| Why do people think another carrier would be better? AT&T has one of the largest, most advanced, networks in the country. If they're still upgrading the network, to better support the iPhone, what makes any of you think the situation would be better with T-Mobile or Verizon? No other carrier in the U.S. carries the iPhone, and until one does, you can't be sure that the iPhone won't bog down their network, like it has for AT&T.
It's been popular for people to beg Apple to bring the iPhone to Verizon, as if that will make everything all right. Well did any of those people notice this article, »Verizon App Store To Block Bandwidth-Intensive Apps, from this very site? It shows that Verizon may not fare any better, if they were to get the iPhone. |
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mobbo
join:2005-04-13
Denton, TX | Not so much another carrier, but just not exclusive with AT&T. Just by having the iphone on additional competitive carriers would spark improvements. The problem now, and the sole reason I don't have an iphone, is because it's exclusively on AT&T. They have no incentive to improve their network capacity because... if you don't like it... where the hell are you going to go with your iphone? |
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| said by mobbo:Not so much another carrier, but just not exclusive with AT&T. Very true. Having the iPhone also spread out across Verizon's, Sprint's and T-Mobile's networks would ease the burden that AT&T's network is faltering under. It obviously wouldn't be the best thing for AT&T. However, it would benefit those iPhone customers that remained with AT&T as the customers that port away to use the iPhone with other carriers would free up capacity. |
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| reply to Trollhawk
Maybe because AT&T explicitly told Apple they were advertising 'upgrades' and 'higher speeds' while not upgrading their backhaul? In other words they're not upgrading their network.
Maybe Verizon will be more willing to in the face of criticism? |
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 tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
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said by Trollhawk:AT&T has one of the largest, most advanced, networks in the country. If they're still upgrading the network, to better support the iPhone, what makes any of you think the situation would be better with T-Mobile or Verizon? No other carrier in the U.S. carries the iPhone, and until one does, you can't be sure that the iPhone won't bog down their network, like it has for AT&T. You're absolutely right. No other US carrier has the iPhone. But what about the rest of the planet? I don't see the complaints in other countries for iPhone carriers that I do with ATT.
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