AT&T
(1 star) |
All Over | Austin,
Austin, TX 78733 |
Can not use from my home off Bee Caves road 5miles west of 360. Cannot use on Hamilton Pool road. Can not use at my work place at Palmer one mile east of IH35. 100% reliably drops calls in "Death Valley" (Bee Caves and 360). Inconsistent call quality, drops calls frequently, almost everywher else. When I first called Customer service to see if the phone was defective I was told that Austin was a "weak coverage area" and that I should not expect any different (better) Customer experience. This contradicted what the Cingular salesman stated.
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(5 stars) |
The Riata,
Austin, TX 78727 |
Perfect service at the Riata on 183 and Oak Knoll. Had t-mobile; did not work there.
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(3 stars) |
Great Hills Trail | 183,
Austin, TX 78759 |
I am unable to make calls to my phone in the area. I am thinking of switching from AT&T to Verizon or tmobile. ATT Cingular merger seemed to have messed up their network.
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(1 star) |
620 and Parmer,
Austin, TX 78717 |
Just switched from AT&T to Cingular because of the merger and the older phone had had it. My calls always break up all over north Austin
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(1 star) |
Austin, TX | Parmer and McNeil,
Austin, TX 78729 |
Only 1 bar in GSM mode at my house in the Millbrook neighborhood (Parmer and McNeil).
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(5 stars) |
Howard Lane | Metric,
Austin, TX 78727 |
This is far from a cutting edge phone, but I have had excellent service throughout all of Central and South Texas with Sprint (and outward areas like Fredericksburg, Dripping Springs and South Padre Island), with only two "dead" spots I can think of - Mopac at 2222, and South Westgate at Willet Trail. Volume is very low, but I believe that is more the phone's fault than Sprint, as my old Motorola Startac was loud and clear.
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(4 stars) |
Far West | Mopac,
Austin, TX 78731 |
Great reception around the house (top of hill), no big problems around town. Campus buildings = no go. Very few dropped calls.
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(5 stars) |
Riata,
Austin, TX 78727 |
Never had a problem with Sprint in Austin. Wish they had Bluetooth phones though.
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(5 stars) |
Metric | Howard,
Austin, TX 78727 |
After finally getting fed up with lousy reception at both my home and office, I decided to try T-Mobile. After signing up for a trial with T-Mobile I decided to place a call from the AT&T GSM phone and the T-Mobile GSM phone -- both while sitting on my couch in my living room. I called my home land line and left a voice message from each. The T-Mobile line was not perfect. I still sounded like I was on a mobile phone and not a land line, but there was no noise and the call was clear and understandable. To my dismay, the call placed from the AT&T phone was about 95% static with not a single word that was understandable. It sounded as if I had just dialed the phone and held it out the window while doing about 80 MPH on the freeway in the middle of a torrential downpour. Now I know why my friends kept complaining. The reception was noisy, but comprehehsible on my end, but I feel bad now that that's what they've been hearing every time they call my mobile number while I'm at home. Though AT&T has always taken care of any issues and I've had no problems in the past, it looks as if I'll be switching to T-Mobile. I'm giving AT&T one last chance next week and trying an upgrade on my phone to make sure my it's their towers and not just my phone. If a new Nokia phone (the brand with the best reception as a general rule of thumb) doesn't take care of the AT&T signal issue, then I'll be making the switch to T-Mobile permanent once my two week trial period is finished. For what it's worth, my wife's AT&T TDMA phone (Nokia) gets great reception in our house (and most everywhere we ever go), but my AT&T GSM phone (discussed above) basically does not work (at least not for conversing) at my house or my office.
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(2 stars) |
Metric | Howard,
Austin, TX 78727 |
After finally getting fed up with lousy reception at both my home and office, I decided to try T-Mobile. After signing up for a trial with T-Mobile I decided to place a call from the AT&T phone and the T-Mobile phone both while sitting on my couhc in my living room. I called my home land line and left a voice message from each. The T-Mobile line was not perfect. I still sounded like I was on a mobile phone and not a land line, but there was no noise and the call was clear and understandable. To my dismay, the call placed from the AT&T phone was about 95% static with not a single word that was understandable. It sounded as if I had just dialed the phone and held it out the window while doing about 80 MPH on the freeway in the middle of a torrential downpour. Now I know why my friends kept complaining. The reception was noisy, but comprehehsible on my end, but I feel bad now that that's what they've been hearing every time they call my mobile number while I'm at home. Though AT&T has always taken care of any issues and I've had no problems in the past, it looks as if I'll be switching to T-Mobile. I'm giving AT&T one last chance next week and trying an upgrade on my phone to make sure my it's their towers and not just my phone. If a new Nokia phone (the brand with the best reception as a general rule of thumb) doesn't take care of the AT&T signal issue, then I'll be making the switch to T-Mobile permanent once my two week trial period is finished. For what it's worth, my wife's AT&T TDMA phone (Nokia) gets great reception in our house, but my AT&T GSM phone (discussed above) basically does not work (at least not for conversing) at my house or my office.
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