Why can't we have 3G?

[nonacj]

Why?  And all the bragging about "fastest network" and 4G/LTE, who are you trying to kid?  All I have available is Edge, anywhere near where I live and there are large dead areas right where I need it the most.  Your competitors have excellent coverage throughout the area, but I've remained loyal on promises of improvement.  But in 4 years, none of the ATT promises to fix it have come true and I'm locked into nearly 2 years before I can change.  $300/month you net from me.  this isn't customer service, it's robbery.  I feel cheated.  I have stayed because I'm a loyal iPhone customer and you were the only game in town, but that is ending.  Granted I like to duplex data and voice and will miss that but it's not worth the poor service and longer.

[joeshmo2010]

nobody made you stay with att. pay the etf and switch to another carrier. Maybe you should move to a bigger city where civilatizon exists? sorry, but like i said, you are not being forced to stay with them. it is your own choice

[JFizDaWiz]

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nonacj wrote:

Why?  And all the bragging about "fastest network" and 4G/LTE, who are you trying to kid?  All I have available is Edge, anywhere near where I live and there are large dead areas right where I need it the most.  Your competitors have excellent coverage throughout the area, but I've remained loyal on promises of improvement.  But in 4 years, none of the ATT promises to fix it have come true and I'm locked into nearly 2 years before I can change.  $300/month you net from me.  this isn't customer service, it's robbery.  I feel cheated.  I have stayed because I'm a loyal iPhone customer and you were the only game in town, but that is ending.  Granted I like to duplex data and voice and will miss that but it's not worth the poor service and longer.

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wait, duplex voice and data? that's 3G only, you can't do that on Edge.

[nonacj]

Yes, you are right.  I used to have duplex on edge but you not only won't give better service, you took away that capability as well around a year ago when it quit working. I don't notice it so much because I have WIFI so I guess I won't notice it on Verizon either.  I am not in the wilderness.  I am along an interstate between 3 large cities, Pittsburgh, Erie and Youngstown.  

[gpurscell]

Sounds like you are in the sticks to me... the between gave it away.

on a more serious note. Att does seem to be rolling out 3g along interstates almost everywhere. Even in Po-dunk middle of Missouri for that matter. Just be patient. The problem is that ATT has many oversold markets in large cities, and 1 screaming individual is not as bad as a whole compared to a whole city of people I.E Chicago, where att is rolling out lte to remove the load from the 3g towers.

[htc-davis]

Another thing about At&t, is they will be removing 2G/Edge network from the spectrum to have more available space for the 3G/LTE.

[dragon672]

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htc-davis wrote:
Another thing about At&t, is they will be removing 2G/Edge network from the spectrum to have more available space for the 3G/LTE.

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I kind of find that hard to believe.  In my area we only have Edge and the customer base isn't big enough to have 3G I suppose.  Verizon has entered into an agreement with the local cell phone to start providing 4g LTE service.  So as much as I hate it I guess I will be moving to them once my contact with At&T is up.  I've been with AT&T since 1998 when they were Bell South and the only cell phone provider in the area.