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Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:14:32 EDT

skeechan posted : I'm in a 5x5 rollout.

Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:19:06 EDT

chgo_man99 posted : T-Mobile has worse 3G coverage, only definitely around large metropolitan areas as you said.

I doubt ibm paid att to upgrade cellular towers, even though they are partners. Looking at att IP global network map, they have service node there, so that may be a factor there.

Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:07:43 EDT

mmay149q posted : AT&T couldn't do that even if you provided them a manual on how to do it for free...

Matt

Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:04:49 EDT

Metatron2008 posted :

said by chgo_man99:

Dubuque seems to you urban/suburban area? Its a small town in the middle of nowhere in Iowa, even verizon ignores it. Att at least has fast 3g there since March 2011.

And the IBM gdf site? Which they probably paid AT&T to do.

Try looking on atts official coverage map for all the areas not covered by 3G...

Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:02:08 EDT

RiseAbove posted : your ATT LTE is slow there? My LTE iPad 3 gets 15-20 mb down no matter when I do a speed test during the day and it usually gets 10-15 mb up as well.

Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:00:02 EDT

chgo_man99 posted : Dubuque seems to you urban/suburban area? Its a small town in the middle of nowhere in Iowa, even verizon ignores it. Att at least has fast 3g there since March 2011.

Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:43:53 EDT

Metatron2008 posted : This argument is old and tired. At&t only has 'fast' 3g in urban and surburban areas. Go out of the city and all you get is edge crap.

At&t needs lte upgrades just as much as verizon..

Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:13:28 EDT

skeechan posted : I routinely see 8-10 Mb on Clear's WiMAX...at least here. But looking at the Clear forums, lots of people complain about flakey speeds. And it's unlimited use, no caps or throttling for $50/mo...at least until they go bankrupt.

I use it to Slingbox at the gym and it works great. No worries about any caps and it's snappy enough to stream near HD quality.

Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:08:07 EDT

chgo_man99 posted : yeah, 5-6mb on att 3g is "slow", but "fast" on clear wimax :hmm:

Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:05:19 EDT

skeechan posted : Exactly, AT&T LTE here is DOG slow. AT&T 3G is just as fast. Most of time I don't bother with AT&T's LTE and use my Clear WiMAX puck.

Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:05:10 EDT

chgo_man99 posted : Dubuque, IA which has IBM GDF site still doesn't have LTE from VZ. In the meantime, US Cellular already has there LTE, even at&t already has faux-4g there. Before they got there HSPA+ up and running, I was already getting sometimes 6mb/s download on regular 3G.

Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:34:48 EDT

djrobx posted :

said by IPPlanMan:

Hey AT&T! Are you actually doing anything over there?

This is just pathetic. Verizon launches nearly as many LTE Markets as AT&T has in single day.

Verizon now has 7x the 4GLTE coverage of AT&T.... and not a peep to be heard from AT&T's press shills....

AT&T doesn't need LTE as badly as Verizon does.

My faux-G on AT&T regularly hits 5-6mbps on my iPhone. It's fine for most purposes. On my Verizon iPad, however, I'm lucky to break 160kbps, even when I have a strong 3G signal. Verizon LTE can't get here fast enough.
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Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:22:13 EDT

xenophon posted : Sprint may have LTE to all of its sites before ATT matches. If Sprint can deliver as planned, their entire footprint should have LTE by end of next year. Was disappointed in Sprint's KC LTE coverage at first but they keep adding more LTE sites across the metro.

Good performance and unlimited...
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Re: Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:51:56 EDT

atuarre posted : As has been stated before, AT&T has the cash to accelerate expansion, but AT&T does not like to spend money on stuff like that.

Is AT&T even trying anymore?

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:46:46 EDT

IPPlanMan posted : Hey AT&T! Are you actually doing anything over there?

This is just pathetic. Verizon launches nearly as many LTE Markets as AT&T has in single day.

Verizon now has 7x the 4GLTE coverage of AT&T.... and not a peep to be heard from AT&T's press shills....