAYS after her wedding! No missed call notices or anything! I'm not the only one this has happened too, either.
And before you say dont rely on a cell phone for your business, In my particular set of circumstances (to long to go into here) I have too.
Switching to Verizon and the Droid in January.
your phone is broken? idk never happened to me. you jailbroken and install somthing?
This is America, Jack! We pay for UNLIMITED plans and don't want caps placed on UNLIMITED plans (that means "without limits"!!) A cap is NOT "totally fine" if you're paying for UNLIMITED! If we wanted caps on stuff we'd move to Canada and pay for caps.
The nerve of some people to say it's "totally fine" for businesses or the gov't to treat us like we're 8 yrs old... limiting what we've paid for and what they've promised. AT&T needs to improve or there will be a "giant sucking sound" towards a competitor when either the iPhone is associated with another carrier or when the iPhone is no longer the greatest thing since sliced bread.
except for the fact that AT&T are pigs and don't give a **** about those people. If you think they do, I have a bridge to sell you.
Bravo - this is exemplary.
Instead of the moaning and complaining like so many others here, you are moving to a new device on another network.
Yours is one of the few positive posts in this thread's sea of negativity and moaning. Thank you.
To all those who want to join in 'bringing att to its knees': what positive result do you expect???? or is it just the childish desire to be involved in something "naughty"?
you are unhappy with att? move to another network!
Dumb Move..
This is stupidity! Agreed AT&T network sucks, but hey, no other network has to manage the popularity of the iPhone cult! They are working on it. People just don't realize that by this so-called Operation Chokehold, they could very well bring down the AT&T network. Which, in turn, will be their own fault! The common man will suffer. Why are these people so dumb?
This is stupidity! Agreed AT&T network sucks, but hey, no other network has to manage the popularity of the iPhone cult! They are working on it. People just don't realize that by this so-called Operation Chokehold, they could very well bring down the AT&T network. Which, in turn, will be their own fault! The common man will suffer. Why are these people so dumb?
For those of us who write like you: r u 4 realz?
For those of us who write english: Are you serious?
UNLIMITED doesn't mean totally unlimited. In almost every country, there is a limit to these UNLIMITED plans. Usually, that limit is quite big, so people don't notice. That's why you must always read the fine print.
And how justified will you feel if someone loses their life because YOU participated in "taking down" at&t and that 911 call didn't go through. Fakesteve posted an email from a concerned user who apparently has a disabled family member and is afraid of something like that actually happening. Fakesteve blew it off. Will you laugh too at the tragedy?
I agree that AT&T needs to update their network (which I know they're already in the process of doing), but this is a terrible way to execute that message to them.
I would love to be a part of this, but I have a final from 3-5...
And it would suck if someone's emergency call couldn't get through.
So if it would suck if someone's emergency call couldn't get through, why do you want to be a part of it? Do you want to help contribute to someone's death because they couldn't reach 911 in time?
LOL, you right wing nuts have resorted to pulling the socialism card for a CELL PHONE PLAN? This has nothing to do with socialism or capitalism, and nowhere in the Constitution does it guarantee the right to unlimited data plans. Get over yourselves, not everything is an evil liberal big government conspiracy.
Some might say that this is the the very nature of America and its capitalism. ("There's a Sucker Born Every Minute")
And if you're wondering why you are being "treated like an 8 yr old".... maybe it's because you sound just like an 8 year old? stomping your feet and sobbing because a big capitalist corp took your money away. That is their purpose. what will complain about next? your investment in sea-monkeys?
And I would bet serious money you will experience exactly the same sooner or later with Verizon. Mark my words.
This is about as intelligent and mature as eight teens deciding to drive 35 mph side-by-side on a freeway during rush hour to show that traffic sucks. People already knew about the problems before, and those bungholes are just going to make it worse for people who have nothing to do with it being that way.
The ones on this board or the ones that wrote the "fake" Steve Jobs Blog? It was obviously written as satire. The only stupid ones are the-seemingly teenager-ones posting to this, and undoubtedly many other such forums.
Read most of the thread so far. It was initially amusing, then became quite scary and putrid; filled with anti-govt wackos and people with way, way, way too much time on their hands (nor a spell checker).
Instead of reacting to titles and hype, try reading, thinking about what you read, and then reacting. It was quite clearly meant to be satirically stupid as an idea, taking down the network. Of course, that would be counter productive!
