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post #41 of 52
3/19/12 at 1:09pm
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

Which one does what depends on where you live, so each poison tastes good (well, for poison) depending on where it's made.

You wouldn't really consider deep dish pizza proper Chicago style unless it's made there, and you wouldn't eat saltwater taffy from Nebraska.

I do suppose if I lived in Appalachia I'd opt for the AT&T version since I wouldn't be able to get LTE coverage be either anyway. No one else could afford an iDevice to hotspot onto me either. That's a lot of what ifs....
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post #42 of 52
3/19/12 at 1:14pm
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Originally Posted by iSheldon View Post

I do suppose if I lived in Appalachia I'd opt for the AT&T version since I wouldn't be able to get LTE coverage be either anyway. No one else could afford an iDevice to hotspot onto me either. That's a lot of what ifs....

I see only one: if Verizon has better service where you live, go with them. If AT&T has better service where you live, go with them.
PhilBoogie
That's Google alright. For a stupid company they sure do dumb things.
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PhilBoogie
That's Google alright. For a stupid company they sure do dumb things.
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post #43 of 52
3/19/12 at 1:37pm
I activated an AT&T iPad just to test it against the Verizon one right before I took it back to the store
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post #44 of 52
3/19/12 at 1:43pm
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Originally Posted by iSheldon View Post

Tru dat- with the exception being that one cripples the device while the other one enhances it.

So, just like how Verizon has crippled the iPhone....no data and voice multitasking on 3G?
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post #45 of 52
3/19/12 at 1:49pm
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Originally Posted by iSheldon View Post

I find it truly ironic that anyone on this site would accept AT&T's crippling an Apple iDevice because of their incompetency or trickery/thievery. That's all. It would only make sense if you had a grandfathered unlimited plan but now they may throttle you on that too.
I could care less what they call their 3.5G network.

Clearly you do care since you've renamed it above and called them out for, what was it?, deceptive advertising. When faced with challenges to your premise, you have just bypassed. Now they are liars and thieves - just AT&T that is. I suppose if anyone of import cared about our opinions we'd all be sued for libel at one point or another. I've been AT&T Wireless, Cingular, Verizon wireless, tmobile, Vodafone and now AT&T wireless (again) in my life. If possible, I won't connect my gear to a mostly crippled and deadened technology (CDMA-2000). IMHO LTE is too early in it's rollout to rely on it with any carrier.
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post #46 of 52
3/19/12 at 2:21pm
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So, just like how Verizon has crippled the iPhone....no data and voice multitasking on 3G?

Exactly and in that case I chose AT&T - I'm not prejudiced.
Nor do I make up excessive inane excuses for them either on how it will come to be, how it's not their fault (these are 2 diff technologies actually not really comparable - VZ did not have an option to offer it), etc etc.
Bottom line- AT&T should have offered it at launch- there is NO excuse.
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post #47 of 52
3/19/12 at 2:24pm
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Originally Posted by AdonisSMU View Post

I activated an AT&T iPad just to test it against the Verizon one right before I took it back to the store

What were the results?
Which did u return? AT&T it reads like but just want to make sure.
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post #48 of 52
3/19/12 at 2:24pm
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Originally Posted by iSheldon View Post

Bottom line- AT&T should have offered it at launch- there is NO excuse.

Offered what? They did. Do you mean Verizon? How would that have worked? Physical impossibility seems to be a valid excuse.
PhilBoogie
That's Google alright. For a stupid company they sure do dumb things.
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PhilBoogie
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post #49 of 52
3/19/12 at 2:28pm
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

Offered what? They did. Do you mean Verizon? How would that have worked? Physical impossibility seems to be a valid excuse.

HOTSPOTTING
Dude- where have you been for the last week?
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post #50 of 52
3/19/12 at 3:54pm
[QUOTE=tyler82;2076015]ATT is the most unorganized garbage company I have ever dealt with. I don't know how a company run by idiots can become so successful. Strong arm tactics maybe? Bullies were never considered smart.[/of class makes this forum cringe.

You're ignorant.
Pay your bill !
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post #51 of 52
3/19/12 at 4:42pm
The article states
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Predictions have called for Apple to sell one million of the new iPad over the launch weekend alone.

The have sold over 3 million without including preorders since friday.

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Investors generally expect Apple to sell 10.1 million total iPads in the current fiscal quarter, which concludes at the end of this month.

There already 1/3 of the way there without preorders in just two days lol.
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post #52 of 52
3/20/12 at 5:58pm
And the REAL REASON LTE sucks on AT&T and for their data caps and throttling... drumroll please...

GREED

"The real limitation with LTE is the backhaul thats running into the bottom of the CellPhone towers"


"AT&T and other carrier throttling has little to do with their actual network capabilities and much more to do with maximizing the profitability of the infrastructure thats already in the ground."

http://thepbxblog.com/2012/02/05/ban...lous/#more-508

"throttling is an excuse to delay upgrading the network to meet the demands of the users. It is clear that AT&T could alleviate the network issues that theyre having through strategic investments and would simply rather throttle users to increase the return on their investment. This is an extremely profitable short term strategy, but it is a recipe for disaster long term. AT&T actually profits more when people use their equipment than when they dont. This push away from unlimited data and towards buckets of data is nothing but naked greed."
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