AT&T's 3G Covers Over 230 Million Americans According to Latest TV Spot
According to AT&T's latest commercial, their 3G network covers over 230 million people in the U.S. Finally they have addressed what they failed to address in any of the other countless commercials.
The last few AT&T TV spots seem to be getting a bit better than the previous ones but still in limbo is the commercial where they boast how they are improving their network similar to O2's network. While I personally have no complaints here in Chicago regarding the quality of AT&T's 3G, I have to ask, how is your AT&T 3G network?
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South Orange County Calif. No problems here!
South Mississippi.. Works fine here too!!
No AT&T 3G in Vermont since they took over Unicel in January 09 & offered the iphone. Newspaper stated 3G was supposed to be in selected cities by end of year. Data service is slooooooow
Asheville us just great
No problems in Miami either. Story is WAY blown out of proportionate by the media because of a few problems is a VERY few cities.
@Russ
Your an affiliate buy-out. Just because the newspaper said so doesnt make it true. It takes a lot more work to upgrade an affiliate market where there was never any 3G. Just have to be patient.
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Not reliable in Fort Wayne, IN. Lots of dropped calls or calls direct to voice mail. Has intermittant 3G service. AT&T tech says dropped calls may be caused by the fluctuation from 3G to EDGE and back.
Visiting NY for the holidays, 3G here is reAlly wacky. Sometimes the phone will report full service but you can't send or receive any data! I'll also completely miss calls, and only get the voice mail a few minutes later. But- the 3G in NY is way better than EDGE in VA where I live!
Spotty in Pittsburgh. It's nearly impossible to chat on the phone while driving or to use data. Some "drop zones" don't have Edge or even "the Dot" but the network is VERY fast where it's available.
As I've been saying, the complaints about ATTs data / 3G coverage issues are those of a very vocal, very small minority. I've had no issues up and down the east coast. DC has great overage, even in the metro now.
Seems to me that the issues are worst for those in SF CA and anytime there's a tech conference.
Not very reliable in L.A, Canyon Country, or Palmdale CA. However Edge is great but SLOW!
I've had no problems in Minneapolis
@Andrew I had no problems in Brooklyn a few months ago. Where were you?
I visit my parents in Youngstown Ohio, and the 3g speed is awesome. Dropped calls and lost data connections rarely happen.
No problems in Metro Atlanta.
It's mostly fine here in Cleveland, Oh. Some areas outside of the city struggle with the network though, but thats all across the board (Verizon, T-Mobile, ect) if there is a dead zone here, it's dead to all carriers.
No Problems here in Atlanta. I drove from Pennsylvania to Georgia and oly switched to edge when I was in the mountains of North Carolina. 3G coverage for me has been great. I like ATT and hope they improve Atlanta to the 7.2 speeds soon.
No problem in Atlanta.
Verizon 3g is slower. I hooked up my verizon 3g Netbook and downloaded CNN.com. I then tethered it through AT&T and th page loaded 8 seconds faster.
You CANNOT urf and talk at he same time on Verizon. The very reason why they will never have the iPhone.
Finally, AT&T is exposing Verizons bs ads.
No problems here in Miami Fl. I don't know the number to customer service or how the inside of an AT&T store looks like. No dropped calls or any of the foolishness others always complain about.
In Boise, home of the soon to be 2010 Fiesta Bowl Champions! Go Broncos!, I have no problems. Recently travelled to Florida, South Carolina, and Arizona. No problems what so ever. I agree with the thought that it's a minority of people having the problems.
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No problems in west L.A area.
In Boston, the 3G is fine
Michigan is aweful!! I had a first gen iPhone and was very happy with it. Until it needed repair recently and would have cost too much to fix, so I got a 3gs. I love the phone and the cell coverage is the same as the first gen phone. What pisses me off is my data plan is $30/mo instead of $20/mo and the nearest 3g coverage area is over an hour away. So I am now paying for improved data that I have no access to. With my wife having a 3g also, that is $240 extra money AT&T is getting per year from me. I wonder if I can write that off as a cheritable donation when I file my taxes? AT&T won't reduce my data plan either. When verizon gets the iPhone, either next year or 10 years from now, I am jumping ship. Their network may be slower, but at least it exists in my neck of the woods.
Had all the reported problems on recent trip to NYC (no coverage on native 3G so had to resort to Verizon MiFi unit). AT&T just lit up 3G in VT, where I live. Looking good so far. I'm seeing 3G in Burlington, Essex, parts of Colchester, Newport Town, Jericho, to name a few. And it performs well. And, it is slightly stronger so better signals in home. For example, my house in new north end of Burlington used to fail but no gets 3 bars. I'm pleased.
No 3G coverage in some parts of NW Pennsylvania yet :(
AT&T rocks in Georgia
3g is just fine here in Annapolis Maryland.
AT&T coverage rocks in Massachusetts!
