The Empire at AT&T Strikes Back-with blanks
0. phoneArena posted on 23 Nov 2009, 11:09
Fighting back against Verizon, AT&T tries its hand at being hip and biting at the same time but can't match Big Red...
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34. remixfa posted on 24 Nov 2009, 09:18 0 0
verizon and ATT are the same pricing. VZW alone offers by far the best coverage, and you pay for that coverage. you dont get premium for bargain bin pricing. Unfortunatly, ATT tries so hard to pretend its premium by keeping its rates at VZW levels, while giving you Tmobile service. Only fools fall for that. If you dont like VZW's pricing, fine.. you cant afford it. not everyone can afford the best. honestly there is a huge diff in pricing between VZW and Tmobile and if your in the city or most highways Tmo will be just fine at half the price or less. Problem is businesses cant afford to drop calls when traveling so VZW is the best option of all the carriers. This commercial is just another sad lie in a long line of lying commercials by ATT.. oi vey!
18. Mateo8326 posted on 23 Nov 2009, 13:06 0 0
ATT...just let verizon have it for now and stop wasting all this money...you can't be number one forever just let them have there shine they work and cheated hard for it lol.For now sit back and relax and come up with you own new and creative inventives. verizons gonna lock in new customers and have them for a while since they double up on the ETF when cancelling your contract. Just let the balloon effect take it place, worry about what matters right now DATA, DATA, DATA,there is perfect cellular company all provide drop all provide have there spots where it works best with one provider and not the other so who cares. Just ride the wave and when the sunami hit verizon you guys will be floating along.
19. jundibasam posted on 23 Nov 2009, 13:31 0 0
hahaha, keep dreaming fanboy! in order to ride a wave, you have to float, and last i checked, AT&T is sinking fast!
20. VZWEMP posted on 23 Nov 2009, 13:41 0 0
wow. we cheated. tell me exactly how Verizon cheated to get be number one. Is having the largest voice and 3g coverage cheating. OH wait i guess investing billions of dollars into our network every year is cheating. or is it being ranked number one in call quality and costumer satisfaction 4 yrs in a row thats considered cheating. oh wait i know i guess offering insurance on ALL of our devices is cheating. oh wait wait wait i know what it is its because we have the LOWEST churn rate, damn those loyal customers. WOW you caught us. i guess we're not as sneaky as i thought we were. oh yea and like i said before the raised etf is only for advanced devices and im sorry but consumers brought that upon themselves by taking advantage of the buy one get one BB promo. face it no matter what devices AT&T has we are still growing. we have the lowest churn rate and highest net adds.
22. CRICKETownz posted on 23 Nov 2009, 14:21 0 0
Man...ppl really take this cell phone business personal. "I got the latest! What you got sucks!" Who the hell wants to browse the web while on a phone call anyway? Apple designed a revolutionary phone...so all the VZW goons face it. Samsung, LG, RIM, etc...they make several diff. phones for several diff. carriers. Apple makes ONE phone. They focus all of there resources into ONE device. You won't win the technology game over Apple. Apple was the newcomer and changed the game. Give them that. But unfortunately, Apple decided to place their eggs in a house of sand. Not enough bandwith for picture messaging? C'mon AT&T...seriously? Where have you been for almost the last decade? Even Sprint has that...that's just pathetic. But anyway, to dude's point earlier...every carrier has their pro's n con's. All carriers drop calls...has bad customer service...and billing problems. Just pick your poison...
24. VZWEMP posted on 23 Nov 2009, 15:06 0 0
what does Apple have to with this at all. this is a discussion about AT&T vs Verizon's marketing team basically and yet you somehow manage to mention APPLE. hmmmmm im confused
25. Mateo8326 posted on 23 Nov 2009, 15:12 0 0
i'm not arguing with you dude i not saying verizon ain't on top i happy verzion finally made it up there, ATT can't be on top for ever. All i'm saying is ATT needs to stop wasting money on the fact that verizon is on top right NOW!! Yeah it took them billions of dollars to be on top now you had to match ATT to pass them up so yeah verzion better be on top or that would be a lot of money lost. ATT just needs to stop crying and let them have if for awhile, and as far as churn rate unless you work for the company it here or there talk. I use to work for ATT and the churn rate was about the same last year and 3rd quarter of this year.
