en102Canadian, eh? join:2001-01-26 Valencia, CA |
en102
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2007-Nov-26 2:01 pm
150 devices ?Every OS that has been made for phones, our customers have access too. If you look at the number of phones that we carry, it's like a hundred and fifty different devices that you can choose from Yeah, let me guess... there's +10 Razr's: Black, Red, Blue, Platinum, Razr I, Razr m, Razr V3xx Black, Razr V3xx Red, Razr V3xx Blue, Razr V3xx Gold, etc. Technically the same phone, different color | |
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| intellerSociopaths always win. join:2003-12-08 Tulsa, OK |
yes, they use DirecTV mathit is the same as DirecTV saying they have 150+ HD channels.
Truth in advertising is woefully lacking these days. | |
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Re: yes, they use DirecTV mathDoesnt Directv rebroadcast the channel list in HD? Its not really there fault that the stations themselves are slacking. | |
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Re: yes, they use DirecTV mathsaid by DemonicLlama:Doesnt Directv rebroadcast the channel list in HD? Its not really there fault that the stations themselves are slacking. Nah, the issue there is that DirecTV is adding up all of the local stations they offer, across the country, and counting those towards the "150 HD channels". Any given person only has access to the locals for their area though. They do still have more HD channels than cable, but its nowhere near 150. | |
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dmconwa1
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2007-Nov-26 5:44 pm
Re: yes, they use DirecTV mathDirecTV says they will offer 150 NATIONAL HD channels and 1500 LOCAL HD channles by the end of 08'.
They're not adding the locals into that count. They currently are offering 77 national channels, and are promising 100 by the end of 07'.
This total includes premium HD movie channels (13), HD pay per view channels (13), national HD channels (42), regional sports networks (9).
They've listed (8) more national HD channels that are set to roll out at any time. They also have announced that they will be doing (8) more HBO/Cinemax channels which are supposed to roll out by the end of this year which would bring the total to (100).
This doesn't include their HD channels that are used for their sports packages like NFL sunday ticket.
I don't have any problem with DTV's math skills. I think they've been pretty straight forward about what they're offering.
As a DTV customer whose having to use Comcast in the interim as my new house isn't ready to be moved in yet, and I'm stuck using Comcast in an apartment currently I can say that DirecTV is hands down better than Comcast. The only thing that was good about Comcast was the install process, but that's to be expected in a pre-wired building. They're DVR is garbage. They're GUI is way outdated. Their HD doesn't look as good as my DTV did, and their hearlded On Demand service isn't anything special. Anything worth watching cost $5.99 so what's the point. | |
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Re: yes, they use DirecTV mathI am in an area where i have 3 choices. No cable/sat(which I lived without till a month before i headed off to college(thank god for videogames)), comcast, or satillite. We got DTV/directway and have had it for 6 years now and except for the sat delay We have been very happy with CS and picture quality(we do not have the HD service but have the full channel line up with all the extras). | |
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attwireless to en102
Anon
2007-Nov-28 9:43 pm
to en102
3G comes to Albany, NY!While many major metro areas struggle to get 3G, Albany, NY has gotten a 3G upgrade from AT&T in part to a 250 million dollar Upstate NY upgrade. The small capital city of Albany will see speeds from 500kbps up to 3Mbps using the new system and if your device is compatible with HSPDA then you theoretcially can achieve 14Mbps connections if the network is uncongested. This 3G coverage extends 30 miles outside the capital city. A HUGE improvement for AT&T. They will now start to upgrade the entire east coast with 3G service. As said by an AT&T engineer. | |
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intellerSociopaths always win. join:2003-12-08 Tulsa, OK |
6 different OSs?So lets see....
Windows Mobile - 8525 et al PalmOS - Treo 680 (they still have that in stores?) Symbian - Nokia N95 et al BlackberryOS...?
I only count 4 and that is stretching it with PalmOS. | |
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DotMac4
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2007-Nov-26 2:03 pm
Re: 6 different OSs?OS X for iPhone | |
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Re: 6 different OSs?oh yeah I forgot about that overhyped turd.
so that is 5....still not 6. | |
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DotMac4
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2007-Nov-26 2:06 pm
Re: 6 different OSs?Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6 (eg Pantech Duo/Moto Q)
Perhaps in his head those are 2 OSes. | |
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Re: 6 different OSs?yeah, well maybe that's the reason that talking sphincter hasn't let his underlings release the WM6 upgrades for the Blackjack and Treo 750. | |
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DotMac4
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2007-Nov-26 2:29 pm
Re: 6 different OSs?That wouldn't make the bloodsuckers any money. They want people to buy a new phone along with another 2 year contract.
