User: WonkotheSane
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Re: At some point the industry WILL go from 4 to 3
Excellent analysis.
It's clear that Stephenson is trying to poison the well for this deal. He, of course, ignores one very important distinction: a combined T and T-mo would have had a huge market share. A combined S and T-mo would not. Even if regulators are not excited about the deal, they have to have solid reasons to object. The concept that a combined S and T-mo would monopolize much of anything is farfetched.
Not smart
Using airwaves to support fixed locations is not a good idea.
Re: Too funny! iPhone 5 ahead of ATT's 4G.
andy2373 said:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/iPhone-5 -Drops-in-Early-October-115766?nocomment=1
I thought it was common practice by all providers to install microcells in their stores.
Re: This is where AT&T's network investment $'s has been going...
The map was extremely misleading. It compared Verizon's EVDO (3G) to AT&T's HSPA (3.5G). If they wanted to be honest, which of course they didn't, they'd compare EVDO to UMTS coverage, which was comparable at the time. Maybe that's why AT&T has been so slow with LTE. The last time they deployed a new technology, it gave their competitors and ad campaign.
Re: Half phone, half computer?
The Motorola Atrix
https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phon e.php?p=3099
Re: att is behind on this LTE
Since when has AT&T been based in Lubbock?
Re: NEW TO AT&T
Historically, AT&T has been great in DFW. They inherited the Southwestern Bell infrastructure and 900MHz spectrum. Lately, things have not been as good. For now, I'm assuming the problems are related to their scramble to get LTE up and running.
Re: Dell Streak and AT&T
kbdabraham said:
I have asked a half dozen AT&T sales reps/scum of earth about Dell Streak, they swore that they never heard of it.
Why would they be different than 99.999999% of the rest of the population?
Re: What's going on?
The upgrade theory seems most plausible. My phone is only a couple of months old and the battery is fine. I even rebooted, but it dropped again.
The problem call was a 2am, so it is not inconceivable that they scheduled some work at that time to avoid as many disruptions as possible. OTOH, that doesn't explain the drop during the day. However, that was driving on the freeway, which naturally increases the chance ...
What's going on?
I live in Dallas. The coverage with AT&T has always been great with a dropped call maybe every other month at most. Now it happens much more regularly. I had a late night conference call (I work for a European company) where the call dropped seven times, and I was not moving the entire time. Does anyone know if there are some major system changes? I have a Blackberry 9700. :paranoid:
Re: Call Failed issues - east texas
I can't confirm it, but I think that AT&T is desperately working to get LTE installed. I'm guessing that these short problems are part of the process of installation. I had a late night conference call last Thursday (actually 2am Friday). The call dropped at least six times. I then rebooted and it did it again. After that, it held the call. This was in the DFW area (Fairview, near the intersection of ...
Re: Dead Zone Doldrums for iPhoners
I have a Tilt and live in DFW. I never have deadzone problems. A call will drop occasionally on transition from one cell to another, but no dead zones. OTOH, back when I had VZW and worked downtown, my office was a deadzone.
Re: Anyone know when it'll be at ATT?
I am not an AT&T employee and have no inside knowledge. However, the 9100 is supposed to be out in May and has AT&T's 3G frequencies. It may go to Rogers in Canada first, but it won't be much past May until AT&T has it, IMHO.
Re: Wow, health care reform is going to cost AT&T a whopping $1BLN
They lost a tax break on retiree drug benefits. They know exactly what the cost is. The only question is will the costs be the lost tax break or the costs of closing down their retiree drug benefit and dumping their retiree drug costs on Medicare. The tax break was an incentive for companies to not do just that. Now they have no incentive not to dump them. Congratulations, Obumble. You've saved the country ...
Re: Texas
I did some digging. Smartphone is apparently a front for PalmSource (now a sub of ACCESS, a Japanese company), the OS company that Palm recently spun out. This has become a common technique for plaintiffs who want to stay in the EDTex: form a corporation in the EDTex (in this case in Frisco) and transfer the patents to the front.
Re: Texas
There are a lot of myths around the Eastern District of Texas. It is no more likely to rule for the patent owner than other districts. I think they myths are perpetuated to get people to settle.
Re: Texas
So the same suit wouldn't be a troll suit if it wasn't filed in Texas?
Re: Sorry AT&T but
Let us know if Verizon's "3G" is significantly faster than AT&T's EDGE.
Re: AT&T Roars Back in PCWorld’s Second 3G Wireless Performance Test
You do know that 90% of the problems iPhone users have are because the iPhone is a cool little computer with a very poor phone in it, don't you?
This is probably not news to anyone, but ...
the radio in the iPhone really sucks. I use a Tilt with an updated radio. My wife uses an iPhone. We can be a couple of yards away from each other at home and her connection is a problem and mine is beautiful. It's sad that AT&T is taking more of a rap for network quality than they should because a large number of their customers have chosen a nice little computer with a crappy ...
Re: The Hypocrisy
True, but how much of that map V is promoting everywhere is Rev.0 and how much is Rev.A (or B)? From what I understand, V considers any EVDO service to be 3G.
