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Well, Hot Damn I've Got Signal Everywhere

Well today was my first day going further than my house and work. I went on North Michigan(Chicago) and I had 5 bars everywhere and no dropped calls.
 
In the front range area of Colorado, AT&T has switched us over to the 850MHz band now so we are getting excellent 3G coverage. This started happening for me on September 25, MMS day. I am able to get 3G service with 5 bars all over my house and anywhere I go. I think during this month, my phone only switched to edge once. I had been wondering why till I saw this:

Here's the press release for my area:

AT&T Strengthens 3G Wireless Coverage in Boulder, Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, and Along the Front Range

Deployment of 850 Mhz Spectrum for 3G Substantially Improves In-Building Wireless Coverage, Adds Capacity to Support Surging Demand for Mobile Broadband

Denver, Colorado, October 13, 2009

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AT&T* today announced a substantial upgrade of its 3G mobile broadband network in Boulder, Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, and along the Front Range with the deployment of additional wireless spectrum in the 850 MHz band. As a result of this upgrade, local customers should experience better 3G wireless connectivity, performance and enhanced in-building wireless coverage. The enhancement also increases network capacity, and is intended to support ever-growing demand for 3G mobile broadband service.

The high-quality 850 MHz spectrum generally results in better in-building coverage. While specific benefits of the additional spectrum will vary by location, AT&T 3G customers should see improved quality and coverage throughout Boulder, Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, and along the Front Range. AT&T technicians nationwide responsible for monitoring network performance for service quality and coverage have seen significant increases in total 3G data traffic in areas where the 850MHz spectrum has been deployed.
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EricNau said:
3G leaves much to be desired in my area of Sacramento. Before disabling it, my calls would drop every 15 minutes or so.

Davis, CA isn't much better. Edge works fine in both locations, however.
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That's weird. I get 5 bars of 3G everywhere I go in Sacramento, with 4 of 3G in Davis and Woodland. Only place where I end up dropping to Edge, getting 5 bars of it, and that's on CA-99 between Elk Grove and Galt.

Back at home, I'm getting 3G all the way to Kingman and Laughlin from Las Vegas, as well at up to St. George (only drop while deep in the Virgin River Gorge).

Haven't been back home to Omaha to test it yet.

BL.
 
Well stone the crows! I have 5 bars! And 10 bargirls. They only operate in the night.

Well, I have 5 bars of full coverage everywhere I go. Pretty good for me.
 
I have 5 bars (3G) at home probably 98% of the time; the lowest it ever drops down to is 4 bars, and that's rare. Ditto for pretty much everywhere else I go. The lone exception is out at my parents' house, where I'm lucky to get 2-3 bars on Edge. Coverage there sucks. A LOT.
 
I'm switching back to ATT and the iPhone this week from Verizon, verizon while coverage is everywhere I have never had very good voice quality and frequent dropped calls despite having at least 3 bars. At home I don't get signal with verizon while ATT I could get 3 or 4 bars and have coverage pretty much everywhere. This is in Greenville, Sc
 
Man, i get 5 bars everywhere here in Chicago, and in the burbs. Of course the only place i dont, is my girlfriends house. its a dead zone for every carrier, i kid you not. Except US Cellular. This is been an ongoing battle for years. I had Sprint flat out tell me they were not going to add a tower. Verizon didnt seem to care. tmobile keeps telling me that its a known problem.

At&t is the only company that tried to fix anything. and they did actually. outside is fine now, and inside on the main floor is pretty decent.
In the basement where the family area is, forget it.
 
Los Angeles for me, and 3G and 5 bars everywhere I go. Burbank, SFV, Calabasas, AT&T been very very good to me.
 
