Comments on: iPhone Rumor Round-Up

By: ZiPP3R

ZiPP3R — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:19:46 +0000

I’ve never had an issue with my AT&T service. I was with tmobile and verizon prior to AT&T when I lived in New Mexico. However, as soon as I left the city limits I lost more service with them than I ever have with AT&T. When they first aquired cingular the network was very weak, but within one year, friends signals went from 3-5 bars.

Now at TCU in Fort Worth, the ONLY carrier I’ve found that is worth a damn INSIDE buildings, is AT&T. I swapped purely because I was sick of my tmobile dropping calls because I walked into a classroom. The only time the network slows is when the 90% of our schools population is at a football game playing multiplayer apps, calling, and texting at halftime. Other service providers don’t seem to get any service hardly.

I agree, that AT&T COULD improve, but it sounds like LA just needs MORE towers. Its less a company issue and more of a regional problem.

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:07:10 +0000

ATT SUCKS MY SERVICE IS HORRIBLE. I H8 IT!!!!!!!!!11

By: Poc

Poc — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:47:00 +0000

I’m in the LA/Santa Monica, CA area I too made the jump from T-Mobile for AT&T. T-Mobile just had unpredictable coverage here so I eventually decided to switch and get an iPhone. Wrong choice. Though it may have been unpredictable before, it was at least somewhat useable. The iPhone, however, is completely useless as either a mobile or stationary phone while in my house. This goes for any phone on the AT&T network, not just iPhones, although those are particularly difficult to find (and maintain) connection for.

Listen AT&T and wireless folks – this is not the vast desert expanse or mountainous wilderness – this is Los Angeles, probably the largest and highest-value market/city in the country after NYC. I have friends from London and Paris visiting who are astonished that phone companies can get away with such poor service here and no one actually holds them accountable for it.

By: Big Toon

Big Toon — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:36:14 +0000

I left T-Mo for AT&T, for the exact same reason: an ass-load of dropped calls. I’m in the LA/Burbank area, and I gotta say, AT&T, not much better.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:42:02 +0000

The iPhone itself is not a good phone. It’s a great little smartphone but as a reliable “phone” it has some serious weaknesses. Don’t blame AT&T solely for your dropped/missed calls. I had a Nokia candybar phone prior to my iPhone and the Nokia worked much better in the same areas in NY and NJ.

By: The Sexy Armpit

The Sexy Armpit — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:50:48 +0000

AT&T service in New Jersey isn’t bad at all. There are several spots where it gets sketchy though.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:42:22 +0000

I’m an iphone user on the north side of Chicago. AT&T has opened a closed a trouble ticket at least 6 times for this “no service” in my house issue. They are telling me they’ve never guaranteed service in all buildings and that I need to change my SIM card. What the chick will not concede is that NO ONE gets service within a block radius of my apartment. So does EVERYONE have a bogus SIM card?

Well there you go; I’m considering switching. I feel like I’m breaking up with my high school sweetheart.

By: LisaG

LisaG — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:07:33 +0000

AT&T bites it here in NYC, as well. I jokingly refer to W.49th btn 6AV & Bwy as the Alien Abduction Zone. I always drop calls on that block. If I wore a watch, the hands would probably start spinning around crazily at the same time.

By: Ward

Ward — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:17:22 +0000

Yeah damn straight!!

I hope Ivan Seidenberg will get it, I think he is crazy mad that he let it slip through his fingers! C’mon right? monopoly anyone? Race Cars…

By: Michael LaMere (The Fish)

Michael LaMere (The Fish) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:45:16 +0000

I hear ya about the dropped calls on the iPhone, but here in the good old midwest, we don’t have that issue. Minneapolis/St. Paul might not be as big as L.A., but it’s not Bucksnot either. I have literally dropped maybe three calls on my iPhone in the past year. I have no complaints with my AT&T service, at least in this part of the country.

You would think that L.A. would be a more important network than where I am at, since the population of iPhone users is at least 50x greater. It doesn’t make any sense actually. I wish you the great service I have been using for the past year. It is nice.

That part when you told Natalie about your personal lives was pretty damn funny. I don’t think she heard you; either that or she chose to ignore you completely. Great job hosting the show as always. You seem to push the envelop more than Kevin does. I bet you it has to do with Kevin needing his daily job. Good job though, keep it up and I will keep watching and reading your website.

Michael