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[i0wnj00]

I haven't had any problems with dropped calls up here, but their data speeds have steadily declined for for the past 2 years. I blame the slowdown in data speeds on two things 1.The iPhone came along with the AT&T buyout 2.AT&T has either invested very little or nothing at all in adding capacity here, or a combo of 1 and 2.

I have noticed a decline in 3G service in Vermont as well. Now, I'm switching to EDGE at times or losing my data connection completely..just like when I'm in Los Angeles. It's good that they added one more channel, but that's useless for me since I'm too far away to use it. I'm gone for several months and get this...

#1 isn't an issue or an excuse if they did something with #2.
#2 is a reoccurring theme with AT&T..
Apparently, this is a bigger problem than I thought...

[JoeyDee]

I have noticed a decline in 3G service in Vermont as well. Now, I'm switching to EDGE at times or losing my data connection completely..just like when I'm in Los Angeles. It's good that they added one more channel, but that's useless for me since I'm too far away to use it. I'm gone for several months and get this...

#1 isn't an issue or an excuse if they did something with #2.
#2 is a reoccurring theme with AT&T..
Apparently, this is a bigger problem than I thought...

Vermont was a divested area, correct? If I remember right, AT&T never really 'owned' anything in vermont untill a couple years ago? All the carriers seem to lag in thier recently aquired areas. . .

[i0wnj00]

Vermont was a divested area, correct? If I remember right, AT&T never really 'owned' anything in vermont untill a couple years ago? All the carriers seem to lag in thier recently aquired areas. . .

Right, however things were fine when 3G first rolled out in Vermont or at least in the areas I frequent.
I never had a problem with switching between 3G and EDGE or losing my data completely, that's the difference between then and now.

Things are better than what the former carrier had originally offered to its customers. Back then 3G was just something they mentioned on a pdf file among other things.

[ilvla2]

Really?!? REALLY?!? So this means that we never again have to hear you complain about how AT&T hasn't expanded 3G in your area since they took over Edge?

Not on your life buddy When they actually start to expand it, then I'll be quiet, but until then AT&T will continue to get an earful, somebody has to speak up for Rural California and Rural America Until then, you'll just have to put up with it, sorry

[ilvla2]

All the carriers seem to lag in thier recently aquired areas. . .

To Verizon's credit, I haven't noticed that in the local carriers they've acquired in NorCal. Like up here in Northwestern California, Verizon acquired CalNorth Wireless (the B Band Carrier in Humboldt, Del Norte, Trinity and Siskiyou Counties) about 3 years ago, in in less than a year they took a network that had no data at all to getting 1X Data on the entire network, EVDO on it less than a year after that and 100% EVDO a short time later. I am sure VZ has some crappy acquisitions around, people on Alltel seem to be pretty unhappy in some areas (I'm not sure how the Alltel areas they got in CA are doing), but I personally haven't seen any (they've acquired CalNorth, Mountain Cellular and Surewest PCS in the past few years).

[formercanuck]

Not on your life buddy When they actually start to expand it, then I'll be quiet, but until then AT&T will continue to get an earful, somebody has to speak up for Rural California and Rural America Until then, you'll just have to put up with it, sorry

Well, Rural America does appear to be expanding on the 3G front - just not your area and in general, the West coast states. In fact, they went rural enough to cover unincorporated parts of St. Louis County, MN and miss the towns of Tower, Peyla and Cook, MN. Looks like there must be some influential people living at Vermillion Lake.

[ilvla2]

Well, Rural America does appear to be expanding on the 3G front - just not your area and in general, the West coast states. In fact, they went rural enough to cover unincorporated parts of St. Louis County, MN and miss the towns of Tower, Peyla and Cook, MN. Looks like there must be some influential people living at Vermillion Lake.

I would bet money had a lot to do with it. Oh well, maybe they'll do something in Rural CA and the Rural West (the Midwest does NOT count in that )next year, wait, how long have I been saying that now? lol It's funny, before last summer T-Mobile was nowhere to be found up here, now they have almost as much voice coverage and data coverage as AT&T, plus 4G (well, T-Mobile's definition of that anyway) in Ukiah, parts of Lake County, Eureka and Susanville, maybe AT&T has surrendered the fight? I never in my day thought I'd see T-Mobile overtake AT&T in our area, let alone in any rural area, I guess fact is stranger than fiction lol

[RCtennis3811]

RC, I finally saw the speeds you were talking about. I was in the highland park area when I did the tests. But I'm thinking the backhaul is better in those high density areas in the metroplex. Other areas like east Dallas and Plano, while the downloads are good, they are nowhere near as fast as in downtown.

I've generally had great speeds throughout Plano (and all of Collin County) that almost match the speeds in the Dallas core on average. However, there is no denying that the speeds do tend to hold up more in Dallas proper during peak hours.

BTW, my highest speed of 6.05Mbps in my signature was done in West Allen/North Plano this past summer. :-D

[RCtennis3811]

awesome latency on your T-Mo card, I can't wait to see what AT&T will get with an HSPA+ device. . .

Hehe, thanks. T-Mobile has some great speeds on HSPA+ here in Dallas, but their coverage is abysmal at best. There's a reason why they only charge $39.99 for 5GB of data... ;-)

[army1]

att has 4g? crap,where still waiting for 3g.

[abenusa]

Well, Rural America does appear to be expanding on the 3G front - just not your area and in general, the West coast states. In fact, they went rural enough to cover unincorporated parts of St. Louis County, MN and miss the towns of Tower, Peyla and Cook, MN. Looks like there must be some influential people living at Vermillion Lake.

I live in MN. I saw that new 3G coverage on the map as well in northern MN, where there is nothing but forest, moose, and bears. My theory is that the 3G sites that popped up there recently must be new towers to fill in the gaps. My guess is they simply installed 3G equipment into a new tower installation. Is there any way to get an old coverage map to verify that those are indeed new tower locations?

[zephxiii]

I'd say lakes in general should be a priority for 3G as those are getaway spots for many people in the US.

[-banned-]

7.2 is HSPA, which AT&T has enabled a long time ago. They just don't have extra backhaul everywhere. They've been increasing the backhaul to the HSPA+ sites.

well all the local cell towers here are fiber fed... i know cause i have a buddy that works for at$t construction and thats what he does.... pulls fiber to the cell cites.
But i have yet to break past 3Mbps on my phone nor my company issued laptop with at$t 3g on it... So either there are a LOT of people suking up all the data from every tower i access or its not hot yet....

[freephoneguy]

They can bicker, but I've had more returns with AT&T than any other carrier. Verizon may not be as fast, but it sure is more reliable. What good is a Ferrari if it randomly shuts off and lets the Jetta get there faster?

[zephxiii]

They can bicker, but I've had more returns with AT&T than any other carrier. Verizon may not be as fast, but it sure is more reliable. What good is a Ferrari if it randomly shuts off and lets the Jetta get there faster?

Speaking for only your area.