Comments on: AT&T vs. Verizon -- Turns Out There's No Lawsuit for That!

By: HB

HB — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:13:28 +0000

Bottom line is ATT need to stop advertizing period. They sell more bars in more places and have less in fewer. THe service sucks, drops calls, and is generally slow, and I live in SFO. I was really pissed off when I had no service righ in front of one of the billboards. FU ATT

By: Temp0005

Temp0005 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:36:13 +0000

I say at&t is better the at&t actually does have a lot of coverage over the country verizon is wrong the at&t also have iphone and itouch but verizon came back har with the droid eris which can also run multiple apps i say it is a draw so far.

By: GeekyNikki

GeekyNikki — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:43:44 +0000

I don't get the Luke commercial that shows the VZW map, mentions the VZW map "falling apart" - then bashes VZW phones. What do the functions of the phones have to do with the VZW coverage map???

By: Lady Kaede

Lady Kaede — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:22:27 +0000

AT&Ts coverage isn't getting smaller, just weaker. The quickest way to sort this out is give Verizon the iPhone and watch their network crumple under the strain of millions of new high-bandwidth users! They should have AT&T's problems! As far as I can tell, allof these recent ads from both sides are misleading - but at least they're humorous.

By: angelsniper45

angelsniper45 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:10:57 +0000

Is it just me or does ATTs coverage get smaller and smaller every ad?

By: Bent24

Bent24 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:06:24 +0000

Every major company has dedicated marketing budgets so drop all this "AT&T needs to focus it budget for buildouts and better coverage" they are building out when available. You can't just drop towers any ole place. It requires planning, and ok'd by the local city governments. Companies will build towers as fast as placement allows. Also it's interesting that there is this huge verizon push when both will be going GSM based LTE in a year or so. What then? All those "iPhone killer droids" (sarcasm) will be paperweights. And at least AT&T doesn't bend you over should you want to leave with rediculous cancellation charges. AT&T at least gives you a credit monthly for each month you use them. So who's the real company affraid of losing business? Verizon. Point blank. Highest of all cancellation charges with no credit for past service. Proprietary apps and charges for said apps. And the first company to initiate attack methods for advertising purposes.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:52:27 +0000

Verizon BOOOO!!! AT&T very Good!!

By: Roamingrican

Roamingrican — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:45:46 +0000

@ clevelander I love my iPhone and I am in the NYC area and I too get 5 bars all of the time but my 5 bars drops about 1 in 10 calls at some point of the call. Interesting segway does anyone have a clue why the few times I have 1-2 bars I have never dropped a call in 2 1/2 years?

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:14:02 +0000

Sorry Patt B, they did smoke them with the iPhone. Yes Verizon is pumping out phones hoping they can find the iPhone killer, they are tired of losing customers so that is why they started showing AT&T's weakness. I'm not saying they won't find a iPhone killer, but not yet it will be more than a year before someone will hurt the iPhone. Most normal users don't care about this cr@p. Tweet, email, text and surf ='s happy campers.

And yes Tim they were losing sleep, that one phone was becoming a thorn in their side but google is helping them out now. And no Verizon didn't score yet because I'm happy with my iPhone, I think they will score though, they will push Apple to make a better iPhone and that will be points.

By: OmariJames

OmariJames — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:09:22 +0000

Not switching ever to verizon. I'll use rock phones if verizon was my only alternet choice.

By: Clevelander

Clevelander — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:49:39 +0000

"G ay t and t". Wow you're about as ignorant as they come. But I guess if ignorance Is bliss you should be on cloud nine right? You're a tool.

And where the eff do you people live that you have poor coverage? I'm always a full 5 bars and have never once dropped a call, no matter if I'm in a basement, tunnel, hiking trail, or walk-in freezer. Maybe try a city instead of a farm an you'll have better luck with service.

By: Bamaman

Bamaman — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:44:58 +0000

Yea, I doubt VZW is losing any sleep over the iPhone. But now that VZW has a legit dog in the fight with the droid, maybe AT&T and Apple will get off their asses and make the iPhone to it's full potential and get it some 3G coverage. If AT&T fixed it's coverage they wouldn't have to cry about the map commercials and VZW would start sweating a little

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:37:19 +0000

Verizon for the win. He shoots. He scores!

Sure they'd like iPhone but they are not loosing any sleep over it. It's just one phone.

By: Patt B

Patt B — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:01:28 +0000

g ay t and t

By: Patt B

Patt B — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:00:55 +0000

@ Brian... When did gay t and t smoke verizon with the I phone? sure a lot of people jumped ship but they still didn't have more customers or a better network. And now Verizon is pumping out phones left and right.

By: MaZon

MaZon — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:40:34 +0000

AT&T needs to steal Cathrine Zeta Jones to do their commercials, Luke Wilson does not keep my attention at all.

By: klmsu19

klmsu19 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:28:14 +0000

sure you can sue for that, if it was hurting their reputation or businesss.

But im not surprised it probably wasnt worth all the time and effort while the VZW ads continued to run. Glad to see them hitting back with the voice+data ads.

VZW is just jelous they didnt get the iphone and not one of theur phones can sell near what ATT sells in iphones even in ONE quarter. Bet theyre kicking themselves in the a** pretty hard now.

By: superME

superME — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:08:21 +0000

I knew at&t's argument sounded a lil fishy. I remember thinkin "can you really sue for that?"

and to socon_jon... I think any phone company would be happy to carry the iPhone. according to 3rd quarter financial reports, the iPhone has made Apple the most profitable cellphone company. in 3years Apple went from not existing in the industry to being the leading company in the industry, thanks to their one device.

By: IceBike

IceBike — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:07:32 +0000

I like the Luke ads, but I'd rather ATT plow the money into build-outs.

I've heard that LTE will just be a bolt-on upgrade to their existing 3G/UMTS service, since it can use the same radios, but first you have to have the 3G.

Meanwhile, The FCC is starting to lay the ground work for the eventual demise of All Carriers: http://tinyurl.com/yj3gmgf by beginning the planning to switch to an ALL IP network.

This plays RIGHT INTO GOOGLE's HANDS, and suddenly it appears Google Voice has the "Vision thing" going on in spades. Is that why Apple wants the big Data Center?

Dumb Pipes !!!

By: Azazelwc

Azazelwc — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:00:37 +0000

I called AT&T about bad coverage on my iPhone and they told me to turn off my 3G so I don't drop as many calls. This said after they spent how much money saying their 3G network is better. Come AT&T you can do better than that

By: soco_jon

soco_jon — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:19:33 +0000

I don't think Verizon gives a dump about the iphone.

By: Sadie

Sadie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:25:49 +0000

'Tis the season!

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:07:23 +0000

AT&T deserves it. Love my iPhone but they need to spend that marketing money on improving their network.

By: pharmtechie

pharmtechie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:58:42 +0000

Both are retards!! 'nuff said.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:58:39 +0000

Verizon may be getting to AT&T now but AT&T smoked them when they took the iPhone, Verizon is just sore and wants some of those customers back. I guess we will see in the future who makes good decisions.