Comments on: Why Verizon’s anti-AT&T commercials are funnier than it realizes http://trueslant.com/marcflores/2009/12/02/att-3g-coverage-is-smaller-than-depicted-in-verizons-ads/ [Please go to 'Settings' to change your Tagline] Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:08:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: iPhone vs. AT&T vs. Verizon and the point everyone is missing - Marc Flores - Digitalia - True/Slant http://trueslant.com/marcflores/2009/12/02/att-3g-coverage-is-smaller-than-depicted-in-verizons-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-180 iPhone vs. AT&T vs. Verizon and the point everyone is missing - Marc Flores - Digitalia - True/Slant Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:42:06 +0000 http://trueslant.com/marcflores/?p=1891#comment-180 [...] Big Red, as Verizon is often referred to, is the largest carrier in the U.S. and it also has a bigger 3G footprint when compared to AT&T. However, determining who is fastest really depends on your location. In some areas, like San [...] [...] Big Red, as Verizon is often referred to, is the largest carrier in the U.S. and it also has a bigger 3G footprint when compared to AT&T. However, determining who is fastest really depends on your location. In some areas, like San [...]

]]> By: kellyvice http://trueslant.com/marcflores/2009/12/02/att-3g-coverage-is-smaller-than-depicted-in-verizons-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-174 kellyvice Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:46:56 +0000 http://trueslant.com/marcflores/?p=1891#comment-174 I never thought AT&T was so bad, I mean, I knew they dropped calls all the time but I didn't realize about the roaming thing. I have a Straight Talk phone which is a prepaid that runs on Verizon's network nationwide so I never have to pay any extras for long distance or roaming or anything. I just pay $45 per month and I get unlimited talk, texts and data without the contract. I never thought AT&T was so bad, I mean, I knew they dropped calls all the time but I didn’t realize about the roaming thing. I have a Straight Talk phone which is a prepaid that runs on Verizon’s network nationwide so I never have to pay any extras for long distance or roaming or anything. I just pay $45 per month and I get unlimited talk, texts and data without the contract.

]]> By: AT&T’s Misleading Map Ads http://trueslant.com/marcflores/2009/12/02/att-3g-coverage-is-smaller-than-depicted-in-verizons-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-173 AT&T’s Misleading Map Ads Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:45:51 +0000 http://trueslant.com/marcflores/?p=1891#comment-173 [...] at last report it had recieved 4,000 hits or so. It has also been picked up on the All Things D and True/Slant [...] [...] at last report it had recieved 4,000 hits or so. It has also been picked up on the All Things D and True/Slant [...]

]]> By: nixx http://trueslant.com/marcflores/2009/12/02/att-3g-coverage-is-smaller-than-depicted-in-verizons-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-168 nixx Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:20:30 +0000 http://trueslant.com/marcflores/?p=1891#comment-168 A good piece of info is when At&T will lose it's iron grip on the i-phone .... any word? A good piece of info is when At&T will lose it’s iron grip on the i-phone …. any word?

]]> By: lsk123 http://trueslant.com/marcflores/2009/12/02/att-3g-coverage-is-smaller-than-depicted-in-verizons-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-165 lsk123 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:03:22 +0000 http://trueslant.com/marcflores/?p=1891#comment-165 Giant tele-communication company's decisions always use to cater through the decades, and most likely it occurred once again. Giant tele-communication company’s decisions always use to cater through the decades, and most likely it occurred once again.

]]> By: Tech News December 3, 2009 | The Contemplation http://trueslant.com/marcflores/2009/12/02/att-3g-coverage-is-smaller-than-depicted-in-verizons-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Tech News December 3, 2009 | The Contemplation Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:57:34 +0000 http://trueslant.com/marcflores/?p=1891#comment-164 [...] AT&T Isn’t Looking So Good It isn’t just me. Spending money on Commercials instead of actually investing in infrastructure and quality of product. What will AT&T do when the iPhone is available on any network? (read more . . .) [...] [...] AT&T Isn’t Looking So Good It isn’t just me. Spending money on Commercials instead of actually investing in infrastructure and quality of product. What will AT&T do when the iPhone is available on any network? (read more . . .) [...]

