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Has AT&T done enough to keep you once VZW gets the iPhone?
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Wiring the tunnels is probably an enormous endeavor, much more so than wiring just the stations. But unless it has recently changed, I don't think they met their end-of-2010 target for service in all stations. I don't get service in Archives-Navy Memorial.
Assuming the iPhone 5 is coming to Verizon this year, I will be switching so I can bundle wireless with my FiOS TV/Internet. My AT&T contract is up in June.
Kdarling is a Verizon advocate. Every thread, every conversation he manages to somehow make it seem as if Verizon is just that much better. I have come to ignore the posts as they really provide nothing to the conversation.
GSM = better for travelers, those that like to swap devices on the fly without hassle.
CDMA = for stay at home people. Swapping devices is not as "easy". You have a few more steps and some wait time.
Pick the best carrier based on coverage for your area. Plain and simple.
whats the point of blacklisting a phone? its STILL STOLEN...do you think whoever stole it will return it because they can't activate it? No, they are going to turn around and sell it to someone on craigslist and then laugh when they call back complaining about how they can't activate it.
and i'm with everyone who is happy with AT&T. I've had it ever since i've had a cell phone (10 years) and have rarely had a problem with service. 3G here in Nashville TN is great...and when I travel home to Florida even the EDGE network in middle of nowhere Georgia does just fine for me!
I don't see what the problem really is with AT&T as I have never had a problem with them!
When I call them and have an issue they usually resolve it.
My parent's have Verizon and do a lot of traveling in the US and drive a lot and in 2010 driving to California they hit a LOT of dead spots with Verizon and couldn't make or receive calls. They were not happy about it and when they got to their condo in CA they couldn't use their cell phone as they had limited service. So people saying that Verizon has more coverage is full of it!!
I have more success with signal the my friends do with Verizon!
Also the deposit Verizon requires is much higher as I have seen deposits in the $1100 range for new customers!!
I will NOT be switching!!
When I call them and have an issue they usually resolve it.
My parent's have Verizon and do a lot of traveling in the US and drive a lot and in 2010 driving to California they hit a LOT of dead spots with Verizon and couldn't make or receive calls. They were not happy about it and when they got to their condo in CA they couldn't use their cell phone as they had limited service. So people saying that Verizon has more coverage is full of it!!
I have more success with signal the my friends do with Verizon!
Also the deposit Verizon requires is much higher as I have seen deposits in the $1100 range for new customers!!
I will NOT be switching!!
Because Apple fanboys/girls refused to blame Apple
I've had PacBell, Cingular, AT&T since Aug 1997 and have had great service and great Customer Service with AT&T.
The iphone was the weak link not AT&T. Apple evidently has improved by iphone4 which I now have.
Watch in 3-4 months all the bitching done by Verizon Iphone users
No more free cases either
The only way I would leave ATT is if 1: Verizon paid what it would coast to drop my contract mid way, 2: give my an Iphone 4 and 3: pay my bill for the next two years..... Not ever going to happen.... Call me a fan boy, but I have been on ATT longe before the Iphone, and way to long for me to want to switch. I love them. I have said this before I have found I have better coverage with ATT, then anyother provider I have tried. So unless Verizon meets my demands I am not going to pay more money for the exact same phone I just got with ATT... I am just saying....
I talked to my mother-in-law about this after I got mugged and had my 4 stolen; I can accept the fact that I was mugged and robbed and that the muggers likely won't get arrested, feces happens. What I'm not happy about is that, even with the means to do so, AT&T won't blacklist the phone on their network, meaning that not only did you rob me, you can continue to benefit off of it. It doesn't matter who has the phone, it's a stolen device and shouldn't be used by anyone if the carrier has the ability to block it.
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ATT always blacklists stollen phones. Just go to the store with a copy of the police report.[Most networks will not blacklist a phone unless it has been reported as stolen]
This is called a Vocal minority. Just a few people making lots of noise. It is like what happened with the dropped calls/antenna/whatever; you read way too many complains on forums, but in real life iphone sales continued great as allways.
That's weird. Try talking to the store manager or to a captan in the police station.
AT&T has been good to me so i harbor no intentions of leaving. I get great reception wherever i go and yeah i've dropped a call every now and then but all carriers have that issue.
So farewell to you guys going to verizon.
I get great reception wherever i go and yeah i've dropped a call every now and then but all carriers have that issue.So farewell to you guys going to verizon.
Yeah, I used to not be a huge fan of the idea of balcklisting (Oh, someone will just screw you after selling you a phone, easy abuse by an ex or vindictive friend/relative, etc...) but really, come on. If it's legit, you have nothing to worry about, if not, screw you.
How are you paying that? I have the exact same plan and I pay $110.
Sounds like he's on a family unltd plan where each line is $50/month.
I've done it before, never had a problem. If the manager is not listening, do a different store. If that doesn't work, the problem may lie with how you are approaching it.
Pretty sure the manager is yanking your chain. Ever see him enter the data into a system?
From what I've been told by AT&T CS, no system exists.
Positive it happened, because the phone was eventually recovered, and I had to go back through ATT to have it reactivated.
Then I guess I'm the loser for trusting several AT&T CS reps that told me otherwise.
Then I guess I'm the loser for trusting several AT&T CS reps that told me otherwise.
Maybe you got hit with a new rep, ie in training.