SpaceKitty said:
In the front range area of Colorado, AT&T has switched us over to the 850MHz band now so we are getting excellent 3G coverage. This started happening for me on September 25, MMS day. I am able to get 3G service with 5 bars all over my house and anywhere I go. I think during this month, my phone only switched to edge once. I had been wondering why till I saw this:

Here's the press release for my area:
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Yeah, I saw that press release too. In fact, as I was reading it I had another dropped call and I actually had to laugh. I'm in south Denver, on 2G, and my coverage still sucks so apparently they haven't done anything for us "original" folks except knock our coverage down 2 bars, from my original 3 bars to 1/0 bars. My sisters 3G in Denver has improved though to 4 bars.

On a sidenote, while I believe most people posting here I have to wonder how many are "paid AT$T shills??" Anybody wanna fess up? Didn't think so...

EDIT: Too funny, just off the phone with AT$T tech support and the latest reason he told me why I'm probably having trouble with my 2G was because of either my fridge or my microwave (that along with the previous trees, me, Apple and/or the iPhone itself). Classic!
 
SpaceKitty said:
In the front range area of Colorado, AT&T has switched us over to the 850MHz band now so we are getting excellent 3G coverage. This started happening for me on September 25, MMS day. I am able to get 3G service with 5 bars all over my house and anywhere I go. I think during this month, my phone only switched to edge once. I had been wondering why till I saw this:

Here's the press release for my area:
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I am a bit bummed ... I live west of Loveland, CO, behind a few rows of hogbacks and they did not upgrade the tower that serves our area.
 
Bad coverage where I live. Lose service constantly if I'm not outside, even though the AT&T coverage map says it's supposed to be good here. And a kid with an AT&T razr always has service and more bars in the exact spot I am. Pisses me off.
 
3G leaves much to be desired in my area of Sacramento. Before disabling it, my calls would drop every 15 minutes or so.
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Very interesting. I live in Sacramento, Natomas area, and get 5 bars 3G almost everywhere, even inside my house. AT&t serves me much better that Verizon did. I rarely, if ever, drop calls.

I agree. Davis (progressive college town) is bad, but it's bad for all carriers because the wacky city council prohibited placement of cell towers throughout the city for aesthetic purposes. They just got a new tower or two on the campus and it has helped some.
 
0-1 bar at home. Not enough signal to make/receive calls, but can occasionally sneak in a sms or two. 1-2 bars Edge around town. I don't have a problem with dropped calls, but calls can get scratchy. We are supposed to get 3G plus a signal upgrade in April 2010. Once we get 3G, then hopefully we will get Microcells, too.

By then though, the Droid will be looking pretty good.
 
Sucks in and around cleveland (along with the Browns, Indians, politicians and the local govt.). I live on the far east side and it just blows.

Spotty service, dropped calls, no signal (within a mile of a tower), and it is not just iPhone related. Happens with my wife's phone (Xenon) as well.

They keep sending me newsletters saying that they have improved service in all of these areas, but none include any areas where I live, work or play.

ATT does truly suck.
 
Used to be 5 bars of EDGE, according to AT&T's coverage map we should have 3G in my area..but we don't. The past week we don't even have EDGE, just gsm for a few minutes then switches to no service....I dunno what the deal is.......:mad:
 
It's good to know there are so many happy ATT users. They must be doing something right.

I used to be very happy with ATT until this summer on vacation, where I couldn't get internet pretty much across Wisconsin (and in Door County especially). Then I switched jobs, and now I get random cut-outs during most conversations at work in addition to about 20% of my calls not going through or being dropped.

I guess it all depends where you live and work.
 
I'm usually 4-5 3g bars, with really no call drops in atlanta. When I do travel, only in Carrollton I got 5 bars edge (which is close to the Alabama border).

My GPS on the other hand screws up pretty bad in the city.
 
solideliquid said:
Usually 5 bars of 3G, but there are places in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area, and in my apartment where I can only get 1-2 bars of edge and no 3G.
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This. I get 1 or 2 bars of edge at home but 3-4 bars of 3G everywhere else throughout the valley.
 
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