AT&T (3G) was spotty here in the I91 corridor of Western Ma when I first got my iPhone, but much better now. My wife and I listen to pandora in the car all the way up from eastern PA with no problems. I was also getting an excellent signal the other day in Brattleboro, VT.
Greenfield, not so much.
No problems here in Milwaukee,WI. Never has been any problems.
GOOD HERE IN HOLLYWOOD LOS ANGELES
Oklahoma city - Dropped calls when switching from 3g to edge
Biggest complaint is at any large event like a concert, or even the AT&T sponsored cotton bowl my phone shows full bars of 3g but I cannot even send a text message let alone make a phone call or get on the Internet. Mass populated areas like these and downtown NYC seem to overload the system. Pisses me off something fierce
It doesn't exist in Fort Walton, FL...
Never had any major issues with AT&T throughout Nevada and California. Unfortunately AT&T completely lacks service at my workplace in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. T-Mobile's service rules at my workplace. Perhaps I will have to leave AT&T and go to T-Mobile. Is Nexus One in my future????
I live in salt lake city and I do not have any complaints about AT&T 3g service. One of my friends has sprint service and they are always with one bar in my area whereas I go about with full bars.
Indianapolis Indiana works great. No issues or dropped calls.
In my part of Southern California, reception is good in terms of bars, but dropped calls still are frequent.
My AT&T coverage is great in the Phoenix/ Surprise area. No complaints here
Works great in Bee'eldííldahsinil.
Crappy 3g in central Illinois.
Anywhere AT&T has 3g in the southeast it works wondefully. I'm a truck driver I know. Ny sucks Vegas sucks. Anywhere else I haven't paid attention but I will be taking note in other cities
ya but to many of that number live in huge metro areas. can't get AANY deceant service when I leave 2 miles from town.
3G just got turned on here in Vermont Wednesday. So far signal has been better for me than on Edge.
Here in Hell, there a lot of hot spots with no service. But when I catch a 3G signal, I get blazing hot speeds.
Nothing here in southern Wisconsin.
Ok in Houston, occasional drop, but overall pretty good.
Great service in the Denver metro area. AT&T used to be really terrible here, until we got a significant upgrade to 850MHz. If you're still waiting for an upgrade, try to be patient because it's like night and day. I never drop calls and, even though my office is like a concrete bunker, I get consistent five bars with speeds almost like wifi.
Even with upgraded service, you still have to remember there are bandwidth limitations in crowded environments. Downtown NYC/SF, ball games, concerts, etc. are going to be problems. Getting good signal isn't the problem there. It's the congestion on the network.
No problems here in Oklahoma city.
@Chris being that the Cotton Bowl is in Texas I fail to see how that relates to Oklahoma City.
Nothing at all in northern MN. I was told by thanksgiving or the end of the year at the latest. Both dates are long past EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent 3g coverage out here in the hick town of hollister, ca. Spend most of my days on the bay area at work, great coverage there too.
No problems here in El Paso TX. Signal is pretty much between 4-5 bars always and getting in the lower 2000s kbps.
The only place where there's no 3G signal is at work, but neither do Verizon nor Sprint, dunno for T-Mo. It gets fixed just switching to EDGE :-)
Agree w/ Tony (#24)...3G does not even exist in Kalamazoo, MI. AT&T store keeps saying next quarter or the quarter after that, but it keeps getting pushed out. Was waiting to buy an iPhone for 3G coverage, but finally did anyway.
Here in Milwaukee, WI.... works great
Miami - Fort Lauderdale - West Palm Beach > no issues whatsoever. However, a major east-west highway across the southern part of Florida (I75 connecting Ft Lauderdale and Naples) not only loses 3G half way across, AT&T loses ALL service - no signal. "Alligator Alley" is not somewhere you want to get stranded with no cellular service. I had Verizon before the 3GS and I75 is covered all the way across.
IVE BEEN ALL OVER ARIZONA AND NEVER HAD PROBLEMS
Great service here in Central Jersey.
Montana = no go for AT&T 3G. Like many around here, I'd love an iPhone but it's not an option. Verizon is the only 3G game in the region. Sure we don't have large numbers of people regionally, but this is still a vast, non-trivial geographic area of the US that AT&T has pretty much ignored.
AT&T 3G coverage for the iPhone here in NYC is just horrible. In some areas, when I called, they said cell towers were down and they were "attempting ot fix it". This "attempted fix" went on for 4 straight years and still hasn't been fixed.
sorry, 3 years... 3G has been spotty since I got the iPhone 3G...
Graham, NC
3G mostly great except on south side of town near Swepsonville near my house...need another tower here AT&T! Otherwise great!
