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Got Wireless Service with AT&T, got a 2G iPhone, older PDA using EDGE?

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Life sucks to be you...

AT&T cannot maintain enough network capacity to handle its subscriber base of iPhones, and Blackberries, et al...so, they're giving the "steerage" weaker spectrum while they build out their 3G capacity, which is still woefully inadequate...

So, they aren't "telling" you to upgrade...but you're up the creek. Their coverage in the PCS 1900 MHz bands s-u-c-k-s....and where there's coverage, there's no capacity.

Isn't that special...:S
So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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and im about to deploy, when i get back ill be looking for a new phone anyways...

i want the 3g version of the krzr, i love this phone and just want the upgrade
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i had t-mobile for 3 years... and i had NO service in my office... at all!

and i noticed that they had really crappy service everywhere, i switched to at&t not too long ago, and havnt had a no service message anywhere that ive looked at it
"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
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It can't suck as bad as Sprint/Nextel. Dumped those fuckers like a $2 whore.



THere's always VZ...they do have plans to open things up, but it's definitely on their schedule...;)
So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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It can't suck as bad as Sprint/Nextel. Dumped those fuckers like a $2 whore.



Is that because you went over the minutes limit with the $2 whore?



he probably got tired of saying 'can you feel me now?'
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It can't suck as bad as Sprint/Nextel. Dumped those fuckers like a $2 whore.



Is that because you went over the minutes limit with the $2 whore?


he probably got tired of saying 'can you feel me now?'


Or maybe his antenna was out of the service area? :P:P
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Can you dumb that down for the people like me who are technologically challenged? :ph34r: We have AT&T Blackberries in our company, they're all over a year old. Does this mean I'll be shopping for a new phone soon?

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

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Can you dumb that down for the people like me who are technologically challenged? :ph34r: We have AT&T Blackberries in our company, they're all over a year old. Does this mean I'll be shopping for a new phone soon?



Basically, you're going to have weaker 2G service while AT&T gets their shit together to support the massive influx of 3G iphone customers.
Mike
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Can you dumb that down for the people like me who are technologically challenged? :ph34r: We have AT&T Blackberries in our company, they're all over a year old. Does this mean I'll be shopping for a new phone soon?



You won't need too upgrade your equipment, but you may notice a difference (slower, less coverage) in how these devices perform in their abilities to push email and handle their other "data" functions (web, rss feeds, etc.) in the months to come, if you haven't already.
So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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