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AT&T: The iPhone's Achilles' Heel

I recently moved from central ohio. I had VZ and they were much better than T as far as coverage. I also traveled a lot. T is fine on the Eisenhower system, but leave that, and VZis much better...even better now because they bought Alltel.


On Jul 19 09:45 PM boomeranging wrote:

> I live in central Ohio and just about everyone I know has left T-Mobile,
> Sprint, Verizon and switched to AT&T
>
> Plus they are second to none when traveling

AT&T: The iPhone's Achilles' Heel

I agree completely. I recently switched from VZ to T. I live in Center City Philadelphia in a high rise with views as far as the eye can see. Guess how my T service is? Terrible. The strange thing is that my phone cycles between having a full 3G signal, zero signal, and full signal on the extended network. Clearly I am covered, but the network can't handle it. My guess is that T doesn't have the capacity for all of the iPhones that are currently out there, especially in high population density areas, overloading the network. T apparently has no clue how to fix the problem either. Take a look at their balance sheet. They are already highly leveraged, so they can't borrow more. They pay a huge dividend that they can't cut because their farce will be exposed and therefore, they have no money to invest in their network. Watch for a cell "partnership" with a foreign telco (T-Mobile mabe?) that will give away their network for a cash infusion. T is in debt, retirement benefits, and operating trouble (sound like any other company you have heard of?), and I will be the first to say that.

Apple's Walmart Deal Will Effectively Kill Google's Android

You are missing the point of Android. Remember that spectrum auction a little while back...remember the inclusion of language in one of the nationwide blocks that stated it must allow an open platform...now you know why Andriod exists (not to say Apple couldn't open the iphone once the ATT contract expires). I don't expect much from the first generation of Andriod phones. Google is trying to get the lay of the land. They have never done retail, nor been involved in the hypercompetitive cell phone market. When the open spectrum goes live (and devices/companies can take advantage of it) it will change the cell phone market forever.