No problems in Dallas except 3G is still slow compared to Chicago speeds. ATT missed their promised end of 2009 turn-up of HSPA 7.2 though. @Chris, there were 77k mostly bored to sleep fans at the Cottonbowl game until the 4th quarter so they had to use their iPhones to kill time. That said, since ATT sponsored the game, you'd think they bring in sufficient temporary cell sites to ensure the fans had a great user experience at their signature event.
Very inconsistant on Long Island. Plenty of dropped calls. Usually can't go more than 25 minutes while in the car without a dropped call. It's frustrating as all hell but what am I gonna do. I deal with it because the iPhone is my 3rd child.
I travel alot. Works great in Seattle, Portland, SoCal. Not so good in Montana, Idaho. No 3G in Montana. Central Illinois has poor coverage West central Wisconsin is poor to fair. Northern Wisconsin is pretty shaky. Little 3g. Had data failures in NW Milwaukee. Chicago area is fine. Michigan is a crapshoot. Edge works. 3G in some areas. Dropped calls in Midwest. Frequent direct to vmail.
Superb coverage in San Diego. I get a fine signal throughout the inside of my residence, and everywhere outside. An occasional data dropout, but rarely. I was concerned when I switched from Verizon, but now with iPhone/AT&T I have no complaints.
Still many dropped calls in the places I live/travel: San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, and New York City. Signal strength doesn't seem to be a issue.
Dropping to EDGE solves the dropped call problem. Of course, this completely nullifies any advertised speed advantage AT&T is attempting to tout.
No 3G here in Danville, VA. I don't even get coverage about 3 miles away from an AT&T tower. It's crazy.
Albuquerque, NM has great 3G but still get dropped calls once in awhile but not as much as other cities.
Where I'm living (Houston Texas area) AT&T is the best. Bar none. Don't give me any crap about Big Reds network. It is second place here. And it is the same for all of Texas.
San Jose...Silicon Valley, within 4.3 miles of Apple Headquarters in Cupertino. I switched to AT&T from Sprint at the end of November and I do notice some signal issues. The odd thing is watching my phone all of a sudden dip to no bars and than say it is searching for service and than come back full barred and 3G without even moving. I cannot say I have had much of an issue with dropped calls, only 4 I can speak of for now so thats not to bad. I would say the data is a nightmare for speeds though, Sprints network smoked AT&T but I am hoping this will change. I love my iPhone and that's why I switched. I just hope AT&T gets their act together! It is pretty sad to be in the heart of technology, right by the birth place of this device and have it be mediocre.
Basically great coverage in Cincinnati and also Dayton Ohio. Verizons coverage is good in cinci but no good in Dayton
I used to work in a mid-sized East Texas town that had no coverage. Recently relocated to South Arkansas with spotty coverage and no 3g within about 90 miles. Although my verizon Ethernet card works great here and most places I've traveled; faster than my connection at work.
I understand that this is a rural area but Verizon has had high speed wireless in these parts for over a year now. Whats the hold up AT&T?
Just got it in Tupelo, MS. Nothing outside the city. Don't know how good it is because I love 7 miles from the closest ATT edge tower and barely get service at all.
AT&T is only service that works on our mountain in Alaska.
And many other places in Alaska, as well. Everyone else who uses the other services can't get a signal in the out of the way places.
@Drake
We have nothing South of Wilkes Barre, PA either. No 3G and in some areas, no EDGE.
I really miss Saratoga Springs, NY.
Miami, fl. No problems here. I do have one spot where I always drop a call. Besides that. Everything is good.
Rocks her in NOR CAL....
Great service from Orlando to daytona beach Florida. Only issues at theme parks and out in the boonies but that happens to everyone. Switched from g1 on tmobile.
I'm in Dallas Texas getting 1.8mbps download and 240kbps upload. It's fast but I was expecting 2.5mbps - 3mbps average on my 3GS since the promised HSPA 7.2 was announced!!!! But it could be worse. I could have verizon running at 300-400kbps. Lol !!
Spokane washingon top notch.
2304kbps download and 325kbps upload on speed test just now.
Here in Glen Burnie Maryland At&t works fine here as well !!!!!!
I dont have many probs here in western CT, i have 3g for the most part but will switch to EDGE sometimes
3G works fine in Hagerstown, MD but no 3G from Peyton, CO to Kansas City, KS on a recent trip even along I-70. Then again there's no one out there. That's why I like the prairies! If you want to be alone and have 3G, you may want to check out Verizon. If you live in a metroplex, AT&T 3G works great (except for areas where it's overloaded with iPhone users with data polling turned on...)
Im in beacon ny it's ok most of the time I get 3g my sis inlaw gets 3g sometimes but new years eve from 11:30pm till 2:15am no calls or text I could text people on verizon but not Att then at 12am when the ball droped no service at all everyone I know on verizon no problems at all
it was not just iPhones the whole network crashed it will be pushed under the carpet becouse of the network fight I think they need to fix some things and fix it fast
Sorry sis inlaw gets 3g sometimes
For some reason it won't post right my dis inlaw gets 3g plus
Nothing here in southeast Iowa....closest 3G coverage is 90 miles north.
in the chicago burbs and would say its ok for the most part...only when i go visit family do i have BIG issues in the far noth burbs
No 3G in west virginia in my area. Cant wait til they do because i wont ever switch carriers. ATT has done great for me.
