| AT&T, Your world screwed agian! How nice of AT&T to screw over everyone who cant get an ATT Landline or Internet. Just because I am lucky enough to be securely in Verizon FiOS territory (Which I love and would not give up for anything) should not mean I have to pay $20 for the unlimited minutes.
If it was unlimited minutes for free or $5 I would consider this but the fact is unlike Verizon Wireless (Which barely worked on the first floor on my house) I actually get 3G service and more then 1 bar at my house including in my basement. Where is the incentive to buy this and take the strain off there towers if I already have great service (Full Bars) on my iPhone at home and at work. |
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bn1221
join:2009-04-29
Cortland, NY | Yes, it would be nice to even get 3G coverage here in my area. I'd backhaul 3G on my LAN so people can get fast email and contacts on their non-wifi Blackberries.
But they tell me they won't sell to me b/c I'm a business. And the GPS makes it little use in my warehouse where I cannot even get cell coverage. No cell coverage means the GPS isn't goign to lock on for me  |
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beaups
join:2003-08-11
Hilliard, OH | No cell coverage has nothing to do with no gps coverage. I have heard (on other carriers) of people running extension cords, placing microcell near windows, etc. in order to get initial gps lock and then moving them wherever they'd like. |
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 r81984Fair and BalancedPremium
join:2001-11-14
Katy, TX
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| The when it checks for GPS again, it will get no signal and you could miss many call before you realize it deactivated.
Their GPS lock is stupid and as soon as I or someone else gets their hands on one we will find a way around it. If I could get around the GPS lock and be able to take this on international travel I would be very happy.
There are companies that make devices that can spoof gps right now, but they sell them at a premium price. All we need is a cheap device that will either broadcast a static gps signal to trick the device, bypassing its internal rs232 (if that is what is uses) gps device with cheap gps simulator software running on a laptop, hack the software on the device. It will be done.
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Democrats are not Socialists any more than Republicans are. |
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| GPS lock is not stupid. It ensures you have E911 coverage and are using the device in places where AT&T is licensed to transmit a 3G signal. |
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Just fyi the gps is not the only thing that att uses to make sure you are in their area. |
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