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ok this is the real deal about recption on rossevelt island for the most part. Verizon is nuber 1 then Sprint then AT&T witch i'm using as of now. donnt get t-mobl trash! iphone rocks.. mids
There is an AT&T store right there too, and just two buildings in there's almost never any reception. Also, Bowery, 6th and 7th Ave between Houston and 14th St.make up a whole swath of poor-to-no reception. Its like a huge chunk of lower Manhattan is just off the grid.
Cingular was decent but then I moved to Church St.and ATT bought out Cingular, then problems started: Dropped calls, reception just fades even if I'm not moving, many calls go right to voice mail, or I can't hear the call, I just get every other word. It's very frustrating, I'm on the 30th floor with wide open views, even to the cell tower just 5 blocks away.
I was there on a Beautiful Saturday, April 18th around 450 PM and I was trying to call my best friend..the bars were there for 3G..but nothing when I was dialing..after 5 tries..i manually switched to the older Edge network..and after 6 more tries..on the sixth try..the reception had a lot of static and was garbled..i thought it wa sthe park..but the funny thing..when got to the middle of Sheep Meadow..i got a signal!..but by that time..an hour later it was too late..as the party already left the park
I have the first edition iPhone and have had virtually no problems with my phone wherever I may have gone. I've even gotten random pings of reception in the subway! Very strong signal and data transfers, even though the unit was purchased over a year and a half ago (and subsequently dropped many, many times). I've had typical call drops in elevators, but that's pretty much it.
I bought an iPhone 3G from the Apple Store on 14th St. three days ago, and thus was forced to switch to AT&T from Verizon Wireless despite many, many happy years with them. Tomorrow I will be returning the iPhone, sadly. The hardware and many apps are excellent... but AT&T service in Manhattan is absolutely the WORST! In my apartment, in restaurants, in office buildings -- even in Grand Central! -- over the last couple of days I have had dropped calls and virtually NO access to Internet and email. Whenever I step out onto the street, the signal is perfect... but the iPhone with AT&T service is virtually UNUSABLE in New York City. And I have tried to use it in SEVERAL neighborhoods, and always the same problem. Tomorrow, as I said, I am returning the iPhone, quitting AT&T, switching BACK to Verizon Wireless, and getting a BlackBerry touchscreen through my Verizon store. If you live in NYC and are thinking of getting an iPhone... DON'T DO IT! You will regret it. UNUSABLE!
