It's just a phone ...

[Vioz]

If it wasn't for the iphone, at&t would've been either out of business or another crappy service like metro PCS or cricket. Otherwise at&t could put whatever price for their service and say whatever they want on their advertisements because they have those hardcore apple iphone lovers.

[Yaris Hilton]

Here in Bristol, Tennessee, my AT&T voice service drops out several times crossing town between my phone and office, and there's a route across town I have to avoid taking because of a long dead zone. Reception's spotty right around my house. Across the Interstate the signal drops out entirely, and I can't go to the rifle range when I'm on call because I can't return calls on my phone when I get beeped. I'm looking right at a cell tower a few hundred yards away, apparently it's Verizon's. All of southwest Virginia is dead to AT&T.

[Vioz]

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

Here in Bristol, Tennessee, my AT&T voice service drops out several times crossing town between my phone and office, and there's a route across town I have to avoid taking because of a long dead zone. Reception's spotty right around my house. Across the Interstate the signal drops out entirely, and I can't go to the rifle range when I'm on call because I can't return calls on my phone when I get beeped. I'm looking right at a cell tower a few hundred yards away, apparently it's Verizon's. All of southwest Virginia is dead to AT&T.

if your contract isn't up, its better to just switch to verizon, at&t is the most expensive phone company out in america for no reason, they overprice people to support the iphone's service, you can only have so many people on one network before it drains everyones signal. You can probably save about 10$ a month which is 240$ for a 2 year contract with verizon for better service and better selection of phones.

Hell if you been with at&t for years and years possibly verizon would pay for your termination fees, t-mobile was offering to pay for my termination fees if i switched to them from verizon which was 300$+ back then.

[DevilGirl]

Originally Posted by Vioz

If it wasn't for the iphone, at&t would've been either out of business or another crappy service like metro PCS or cricket. Otherwise at&t could put whatever price for their service and say whatever they want on their advertisements because they have those hardcore apple iphone lovers.

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

Here in Bristol, Tennessee, my AT&T voice service drops out several times crossing town between my phone and office, and there's a route across town I have to avoid taking because of a long dead zone. Reception's spotty right around my house. Across the Interstate the signal drops out entirely, and I can't go to the rifle range when I'm on call because I can't return calls on my phone when I get beeped. I'm looking right at a cell tower a few hundred yards away, apparently it's Verizon's. All of southwest Virginia is dead to AT&T.

Originally Posted by Vioz

if your contract isn't up, its better to just switch to verizon, at&t is the most expensive phone company out in america for no reason, they overprice people to support the iphone's service, you can only have so many people on one network before it drains everyones signal. You can probably save about 10$ a month which is 240$ for a 2 year contract with verizon for better service and better selection of phones.

Hell if you been with at&t for years and years possibly verizon would pay for your termination fees, t-mobile was offering to pay for my termination fees if i switched to them from verizon which was 300$+ back then.

Hmm, let's see. I have been with Cingular/AT&T since 2001. I have never had a problem with service except for in areas where ALL carriers had service issues (i.e. Delaware Water Gap). I have traveled with my phone frequently. My dad has AT&T (formerly Cingular) since before I got my service with them. He travels for a living (San Fran, Texas, NM, Oregon, LA, Maine, NH, NJ, DC, etc, etc.). Has yet to report issues of lack of service.

I had Verizon for an Aircard. Sucked! I had Nextel which was eaten up by Sprint. Sucked! I think the only one I did not try was T-Mobile. But then again, I don't have to. My fiance had T-Mobile, and when he reported that he could not make calls while inside his house, he was told by the rep to just walk outside to place calls. Great customer service there!!

Very rarely do I not have a signal on my phone. Very rarely do my calls get dropped.

As far as price goes. I've compared between the different companies to verify that I am not overpaying for my cell service. I still find that AT&T is the best price for what I get. I have 5 lines on my plan. We utilize a lower minute plan due to rollover minutes, not to mention the free mobile to mobile that AT&T offers when calling any other AT&T customer. Family texting plan, unlimited, for $30 that covers all 5 lines. Final price would be around $220 (after taxes), but less due to 15% discount I get due to where I work.

Tell me where I can get similar service for that kind of pricing with 5 lines (one of which being up in NY).