Comments on: AT&T & Apple Should Halt US iPhone Sales

By: Michael Schwartz

Michael Schwartz — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:20:27 +0000

I’m in NY and its a complete joke. I have found that power cycling the phone sometimes helps, but thats a 2 minute workaround. And at a Yankee Game (where I have season tickets)? Forget data service. You can barely get a voice line during games.

By: J4yDubs

J4yDubs — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:38:22 +0000

Just to follow up my post above. I wasn’t constantly checking my phone, but when I did look at it, I had good coverage and 3G in the Madison Square Garden area. This was with a Gen 1 Black Jack on AT&T. I wasn’t heavily using the phone, just quick checks here and there. I was going to bring up my SlingBox as a test, but totally forgot to.

I’m not going to say that AT&T isn’t at fault here, but I think the iPhone might be a piece of the problem as well.

John

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:16:00 +0000

See comment #23 – I’ve been a smartphone user with AT&T prior to the iPhone (which is less than 3 years old, v1 was introduced June 2007) and of course during the last two years. The network appears to have degraded during my tenure, as it became oversaturated. My theory, anyway, that I can’t really prove beyond some of the anecdotal evidence provided in the post. But I can say I’m more frustrated with AT&T in 2009 than I was in 2008. And wasn’t frustrated at all in 2007. Although I’ve always seen the best coverage from my Verizon handsets.

But, yes, the iPhone and AT&T are a package deal. Hence my frustration. I’m about ready to bite the bullet, pay my ETF, and jump. I like the form factor of both the Palm Pixi (Sprint) and HTC Droid Eris (Verizon), but both are underpowered. I’m probably waiting for CES to see what sort of new Snapdragon-powered Android devices appear on carriers other than AT&T.

By: Paulie Poorboy

Paulie Poorboy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:41:54 +0000

The iPhone has been out for 3 years. People have been whining about AT&T coverage in various areas for 3 years. It’s not like coverage issues should have been asurprise. It like me saying “damn, my SDTV is not displaying HDTV.”

The iPhone platform and AT&T go hand in hand. Another non-surprise. If someone gave you $400 less what you could get for your two iPhones on eBay (not that I am promising it) would you dump AT&T? If yes, then I think we have a found a solution to your problem. I want you and everyone to be happy.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:47:48 +0000

Pauly, the only reason I mention my ‘high roller’ hotels by name is that I wanted to be as precise/factual as I could in this post. I could cite many more/other instances of issues, but I can lock these few down to specific dates and addresses (in multiple states). Wouldn’t want AT&T coming after me with some sort of libelous claim.

Regarding us whiners switching carriers… I’m a two iPhone household. So it’d cost us about $400 in early termination fees to switch carriers. Not to mention, we’re kind of trapped as we want to remain on the iPhone platform. However, my frustration is mounting (hence the post) and my patience is wearing thin.

By: Pauly Poorboy

Pauly Poorboy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:22:32 +0000

Chicago works great for me, of course I don’t stay at the high roller Embassy Suites.

Um, as far as halting sales, wouldn’t it be easier for the whiners to switch phone providers.

By: tivoboy

tivoboy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:05:32 +0000

wow!, holy many comments thread batman! Are we talking about religion or politics here? Sure seems like it.

The only place I get really bad coverage is at a Stanford game, and AT&T doesn’t bring any COWs to the game. And, I’m not talking about weight challenged cheerleaders here. Without a COW, nothing is going to work with 60K people, many of whom are on AT&T and all trying to TEXT and CALL during the game. I for one, like to stream the game to my headset so I can hear the talk, I’m SURE that takes up a lot of bandwidth.

I’d REALLY like to get a microcell for AT&T for at my home, where I would use it all day long, but AT&T has only rolled these out in NC for the moment.

I don’t think that the iphone is inherently bad, I DO think the handoff between WIFI and 3g is not well implemented, but I can fix that by turning OFF WIFI when I know I am not in a hotspot area.

By: Glynne

Glynne — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:12:37 +0000

From the same company that gives you Uverse. The technology that SOMETIMES works.