230 million = 77%.
This ad attempts to minimize the effect of the coverage map in the Verizon ads by appropriately pointing out that, essentially, most people live in major cities and are therefore covered by AT&T's 3G network. The U.S. population is approximately 300 million. While I believe I saw another AT&T commercial indicating that they cover 97% of people in the U.S., that might include EDGE. Regarding 3G, even though the Verizon map ad is accurate, AT&T is countering with the statistic that about 77% of U.S. residents are within their 3G coverage area. However, 230 million sounds more impressive than 77%. Most people in the U.S. probably don't know how many people live in the U.S.
However, just because that percentage of residents live in the 3G coverage area, that doesn't mean anything about the quality of the network in all of those areas. We know that wherever the AT&T 3G network has to provide data to too many iPhones, especially if the iPhones moving around, the whole network gets swamped. Obviously, the AT&T network couldn't handle anywhere near 230 million people; no existing network would be able to do that.
As far as not being able to use data and make calls on Verizon: that's just a technological choice in making their network. The alternative, with AT&T, is that when the 3G network gets swamped, the iPhone 3G can neither make calls nor use data while on 3G.
Boston has become better over time. For about the first year, 3G was impossible to use in Harvard Square, so the iPhone would work only on EDGE. There are a lot of people in that area though.
In fact, I would bet that the fact that the calls and data are not kept separate on AT&T increase the impression that AT&T's 3G network is unreliable. Intermittent data outages are problematic and repeatedly dropping calls are each annoying; the two together render your phone practically useless for communication with people or with the internet.
The real problem is not that one carrier is better than all the others, it's that no carrier can always cover where someone lives and where they travel. Especially for someone who lives or travels in sparsely populated areas, AT&T 3G will probably not be accessible for a while.
3g in Chicago is spotty at best. Dropped calls and service constantly on the L. For months I couldn't make a call or use data in river north. I have coworkers who live in Logans Square and West Town who have no service period in their apts.
It blows on eastern NC. No coverage in Greenville, New Bern, or Wilmington!
Elyria, Ohio outdoors 3g is faster than my wifi and I rarely have a dropped call. Indoors is a different story, in my house I can't even complete a phone call without it being dropped and 3g is spotty. When I go into any store you can forget even trying to make a call because all the phone says is searching for signal.
To me, coverage is not the issue. Throughput is. In my area (Wilmington, DE) I often have 5 bars of 3G but can't get data or the data comes in painfully slowly. The 3G towers are overloaded.
No problems in Richmond, Virginia. No problems in Virginia Beach, Charlottesville, or Washington, D.C. As I remember it was spotty in the Outer Banks in North Carolina. Sprint is too as I have one of their cards for a laptop. Family reports it is good in Western Kentucky as well.
Great 3G coverage here in Central and Eastern Massachusetts. Although we do a lot of skiing in VT and there is nothing but terrible coverage up there. Can't even get on the Edge network half of the time. Most of the time all I see is the dreaded No Service!
All good in Miami fl
It's good here in the midwest except for the occasional full signal and no data problem...
Reading these replies seems to back up what a lot of us have been saying all along. For those of us in metros, 3G signal coverage is acceptable.
The performance, however, (dropped calls, no data) leaves a lot to be desired.
I use edge so I don't get dropped calls or miss text messages and pick texts l. I live in a supposedly fab 3g(that's what their coverage map states tell me anyways) area but it does not seem like I do.so edge I will stay with
Tampa,Florida
It work's great here in Cleveland, Ohio.
Horrible 3g coverage in Atlanta. Runs extremely slow in the city proper. I think they have oversold the iPhone.
No complaints!
@Vanityeverlastingbonet: If you are forced to disable 3G to have a working phone, call AT&T each month for a credit. They will give it to you.
Ask to speak to a supervisor if necessary (they never actually come on the line, they just cave at that point).
Only two places I can get 3G in my entire state. Des Moines, IA and Cedar Rapids, IA.
Non existant
Still great in Atlanta
No problems in Gilbert, Az.
Here in Modesto California it's great! The 3G could be a little faster but I'm content. And I've only had two dropped calls sense I bought the iPhone 3G when it first came out.
Overall the service is great.
No service in most of the area I call "home" here in Va..I've been sadly of thinking of going back to VZW.
I have superb service both in Central NJ and the Fort Lauderdale area, FL.
It is great here on the Island of Oahu Hawaii.
