Comments on: AT&T worst US carrier claims Consumer Reports http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Wed, 09 May 2012 02:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: KC http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/#comment-75614 KC Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:49:59 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=117830#comment-75614 Decide on who your next carrier will be, before you fall down on the sidewalk again. Come up with a better story to criticize sprint.

]]> By: Jalus http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/#comment-75596 Jalus Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:52:56 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=117830#comment-75596 AT&T has cost me a small fortune. My 10 cents a minute quickly turned into 25 cents. And when you go 1 second over the minute it’s rounded up to the next highest number.

It was one of the few times I purchased an item without doing my homework with Consumer Reports. I’m reading the current issue now to purchase my new cell phone.

]]> By: Matt http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/#comment-75558 Matt Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:25:59 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=117830#comment-75558 I am an AT&T customer and I can vouch and say that I’ve never had a dropped call (maybe a dropped phone). I’ve been a customer for 10 years and lived in Southern and Northern California with no problems with AT&T’s services.

]]> By: Tom http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/#comment-75481 Tom Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:30:44 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=117830#comment-75481 1 out of every thousand doesn’t sound like a whole lot until you think about how many calls are being made on their network every day (assuming their claim can be believed). It’s an unacceptable level of performance in a time where we have the technology to cover 100% of the country. As a “superpower” we really have a lot of catching up to do with the rest of the world.

]]> By: koann http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/#comment-75478 koann Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:46:30 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=117830#comment-75478 just further feedback — I live and work in the urban san francisco area, and I experience at least a half-dozen dropped calls and regular breaks in clarity on almost every call on AT&T. I am on blackberry, not iphone, and the clarity of my connection is far worse than on any carrier I’ve been on in the past. I only continue on the service because I am stuck on a family plan that would cost me a fortune to drop at the moment.

]]> By: rick http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/#comment-75466 rick Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:37:47 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=117830#comment-75466 I never lost a call with Verizon. When I had at&t it happened at least once a day.

]]> By: HCADAMS http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/#comment-75350 HCADAMS Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:05:54 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=117830#comment-75350 I’ve been an ATT customer with an Iphone for a few years. Having had Nextel and Verizon in the past, I don’t really see a huge difference in service levels. Maybe the Philadelphia area is well covered and the areas I travel. North East. I had dropped calls with them all. It’s a cell phone, there are holes in the grid, get used to it.

I think it’s all the iphone users who want even more performance from the carrier that generate a significant amount of the bad marks. It will be interesting to see how Verizon’s rating move when they too have the whiney iphone users on their network.

]]> By: moomba http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/#comment-75344 moomba Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:23:51 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=117830#comment-75344 Wow, idiot.

“NONE of the carriers are that great.” understand the rating scale before you comment.

Must be a sad iPhone fanboy who is mad their carrier is a failure.

]]> By: Sammy the Sailor http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/#comment-75338 Sammy the Sailor Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:37:29 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=117830#comment-75338 I had AT&T until I fell down on the sidewalk. My phone broke and I had to go over to Verizon. Verizon treated me with me with respect until I fell down again (shocker: my phone broke). I was then forced to go with the worst carrier —–> SPRINT. Sprint treats me like the trailer trash I truly am. Feels good to get treated with such disrepect.

]]> By: Mike http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/#comment-75335 Mike Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:28:32 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=117830#comment-75335 AT&T used to be a great company til they stopped caring as a loyal customer I spoke and they ignored until I had no choice but to leave there service. AT&T, Customers are important!

]]> By: Mike http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/#comment-75334 Mike Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:28:14 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=117830#comment-75334 AT&T used to be a great company til they stopped caring as a loyal customer I spoke and they ignored until I had no choice but to leave there service. AT&T Customers are important!

]]> By: WhyBe http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/#comment-75333 WhyBe Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:28:07 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=117830#comment-75333 According to that ratings chart…NONE of the carriers are that great. Why pick on AT%T ?

]]> By: Patrick http://www.slashgear.com/att-worst-us-carrier-claims-consumer-reports-06117830/#comment-75331 Patrick Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:25:11 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=117830#comment-75331 The dropped calls issue is serious. AT&T states “1/10 of a percent – the equivalent of just one call in a thousand”, I loose on average 7 to 10 calls A DAY, every DAY! I don’t have a choice were we live…it’s AT&T or Verizon. But because AT&T bought out all of the competition in our area, we’re stuck with them. I hate…Really hate AT&T.

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