I have had AT&T in some form or another since 1999. About six months ago I became so fed up with dropped calls it became in possible to keep some of my most important lines on AT&T. I *****ed about it on here and moved all but 1 line to my Verizon account.
Two weeks ago, I brought back over my main line for a little test drive and I could not be more pleased. In the last two weeks, I have had multiple conference calls while on the road and not 1 dropped call. It was a night and day improvement from my experience a few months back.
In addition, my iPhone pulled down a smooth 3.3 last night. I think AT&T's investments are finally starting to pay off. They get killed a lot on these boards, so I figured I would update my recently positive experiences.
word, those dropped calls you were having were probably from network modifications etc. Some people like to make dumb assumptions about how AT&T never puts any money into their network..well I can tell you that they have invested in the network in my dumb little midwest town over the past 2.75 years i've been with them.
I found the same thing in Seattle - now vs November... Good to know AT&T is finally acceptable!
It's been an impressive 6 months. Hopefully it continues. I would love to see them push HSPA+ out nationwide and end GSM altogether. Wishful thinking I know, but that would make an awesome network.
The reception in Philly has always been good on my BB Bold, however, my iPhone carrying friends did have some problems in a few areas, so maybe now it will be better for them.
word, those dropped calls you were having were probably from network modifications etc. Some people like to make dumb assumptions about how AT&T never puts any money into their network..well I can tell you that they have invested in the network in my dumb little midwest town over the past 2.75 years i've been with them.
That has nothing to do with it. AT&T/Cingular started 3G in 2006 and 3G coverage is still thin compared to their GSM network. The fact is, they weren't really putting money into their 3G network until they got blasted for it and the iPhone 3G is one of the main causes of that. Verizon is also lighting the fire under AT&T's 3G expansion/improvement. I bet if the iPhone went to all carriers before the 3G version came out, AT&T 3G would be far more sparse and that they would be trying to get a jump on LTE instead holding off until 2011.
That has nothing to do with it. AT&T/Cingular started 3G in 2006 and 3G coverage is still thin compared to their GSM network. The fact is, they weren't really putting money into their 3G network until they got blasted for it and the iPhone 3G is one of the main causes of that. Verizon is also lighting the fire under AT&T's 3G expansion/improvement. I bet if the iPhone went to all carriers before the 3G version came out, AT&T 3G would be far more sparse and that they would be trying to get a jump on LTE instead holding off until 2011.
Actually history has shown that service degraded during overlay installs, and i've seen service degrade during other network modifications...........so I wouldn't jump on saying "that has nothing to do with it" without looking at the whole picture.
i always thought philly was one of ATT's stronger markets with network performance. so i'm surprised there was any serious problems. of course everywhere has pockets of dead spots. but when i'm in philly i have full signal any direction i drive. i have heard of overloaded network problems in center city however. but if you wanna see how good att's network is in philly, just come to southern cali and see how bad it is in comparison. philly is like the perfect network in comparison.
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Actually history has shown that service degraded during overlay installs, and i've seen service degrade during other network modifications...........
History showed AT&T *claiming* this as an exucse. I mean service DOES degrade when there's network work being done, it's unavoidable since sites have to be powered off for part of the work. But in some markets they've had network problems (congestion, coverage, poor voice quality, etc.) for at least 5 years, and have claimed TDMA->GSM overlay, then GSM850, then AT&T+Cingular integration, then adding in 3G, then moving 3G to 850, it all kind blending into one continuous "working on the network" excuse. It's good that more recently they stopped using this as an excuse, admitted they have problems and started addressing them.
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