Location location location. You could have walked away at the beginning of your contract. Why did you wait? (Obviously there are good reasons, i.e., moved to the area during your contract, etc.). Have you looked into femtocells?
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How's the ATT & 3G service in your area?
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A lot more Marylanders here than I thought there were.
I live near Annapolis, solid 3G here for the past 4 years.
I live near Annapolis, solid 3G here for the past 4 years.
I wanted to confer w/ other end users the validity of ATT's claims and am truly curious if indeed it is isolated to our older Nokia phones.
If you have further insights about iPhone performing similarly, do share. It will educate and help with purchase decisions.
Per ATT...here's coverage map for our area:
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Just curious, but is 3G all that really matters when looking at the coverage map?
My city is mostly "best" on the map, but my neighborhood is in one of the few small pockets that are only "good". However, the whole area has 3G, so does that means the best/good colors are irrelevant?
I hope so, since the map legend makes it look like "good" areas might not have very good service indoors
If 3G is all that matters, then I should be good.
My city is mostly "best" on the map, but my neighborhood is in one of the few small pockets that are only "good". However, the whole area has 3G, so does that means the best/good colors are irrelevant?
I hope so, since the map legend makes it look like "good" areas might not have very good service indoors
If 3G is all that matters, then I should be good.Regular coverage is great in Tuscaloosa and most other areas of Alabama. Never a dropped call or signal problem (except during Alabama football games, but that's an understandable problem that they've already started addressing). 3G is not so great....still on edge in Tuscaloosa.
I live on Long Island. I get PERFECT coverage. I'm a conductor for the Long Island Rail Road so I am back and forth between the island and Manhattan every day and I always have excellent service. The only places I have a problem is in this one room in my house (which for some reason is a dead zone for every cell company) and in the train tunnels heading into and out of the city. Verizon has full service in these tunnels.
It's gotten pretty good here in Denver lately. A few weeks ago it was very slow.
I downloaded a song in ten seconds last night.
I downloaded a song in ten seconds last night.
I'm in Santa rosa CA and reception is pretty garbage in many areas here(my house and work for one). It seems as if it's gotten worse in the last 6-8months though. I'm on the original iPhone though so I'm hoping it's better on the 3Gs. My Internet is usually fine but I drop calls and it breaks up real bad if I'm not in the perfect spot.
fine for me in the Atlanta GA area. Has been for years. Even way back when they tested it here 1st
Columbia, MO: In the city (more importantly, on campus) it's full 3G, moving outside the city limits (where my house happens to be) it's a toss up. Usually it's 3G with about 4 bars, but sometimes will switch over to EDGE with full bars.
check ur coverage here
http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/
and the service here in michigan is great
http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/
and the service here in michigan is great
I also experience pretty spotty service in LA - especially Westwood area. I get plenty of dropped calls near on Veteran Ave. south of Wilshire.
Where I live in Northeast Georgia I get absolutely no 3G service (although that will change sometime before the end of the year, or so AT&T says) but I get perfect EDGE service. While living in Atlanta during the school year I get perfect 3G service and rarely ever drop into EDGE.
Actually, it's not. No offense to the OP, the confusion is caused by asking the wrong question and then getting interesting but useless answers. The OP now has bad coverage and instead of giving details asks how's your coverage? I fail to see the connection. Mine is great. Except when I'm in an area of bad coverage. Then it's not.
It would be more helpful to the OP to drill down into their specifics. Specifically, as much location information as they care to provide with details on new construction, more or less cell towers, new kitchen wallpaper with foil inlay, etc. The only thing we know is that something changed somewhere. I'm sure if asked somebody would drive into the same neighborhood and report their signal.
A city in the NW experienced much interruption in service as the towers were built and upgraded to provide 3G service. AT&T's response is "we're upgrading the network". True, but unsatisfying. My company experienced poor coverage at a new office and AT&T "tuned" the nearby antennas to provide a stronger signal. I do not know if that stronger signal came at an expense to someone else (weaker signal in a different direction). The point being is the network is tweaked down to the individual cell towers.
To the OP: It appears after this long without resolution it isn't a priority for AT&T. Does you company have a corporate contract with AT&T? If so you can approach the issue with your AT&T reps who may be more aggressive with their problem determination.
Of course I may have missed something entirely important...
Wow.
Okay, nothing has changed on our end at all. Our experience simply started being as described. I wanted to see about folks' experience w/ the iPhone and ATT's performance and perhaps it was our older phones and time to move on.
Even hearing about pple from other parts of the country wasn't necessary unhelpful.
For phone coverage, I've had few problems in the middle of nowhere (A.K.A. Corn Country).
When I get the new iPhone next week (hopefully), I will have 3G in town supposedly. But when I move, that will improve dramatically.
I can't blame AT&T for not putting decent coverage out here. 85% of the population of my state is in two cities. And that is less than half the population of some neighborhoods in NYC/LA/DC.
When I get the new iPhone next week (hopefully), I will have 3G in town supposedly. But when I move, that will improve dramatically.
I can't blame AT&T for not putting decent coverage out here. 85% of the population of my state is in two cities. And that is less than half the population of some neighborhoods in NYC/LA/DC.