IN YOUR AREA PERHAPS but where I live 30 miles north-west of NYC I get much better reception with AT&T uhh Cingular uhh AT&T. Well at least I did when I chose my provided some 8 odd years ago.
Think about it for just a second.. would AT&T be the LARGEST CARRIER (even tho its a slim margin between #1 and #2) in the US if they had such a crappy network?!?!
Some places Verizon has the best coverage... other places it's Sprint and still other places it's Cingular... Nobody has 'the perfect network EVERYWHERE' cause if they did they'd own the ENTIRE US MARKET. In the US the market is split pretty equally with the top 4 (well when you combine #3 and #4 into a single entity).... It's 33% Cingular, 33% Verizon and the last 33% getting divvied up between Sprint and T-Mobile. (numbers aren't exact but it makes my point)
Dave
Also, consider this: we know for a fact that AT&T's network will get better and faster. They may lag behind Verizon somewhat in 3G rollout, but it's coming.
Now, if Apple had compromised and gone with Verizon, bowing to Verizon's idea of how the cell phone user experience should work, what guarantees would we have that Verizon would come around, over time?
I think the choice, from Apple's perspective, was clear: get the user experience they wanted now and the network speed and coverage fairly soon, or get the network now and the user experience maybe never.
I ordered mine just around 6:30 PM Pacific time shortly after they went on sale. The apple store site was very slow. It took about 3 minutes between each screen but finally went through. I think it said 3-5 business days delivery time. I can't remember, but I'm not in a hurry anyway.
Did the same thing, ordered online. Site was slow.
Happened to be at Fashion Valley mall in San Diego on our last day of vacation. Walked right into the Apple store and bought our phones. Cancelled the online order. Store employee said they still had plenty of stock. Can't wait to get home to Phoenix to activate it.
Can't imagine how cranky the folks that waited all night must be.
Think about it for just a second.. would AT&T be the LARGEST CARRIER (even tho its a slim margin between #1 and #2) in the US if they had such a crappy network?!?!
Still, AT&T Wireless is last or second from last in call quality in 19 of the top 20 markets. There are other reasons that a service would dominate despite a lower quality network.
Still, AT&T Wireless is last or second from last in call quality in 19 of the top 20 markets. There are other reasons that a service would dominate despite a lower quality network.
Well since we are talking about FOUR companies (for all intents and purposes) when you say LAST or SECOND to last you could also be saying third or fourth..
Hey I'm not making any excuses for them... They work very well where I live and that's why I went with them... Quality while not to the level of Verizon wasn't bad and back 6 or so year ago Verizon was WAY HIGH with its rates and I didn't feel it was worth the extra money... Now all the players have BASICALLY 'price fixed' the market... Sure you'll get unlimited IMs with one and free rollover with the other etc etc etc perhaps one will throw an extra 50 anytime minutes into their plans just to mix things up a bit... but price wise they are all pretty much equal... With T-Mobile being on the cheaper end (given their coverage isn't nearly as good as the others).
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IN YOUR AREA PERHAPS but where I live 30 miles north-west of NYC I get much better reception with AT&T uhh Cingular uhh AT&T. Well at least I did when I chose my provided some 8 odd years ago.
Think about it for just a second.. would AT&T be the LARGEST CARRIER (even tho its a slim margin between #1 and #2) in the US if they had such a crappy network?!?!
Some places Verizon has the best coverage... other places it's Sprint and still other places it's Cingular... Nobody has 'the perfect network EVERYWHERE' cause if they did they'd own the ENTIRE US MARKET. In the US the market is split pretty equally with the top 4 (well when you combine #3 and #4 into a single entity).... It's 33% Cingular, 33% Verizon and the last 33% getting divvied up between Sprint and T-Mobile. (numbers aren't exact but it makes my point)
Dave
Also, consider this: we know for a fact that AT&T's network will get better and faster. They may lag behind Verizon somewhat in 3G rollout, but it's coming.
Now, if Apple had compromised and gone with Verizon, bowing to Verizon's idea of how the cell phone user experience should work, what guarantees would we have that Verizon would come around, over time?
I think the choice, from Apple's perspective, was clear: get the user experience they wanted now and the network speed and coverage fairly soon, or get the network now and the user experience maybe never.
I ordered mine just around 6:30 PM Pacific time shortly after they went on sale. The apple store site was very slow. It took about 3 minutes between each screen but finally went through. I think it said 3-5 business days delivery time. I can't remember, but I'm not in a hurry anyway.
Did the same thing, ordered online. Site was slow.
Happened to be at Fashion Valley mall in San Diego on our last day of vacation. Walked right into the Apple store and bought our phones. Cancelled the online order. Store employee said they still had plenty of stock. Can't wait to get home to Phoenix to activate it.
Can't imagine how cranky the folks that waited all night must be.
Think about it for just a second.. would AT&T be the LARGEST CARRIER (even tho its a slim margin between #1 and #2) in the US if they had such a crappy network?!?!
Still, AT&T Wireless is last or second from last in call quality in 19 of the top 20 markets. There are other reasons that a service would dominate despite a lower quality network.
Still, AT&T Wireless is last or second from last in call quality in 19 of the top 20 markets. There are other reasons that a service would dominate despite a lower quality network.
Well since we are talking about FOUR companies (for all intents and purposes) when you say LAST or SECOND to last you could also be saying third or fourth..
Hey I'm not making any excuses for them... They work very well where I live and that's why I went with them... Quality while not to the level of Verizon wasn't bad and back 6 or so year ago Verizon was WAY HIGH with its rates and I didn't feel it was worth the extra money... Now all the players have BASICALLY 'price fixed' the market... Sure you'll get unlimited IMs with one and free rollover with the other etc etc etc perhaps one will throw an extra 50 anytime minutes into their plans just to mix things up a bit... but price wise they are all pretty much equal... With T-Mobile being on the cheaper end (given their coverage isn't nearly as good as the others).
Dave