http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/ Engadget Comments for AT&T's Q1 results: earnings down thanks to one-time charge, NYC seeing 'solid improvements' http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Oh, sorry ."rumored".]]>Apr 21st 2010 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/
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Lol.. if you couldn't tell before this post. I hope it was a joke, but I doubt it. Anyways...

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Well now... that is interesting.]]>Apr 21st 2010 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/
I respect your honesty. It backs up what many have known for a long time (and what independent network comparisons showed). AT&T relied on the hype of the iphone craze to drive sales. They enjoyed major gains in customers and raked in the profits but did nothing to scale their network infrastructure. The bottom line here was profit maximization at the expense of network quality. It simply became overloaded. The result was very poor service for many iphone users across the country. They are fixing this now but I find it very ironic that it took a major public outcry for AT&T to actually do anything. The soccer moms and iphone fanbois deserve nothing less.

Personally, I find Sprint's network and EVDO Rev. 1 data speeds to be stellar (I'm in the midwest). For the price, I find it hard to beat Sprint in terms of plans. The EVO phone and 4G push make Sprint all that much more appealing to power users. What will AT&T do when people wake up and realize the iphone is no longer the greatest phone around or it becomes available on other networks? They will be left with an inferior and overloaded network and a pricing structure that is far from competitive. ]]>Apr 21st 2010 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/
I've been with AT&T four years and in three different cities: Oakland, Los Angeles and Atlanta and my coverage has always been great. I've maybe had 4 dropped calls in all that time. The reception problems in New York and San Francisco don't affect everyone.]]>Apr 21st 2010 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/
I've had great luck in the NYC area of Jersey with an iPhone 3gs and now a Nexus One. I listen to streaming music and browse the web pretty much everywhere I go, no complaints so far. I've even streamed Pandora (high quality setting) over 3g in Time Square without issue.]]>Apr 21st 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/
My speeds have doubled TWICE since last summer on AT&T:

http://i42.tinypic.com/2hhouc8.jpg]]>Apr 21st 2010 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/
"They enjoyed major gains in customers and raked in the profits but did nothing to scale their network infrastructure. They are fixing this now but I find it very ironic that it took a major public outcry for AT&T to actually do anything."

you think these things happened overnight?

I've only ever seen a continual speed increase since last year.

I used to drop my 3G connection whenever I got in the elevator at work.

Now this NEVER happens.

even the 3G dead-zone by my office park (ironicallycaused a massive AT&T building) no longer makes me drops calls anymore.

I get 100% 3G coverage wherever I am in my office building.

I understand tho, it sucks when there's nothing to hate on.


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Ivan's crappy wireless inc. With 0.1% coverege in NYC & data slower than Dial-up!]]>Apr 21st 2010 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/T mobile is the only one that's getting behind.. I expect sprint to take the coveted 3rd place by year's end.]]>Apr 21st 2010 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/
What area of the country are you in? Sprint is awful in the northeast.]]>Apr 21st 2010 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/that's benn feed to you about sprint they are a great company]]>Apr 21st 2010 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/
No shit. This is like a dick measuring contest without a ruler.

"Guess we'll just have to set 'em down side-by-side and compare."]]>Apr 21st 2010 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/
Well done, sir]]>Apr 21st 2010 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/ AT&t customer since 2001 and I can count the number of dropped calls I have had on one hand. Their data services have been very reliable and usually fast.
I'm not sure where some people live, but around here, they rock (Illinois).]]>Apr 21st 2010 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/
I guess the light blue line failed in it's green line aspirations.]]>Apr 21st 2010 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/
For all we know the green line is "still pretty crappy" and the bottom line is "worse than that".

With no numbers and no scale on their charts, and no definition for their terms, these charts are pretty meaningless.

In the Bay area, I'm getting tolerable data rates most of the time, but if I lived in San Francisco I'd want to kill myself. Just driving through the city on 19th avenue you *often* get ping times of 3-4 seconds and often no data at all. And my dropped call rate continues to be VERY high, no matter where I make my calls--south bay, east bay, north bay... I don't think I've seen any improvement in that number at all.]]>Apr 21st 2010 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/Apr 21st 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/atandts-q1-results-earnings-down-thanks-to-one-time-charge-nyc/
MAKE SURE you cancel near the END of your billing cycle.

I didn't pay attention to this, and as a result got charged for 25 days of service I couldn't even use as my numbers were ported away. They steadfastly refused to credit me for service that it was impossible for me to use. This cost even more than my ETF's.

BUYER BEWARE. AT&T tries every trick in the book to separate you from your money, in this case while providing no service at all!

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