AT&T downgrading EDGE

[jomcty]

Originally Posted by berryjunkie

So...BB Nation.....Who is the best wireless provider??????
1-Coverage
2-CS
3-Price

1) Verizon
2) T-Mobile
3) T-Mobile

BTW, I'm currently on Verizon but plan on jumping ship the T-Mobile when the 8900 drops.

[jwolfe99]

Well all I can say if ATT does downgrade the 2G service then they just lost about 98% of the State of MS as customers as there is little to no 3G service available here.. I suspect this will take some time to do as I also know there are lots of other places with no 3g service. IMO this would be totally Stupid for ATT at this time, they would lose hundereds if not thousands of customers.



Julan

[giantfan30]

IF IF IF ......sad to say i dont really care
god forbid ATT tries to keep up with technology
nowhere in that article does it say that EDGE will be dead...so its on a weaker band...whoop dee doo
EDGE is the past and 3G/4G is the future....
some of you act like tommorow you will turn your curve on and it will roll over and die....perspective people

[juKe187]

Originally Posted by giantfan30

IF IF IF ......sad to say i dont really care
god forbid ATT tries to keep up with technology
nowhere in that article does it say that EDGE will be dead...so its on a weaker band...whoop dee doo
EDGE is the past and 3G/4G is the future....
some of you act like tommorow you will turn your curve on and it will roll over and die....perspective people

sure that is the future, but be honest, how much of America actually adopts future technology... point that others are trying to make is that it would be a harmful decision to put the 2G on another band because lots of their clientele still use 2G (especially in residential areas). We all know att's 3G is nothing to brag about in the first place. Anyone who is serious about 3G is on verizon anyway. I'm going to place my bet on ATT not making the move.

You didn't see this line associated with the move? "Fewer bars in more places" <--- even though this will affect me, it is extremely catchy and hilarious haha!

[walds11]

WOW!!! I have no problem with EDGE. Why get rid of something that is tried and true?

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[aristile]

I know some of you guys don't care about this but it is another factor in the equation that AT&T apparently doesn't care about. They are currently working on purchasing Centennial Wireless. Centennial Wireless is an EDGE only network an do not offer any 3G devices to their customers because they are not necessary on their network. This means that once the buy-out is complete, AT&T is going to inherit a chunk of customers constantly complaining about coverage problems when their data phones. Are they really going to tell all these customers to "upgrade" or be quiet? They better offer an opt-out of the contract if that is the case.

[kehlerpa]

Sounds to me like were gonna get a 3g version of the 8900 then- the crappy thing is we probably have to wait longer.its my understanding however that the "downgrading" of the 2g network won't be etremely noticeable to most users...let's hope that's the case.

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[giantfan30]

Originally Posted by juKe187

sure that is the future, but be honest, how much of America actually adopts future technology... point that others are trying to make is that it would be a harmful decision to put the 2G on another band because lots of their clientele still use 2G (especially in residential areas). We all know att's 3G is nothing to brag about in the first place. Anyone who is serious about 3G is on verizon anyway. I'm going to place my bet on ATT not making the move.

You didn't see this line associated with the move? "Fewer bars in more places" <--- even though this will affect me, it is extremely catchy and hilarious haha!

when you can use data and voice simultaneously on your "2.5G" let me know untill then you keep drinking that red koolaid and sticking paper and screwing screws on that POS Storm

[dphorgan2]

Originally Posted by giantfan30

when you can use data and voice simultaneously on your "2.5G" let me know untill then you keep drinking that red koolaid and sticking paper and screwing screws on that POS Storm

Thats not the point of the thread, its about AT&T F'n over their customers with EDGE devices.

[giantfan30]

Originally Posted by dphorgan2

And you have a Bold.........................................

yes i do...
nowhere in that article which i might add is based on a lot of speculation, did the author say that ATT was killing EDGE...
just because it will be on a weaker band does not mean that signal strength will be a major issue for most costumers...my best guess is that it probably wouldnt even be noticable to the end user
before you decide to panic how about you wait and see what really happens

[dphorgan2]

Originally Posted by giantfan30

yes i do...
nowhere in that article which i might add is based on a lot of speculation, did the author say that ATT was killing EDGE...
just because it will be on a weaker band does not mean that signal strength will be a major issue for most costumers...my best guess is that it probably wouldnt even be noticable to the end user
before you decide to panic how about you wait and see what really happens

Gizmodo took down the article because they where bashing a major sponsor. Consumerist has an unbiased article.

Att: AT&T Improves 3G Coverage At The Cost Of EDGE Service

[giantfan30]

Originally Posted by dphorgan2

Wheres the AT&T Fanboys to defend their company?

LMAO@ fanboy i will say this even if ATT has EDGE on a weaker band they will still have better coverage than what Tmobile has to offer
contrary to popular belief i could care less which provider i'm on or what they plan on doing...as long as i'm happy with my bill and my phone works as advertised i'm happy
i've been on all 3 Tmo VZW and ATT they all worked

[tomabraham63]

there is no timeline specified.

people read this and think its happening tomorrow. i am sure its not. att has SO many non-3G devices out there......its gonna be a while.

[dphorgan2]

Originally Posted by giantfan30

LMAO@ fanboy i will say this even if ATT has EDGE on a weaker band they will still have better coverage than what Tmobile has to offer
contrary to popular belief i could care less which provider i'm on or what they plan on doing...as long as i'm happy with my bill and my phone works as advertised i'm happy
i've been on all 3 Tmo VZW and ATT they all worked

That is true, several unbiased surveys has Verizon at the best for coverage. But where I live, T-Mobile's service is excellent. The point is that AT&T is screwing their EDGE device customers. You have a Bold, this doesnt effect you, infact their decision benefits you. So I can see why you don't care about their EDGE customers

[applejosh]

Just curious. I think they are only doing this in areas where there is 3G, right (or where 3G is going in)? So for those areas where there is only 2G service, how or why would they move the EDGE to a different band when there's nothing to fill the void on the abandoned band? While it sounds bad from this article, I'm curious to see some more real world reports before passing judgment.

To be honest, I'm not concerned about my own signal as the Bold is a 3G device, but I do sympathize with those who have 2G only devices. (And it makes me even more happy with my Bold purchase - the other option was an 8320.) I'm also happy to hear about this now, so if/when my family switches their phones to AT&T, I can recommend 3G capable phones only.