Poor network experience fault of iPhone, not AT&T?
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Global Wireless Solutions is one of the companies listed in the story. After placing more than 3 million calls this year, concluding more than 2 million wireless data sessions and covering 3 million miles of asphalt, the company concludes that AT&T's data throughput is 40 to 50 percent higher than the competition which includes Big Red. Conducting 4.7 million tests on smartphones for the top 4 U.S. carriers (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile). a company called Root Wireless went to 7 major metropolitan areas and concluded that AT&T had faster download speeds than Verizon did and also had 75% or more of it's signal strength more often than Big Red had. These findings seem to go against the results recently published in Consumer Reports where Verizon was named the best carrier and AT&T was at the bottom in fourth place. The reason for the difference could be that Root Wireless' software will not run in the background on the iPhone which means other smartphones had to be tested besides Apple's touchscreen handset. You don't have to be a member of Mensa to understand that if AT&T's coverage improves that much when the iPhone is excluded, perhaps the problem is with the device-not the network.
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2. hawk62 posted on 14 Dec 2009, 10:01 0 0
I am willing to bet some of the problems are the iphone I love my iphone it is a great TOY and that is what apple made a toy. Apple then just threw the phone part at it and hoped it would work
3. anarkie posted on 14 Dec 2009, 10:40 0 0
Apple: Wait...you wanted to make calls? Ooopsies. Here's a free fart app...can we call it even?
5. hawk62 posted on 14 Dec 2009, 10:47 0 0
No i dont want to make calls! I want to text surf net n play games and i have no problems doing that I live i a good area for service I use about 15 mins a month
19. vzw fanman posted on 14 Dec 2009, 13:00 0 0
or get the droid!!! :-). the iphone is officially uncool.
23. *HOVA* posted on 14 Dec 2009, 14:11 0 0
I would love to meet half the people on this site face to face, take their retarded phones out of their pockets and beat them senseless with it. Anarkie: Are you telling me that EVERY other manufacturer of phones who has an app store has 100% AMAZING-USABLE-NON-NOVELTY APPS?!?!?! Get a fucking clue. Those valid commenters, carry on.
31. vzw fanman posted on 14 Dec 2009, 16:45 0 0
hova, don't use the word retarded, it's not cool...instead use gay, stupid, or shitty.
33. deschats posted on 14 Dec 2009, 18:40 0 0
hova, iphone has perfectly usable apps i mean, look at those naked chinese girl apps.
42. illallowit posted on 15 Dec 2009, 10:49 0 0
Hova, I'm not trying to be jerk, but I'm inclined to believe you must be a liberal with that kind of logic. He made a joke and you automatically jumped to the conclusion that he was implying that every other app not on the iPhone was a "100% AMAZING-USABLE-NON-NOVELTY..." Maybe he isn't the one that needs to get a clue...
47. bagsofcole posted on 15 Dec 2009, 15:02 0 0
to illallwit: You must be an idiot to think logic changes with political preference.
4. BrokenImaege posted on 14 Dec 2009, 10:45 0 0
Notice the report comes out after all the things that have been done to downplay At&T's network.... Really???? Got to love how firms suddenly come out with information after bad news is given trying to give hope to something that is in trouble.
14. BlackberryUser posted on 14 Dec 2009, 12:13 0 0
I wonder if AT&T has any ownership in this firm. I do agree that AT&T has more bandwidth the Verizon, but I think it's a network problem. They need to expand their 3g coverage. I'm sure these tests were all in 3g area's. I have both AT&T and Verizon, my AT&T is great in a few locations, but horrible everywhere else. Verizon is good everywhere. That said, I hate Verizon's customer service. It is hard to do business with them, I haven't been impressed with the local stores since I moved. If someone else had the coverage they did, I'd go somewhere else.
24. tedkord posted on 14 Dec 2009, 14:32 0 0
I dunno. I have a friend at work who's been on the original iPhone since it came out, without a problem. He just went to the 3Gs, and it's nothing but dropped calls and lost data connections. He's thinking of going back to the original.
6. yeppers posted on 14 Dec 2009, 10:57 0 0
This is comical. I laugh at this new propaganda that its not the network. Seems kinda suspicious that now that the exclusivity of the iphone to att is most definitely ending that att would encourage a propaganda tool to regain clout knowing that once the iphone leaves they will stand a huge chance a being gobbled up due to the mass amount of people that will leave do to att's arrogance surrounding the iphone and there well know worthless data network. lets face the facts that have supported that att has had a horrible data network and not just for iphone users but for BB and Palm and any other phone or air card that used att data network report that there coverage and speeds are far from what they advertise. in major cities they do have fast and strong data but the rest is edge not 3g adn very spotty and weak. att is realizing that if they dont try to do something about this FACT that will loos thousands instantly if not millions once the iphone becomes available to a network know and proven to have the best and fastest data out there to date! (verizon) This smells as bogus as man made global warming only the facts will come out surrounding this one since this is not a way to scam more taxes out of everyone. the question that needs to be answered is why has att lost 3 lawsuits surrounding false advertisement of there data network with the iphone, claiming that it had specifically 3g coverage were it clearly did not. att sold iphones requiring data in areas that did not and could not support the 3g requirements of the phone. why didnt this news come out when they were in litigation over the law suits or the many reports of the weakness of the data network? why now?
