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I had Verizon when I moved to Chicago, and now have AT&T for the iPhone. What a mistake. 90% of the time I have 5 bars of "3G" but the network won't actually
by maukdaddy 17y ago
I had Verizon when I moved to Chicago, and now have AT&T for the iPhone. What a mistake. 90% of the time I have 5 bars of "3G" but the network won't actually transmit any data. Sometimes the phone flips back and forth from 3G to edge back to 3G, which most apps can't seem to handle. I drop well over 50% of my calls, while my wife's iPhone drops close to 90%.
- ams6110 17y agoWhen I lived in Chicago I had the previous incarnation which was known as "Cellular One" aka "Hellular One" and then Cingular, and it sucked then too.
- chadgeidel 17y agoSame here in CO Springs. AT&T "inflates" their connection information (more bars) on their phones. [citation needed I know] I can sit in my office with 4 or 5 bars of 3G and not bring up Google.com on my IPhone. I live on the top of a hill about a block away from an array of cell towers, but my calls rarely even connect (and drop all the time).
- ericd 17y agoI've noticed this as well in an area with extremely bad reception (inside a skyscraper) - my iPhone seems to frequently default to showing 5 bars when it can't actually make or receive calls, but then when I go next to a window and it actually establishes a workable connection, the signal strength meter shows 1-2 bars. I haven't seen a citeable source, though. Edit: clarified a bit. Also, I wanted to add that I get one or more dropped calls basically every day, even outside (in Manhattan).