ptrowski
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Putnam, CT
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| Timely.....
I have been with Cingular for years, and a few months ago we started having an abnormally high number of dropped calls. Everytime I see the billboard with this advertisement on it I chuckle.  |
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Rhanlav
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join:2005-01-28
Jacksonville, FL | Ditto. Since AT&T took over, my connections have been dropping quite a bit more. So much for "truth in advertising".  |
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ptrowski
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clubs: | I am glad someone else is seeing it. The best response was "if you are going to an area where you know the call will drop, power off the phone." |
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Rhanlav
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join:2005-01-28
Jacksonville, FL
| I'd like to know when my apartment became an "area where you will know the call will drop" then. Seriously, this shouldn't happen in a fairly large city. It was FINE 8 months ago, and now its spotty. I'm lucky to get 4 bars now.
Even as I sit here at work, I'm only pushing 4 bars, when I used to get 7 the year before. |
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ID1OT Error
@telepacific.net | Dude your freaking complaining about 4 bars... some people don't get any... why are you even in this room |
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unavailable
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What phone shows 7 bars on the signal indicator? 
The new at&t does have a big issue with dropping calls in Los Angeles. They got coverage everywhere, but the calls still drop for no apparent reason.
I can't even remember the time my Verizon phone dropped a call on me even if the signal was weak?
I don't drop calls with T-Mobile, I just run into a lot of dead spots. |
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retrogame
join:2003-04-14
Auburn, MA | Nokias show seven bars on some models, I had one and it would drop calls with a full signal. My Sony w810i all hold onto a call that isn't even showing a bar. |
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
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said by unavailable :What phone shows 7 bars on the signal indicator? All of these, when they're getting perfect signal. Have you never seen a Nokia older than one or two years?
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N3OGH
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Philly burbs | And it would make sense to reference a Nokia phone, since they make a lot of GSM phones....
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PolarBear
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| I sense a bit of sarcasm there, as if you don't think that Nokia makes many GSM phones.
Since I've been with T-Mobile, I have had 5 different Nokia phones. Also, Nokia is the dominant brand of handset in most European countries, countries where GSM is the dominant, if not only network available. |
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N3OGH
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| NO! No sarcasm.
I know I have a reputation as a smartass (beats being a dumbass!) but Nokia is world known as a leader in the GSM phone market.
For a change, no sarcasm, just an observational fact...
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
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join:2005-01-03 | Wow... you kinda threw me off there, Waycoyle...
You feeling alright, buddy?  |
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timburke
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Plainfield, IL
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| reply to Rhanlav
said by Rhanlav  :Ditto. Since AT&T took over, my connections have been dropping quite a bit more. So much for "truth in advertising". AT&T did not take over. SBC (who purchased AT&T), owns Cingular. SBC changed Cingular's name to AT&T, to unify the AT&T brand. |
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Rhanlav
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join:2005-01-28
Jacksonville, FL | reply to ID1OT Error
Because right now I'm sitting on 2 when 6 months ago, I had 7. |
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Rhanlav
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Jacksonville, FL | reply to unavailable
Its a Nokia, like the others pointed out. It was one of those freebie ones that they gave everyone. I need to upgrade it at some point though. |
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