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AT&T service in Lakeview is horrible, especially when the Cubs are playing. AT&T claimed to be making changes but that doesn't seem to be happening. Over Market Days (August 1), I couldn't make a call or send a text at all on 3G. When I switched to 2G I could at least get a text out. I've had friends in the area now switch (downgrade) to 2G phones just in order to make calls. AT&T is the worst in Chicago.
I have ATT and service sucks in my apartment building. On average I get 2 bars. Even with that calls are incoherent all the time. Even going outside I get average of 2-3 bars and 4 if in a widely opened area. I wish cell serviced didn't suck this bad.
The reception in my apartment was really bad for a long time with AT&T, but a few months ago it got even worse. My phone is practically useless now - I rarely have any bars at all and it can take 6 hours or more for texts to come through at home. A lot of food deliveries turn around and go back to the restaurant because they can't get a call through to let me know they are at the door of my building! It is beyond frustrating and I'm looking for a new plan.
Major sections of the far north side of Chicago I get "No Service" for long stretches. I'll have voicemails not getting to my phone for hours. iPhone is great. ATT is pathetic. Don't they know when we are able to choose our own carriers that people will drop ATT in a heartbeat?
Until about two months ago, we had strong (edge, never 3g) reception in the area. Now it is terrible. I have virtually no service inside my building. Even when I go outside and it says I have 1 or 2 bars - it always cuts out within a couple of minutes. It's very disappointing that at >$100 / month in 2009, AT&T can't provide reception in the center of downtown Chicago.
AT&T can bite me. Two minutes ago I had no reception at all on my iPhone, and now I have three bars. Usually it's around 2 bars, but never above 3. I get texts late and sometimes I can't even text with one little bar. Drop calls are frequent, if I can even get through! Now I gotta get a landline or wait until the contract's up and get another service, because I ain't going through this again, AT&T!
I have very few bars in my apartment and sound quality is suck. I don't know if this is because of iphone or ATT coverage. My friend told me that they cann't reach me when I am in my apartment. I alway have my phone turn on... but this is what they say. Sometimes I can pick up the call, but cannot communicate.
My family is on the AT&T family plan and are pretty locked in to our deal which is TERRIBLE because none of us get even the slightest big of reception whether we're in the house, in the middle of the street, in the garden or on the roof. It's the worst!