But that's probably a good thing 'cause Windows Mobile is the worst mobile OS on the planet and would just make bad into worse. | |
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Re: 6 different OSs?oh really, well maybe its the worst in your world, but it still has more market share than the sliver OSX has. | |
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DotMac4
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2007-Nov-26 2:35 pm
Re: 6 different OSs?AOL has a lot of subscribers too...the number of idiots they can suck in has little to do with how good it is. | |
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to inteller
Maybe he's referring to Android? | |
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Some of the razr's are based on linux arent they? | |
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Re: 6 different OSs?said by majortom1029:Some of the razr's are based on linux arent they? Yeah but ATT won't use them because they are open source which means customers could exploit them and not have to pay ATT for services. ATT does not care for open software or informing customers that they can do certain things to enhance their phone. If you aren't paying at the ATT troff they want nothing to do with you. | |
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b10010011Whats a Posting tag? join:2004-09-07 united state |
Well he did say "it's like"said by Corporate Drone :
If you look at the number of phones that we carry, it's like a hundred and fifty different devices that you can choose from. See, he did not say it's a hundred and fifty different devices, he said it's like a hundred and fifty different devices. Two different things. | |
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| intellerSociopaths always win. join:2003-12-08 Tulsa, OK |
Re: Well he did say "it's like"yes, kinda like he's like an asshole with a necktie. | |
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Re: Well he did say "it's like"said by inteller:yes, kinda like he's like an asshole with a necktie. Very interesting interview...much more interesting than this comment! Hob | |
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Clecrupt
Anon
2007-Nov-26 2:38 pm
PhilosophyOh, I think the color is the right mix. Maybe Sherwin Williams will call it 'Slim' purple. Or the color of AT&T's logo 'Aristocratic' blue. Or perhaps 'watchtower' black from their 'campanile'. | |
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gaforces (banned)United We Stand, Divided We Fall join:2002-04-07 Santa Cruz, CA 3 edits |
gaforces (banned)
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2007-Nov-26 2:59 pm
Whats the upload at now?"AT&T says that the company will be upgrading their wireless broadband network in October and November"
Have they started the upgrades? Or did they mean October and November of 2009, 2010, 2011, etc ?
Or is that just when they start to deploy in selected markets? | |
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boltEnd of the line DSL sucks. Premium Member join:2003-11-11 Charlestown, IN |
bolt
Premium Member
2007-Nov-26 4:03 pm
From interview..."When I go back to my office, I have a Q sitting on my desk and my biggest difficulty is making the switch because they each work a little bit different. And so, I punish myself to learn them..."
Awww...boo freaking hoo. It must be tortuous. | |
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| intellerSociopaths always win. join:2003-12-08 Tulsa, OK |
Re: From interview...yeah he probably has a WM6 Blackjack and Treo 750 sitting on his desk too.
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Such a liarThis guy is such a liar it isn't even funny. Symbian wasn't buggy its the fact that Att wanted the wifi ripped out of the e61 and the N75 had to have DRM built in so they could make sure to make all the money possible. How do I know this? becuse I work for the god forsaken blood suckers. Funny how he talks about Symbian because I think the n75 has even been phased out so it doesn't even exist on the radar nor do I see them bringing it back because of all the things you could add to it to exploit the ATT network. Of Course Nokia will be worried about the Euro market first, I mean if you treat them like such crap and destroy all the really smooth phones they bring to you I would stop worrying about that corporation also. I mean if ATT had their head in the ballgame they would be sporting the N95 the minute it came out. But no the phone has to many things that would easily be used outside of the ATT network so they blocked it and didn't want to carry it. Give customers choices? Yeah right ever been in a sales meeting? That company wants to make sure your choices are in their little diagram and can easily be exploited.
Also sure you can buy a phone at full retail but good luck trying to get it activated with out a contract. According to him it sounds like you can I haven't met an RSC or CSR that would do that. You can bring your own phone from overseas, yet every rep will then make you sign a contract. It's the most ass backwards system I have ever seen. Instead of moving toward a more European model ATT and all the other providers continue to do the stupid game of contracts and locking people down. It will take the government forcing them to change before anything happens and changes are if ATT continues to pay the right people things will never change.
When it comes to the 700 mhz they should partner up with Google and develop some really kick ass equipment and make that bandwidth a full blown cheap mobile internet and deploy it everywhere. Why not work with one of the premier companies in the world and help develop that spectrum? It won't happen though because ATT isn't that forward thinking or realistic. Their leadership basically watches Verizon, then 6 months later puts out the exact same ideas. Like this interview they are full of such hot air it's not even funny.
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Noah VailOh God please no. Premium Member join:2004-12-10 SouthAmerica |
ATT+Cingular=The Love Child of Stalin and Sgt.BilkoAT&T: Any customer we can't sell to the NSA, we'll destroy with Cingular's Patented Customer Service.
I spent a year screaming at Cingular, in an ugly terminal font, about their endless broken promises of the HSDPA rollout.
Cingular had stagnated it's HSDPA deployment in ~14 cities with no enaction at all in the South East (with the exception being the late coming of Atlanta), a stronghold for them.
After 18 months of no updates to the coverage maps (while letting us know it would be available on our teeth soon), they eventually stopped responding all together. When that only fanned the flames, the mods started deleting selected (fully appropriate) posts.
Meanwhile, all those with an immediate need for wireless broadband jumped onto EVDO as it was available HERE and NOW. By the time any amount of Cingular's vaporware eventually materialized, EVDO had already proven itself and RevA was being quickly deployed.
What the nitwits at Cingular refused to understand, is that it is insulting to not answer a direct question; especially after the 5000th asking.
It is doubly insulting to provide something that IS NOT THE ANSWER to our direct question, and expect us to bobble our heads as if it was what we wanted all along.
It was the clincher that brought Cingular onto my short list of disreputable companies (along with AOL and Best Buy). I will go to great lengths to keep my customers away from AT&T, because they went to great lengths to acquire Cingular's legacy.
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