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Home: Suffolk, VA - Mediocre coverage. No 3G yet

Work/Play: Norfolk and Virginia Beach, VA - Great coverage, Fast 3G
 
chesapeake, virginia ---> GREAT 3G, none by my house though, just EDGE, i live in the boonies. (HOPEFULLY COMING SOON!)
 
Phoenix Metro Area

I live in Queen Creek and get pretty good service.
I working in Phoenix and only get one dead space in the 40 mile drive one way. I miss Verizon, bit here in the Valley AT&T is bad

Jeff
 
Switz213 said:
Philly suburbs, PA - Decent. Some dropped calls. Call quality can be iffy at time.

At Phillies games last year, the internet wouldnt even load on 3G sometimes, but I believed they have updated some of the towers over there and it is fine now.
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They have recently upgraded the towers in Center City such that you can supposedly use your phone underground on the subway. Don't ride the system much myself so can't personally comment.

I live in the middle of center city and when I first bought the iPhone 3G last summer I noted a number of dropped calls. This improved significantly around the the start of the year but since the upgrade a few days ago the drops have returned. I also have found that speed wise, when I run a speed test on 3G the max I get is 999 KB/s. That's a bit dissapointing considering in Boston I have reached as high as 1.5-1.6 MB/s.
 
Atlanta, GA area. Service is great. My grandparents house, in Lawrenceville, seems to be a bit of a 3G dead spot though, which is weird. It's just in the house though, I get 3G again standing near a window or outside haha. Guess it's just a thick house.

Overall though, yes, service is great around here. I never drop calls and pretty much only lose service in thick-walled buildings.
 
I get Coverage Everywhere I go. New Orleans, Baton Rouge, all of the surrounding cities, Destin and Pensacola, and when we go skiing I have great coverege(mom is on verizon. She is getting an iPhone next week.) the only place I don't have great coverage is at my dads but AT&T is the only cell provider with coverage witch is the reason we have them. 3G ends only a couple of miles away.
 
Houston, TX - HORRIBLE service. Horrible. Heinous. I drop an average of 25% of my calls.

How bad is it? It's so bad that last month I decided I could not take it anymore and paid $500 in early termination fees to switch to Verizon. The Verizon service was phenominal. All of a sudden, I got signal at work where I had ZERO bars before and I never dropped a single call.
However.........I didn't realize how much I NEED my iPhone. Using the blackberry felt like I had stepped back in the 1980s. After one week Verizon, I had to decide. Do I want and incredible phone but mediocre gadget with Verizon and the Blackberry? Or do I want a terrible phone but the best portable gadget that exists?

For me, I decided that the iPhone wins and I switched back to AT&T. All-in-all, I'd say I'm happy with my iPhone as a gadget, but I am disgusted with it and AT&T as a cell phone.

(and for the record, my wife's free Nokia flip phone from AT&T drops A LOT less calls than my iphone 2g and 3g)
 
Hampton Roads, VA = started out as crap, is good/borderline great now.
(Va Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake)

They send out newsletters like this a few times a year (in addition to texts when new towers go up) to let you know what they're doing:

AT&T Network News - Spring|Summer 2009

Your network is growing

Welcome back to our AT&T Network Newsletter for Virginia and the Outer Banks. Once again, we have great news to share. Our network continues to expand in your area as we work around the clock to provide you with the best possible experience. To date, we've already added 25 new sites in 2009, and we're just getting started!

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The latest and greatest in Virginia

Summer's right around the corner - and there's no better time to plan a getaway. That's why we've made enhancements to our network at some of your favorite seasonal destinations.

Sun-seekers in the Hampton Roads area can enjoy enhanced coverage on the Virginia Beach waterfront with the addition of our new sites at Norfolk Ave. & S. Birdneck Ave. near the Seatack neighborhood, and at the Cavalier Golf & Yacht Club at Birdneck Point.

Plus, we've got great news for sports fans and music lovers alike. In Charlottesville, we recently added a new in-building system that provides extended coverage for the John Paul Jones Arena and Scott Stadium at UVA.

And if the lakes & mountains beckon you each summertime, you're in luck! You can now enjoy complete coverage from Bedford to Smith Mountain Lake on Route 122, and we've also added two additional cell sites on Route 24 between Roanoke and Smith Mountain Lake. Plus, you'll experience
more coverage on Route 29 between Charlottesville & Lynchburg.

In addition to these enhancements, we've added coverage in the following areas:

Hampton Roads
> On I-264 between the Ballentine Blvd. and Military Hwy exits
> Beach Rd. in the Fox Hill area of Hampton
> Aragona Village in Virginia Beach


Richmond
> Staples Mill Rd. (Route 33) at Glenside/Hilliard Rd.
> Nash Rd. area in Chesterfield
> Beulah Rd. and Old Hopkins Rd. in Chesterfield
> New Market Mill Rd. & Old Ridge Rd. in Beaverdam


Western Virginia
> Route 58 between Danville & South Boston
> Route 24 near Evington, south of Lynchburg
> Liberty University in Lynchburg
> Route 460 between Pearisburg and Narrows
> Route 11 near Shawsville, completing coverage between Salem & Christiansburg


With more coverage, the best selection of phones & rate plans, and superb customer service, it's never been a better time to be an AT&T customer. Thank you for your continued loyalty.

Sincerely,

Erika K. Thompson, Vice President & General Manager

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Network Hot Spots

More cell sites means more coverage for you. Here are just a few of the future hot spots where we have plans for improved coverage.

- Visitor's Center in Williamsburg
- Bridgewater College
- Continued expansion on Route 29 between Charlottesville and Lynchburg

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