AT&T 3G in Birmingham, AL is excellent
Morgantown, WV 3G became available in Summer '09 and it's a great improvement.
just edge in Mountain Home, Idaho but its still faster than verizons "3G" I get 3G when i go to boise no dropped calls at all
I should be getting 3G according to the MAP, but I have EDGE. AT&T is LYING.
No 3G in central Pennsylvania (Williamsport to Selinsgrove and Mifflinburg to Bloomsburg) but, they put a small 3G area in Lewisburg. Mostly due to Bucknell University and Evangelical Hospital.
Detroit is drop call city
Service is horrible in Dallas on iPhone 3Gs..
although on long island its not too bad, but i work in NYC and its REALLY bad there. i can barely make a phone call let alone anything else
and i mean because of the dropped calls
@russ 3G is all over vermont now.
To Everybody Else: My ATT service has been getting increasingly better. And I mean daily.
Couldn't be happier here in Baltimore. We traveled to San Juan, PR in the summer and SoCal in December. Had excellent coverage at all times. I understand that those are highly populated areas, but I have yet to have poor coverage.
Again, ATT is using ridiculous numbers to suggest they have lots of 3G coverage. 230 million Americans includes children no doubt, so the number is far less (basically, they take cities x population). One would think Kalamazoo Michigan has 3G ... NOT.
I've complained to ATT up the Presidents office. For 2 years ATT has said 3G would be available soon. They remain in a 20th century mindset if you ask me. They will not commit to anything at this point. I pay $30 a month for basically nothing.
Central South Carolina 3G is COMPLETELY absent, unless you live IN Columbia or Florence.
Their coverage even for EDGE is 'sketchy' in any small towns.
I have a $700 amplifier and roof antenna and still get dropped calls and less than 2 bars. I am seriously considering jailbreaking when my contract is out ( I can get good Verison 3G reception at my house). Without WiFi the iPhone is an expensive iPod in SC.
LOVE the iPhone...., HATE at+t.
Awesome here in upstate NY. Fast full 3g all the time. No dropped calls. Heck I even have 3g in the sticks far from the city. Verizon is horrible here my gf has them and always has a problem getting a signal.
Lol That's cool. It's pretty good for me in new York though I did get a dropped call earlier today.
3G coverage in Savannah, Ga. is excelent. Very fast data speeds. I average 2.1 Mbits/sec download and 250 Kbits/sec upload. Haven't had a dropped call in 6 months. 3G weak zones occur but they are few and far between and edge is always there.
3g is great in Memphis TN. I live about a mile outside the city limits and my iPhone signal stays at 4 to 5 bars. I routinely browse the web while talking on the phone with no problems at all
Not all that bad
@Joe
Kalamazoo is a spectrum problem as is Montana. They don't own any spectrum in most of the northern states. They have since acquired some off alltels gsm roaming network and it will be made available. People busy AT&Ts balls like they can throw a tower up anywhere they want. You can't do anything without spectrum. Same problem they run into in crowded stadiums. The iPhone gobbles up data and bandwidth at 10 times that of any smartphone. I frequuently use 2-2.5gb. A month. I live in east bay California. Absolutely no problems here at all. Always over 2000kb and I have spikes to over 4000. in a Highly populated area. Fact is AT&T has waaay more smart phones than any other carrier and 14 million iPhones alone aren't at all nice to the network. Kalamazoo Michigan as well as Montana will get better service as soon as those towers are finalized on AT&Ts network. I live right across the street from an AT&T pole climber. The average time to upgrade a tower from edge to 3G is 540 days. Longer if there is no existing service at that location. And it's not ll AT&Ts hold up. It's licensing through the FCC and leasing and permits through the city and state. Then you have to add testing the network to ensure it's not interfearing with any emergency frequencies drive testing the area to
make sure the antennas are aimed correctly for optimum coverage. Alot goes into making sure we have good coverage.
Rochester NY , it's all good
Orlando, Florida. No problems here. I work 25 miles from home and I have 3g coverage full 5 bars of reception the whole trip. Im perfectly happy personally.
Knoxville, TN works great!
In the Baltimore area of Maryland it seems that the bars are a random number generator and do not correlate with quality of connection. It is not unusual that I can go from 5 bars to NO service without even moving. Frequent dropped calls, sometimes takes more than 10 minutes to get out a text message. Love the phone, hate the service.
We just got 3G in Fairbanks, AK and it's great.
@Chris/#33 - I was at the Cotton Bowl @ Cowboys Stadium and also at the thrashing the Cowboys gave the Eagles and had no problem with calls or text messages with my iPhone 3GS. Cowboys Stadium actually has cells inside of the facility too, which should offload some of the load from the outside AT&T network.
The funny part was a friend with Verizon was experiencing long delays while sending text messages. Same thing happened on New Years Eve too. I sent him one, and he got it right away. He replied but the reply showed up hours later.
No 3G where I live @ Interlachen, FL I work @ Palatka FL an the 3G service there is great. I might have dropped a call maybe 3 X's in 2 years.
