Comments on: Why do users put up with terrible cellphone service?

By: Elias

Elias — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:04:50 +0000

I think one of the biggest problems is that we have two competing technologies at play in this country, GSM and CDMA. If we had standardized on one from the start, providers would have been better able to roam off each other and it would have it easier to deploy networks. Look at how well things work in EMEA.

Right now the only glimmer of hope seems to be that nearly all the major carriers are choosing LTE for the 4G deployments, which would hopefully put everyone on the same technology.

By: Electronic Gadgets

Electronic Gadgets — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:47:09 +0000

I still find it amazing that everyone expects all of the services to work all of the time in every location. Simply looking back 5 years and how much progress has been made should make people appreciate where we are now.

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» El iPhone y ATT fallaron donde no debían fallar - AlgoEstaPasando.com — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:14:34 +0000

[...] en diarios, en todos lados se habla del gran FAIL de AT&T y del iPhone en el SXSW. Incluso Crunchgear dice textual: “¿Por qué los usuarios se conforman con terribles servicios [...]

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Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:28:02 +0000

[...] of someone attending this weekend’s start of the annual SXSW event in Austin. He calls it “Why Do Users Put Up With Terrible Cellphone Service?” and it basically details the fact that AT&T is struggling to service the throngs of iPhone [...]

By: Timo

Timo — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:28:43 +0000

Just travelling in Japan and all I can see is five bars of 3G with lighting fast download speeds and response rates for surfing. Oh, and my battery has not been loaded for 4 days…

I don´t like to hear that 3G is hard and difficult and the transition is a problem… Send the technicians to Japan and let them figure it out. Japan has stopped 2G last year altogether… The whole country is on 3G.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:23:52 +0000

Maybe its just me, but when I had the first iPhone I would continuously go on tirades about how terrible AT&T’s service was and I couldn’t agree more with Jim Norton because it was hardly a functional phone. When I switched and started using a few different unlocked Windows Mobile phones I realized that they all worked flawlessly. So now unfortunately the blame lies on Apple for me…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:36:01 +0000

The iPhone is awesome, but AT&T has always been crap. As far as I am concerned, their advertisements are flat out lies.

Imagine what the iPhone will be when it is released on Verizon…..