AT&T
When I was with AT&T, at my house, I sometimes had 0-2 bars with frequent dropped calls. Other times I had to leave my house and drive 1 block before I could make or receive a call. GPS was hit and miss. With the iPhone, I was forced to buy a data plan but I couldn't get a 3G connection at home and it was iffy everywhere else. Fortunately I had a good wireless router, or I wouldn't have had any data connection, so I was paying for a 3G connection I couldn't use at home.
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Dont bother with AT&T if you are considering Tuttle,or Minco area.I have had the same service for years. Changed to iphone and have no service.
Was this review helpful to you?Cricket
I have dropped calls all the time. Reception varies. Beware I just bought my phone and one night Eileen listening to music the head set Jack stopped working. It is under manufacturers warranty and they want to charge 20 dollars to honor the warranty or want me to file a claim on insurance that cost 85-100 dollars. By he way customer service sucks! Bye Cricket!
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Many, many dropped calls ( close to 20%), several missing / late text msgs. Many black holes in the metro area with 1- 0 bars, takes quite awhile for a call to go through
Was this review helpful to you?AT&T
We've been with AT&T for years, and never had a reception problem until we were indirectly forced to upgrade to smart phones. We have a serious signal problem with 3G and usually cannot receive MMS. Often there are no bars at all on our Captivates. A daughter comes over with an iPhone and gets a little better reception, but not much. (3 bars) We've been through the normal ringer with AT&T CS and have not yet heard back from their troubleshooting. Last year they told us a area cell tower was down, but when we called back a week later because noone had called us back, were told there was no tower down. When I used the phone I loved, my RazrII V9X I never had a service problem, but I gave up the phone and may now eventually have to give up AT&T Wireless unless coverage improves. They want to get us off of 3G? When everyone else is moving to 4G? Does not sound like progress.
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I have lived in The Village for close to two years and have been battling dropped calls, missed calls due to no signal and many other frustrating issues. I stopped by the Corporate AT&T store for advice. They said I could purchase a "mini-tower" for my home for over $200--but there's no guarantee that it will work. The employee suggested that instead of 'chancing' it, I just switch to another provider. AT&T is terrible in The Village--according to many people I know. If you live there, go with something else!
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We have several different smartphones (Android, WinMo, iPhone). Co-workers are complaining about the same problems in that area. Over the last months the we drop down from 3G to E(=2G) a lot, and lately almost all the time from the location indicated and down to the South and West. When calling AT&T Wireless, they want you to waste a half hour of your life to troubleshoot your phone, while the exact same thing happens with multiple phones of different brands in the same area. They tell you that they cannot send it to the next level of support until you adhere to their demands. After you've done what they wanted, you never get a follow-up, and the quality keeps on declining. And voice calling is declining too. Now we even sometimes have dropped calls on the non-iPhone devices.
Was this review helpful to you?Sprint
Should be getting at least 4 bars. Not good in the house.
Was this review helpful to you?T-Mobile
So far, T-Mobile 3G is very strong here, and consistent speeds too. About 5mbps down and 600kbps up, on nexus one. No dropped calls, good quality and very good reception throughout the metro. The only con is that T-Mobile does not have 3G everywhere, and in rural OK where they do have native coverage, its only GPRS (about 25kbps down and up), and it's not good for media intensive stuff, for example, streaming internet radio on a roadtrip. It's OK for email and GPS navigation. I think they're 3G expansion into new areas has sorta stalled or stopped, but I'm not sure.
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I got the T-Bolt from Verizon. 4G is very good where I live, and 3G is good as well. This is tested indoors, so you should be good outdoors as well. Overall, the signal, data speeds and quality are good around the metro area. No dropped calls either. The only negative I have about Verizon is that they have a dead (flaky 1x roaming) spot on I-35 around after exit 79 to before exit 47 outside of OKC (the Arbuckle mountains area). If they could fill that area with 3G (or LTE) it would be awesome.
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