I've had a few dropped calls in Metro NJ, but I've also been able to get a signal where Verizon wouldn't work.
Glendale, Burbank, L.A. all have great coverage. My 3GS pulls down data at the rate of 1Mbps or better every time I do a speed test (the one from Ookla). We are one of the last markets to get 3G at all several years ago. I have no complaints. We must have great 850MHz coverage (where do I look that up?), as my house which is in a residential and hilly area has full bars at all times.
We'll see yet another big bump in speed with HSPA 7.2, when it will get turned on, which should be very soon.
Oliver Says:
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:38 pm
@russ 3G is all over vermont now.
3G all over VT? Are you kidding me? Take a look at the map sometime.
No problems in Athens Ga baby, works fantastic here.
No 3g. Heck I often check to see if I even have any coverage when out and about I NE Minnesota. Wifi keeps me sane.
Just got my first iPhone and it's been excellent in my midsized northcentral Florida town (Gainesville). But I expected that it would be - I've been with AT&T since they bought Cingular and have always had good coverage in Florida (with the expected exceptions here and there - weird stretches of highway, etc.).
Excellent in Youngstown OH, can't pick it up at all in NW PA at all, such as New Castle, Sharon, etc.
A couple of years ago when we had no power in Maui for three days, verizon performed the entire time while there was no AT&T service at all. I have both and love my IPhone but would never get rid of my Verizon phone because I can rely on it to provide service consistently. Downloading is NOT faster on the IPhone than the Droid.
Here in sacramento ca att coverage is great for me, i always have full bars, and the browsing speed is pretty fast.
I find it amazing that AT&T even tries to compete with Verizon's 3G coverage. In this commercial they state that AT&T covers 9400 cities, when currently there are 19,355 cities in the US...that's not even half! And wait...that does not include the small towns that are not even counted in the definition of "Cities". Also they state that it covers 230 million people...that leaves out over 74 Million people! That is the combined populations of New York, California, and Texas! (Pretty big populations there!!! Verizon has 5 times more 3G Coverage than AT&T (That is square miles not number of people). What does that mean...more coverage for those who do not live around big cities, like me and 74 million other people!
i am having a debate with my husband. what actor is doing the current AT&T 3G network commerical? David Arquette or Luke Wilson.
In the great State of Texas, AT&T has crashed the 3G network. No service at all and we have to turn the network off to use the IPhones. So for 220 a month, I get to use the best phone produced, with a service provider that is less than adequate. This falls on Apple's shoulders for partnering with a company that is fleecing Apple customers with empty promises and flashy advertising. Instead of telling us that they cover 230 million Americans, why don't they just provide the service to the tens of millions of customers they are already billing at their monopolistic rates?
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I was with AT&T for four days and it SUCKED!!!! I like the iphone but it should be with verizon or sprint or some network that is more reliable. The reception in richmond,va is HORRIBLE!!! I WILL NEVER USE IT AGAIN. SO the next day i switched back to verizon and im happy now.
I live in Alaska & I was shocked at how great the service was from Anchorage to Valdez. Its a 5-6 hr camper drive & there's a lot of no where in between. There was only a couple spots it did not work but it was only for about 5-10 min. Totally happy with ATT.
@ Wendy: Here's a hint, "use the force" You can always bing (bing is not google)that type of question.
I am a verizon customer and my gf is at&t. Her service is always spotty and she admits to me that verizon is a better service provider.
I read a few comments that say that at&t exposes verizons bs, well, at&t says that they provide service to 230 million americans. This is pure and utter bs.
The US census bureau states that as of 2 days ago, the population of america was 308 million. This statistic includes ALL americans, meaning elders and infants as well. People who do not have or use cell phones. Saying that at&t serves 230 million americans is pure bs. I don't know why people can't put two and two together.
Leave some kind of comment on this so i see who has common sense. Or just to see what peoople think of my comment.
Christian
I live in Paris ky. No 3G here. Super slow edge. In Lexington, and now Georgetown there's 3g that works great.
Great site! I am loving it!! Will come back again - taking you feeds also, Thanks.
We were promised 3G 3 years ago in Newport, TN. They skipped us and installed 3G in Johnson City. Still waiting... AT&T store said he heard we might get it in June or July 2010.. I won't be holding my breath.
I have an iPhone with AT&T and I carry a Verizon Blackberry for work - and I live in RURAL Northern Montana. No 3G for the iPhone but the EDGE quality is good when you can get coverage, which has been steadily improving in the past year. I've had the iPhone since early 2008 (always in Montana) and my network indicator always showed "AT&T". Now that they're buying the divested Alltel properties my indicator changed to the scrolling "Off Network" message (still EDGE though); this just happened the last weekend of January and I got a nasty-gram from AT&T stating my data use is over 20% off-network and that I needed to call them. When I spoke to them - on my iPhone - the CSR said according to what she was looking at I wasn't [currently] roaming and that she would note my account (yes- the indicator still showed "Off Newtork"). Go figure.
