AT&T
(3 stars) |
Y at Oak Hill,
Austin, TX 78736 |
I just switched from Sprint to Cingular and the coverage is MUCH worse. It's not nearly as bad for me as some others have described, but clearly nowhere near what Sprint was. With Sprint, (on an older Samsung A460) I would only drop calls in a few areas around town (like north 360 around 2222). But with Cingular I just get a lot of breakup in the convos. Not really any drops but just some robotic modulation from hell. Im REALLY hoping this improves once they combine the Cingular and ATT towers around the end of the year (fingers crossed)
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(4 stars) |
NW Austin=>downtown,
Austin, TX 78750 |
i spend all my time either on the UT campus, in northwest austin where my apartment is, or some where between. out doors I never have a problem, although I used to with my Samsung e105. the only place I ever had problems with zero signal while others had a signal (sprint / verizon users) was the second floor of the UGL building on campus, and my dining room in my apartment. when I switched phones fromt he Samsung e105 to my ngage, the quality of signal and signal strength went way up, and I never lose service, drop a call, and can finish calls without screaming "call me back" hoping the other person got the message. the quality of the antenna seems to range greatly from phone to phone, and I must have been working at 2 extremes of the spectrum.
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(0 stars) |
All Over Town,
Austin, TX 78733 |
All this weekend, ATT network has apparently been completely down. No matter where I go, I have no coverage. Unbelievable.
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(1 star) |
Lohmans Crossing | 620,
Austin, TX 78738 |
Was with AT&T and switched to Cingular GSM. It is wretched. Not only in my home area, but all around Austin. My friends did the same with same phone and all report lousy results. Calls drop the minute you hit Hudson Bend on 620 coming from the dam and it's hit or miss from there on. Don't bother placing a call on Southwest Pkwy. unless you plan to pull over. I've lost signal with a direct line-of-sight to a tower. My office reception at Braker and 183 is worthless as well.
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(1 star) |
Loop 360,
Austin, TX 78746 |
I agree with the other comments that the AT&T switch to Cingular has resulted in a drop in coverage. Frankly, though, I had it with AT&T GSM too. GSM coverage in Austin is horrible. When I travel to other cities, I rarely get dropped calls or poor connections. In Austin it is a 3-4 times daily occurrence to have a dropped call. Cingular store people deny they hear complaints and blame it on the fact that Westlake Hills won't allow more towers. But it isn't a Westlake issue - calls are dropped all over town. Does anyone have a phone that at least minimizes the problem?
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(1 star) |
Bee Caves Rd.,
Austin, TX 78733 |
I switched from Sprint to Cingular because they claim to have the best reception, but man was that wrong. This thing is horrible. It drops consistently around my house, and driving on Bee Caves, even "inside 360", is a joke. Sprint may have dropped more calls, but at least when you were connected the reception was good. Now I guess I'll try Verizon.
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(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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(0 stars) |
360 | Walsh Tarlton,
Austin, TX 78746 |
My GSM reception bites. I regret ever changing over from TDMA to AT&T GSM.
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(1 star) |
Anderson Mill | FM 620,
Austin, TX 78750 |
AT&T GSM reception is very poor (0-1 bar) around my house. However, if you manually switch the network to Cingular, I get great reception (4-6 bars). Samsung and Motorola phones have this option. I haven't used other brands, but I suspect they do as well. You are technically roaming (my plan includes free roaming). So you don't get to use free mobile-to-mobile minutes (you will use anytime minutes). I normally leave it on Cingular network (it stays on the manually selected network until you manually change it or go to automatic mode). Sometimes, I go back to AT&T network to use free mobile-to-mobile minutes. It can be annoying having to switch back and forth, but it allows me to get good reception in places where I normally go. Not ideal but usuable.
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(0 stars) |
Westlake High School,
Austin, TX 78746 |
We've got 4 T-mobile SIMs and different phones (Nokia, Samsung, and some unlocked Asian Panasonics). We got the kids phones so that they can contact us for pick-up from their after school activities. Needless to say, they've got to track down pay phones. I've been in the school parking lot and have been unable to get a signal. This is not a recent issue. It's been an issue for over a year.
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