AT&T Announces App To Report Dropped Calls, Fails To Explain How You'll Make Report If Your Phone's Dropping Calls
On Silicon Valley Watcher, Tom Foremski details some AT&T wireless phone apps he just saw demonstrated "at its annual technology showcase in San Francisco." He...
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Fred said:
November 5, 2009 4:41 PM
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Not to mention Internet hardly works at all in Dolores Park. How do they fail at that in a big open space like that?
Richmondsfblog said:
November 5, 2009 4:42 PM
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Here's a coverage map of the city; you can zoom in more to look at specific sections:
http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/#?type=voice&lat=37.76286508178711&lon=-122.44424071044923&sci=8
cedichou said:
November 5, 2009 5:24 PM
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It's not AT&T's coverage, it's your iPhone. If you had a phone made by a phone manufacturer, not a mp3 maker, then you'd get coverage.
kl2real said:
November 5, 2009 5:42 PM
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I just moved to the 8th floor of a building in downtown SF. AT&T's map shows full service. In fact, I have 5 bars, yet my iPhone is a brick inside my home. So I now have to forward my cell phone to my home phone in order to get calls at home. I love the integration between the phone and all my data, but AT&T simply does not provide the service needed to support it...at $150+ a month, no less. My partner's Palm Pre has perfect reception.
Greg Dewar said:
November 5, 2009 6:05 PM
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I regularly have my phone drop out so that I can hear others, but they cannot hear me. AT&T told me it is because the 3g is so overloaded where I live in the center of the inner sunset, the phone is switching between EDGE and 3G. I tried switching to just EDGE and it still happened.
I'm ready to take my phone to that guy on Irving St. who can hack iPhones to work on T Mobile and return to T mobile...NEVER EVER had a problem ANYWHERE, and they were cheaper too.
cv replied to comment from cedichou
November 5, 2009 8:01 PM
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Not true.
iPhone users in countries not called the United States of America show considerably higher customer satisfaction rates. So do American iPhone users travelling abroad. Same with users who have jailbroken and unlocked their AT&T iPhones and jumped to T-Mobile USA.
For what it's worth, the Apple iPhone uses off-the-shelf silicon for its telecommunications (e.g., Broadcom chips).
cedichou said:
November 5, 2009 10:56 PM
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Chip is broadcom, but what about the antenna? Smart antenna design is patented, and apple ain't licensing Nokia's patents, as their lawsuit will tell you.
I have a nokia N95 in the city, and I don't lose connection like people with iPhone. I'm a AT&T wireless customer. Same network, different phone: it works. But the JesusPhone can't do wrong!