Why does this articel discuss the Bold 9700 ...
when the press release says nothing about the 9700. BTW, it appears that you can order the 9700 on ATT's website NOW.
Re: Don't waste ur time
corepreacher said:
Don't waste your time on mail in rebates. if you do get one of those phones with AT&T you won't get your rebate back till after Christmas, if you get it back at all. T-mobile already offers these phones and there is no rebates. You get and instant discount and unlike AT&T at T-mobile you are not required to pay for an expensive web package if you want a Blackberry. All you need is unlimited messaging for $10 ...
Re: The Real Coverage Maps For AT&T & Verizon
Congratulations, you make the Madmen look ethical. 90% of the Verizon "3G" coverage is much slower than any version of UMTS and about the same speed as EDGE, which is universal on AT&T's network. The only difference is that AT&T doesn't try to pull semantic bullshit to claim fairly slow service is 3G.
Re: Emerging Tech from ATT labs. . .
Jayshmay said:
"1958 first commercial modem"? I can only guess it was for fax machines, because the internet didn't yet exist at that point, right?
You are correct, the first internet connection was made in 1969. And the public couldn't connected to it until it was opened to ISPs in 1989. Fax machines weren't invented yet, either. I don't think the Bell Labs researchers had any specific use in mind when they invented it, other than getting people ...
Re: Is Verizon ad false? (Most Definitely!)
The problem is that you have to tell everyone what your new local number is. Or, you can forward your U.S. number to your local number, but then you get socked for an international call anyway. I guess the only way to deal with this is leave a voicemail answer message telling what your local number is.
One question, do you tend to end up with a large collection of pre-paid SIMs?
Re: CDMA 2000(1x)
The ITU calls it 2.5G, but I guess you know better than they do. :roll:
Re: Question about sim cards and 850 3G. . .
Jayshmay said:
I don't understand what exactly the difference between a sim from 4+ yrs ago and a sim from summer 2009. It's just a piece of plastic that has gold connectors that connect the sim to the phone. What's the deal do new 850mhz 3G towers not recognize my sim?
Behind those gold contacts are a couple of integrated circuits that 1) allow you to store quite few contacts and 2) store information that identifies you and stores a bucket ...
Re: Will an unlocked bb storm work withh att 3g?
No, it will not work on AT&T's 3G network. It will only do UMTS outside of North America. Be careful. There may be some way besides locks that prevents the GSM portion of the phone from working in the U.S.
Re: iPhone Slowing AT&T Network?
IOW, the people at AT&T are admitting that they are too stupid to accurately estimate the network load of the products the sell. :roll:
Re: 2100 MHz
Yes, 2100 is used for UMTS 3G just about everywhere outside of North America.
Re: now wait a just a minute...
It's official:
http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/specif ications/
It looks like T-Mo will be the first North American carrier for this. I would expect an 850/1900/2100 version out relatively soon. Whether AT&T will carry it is another story.
Re: New To Dallas, USA
If you have a Bold and want 3G, you're only choice is AT&T. Due to our crowded airwaves, T-Mobile got stuck with 1700MHz for 3G. Your phone will do 850/1900/2100.
Re: Question for people that have bought phone from overseas
You do know that Euro Hero won't do 3G in North America, don't you?
Re: Problems with local service...
Write down the IMEI for your phones and call customer care to make sure AT&T entered them correctly. (Get a magnifying glass to get the IMEI for the iPhone. It's on the edge of the SIM cradle.) I can't say I understand completely, but apparently the IMEI is very important for how the network manages your phone.
Re: Here's a perfect example of a handset that is !!TOO GOOD!! for ATT
Um, doesn't that article state in the headline that AT&T will be carrying that phone?
Re: Man, can I not catch a break?
Don't make assumptions from poorly worded sentences.
"In addition to the planned speed upgrade, AT&T is enhancing its mobile broadband coverage by nearly doubling the wireless spectrum dedicated to 3G in most metropolitan areas to deliver stronger in-building reception and more overall network capacity. Also, AT&T is adding thousands of new cell site backhaul connections to support the higher mobile broadband speeds enabled by HSPA 7.2 and LTE."
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pi d=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=26835
The changes are not limited to SF, NY and LA. Those are ...
I think this explains part of it
The iPhone accounts for 8% of smart phone sales. iPhone users account 43% of all mobile web requests and 65% of HTML traffic.
http://metrics.admob.com/2009/05/ april-2009-mobile-metrics-report-mobile-web-v s-html/
Re: Warning: Wall of Text
This is a nice explanation. There's one aspect to add, though. Because EVDO was added in addition to Verizon's CDMA voice network and did not replace it, Verizon's voice network was never disrupted by the transition to EVDO.
The transition from GSM to WCDMA was more difficult for AT&T. A 2G (GSM) cell and a 3G (WCDMA) cell use very different modulation. A 3G cell doesn't connect to a 2G device (I'm pretty sure), nor vice ...
Re: HTC Fuze
The Fuze is great. Good call quality and you can make things just about as loud as you want. One caveat, it is a phone for phone gearheads. If you want a phone that "just works," this is not the phone for you. If you love tweaking your phone to suit your tastes, needs, or just to have fun tweaking, this is a great phone.
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