Fewer Bars In More Places?
This is an interesting PC Magazine column from August 12th:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351460,00.asp »
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351460,00.asp »
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But this last year their service is getting worse and worse, even for us regular 2G users. I know I've been ranting a lot lately, but the truth is, I like AT&T. I like the brand and history behind the company, so it upsets me that they are dropping the ball on their network.
The old AT&T Wireless let their network go down the drains and it dragged the company with it. Now, it seems, the new AT&T is on that same path.
Oh, AT&T, how beautiful you once were! Now you are becoming more hated than Sprint! 😢
The old AT&T Wireless let their network go down the drains and it dragged the company with it. Now, it seems, the new AT&T is on that same path.
Oh, AT&T, how beautiful you once were! Now you are becoming more hated than Sprint! 😢
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retrowhitey said:
Sad, but true. ☹️
I ran across a comment on another article I just read:
It reads:
As someone who works on building the AT&T network - I can say with certainty: you are right. The network is running way too hot; there is not enough capital to expand it. Please continue to call AT&T out so that the upper management will start upgrading and expanding this network. Right now, our hands are tied.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/att-underscores ... »
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But AT&T screwed them all up. I loved selling Cingualr they where great and C.S. was always very helpful and hardly had complaints. So did they get worse or did VZW just get that much better? They gave all there money to Apple and had none left for the network upgeades that where sorley needed. Now it's an uphill battle. But I miss Cingular
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uscingulair said:
But AT&T screwed them all up. I loved selling Cingualr they where great and C.S. was always very helpful and hardly had complaints. So did they get worse or did VZW just get that much better? They gave all there money to Apple and had none left for the network upgeades that where sorley needed. Now it's an uphill battle. But I miss Cingular
I miss Cingular too. It was a great brand and I loved Cingular Jack. My very first cell phone was with Cingular. Things were better when there were two parent companies involved, but AT&T has spent so much on acquisitions and rebranding in recent years that it's not funny.
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Cingular was great. AT&T came in and cut out a lot of towers because they wern't making any money off them.
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Cingular was a great company up until the point that they first switched to the gsm technology, then their coverage went to hell. At that point I switched to a differnet provider and about a year ago i switched to att and their coverage is a 100% improvement over the Cingular days but the customer service has went down the drain. Half the time when I call customer service the reps I speak with don't seem to be properly trained. But as far as coverage goes, in SE Wisconsin and northern Illinois, I've always got full 3g service no matter where I go.
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I wonder how much of this is regional...
Out here in the mid-west, the 3G works great in the coverage areas, and you can get 2G in some pretty remote places. They don't have the near omni-presence of Verizon, but they are close. There are even some areas where they beat Verizon (despite what Verizon's coverage maps say...)
Out here in the mid-west, the 3G works great in the coverage areas, and you can get 2G in some pretty remote places. They don't have the near omni-presence of Verizon, but they are close. There are even some areas where they beat Verizon (despite what Verizon's coverage maps say...)
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