26. Mateo8326 posted on 23 Nov 2009, 15:17 0 0
Believe or not; it to a point where talking on the phone is secondary for having a phone sad enough. If your phone doesn't flip up then talking on the phone is not your primary use for the phone. I your phone has a qwerty keyboard then calling isn't your 1st option texting is. Thanks for agreeing with my statement....all in all doesn't matter who is on top it whatever works for you, it all the same yeah you can say verizon has the best service but unless you tested it yourself around the country no one really knows right .....lol
27. Jyakotu posted on 23 Nov 2009, 17:14 0 0
Honestly, I feel that TV ad spots really don't sway customers all that much. While Verizon's commercials are entertaining, I'm an AT&T customer because I've never had a problem with their service at all. It really all depends on where you live because I love AT&T and I love their service and their phones (the iPhone is actually one of my least wanted phone in the AT&T line up). Plus, it's smart that Verizon is going after AT&T since they would be crazy to go after Sprint since it's upgraded to 4G now. Still, like I said, I like AT&T and have nothing against Verizon, but in my area and from my past experience (as a Cingular and now current AT&T customer), I've had nothing but excellent service!
29. Mateo8326 posted on 23 Nov 2009, 20:16 0 0
Like i said on my earlier comment it all about DATA DATA DATA i don't know why that other guy doesn't agreement with me if he knew with 3g meant he would understand it all about DATA DATA DATA now..people who have smart phones or pda device should not complain about drop calls or not getting any phone service in any area b/c they didn't get the device to talk on the phone most of the time........do these verizon consumer know that verzion and att are sharing some assets....so all this talk about verizon better then att and att is wasting time responding there sharing asset in certain areas anyways that what boggles me
30. Mateo8326 posted on 23 Nov 2009, 20:17 0 0
my bad i wasn't suppose to say that last part about the sharing assets woops lol
35. remixfa posted on 24 Nov 2009, 09:20 0 0
jyakotu.. lol.. sprint 4g? IN BALTIMORE. lol. sprints 4g is a joke. Its barely faster than 3g HSPA and when Tmobile rolls out its 21mb/s 3g, that will be faster than sprint. VZW has LTE 4g which is going to blow the pants off of everyone, so like normal, VZW is king, suprisingly Tmo will be ... queen... lol :)
28. phone333 posted on 23 Nov 2009, 17:42 0 0
lol...AT&T is killing me ! what a waste of air time!!!
31. bagsofcole posted on 23 Nov 2009, 21:23 0 0
What about Albuquerque, did you hear him say Albuquerque?
33. pdub73 posted on 24 Nov 2009, 05:35 0 0
wow...with all the money AT&T is raking in with the Iphone u mean to say this is the best AD campaign they can come up with? all their claims are based on opinion...no numbers or data to support what they're saying...I do have to say I like their rollover minute commercials...but VZW is king and its obvious the 3G coverage commercials touched a nerve at AT&T...TRY again AT&T and BTW u don't have any smartphones worth leaving VZW for....what a waste of time..
36. DonLouie posted on 24 Nov 2009, 20:01 0 0
Now Verizon and some advertising board are using ONE survey to conclude Sprint's claim of most dependable 3G is false
38. dubracer223 posted on 28 Nov 2009, 18:22 0 0
thats right you can depend on it not doing a damn thing for you
39. corporateJP posted on 28 Nov 2009, 21:07 0 0
AT&T has the WORST billing issues and customer service. I started with the company that is now Verizon over ten years ago, then moved to an area where it was not supported (before "Nationwide" was a word), so I went with VoiceStream (what is now T-Mobile). No complaints with the billing or service with Vodie, just sad that it only worked in certain areas. So, because of my job and travelling, I went with AT&T. Worst mistake ever. I kept them until I moved back home and was excited to get back with Big Red and the new (what is now current) Nationwide plan. You can preach all you want about your coverage and your one glory device and hide your lack of data service, but you cannot hide the fact that you are a bunch of assheads over at AT&T.
