Hi again. I posted above in real time. I realized I was in an area that could hinder 3G performance. Now sitting in a restaurant 1/4 mile from the area I posted and getting great 3G speed.
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Hi again. I posted above in real time. I realized I was in an area that could hinder 3G performance. Now sitting in a restaurant 1/4 mile from the area I posted and getting great 3G speed.
checking back in. I just can't believe how much better ATT is in my work area now. Unfortunately there are still a few parts of NYC that have bottleneck issues, but upstate near the catskills is a thousand times better.
According to the ATT map by March 31st they will be close to Verizon or if not more in regards to 3G coverage.
The report has been known to be biased as the surveys are mainly from the NYC and SF areas where AT&T has problems.
Also, you don't see people complaining on how great their service is. There is a reason AT&T has 80M+ customers and growing....
This is directly due to them having had the iPhone exclusivity. I really can't imagine people switching to AT&T for a non-iPhone, can you? Now that they have lost their exclusivity to a much larger and better carrier, we're going to see AT&T's numbers & trends drastically change over the next 2 years.
Yes I can, AT&T was bigger than Verizon by 10M customers BEFORE the first iPhone came out. Surprising huh?
and considering the 3g coverage is much faster than verizon I might have to send back the viPhone I ordered this am...
I've been noticing the same sort of thing in my area. I'm also seeing a lot more 3G where there used to be only EDGE.
Not only are those new 3G sites, HSDPA/HSUPA, but they are also HSPA+ flavoured.
All that needs to be done is that dam backhaul that is taking too dam long.
Key word of the day "permits".
Upgrading the radio equipment in an existing tower doesn't require a new permit from the city it's operating in.
Digging the trenches to run the new fiber to upgrade the backhaul requires not one, but at least 3 permits from each municipality they have to dig in.
Paperwork is what is making it take so dang long.
Hell, in SF, it take 2 years to get a permit. Yes, T-W-O Y-E-A-R-S!
Key word of the day "permits".
Upgrading the radio equipment in an existing tower doesn't require a new permit from the city it's operating in.
Digging the trenches to run the new fiber to upgrade the backhaul requires not one, but at least 3 permits from each municipality they have to dig in.
Paperwork is what is making it take so dang long.
Hell, in SF, it take 2 years to get a permit. Yes, T-W-O Y-E-A-R-S!
I know that. See the CNET thread.
Unfortunately I live in the SF Bay Area where ATT is pretty spotty. Sometimes great and a lot of times pathetic. I hear that it can be challenging for ATT to get a tower up in tower unfriendly communities, but then people living in them complain about the service. Go figure. Either way - ATT needs to step it up regardless.