ATT Service is HORRIBLE !!

I feel your pain Medi.Hash. I love my iPhone, but am having trouble with AT&T.

I live down the way from you in Moorpark. I also have called many times to AT&T to complain as I cannot get service at my home, but do with Verizon. I tried anyway I can to get rid of my Verizon phone and go solely with the iPhone. I am finding this is not going to be the case in almost a year of having it. The service with Verizon, in my opinion, seems so much better.

I wish AT&T were better but the iphone is amazing. Maybe someday.....

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That's odd. I expected AT&T service to be bad when I got my iphone, but I have been from Maine to Florida to Oregon and had service almost the entire way. I have been pleasantly surprised. However, I know that 3g was not available much at all, the phone still connected as did Edge.

It's not necessarily AT&T, there's alot of posts here and at the AT&T forums that suggests the problem lies with the iPhone and AT&T's network. Personally, I don't think anyone is sure what the problem is. Cool that you git a 50 spot on your bill though. Hopefully the update rumored to come out tomorrow will cure all iPhone ailments.

This is relative based on location.

I also have a business phone with Verizon and I have absolute minimal reception with Verizon at my house with calls dropped often. I don't have full reception with AT&T at my house, but much better than with Verizon, which is the same at a number of places that I frequent most.

Verizon certainly has better coverage than AT&T in certain areas and AT&T has better coverage than Verizon in certain areas. No major provider in the U.S. has excellent coverage everywhere.

AT&T did not become the largest in the U.S. by number of subscribers completely by accident.

In the early going, Apple initially approached Verizon about being the provider for the iPhone in the U.S., but Verizon wasn't willing to meet Apple's demands. AT&T, Cingular at the time, was willing.

GSM networks also dominate the overall worldwide market by a very significant margin. Had Apple gone CDMA with the iPhone, the number of countries where the iPhone is currently available and the number of coming soon countries would be significantly smaller.

It looks like Verizon will be going with an LTE network in the not too distant future - which will be 4G. They will have their work cut out for them with the transition from their CDMA network to LTE with both networks having to run side by side for a long period of time while their LTE is being built out, and at some point CDMA network access being turned off. But this will add/include Verizon's network with the worldwide standard and make the iPhone at that time compatible with their network. This may not resolve what prevented Verizon from agreeing to Apple's demands for the iPhone, but things may be different in this regard in 3-5 years.

I agree with you Medi.Hash. I drove by Los Angeles area, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties and got a lot of Drop Calls. AT&T has a HORRIBLE SERVICE. I like the IPHONE but not the Service, so i need to go back with Verizon because they have the best signal in SOCAL.

I WILL WAITING FOR APPLE IPHONE TO MAKE BUSINESS WITH VERIZON FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF US.

For me it depends on location: inside, outside, and where geographically. For example, inside my apartment I get maybe one bar of 3G. So I turn off 3G and I get full bars and great service. When I'm outside, I can use either EDGE or 3G and I turn 3G back on only if I need faster internet.

Ok, but we are users like you on an Apple Discussions forum. You might want to speak with AT&T Customer Service.

You will be waiting a very long time and if this does occur, IT WILL NOT BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF "ALL OF US". Certainly not for my benefit.