]]> By: Good thing AT&T buried the hatchet with Verizon; its 3G network is even smaller than we thought | Mobile Phone Downloads Blog http://trueslant.com/marcflores/2009/12/02/att-3g-coverage-is-smaller-than-depicted-in-verizons-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Good thing AT&T buried the hatchet with Verizon; its 3G network is even smaller than we thought | Mobile Phone Downloads Blog Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:43:51 +0000 http://trueslant.com/marcflores/?p=1891#comment-163 [...] than we thought December 3rd, 2009 | Tags: submitted by diesel828 [link] [151 comments] Read Full Story from Reddit Technology. Leave a comment Related Posts & [...] [...] than we thought December 3rd, 2009 | Tags: submitted by diesel828 [link] [151 comments] Read Full Story from Reddit Technology. Leave a comment Related Posts & [...]

]]> By: Marc Flores http://trueslant.com/marcflores/2009/12/02/att-3g-coverage-is-smaller-than-depicted-in-verizons-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Marc Flores Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:11:25 +0000 http://trueslant.com/marcflores/?p=1891#comment-161 I think I may have heard about those students on HowardForums. It seems to affect college students the most: they sign up for service at home and everything is fine, then they move away for college and they're roaming like crazy. The carriers, to their credit, will issue a warning that typically advises the customer to start looking or another carrier if they continue to roam. I think most carriers give you 30 days to look for another carrier if you've moved to an area where you'll be roaming all the time, and they let you go without charging a termination fee. The downside is your phone could effectively become a brick in your hands and you'll have to deal with selling it on eBay or Craigslist. I think I may have heard about those students on HowardForums. It seems to affect college students the most: they sign up for service at home and everything is fine, then they move away for college and they’re roaming like crazy. The carriers, to their credit, will issue a warning that typically advises the customer to start looking or another carrier if they continue to roam. I think most carriers give you 30 days to look for another carrier if you’ve moved to an area where you’ll be roaming all the time, and they let you go without charging a termination fee. The downside is your phone could effectively become a brick in your hands and you’ll have to deal with selling it on eBay or Craigslist.

]]> By: agentsmith http://trueslant.com/marcflores/2009/12/02/att-3g-coverage-is-smaller-than-depicted-in-verizons-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-160 agentsmith Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:48:12 +0000 http://trueslant.com/marcflores/?p=1891#comment-160 What's really great is AT&T is the only US carrier that runs software on their SIM cards to hide what network you are really on when you are in the US. Verizon, Sprint, and T-mobile, the other 3 tier-1 carriers in the US all tell their users when they are roaming. A few years back a bunch of students at Central Michigan University had their cell service shut off because AT&T (then Cingular) said they were roaming too much. Except they'd never know it because the phone always said Cingular regardless of what network they were really on. What's really funny is when you're in a state that is ex-Alltel, now Verizon, where no native AT&T coverage is. Along I-80 in Nebraska AT&T handsets roam on Verizon's GSM/EDGE roaming network but still says AT&T. Without Verizon's roaming network AT&T would have no service. AT&T should be fined for lying to their customers for several years and forced to stop hiding what network you're on. What’s really great is AT&T is the only US carrier that runs software on their SIM cards to hide what network you are really on when you are in the US.

Verizon, Sprint, and T-mobile, the other 3 tier-1 carriers in the US all tell their users when they are roaming.

A few years back a bunch of students at Central Michigan University had their cell service shut off because AT&T (then Cingular) said they were roaming too much. Except they’d never know it because the phone always said Cingular regardless of what network they were really on.

What’s really funny is when you’re in a state that is ex-Alltel, now Verizon, where no native AT&T coverage is. Along I-80 in Nebraska AT&T handsets roam on Verizon’s GSM/EDGE roaming network but still says AT&T. Without Verizon’s roaming network AT&T would have no service.

AT&T should be fined for lying to their customers for several years and forced to stop hiding what network you’re on.

]]> By: deidre http://trueslant.com/marcflores/2009/12/02/att-3g-coverage-is-smaller-than-depicted-in-verizons-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-159 deidre Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:31:23 +0000 http://trueslant.com/marcflores/?p=1891#comment-159 Good to know. This tweet I saw today totally sums up how I feel about dealing with AT&T coverage: @jayblackcomedy--If the iPhone is the world's sexiest woman, AT&T is the STD you kinda know she has, but that you're too horny to think clearly about. Good to know. This tweet I saw today totally sums up how I feel about dealing with AT&T coverage:

@jayblackcomedy–If the iPhone is the world’s sexiest woman, AT&T is the STD you kinda know she has, but that you’re too horny to think clearly about.

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