AT&T
4G my ass.
So T-Mobile doesn’t invest in infrastructure, ending up behind the 8-ball, they decide to label their lame high speed network 4G. Oh, they tweaked it a bit, but the improvement is evolutionary, not revolutionary, like Sprint’s Clearwire or Verizon’s LTE.
Yes, Verizon is going to have the iPhone. And every user of that platform would abandon AT&T instantly if it were not for contracts, both individual and family.
But what’s worse is the ignorance. Of just how bad AT&T service is. It’s kind of like the political situation, I can argue the concepts if we agree on the facts. But if you insist Obama wasn’t born in America and flaunt fake costs for his trip to Asia, how are we going to debate the issues?
AT&T sucks.
The only people who don’t know are those who use it.
Then again, some people know. That’s why AT&T was dead last in the "Consumer Reports" rankings. Dead last. Do you hear me now?
I used to be on AT&T. Because of their national one price coverage. But then I switched to Verizon and was stunned when I could hold a phone call from downtown to the beach, an impossibility on AT&T. When I’m on a call and the person on the other end is on AT&T and driving over the 405 I know it’s just a matter of time before we disconnect. There’s no AT&T service there.
There’s no service in so many places. But how does AT&T counter this? By saying service is imperfect for all providers. That’s true. But that’s like saying all cars break down, so your Yugo is as good as a Mercedes. Oops, they stopped importing Yugo in the U.S? If they changed the name of AT&T to Horrible Service, or even one of those no-meaning monikers like Exxon or Accenture, it would fade into oblivion. You see, AT&T sells on brand name. Which is why it’s so hard to go solo after being a member of a group. And why the warhorses can tour profitably and the unknowns are struggling.
So I’m sitting on the Eagle Bahn and Andy tells me he’s got no 3G on AT&T.
There ain’t no stinking 3G on Vail Mountain. Unless you’re on Verizon, where you can get 3G all the way back in Blue Sky. Where Felice’s nephew had no service at all on his iPhone, and therefore we couldn’t connect and he had to ski alone.
I’m in the condo and AT&T slips to EDGE.
But the worst is today. I’ve got no service in my house. Oh, I had service, but then I lost it. What did the screen say, the call FAILED?
And there is no 3G in my house, needless to say.
But how do I know all this? You thought I was on Verizon?
I am. But BlackBerry sent me a Torch, since I beat up the company so badly. And the Torch doesn’t work on Verizon, so they sent it with an AT&T SIM card.
What a piece of shit.
That’s AT&T’s network, not the Torch. The jury is still out on the Torch. The touch screen functions much better than the abhorred Storm, but I don’t really get the slide out keyboard…is it the ridges on the edge that make it hard to use? And the apps are cool, but they keep failing BECAUSE EVERYWHERE I TRY IT AT&T’S SERVICE CRAPS OUT!
And having failed to invest in its network, being the laughingstock of the cognoscenti, AT&T decided yesterday to label its lame, works well in places you can get it but those are rare, 3G service as 4G. Yup, just like that. No technological improvement, just new branding. Huh?
Verizon’s LTE is screaming. And it’s here today. In 38 cities and 60 airports. You might get AT&T LTE in a few cities at the end of 2011, as for ubiquity, you’re gonna wait a few more years for that.
Verizon invests in FIOS.
AT&T just keeps saying how great it is and doesn’t improve its network, not much.
Like I said, I’m not on AT&T, not usually. But I just can’t understand why tens of millions are. Are they just that fucking dumb? And you international travelers…I’ve used a multi-band BlackBerry on Verizon for years, you can travel overseas.
Do people really not know the service sucks?
If people don’t know AT&T sucks, what does this portend for our country? Do people really think Wall Street banks care about consumers and are investing in our country? Do people really think Justin Bieber is good? That Katy Perry is the biggest star in America?
We live in one big disinformation economy.
And I just don’t get it.
Will you switch to Verizon so I can talk to you? Even Sprint?
Will you stop telling me how great your AT&T service is?
And even if you don’t talk, and fewer are every day, will you at least go to Verizon so you can see what surfing at high speed on your mobile is really like?
I mean how can you debate the app economy if you’re on AT&T?
It’s like debating the merits of MP3s when you’ve only listened to 78s.
I’m positively stunned. SWITCH!
