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Has AT&T done enough to keep you once VZW gets the iPhone?
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It seems pretty simple to me--if you are happy with ATT service--and I am--then you will most likely just stick with ATT--as I will--if not--and you want an iPhone--trying Verizon may be a good move.
Thanks for the tip. At my home, my 3GS for the last six months has been useless for telephone, it hangs on barely with 1 bar with 3G.
I just turned off 3G and zap upu comes 4 bars. Do not need 3G at home because I have WIFI for Data. I wish my phone would switch automatically to EDGE.
It seems most of the news has implied that VoRa is the solution Verizon was working on. But SVDO is always a possibility.
My recent travels to Seattle (mostly downtown) resulted good coverage, but CRAP data speeds. The internet was unusable for the most part. It was embarassing walking around with this girl, pulling out my iPhone and trying to locate a sushi restaraunt using Yelp. It took a VERY long time to load during the times it actually worked. I wanted to throw my iPhone into the bay at times.
You should've created a poll
My thoughts exactly. I never understand opinion poll posts....without polls.
Edit: Oh, and to answer the OP....I'm on the fence. I'll be watching what Verizon does very closely. An LTE iPhone might lure me, but a CDMA might not. AT&T has made things better in Dallas...but no better than Verizon.
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I can't believe I am responding to another Verizon iPhone thread
I will be staying with AT&T no question
I have no desire to change at all IF Verizon actually gets the iPhone
My experience with AT&T has been great and I have no issues
Same here
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Okay.. I don't know why some people do not seem to understand that "good" cell reception is based on where an individual is residing/where most of their usage takes place. I'm in NYC, Verizon's reception was better, however their customer service is garbage. I haven't needed to deal with att's cs as yet so I can't comment on that. My voice calls have not been terrible, but haven't been that phenomenal. I do experience hissing/white noise during every phone call, and that can be very annoying, but I barely use the phone so I guess it doesn't matter. Att is a notch above my previous Metro Pcs provider, which I think I'll return to until June when the new Iphone comes out. If the new rumored features come out, I believe the phone will be more to my liking. Too many things are missing for me, imo. I use to be a bberry user and the iphone can take some lessons from them.
You know, metro is pretty good about activating non-metro pcs phones, they'll even help you flash the firmware to stock if you bring in a sprint or verizon phone, I wonder if they could activate a CDMA iPhone?
Here's my answer, and it's not a poll option...let's see what they bring to the table...then I'll let you know.
I'm completely in love with rollover. I generally don't use anywhere near all of my minutes, but there are the odd months when I will go way, way over. I've saved at least 200 bucks in overages since switching to AT&T from Verizon. I never have to even think about how I'm using my minutes anymore, I can't tell you how much of a stress reliever that is.
I never thought I would give two *****s about being able to talk and surf at the same time on AT&T... until the day I actually *needed* to do it. Now I don't know that I would want to give that up.
I have a FAN discount, which makes my current bill about the same as my dumb phone plan on Verizon was.
My coverage on At&t is almost as good as it was on Verizon, it's not enough a difference to bother me really. It's more that it's *different* than it is better or worse. I have coverage in places now that I didn't before, and less in places I used to have better with Verizon.
Verizon would have to have one hell of a deal to snag me back!
I never thought I would give two *****s about being able to talk and surf at the same time on AT&T... until the day I actually *needed* to do it. Now I don't know that I would want to give that up.
I have a FAN discount, which makes my current bill about the same as my dumb phone plan on Verizon was.
My coverage on At&t is almost as good as it was on Verizon, it's not enough a difference to bother me really. It's more that it's *different* than it is better or worse. I have coverage in places now that I didn't before, and less in places I used to have better with Verizon.
Verizon would have to have one hell of a deal to snag me back!
I've had occasional problems with ATT (and by occasional I mean sometimes frequently), but since I've had ATT for so long my contract is really good and I would have to pay at least $30 more/month with any of the other carriers.
I'm also hoping that if another carrier gets the iPhone it will divert traffic off of ATT's towers and I'll have better service.
I'm also hoping that if another carrier gets the iPhone it will divert traffic off of ATT's towers and I'll have better service.
AT&T service is horrible but I'll still be sticking with them. It's better than dealing with Verizon with always comes back to bite you in the ass in some way or another.
AT&T may be slightly incompetent but at least they're not malicious.
AT&T may be slightly incompetent but at least they're not malicious.
My first personal cell phone (when I was old enough to have my own contract and phone instead of having a phone on my parents' account) was with Verizon, before that they were with Cingular. That was in 2003, and I continued to have Verizon until 2009 when I canceled my contract early and paid the ETF because I finally decided that I wanted to buy an iPhone. I never had any major issues with Verizon, but their coverage hasn't been all that stellar in places that I've lived.
Then I switched to AT&T and got my first iPhone. I've never once thought about going back, even if Verizon got the iPhone. So I left them because they didn't have the iPhone, but I won't be going back just because they have it now. AT&T has wonderful coverage in my area, and I've had nothing but good experiences dealing with them.
Then I switched to AT&T and got my first iPhone. I've never once thought about going back, even if Verizon got the iPhone. So I left them because they didn't have the iPhone, but I won't be going back just because they have it now. AT&T has wonderful coverage in my area, and I've had nothing but good experiences dealing with them.
Using my iPhone on vacation was a joke. AT&T's coverage (voice or data) was spotty at best. My kids with phones on Verizon happily texted away to friends, while I was lucky to get a voice call completed outside of major metropolitan areas. Their coverage stinks.
That having been said, I am going to be quite interested in how the iPhone actually ends up working on Verizon's network. I will have plenty of time to wait and see before my contract is up. I will say that for my situation, AT&T's customer service and billing is straightforward and has been zero problem to date. I cannot say the same about my family's Verizon account....
This will be interesting couple of months.
That having been said, I am going to be quite interested in how the iPhone actually ends up working on Verizon's network. I will have plenty of time to wait and see before my contract is up. I will say that for my situation, AT&T's customer service and billing is straightforward and has been zero problem to date. I cannot say the same about my family's Verizon account....
This will be interesting couple of months.
Because the grass is always greener on the other side... except when you find out it's the same grass.
Too lazy to really make the switch. Either way, I think AT&T's coverage will instantly be better when they won't have to handle all iPhones.
AT&T coverage in the Raleigh, NC area has been quite good for me, so I'm pleased. And, with my iPhone being on a GSM carrier, I can unlock it and use it when I leave the country, which is something I wouldn't be able to do with a Verizon iPhone without super programming skills or friends in high places.
Alot of people complain about AT&T dropping calls. This is a geographical phenomenon. If people live in an area with good coverage then they won't switch. If they live in an area with poor coverage which translates into a lot of dropped calls then they will.