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ATT's improving infrastructure
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Never noticed, but you might be right. I now get a solid 5 bars in my office and I'm in the basement. Used to hover between 3-4. I cannot get the death grip to work anymore either, stays steady at 5 bars even without a case and directly shorting the 2 antenna...
'Course now along with the better reception, we're probably getting our insides cooked with the stronger signals AT&T is sending out...
'Course now along with the better reception, we're probably getting our insides cooked with the stronger signals AT&T is sending out...
You would think they would have started improving their infrastructure YEARS AGO when they had millions of new subscribers, thanks to the iPhone.
But, no.
After they sat on their laurels and the executives were drooling over the piles of cash and invested it for themselves. Only recently, they're nudging the "effort button" before for the inevitable when they lose exclusivity and other carriers get the iPhone.
Backtrack. In the last 12 months, they've given us "Seth the Blogger Guy," Facebook pages and Twitter accounts, and a multimillion dollar campaign called "Rethink possible" which does nothing to improve our connectivity and throughput on their network. Not to mention, they've replaced the data plans with less-valuable ones that includes overages. $15 for 200MB, and then kick 'em again with another $15 for another 200MB? Tethering for $20 a month, for what? To enable a toggle on our iPhone?
Finally, when iPhone is announced on Verizon or whoever else, AT&T will cite some losses, and ultimately take it out on their own staff by laying off parts of their workforce, making the rest of them work either harder and/or more spiteful, giving us poorer customer service and customer satisfaction... all while the execs have already walked away with all the profits for their nice golden parachutes.
Did I miss anything here?
(Yeah, I know I've repeated stuff like this before, but this whole BS corporate mentality is really getting to me, whether it's AT&T or Monsanto or BP or all of Wall Street.)
But, no.
After they sat on their laurels and the executives were drooling over the piles of cash and invested it for themselves. Only recently, they're nudging the "effort button" before for the inevitable when they lose exclusivity and other carriers get the iPhone.
Backtrack. In the last 12 months, they've given us "Seth the Blogger Guy," Facebook pages and Twitter accounts, and a multimillion dollar campaign called "Rethink possible" which does nothing to improve our connectivity and throughput on their network. Not to mention, they've replaced the data plans with less-valuable ones that includes overages. $15 for 200MB, and then kick 'em again with another $15 for another 200MB? Tethering for $20 a month, for what? To enable a toggle on our iPhone?
Finally, when iPhone is announced on Verizon or whoever else, AT&T will cite some losses, and ultimately take it out on their own staff by laying off parts of their workforce, making the rest of them work either harder and/or more spiteful, giving us poorer customer service and customer satisfaction... all while the execs have already walked away with all the profits for their nice golden parachutes.
Did I miss anything here?
(Yeah, I know I've repeated stuff like this before, but this whole BS corporate mentality is really getting to me, whether it's AT&T or Monsanto or BP or all of Wall Street.)
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My service has gotten progressively worse actually...my signal strength hasn't changed visually, but I am definitely experiencing slower downloading, even with my new, faster iPhone 4 (got it in August). Basically ATT can kiss my ASS and It will be worth every penny of the early termination fee when we see the VZW iPhone...
If I were to weigh AT&T versus VZW, they are about the same. Perhaps Verizon will have the advantage due to LTE, but that isn't something I'd drop an ETF and jump ship wholesale for.
Don't forget, if you think lock-in is bad on AT&T, CDMA phones in the US would be worse. No R/UIM card (functionally identical to a SIM card that is used in other country's CDMA networks), and I'm sure Sprint wouldn't allow CDMA iPhones on their network.
AT&T is "meh", but it is better than the CDMA guys. At least with an AT&T phone you can exit the US and have coverage, even at the roaming-high fees.
I live in 60089. Thought it might be because of the Holiday week and a lot of people taking it off but I am still rocking great signal. I have always been happy with the service but now I am very happy. I know that all phone carriers will have dead spots but where I travel, my phone works for me!!