Is the Verizon coverage better? Yes, but.....
--Verizon phones are way too proprietary and you can't do data and voice at the same time.
--Most of the developed world uses GSM. When LTE/4G starts rolling out (this year?), it will be a relatively easy transition for GSM carriers like AT&T. Verizon will have to overhaul their CDMA systems and handset offerings.
The whole coverage debate is kind of pointless here in Montana anyway. We have lots of areas where you can't even get FM radio reception; sparse coverage is just what we deal with. But I would never trade the wide open spaces for crowds; my commute to work is less than 3 minutes and I rarely have to stand in a line for anything! For me, the actual handset itself is very important and I think the iPhone is a pretty tough act to follow.
The FCC licensing maps show that the ownership of the divested Alltel spectrum is complete, but I don't know how that will translate to us end users. If anyone knows when AT&T will "officially" market themselves in Montana please post here.
Still sucks here in Bloomsburg PA. Edge only. they said it would be here first quarter of 2011. i went to the store and asked why it wasn't here given that the first quarter is over. They came up with a lame excuse about snowfall in Philadelphia this winter and that it would be here by mid July. I asked what year.
Here in Kalamazoo, MI AT&T has been promising us 3g for the last two years every time you ask the they tell u they're upgrading and it should be here in the next year I think they just tell you that because they know your interested in the iphone but you know that there is no 3g coverage so to win you they say it will be here in the next year. And Kalamazoo is not some small hillbilly town its one of the major cities of michigan neighboring the second largest city in Michigan Grand Rapids only 30 minutes north so I don't understand why they haven't brought it here too??
Still waiting...
And waiting....Zzzz
IT'S HERE - 3G today!!!!!!!!
AT&T sucks everywhere and would be in debt or non existant if the iphone never saved them. They have spotty 3G coverage and verizon is the best. AT&T sucks huge D.
Florence AL
0 3G service in Florence, AT&T needs to fix this quickly or stop selling the Iphone in this area. T-mo appears to have the best data service around here.
I dont get it
Thanks for this post!! I just have to say that im a little upset that i pay premium pricing for a premium iPhone, and have no 3G available in my town or surrounding cities (ie Kalamazoo, MI). I was mislead to make the purchase to begin with. On the commercial (with Luke Wilson) he actually says "kalamazoo, MI" I just spoke to a rep who says late summer... but really? Or are you just telling me that, so I will stick with ATT? And as Keven E previously mentions... kalamazoo is huge... there is no excuse!
I live in Gaylord Michigan and contract today ended with Verizon. We have AT&T store here and a Walmart. Neither have a iphone. They both are out of them. I am nervous changing over if the service is bad. I KNOW Kalamazoo is a big town and if your having problems then will I?
As a verizon Wireless Consultant I would like to inform you all of a GREAT solution to your IPhone problems on AT&T's so called network......ready.....Its been made offical that Apple's IPHONE is coming to Verizon. Realese date???? January 2011. What is an Iphone on AT&T's net work??? Simply an Ipod.
Stats: AT&T's coverage covers 230 million americans
Verizon's coverage covers approximately 290 million as of April 2010. Lastly, Verizon currently services 97 million customers and is switching to 4G in November 2010. Not to mention that pricing for Verizon is identical to AT&T AND now AT&T caps off your data at 2Gs for $25 and every Gig over is an additional $10 when Verizon is Unlimited for $29.99/mnth AND recent surveys showed the average iphine user uses 6 Gs. Make the switch today.
For over a year and a half I've been hearing from AT&T that we will have 3G in Kalamazoo within 3-4 months. That statement was false when originally made & I have no reason to believe AT&T when they say the same thing now. (Heck, we should not have to be asking, at this stage of the game, when AT&T will be bringing 3G to Kalamazoo -- the question we should be asking is when will AT&T be bringing 4G to Kalamazoo) If Kalamazoo doesn't have at least 3G when my contract is up, the I won't even consider their wireless service, iphone or no iphone. If AT&T considers Kalamazoo such a backwater town that the simple rubes that we are will believe any story they tell us, count me out and count a lot of other people out as well.
I am also in Kalamazoo, MI and I am thinking more and more lately that AT&T blows. I was out in Holland MI the other day and they had 3G. We do not. It is like they just throw darts at a map and say, "yep thats is where we will put it". Its really sad.
I find it interesting that so many comments are from Kalamazoo, MI. I live here too and my contract with AT&T is up in a week. I love the iPhone, but AT&T has LIED...let me repeat that...LIED to customers for too long here. I am switching to Verizon. Seriously, I can't believe some lawyer somewhere hasn't started up a class action lawsuit in the Kalamazoo area for the AT&T customers that have been LIED to. I know I would sign on in a heartbeat. Kalamazoo has two universities, a private college, a community college, Pfizer, Stryker, and is located along I-94 between Chicago and Detroit. We are the model for economic renewal in the dismal state of Michigan...and AT&T has no 3G here. I'm switching to Verizon, where I'll have 3G in my pocket that I can connect my iPad to. Best of both worlds without the LIES from AT&T.
