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AT&T takes the phone out of iPhone

10 points by fjabre 17y ago

maukdaddy 17y ago
Neither my wife or myself have been able to keep a single call up for an entire conversation here in Chicago. This includes downtown, north side, by the lake, etc. Conversations from iPhone -> iPhone are always garbled.
fjabre 17y ago
Yeah same. It drops quite a bit in the Los Angeles area. Wonder if this is a big city problem? =)
rufo 17y ago
Realizing of course that there are any number of factors that could cause a difference... ...I've never had problems with with AT&T's network here in Rochester, NY. The calls sound very good, I have generally good reception everywhere and I get a dropped call maybe once every week or two - not out of the norm for any cell phone I've used. I am pissed at AT&T for other reasons - when I went to PAX a few weeks ago the data network basically crashed and a voicemail I received didn't come in until Tuesday when I connected in JFK, the MMS/tethering debacle, the plan pricing. But the quality of their network here is something I can't actually complain about. (It seems like I see tons of iPhones out and about, so I don't think it's that we have a lesser percentage of iPhone users than other areas. Maybe we're just spread out more or have a better tower/phone ratio than more densely packed areas?)
- roc 17y ago
  That seems to be it. If you approach any area sufficiently dense with geeks/gadget fiends, permanent or temporary, the actual data use by iPhones strangles AT&Ts network. Looks, walks and quacks like a classic case of oversold capacity. My first year with the 3G was an experience like yours: network problems were something other people complained about. But in the last 4 or 5 months, my experience has quickly and notably nosedived.
  - dschobel 17y ago
    I'm really interested to see how other networks keep up with iphone's notorious data usage in the coming year. Then we'll really see whether it's ATT being incompetent or if this device truly was a paradigm shift (sorry) in how people are using their phones which threw everyone (and their networks) for a loop.
agotterer 17y ago
I'm pretty close to dropping my iPhone for something else soon. I love the phone itself. Minus a few bugs here and there its the best phone I have ever used and likely the best on the market. But AT&T is a joke. Anywhere with high density population and your phone seizes to function. I'm in Manhattan. I often wait 2 hrs for voicemail and texts and about 6 out of 10 calls end in a drop. Outside of NY my phone works much better. Internet seems to be 3x faster and no dropped calls. I'm close to leaving and returning to Verizon. iPhone: An expensive paper weight.
dschobel 17y ago
Why is she talking about her boyfriend and polling her friends on facebook? Is this a blog entry or a news story?
- jmtulloss 17y ago
  I agree. Is seems a bit underhanded that the journalist used her job to punish the cell phone company she's angry at. If she really wants to get back at them, she needs to prove her case with hard data and not circumstantial evidence.
keltecp11 17y ago
To make it worse... my Iphone now has 'Coma Modes'. This is a GREAT toy...but a horrible phone. My Nokia might have had only snake, but it NEVER dropped a call.

10 points by fjabre 17y ago

Neither my wife or myself have been able to keep a single call up for an entire conversation here in Chicago. This includes downtown, north side, by the lake, etc. Conversations from iPhone -> iPhone are always garbled.

fjabre 17y ago

Yeah same. It drops quite a bit in the Los Angeles area. Wonder if this is a big city problem? =)

rufo 17y ago

Realizing of course that there are any number of factors that could cause a difference... ...I've never had problems with with AT&T's network here in Rochester, NY. The calls sound very good, I have generally good reception everywhere and I get a dropped call maybe once every week or two - not out of the norm for any cell phone I've used. I am pissed at AT&T for other reasons - when I went to PAX a few weeks ago the data network basically crashed and a voicemail I received didn't come in until Tuesday when I connected in JFK, the MMS/tethering debacle, the plan pricing. But the quality of their network here is something I can't actually complain about. (It seems like I see tons of iPhones out and about, so I don't think it's that we have a lesser percentage of iPhone users than other areas. Maybe we're just spread out more or have a better tower/phone ratio than more densely packed areas?)

roc 17y ago
That seems to be it. If you approach any area sufficiently dense with geeks/gadget fiends, permanent or temporary, the actual data use by iPhones strangles AT&Ts network. Looks, walks and quacks like a classic case of oversold capacity. My first year with the 3G was an experience like yours: network problems were something other people complained about. But in the last 4 or 5 months, my experience has quickly and notably nosedived.
- dschobel 17y ago
  I'm really interested to see how other networks keep up with iphone's notorious data usage in the coming year. Then we'll really see whether it's ATT being incompetent or if this device truly was a paradigm shift (sorry) in how people are using their phones which threw everyone (and their networks) for a loop.

agotterer 17y ago

I'm pretty close to dropping my iPhone for something else soon. I love the phone itself. Minus a few bugs here and there its the best phone I have ever used and likely the best on the market. But AT&T is a joke. Anywhere with high density population and your phone seizes to function. I'm in Manhattan. I often wait 2 hrs for voicemail and texts and about 6 out of 10 calls end in a drop. Outside of NY my phone works much better. Internet seems to be 3x faster and no dropped calls. I'm close to leaving and returning to Verizon. iPhone: An expensive paper weight.

dschobel 17y ago

Why is she talking about her boyfriend and polling her friends on facebook? Is this a blog entry or a news story?

jmtulloss 17y ago
I agree. Is seems a bit underhanded that the journalist used her job to punish the cell phone company she's angry at. If she really wants to get back at them, she needs to prove her case with hard data and not circumstantial evidence.

keltecp11 17y ago

To make it worse... my Iphone now has 'Coma Modes'. This is a GREAT toy...but a horrible phone. My Nokia might have had only snake, but it NEVER dropped a call.