There's a huge difference from densely-populated Rogers Park and where you are.
so I noticed something weird yesterday today driving into town, as I'm driving the signal will switch to edge and stay there until I either turn the phone off and on or turn data off and on. A little annoying hopefully that will change in the future
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I have a new tower in my area. Went from 1 bar Edge to 4-5 bars 3G. I sold my M-Cell and can make calls wonderfully now. Thanks AT&T. It was about time though.
I have a new tower in my area. Went from 1 bar Edge to 4-5 bars 3G. I sold my M-Cell and can make calls wonderfully now. Thanks AT&T. It was about time though.
I have friends in Rogers Park and when I was at there place a month or so ago I had no problems. I seem to drop the most call when I am in the loop or when I am in New York City but NYC is a whole different discussion.
I have seen this before, it was caused by work they were doing on the sites, it kinda seemed like some sort of mode the sites were set to temporarily.
I work in a pretty rural part outside of the city. Construction in plants. I was getting unreliable Edge the whole time ive been out there. About a month ago the towers were down for a week or so. After that I get about 3 bars of 3g everyday out there. nice to see there upgrading.
I'm guessing most of you AT&T users have not recently seen the consumer reports of AT&T service being the worst in N. America?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon.../DN-att_07bus.ART.State.Edition1.370c76b.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon.../DN-att_07bus.ART.State.Edition1.370c76b.html
I read it. Meaningless drivel.
I don't care what the report says... I care about my actual experience.
I have zero complaints regarding my AT&T service.
It's everywhere I need it to be and works reliably for me all the time.
I think I've dropped one call in the last several years.
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I agree. I care about the service I get with AT&T and not what some report says.
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I agree. I care about the service I get with AT&T and not what some report says.
LOL at ATT improving their service, not around here at least, all the deadzones around my house that were around in 2007 still exist today, not even a 1% improvement, I actually want to switch to Verizon when they get ther iPhone since it's so bad around here.
Apparently, you didn't understand what you read... the report did not say ALL users... Just because you had good exp with At&t does not mean everyone else did. The report is just that, an report that shows how many people are not satisfied and rated the worse cellular carrier in the US.
Doesn't matter if you care or not the report says AT&T is the worse cell carrier in the USA.. you can bury your head in the sand all you want but fact is fact...
The report is a collection of opinions, not facts.
Learn the difference and your life will be better.
Depending on who, when (timing is a big factor), where and how a survey was administered can and typical does determine it's outcome.
because it is easy to cover the third largest country in the world? o and half of the 2nd and 1st largest are useless land where no one lives. quit being such a smart ass. o and many have bought smart phones due to the 15$ data plan. i guess that is bad right? and it is not like we have the 2 gig plan and the option to keep the unlimited or anything right?
because of a few fanboy hatters hating att and saying they suck=fact?
plus the whole test is badly put together. the phone could be causing problems and they should only survey phone users that the phone is on every network.
We live in South Jersey right near the Walt Whitman bridge. I get very satisfactory 3G and no complaints.
However went to the Voorhees area about 10 mile'ish from our area and experienced horrible 3G speed. If I lived in the Voorhees area I wouldn't be satisfied. I work in Philly and get very satisfactory 3G.
Hoping it's not a glitch in the area cause I'm a satisfied att customer. In my areas I'm in most get great 3G. But if it isn't a glitch and if I lived in Voorhees where I was I most likely might not be with att. Hurts me to even say this cause I'm a big att fan.
Interesting how about 10 miles can make a difference. The Voorhees/Cherry Hill area is heavily populated.
However went to the Voorhees area about 10 mile'ish from our area and experienced horrible 3G speed. If I lived in the Voorhees area I wouldn't be satisfied. I work in Philly and get very satisfactory 3G.
Hoping it's not a glitch in the area cause I'm a satisfied att customer. In my areas I'm in most get great 3G. But if it isn't a glitch and if I lived in Voorhees where I was I most likely might not be with att. Hurts me to even say this cause I'm a big att fan.
Interesting how about 10 miles can make a difference. The Voorhees/Cherry Hill area is heavily populated.