ATT customer service rep just told me that 3G activation for a tower near my home, kalamazoo, would be December 10th. Anyone want to place a bet? My current contract ends in December; no 3G and I'll wait until there is another carrier for iphone.
I purchased iPhones (first generation) for my wife and me in August 2007 in Kalamazoo. When the iPhone 3G came out, I figured I would upgrade when AT&T rolled out 3G in Southwest Michigan. I'm still waiting to upgrade. I too am tired of being told next year, next year, next year. I just hope the iPhone 4 on Verizon in January 2011 rumors are true.
I have been told by two sources (Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids) AT&T shops that 3G will here in November. I agree with many I will belive it when I see it on my iPhone. Come on AT&T no more promises.
I just read an article about a 3G base station being installed to cover the peak of Everest. Still no 3G in Kalamazoo. I hate you AT&T.
I’d come to grant with you on this. Which is not something I usually do! I enjoy reading a post that will make people think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment!
Had a great conversation with wireless salesman at Best Buy in Portage, MI. yesterday who told me that 3G in Kalamazoo, MI has been pushed (again) from November to February 2011. Sure.. Data is just half of the issue! I am at I94/131 and have one/two bars and numerous dropped calls. I love my Iphone but deeply regret going with AT&T.
Hmmm, it's now into March....and still no 3G. Why have we all stayed for so long???
Agreed Eric, the iPhone is AWESOME! Leave it to ATT to turn it into just an expensive GameBoy :-( I've been thinking of getting a Verizon MyFi for data and using Skype for phone calls, dropping ATT all together!
Haha I found this by trying to search when Kalamazoo would get 3g on google and I love how there are so many Kalamazoo people. Over the summer I was in a tiny town in nebraska with a population of around 700 and I had 3g there. Kalamazoo will never get 3g I swear and if they do it will certainly be about 3 months after I graduate and move away I'm sure.
Welcome to our nightmare Kevin! This past summer I was driving down I-55 in rural Illinois. An by rural I mean BFE, cows and corn fields as far as the eye could see. The 3G reception there was GREAT!! I wonder how many cows are pack'n an iPhone these days?
Like Kevin Y., I found this forum while trying to Google Kalamazoo Att 3g, as I am also living in KZoo.
Just spoke with a customer service rep who said we're getting 3g by the end of the first quarter of 2011.
"Need for speed?" yeah AT&T, I get great speed with edge. Even TMobile has 3g here!
The latest I've heard from a friend (AT&T rep) that works in Kalamazoo is march 31st. It appears that AT&T is working from Benton Harbor east along I-94. I've read iPhone users reporting 3G as far east as mile marker 34 on 94.
I pay for an unlimited data plan, only to find it to be EXTREMELY LIMITED!! 3g in Kazoo by March 31st? Yea, right! My Verizon/iPhone4 will be here before then.
Good luck AT&T employees! Hope you aren't unemployed for too long!
Rumored date for Kzoo is 3/8/2011, but I don't believe it. I've been told Dec every year since I got my first iPhone. We do have it in Benton Harbor. I work there and it was turned on just before Christmas. Service was out most of the day while they worked on it. Here's to hoping it does come on by the end of March. I'm very tempted to brake my contract and go to Verizon.
Kalamazoo here. Very upset with AT&T. Been told on numerous occasions that 3G will be available in Kalamazoo in the next 6 months for the past 2-3 years. Same for many other people I know. Here's to having 3G tomorrow Cochran10, but I'm not gonna hold my breath either.
Well I hope something good is going on because my phone is completely worthless at my desk this week, started Monday morning as far as I know and I'd previously been able to use it fine. I can nearly see the tower from my window and I haven't been able to successfully end a call yet this week!
LOL...this is a Kalamazoo forum...I was just in the AT&T store looking into U Verse when a cranky old lady stepped up to the rep next to me and started ranting about how her iPhone is crapping out and has been for the last couple weeks...the guy informed her "...next thursday..."(3/31) I was just thinking maybe the last ice storm knocked out some tower sites...the last 3wks have been ridiculous...can't even get email to push properly...I've been using Mark the Spot to locate outage areas everyday...so I'm just another Kalamazoo victim, hopefully just till "next Thursday..."
I live in Portage and can confirm that I just got 3G service as of today! Anyone else as lucky?
I have it at Work in Oshtemo, here's hoping I have it in Kalamazoo when I get home as well!
My town [Louisville, MS] has no ATT 3G coverage. Two other providers do offer 3G here. I am switching.