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AT&T really stinks in Chicago. There is no signal at Broadway and Hollywood (right off Lake Shore Drive). What is with AT&T's crappy service? Verizon has it right!
I have lived in my apartment for a year and the entire time I've lived there I've rarely had a phone conversation that did not drop the call at some point. It's incredibly frustrating. I have to sit next to a kitchen window for reception and if I move, consider the call dropped.
While AT&T struggles to bring solid 3G coverage in Chicago, Sprint launches 4G and now reports show that T-Mobile is rolling out their 7.2 Mbps HSPA network in Chicago. Come on AT&T.
I've had T-Mobile for almost 4 years now and am fed up. Have a Motorola Razr as our 'home phone' and that's not reliable either. Often don't even get the incoming call (even with 3-4 bars) and a voice mail shows up 5 min later. Frustrating when you're expecting a call. I wonder how many calls I've missed when the caller doesn't leave a VM. Phone always goes dead around the Merchandise Mart on the brown line. We live in a house in Lincoln Square and coverage is terrible in the back. Okay outside but that's annoying. Even with pretty cool phones and cheap prices, I want reliability which TMobile doesn't deliver.
It's amazing as Sprint launches 4G in Chicago... AT&T continues to struggle with 3G in the city. I guess what they say... don't trust a wireless provider with Telegraph still in their name. ;-)
i think once every two months I get a "network busy" thing, I wait a minute or so and its ok. somtimes I may lose a call going past forest preserves. T-Mobile and Verizon have been the best reception for me. My contract has been up for like a year waiting for ATT to get their network together so I can get an iphone. looks like that isnt happening anytime soon so tmoblie will get another two year contract from me, mortorola cliq pre orderd!
Reception is awful - calls frequently drop and even the ones that stay connected sound as though I am sitting inside a tin can with cotton stuffed in my mouth. And forget about high speed data transfer!
never had any problems since '99 and now its 3g! Windows Mobile with High Speed is soooo much better than any iphone could try to be- no dropped calls, even works in subways, and I get high speed streaming video, email, or what ever I want
