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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / ATT Wireless / June 2008IPhone for former Verizon user
I left AT&T several years ago because their coverage and quality in Westchester County, NY (about 25 miles north of mid-town Manhattan) was horribly poor. I am thinking of returning to AT&T on 7/11/08. How is the AT&T service in my area? Perhaps I should try an inexpensive AT&T phone just to sample the service. If I do, does AT&T offer a free trial (Verizon gives you a 30 day free trial)? Which phone should I try (I would like to try a phone that has similar attributes to the IPhone, but on a basic level)? > I left AT&T several years ago because their coverage and quality in > Westchester County, NY (about 25 miles north of mid-town Manhattan) was How long ago is several years? I used to live in Port Chester (just across the border from Greenwich, CT; exit 21 off I-95 in NY). I never had a serious coverage problem in White Plains, Port Chester, various parts of CT, etc, though while on TDMA I did have fairly spotty in- building coverage in some areas. I signed up as an ATTWS TDMA subscriber in mid-1999 and migrated to GSM in 2002-ish. Never had any coverage issues on GSM except now, years later, because the building in which I work (Long Island) was built with RF shielding integral to the structure - some kind of avionics test facility. They actually installed a microcell in the ceiling as it's cheaper than rebuilding the walls. I left AT&T in January, 2002. I remember my frustration with AT&T. I left them around the same time it became possible to 'port' your landline phone number to a cell phone. BTW, I am in Port Chester every day - I work out at the Bally's gym. Interestingly, even though I am thrilled with my Verizon service, I have absolutely no cell phone service inside Bally's. I leave my cell phone in the car so that I can at least gut my missed calls. On Jun 15, 12:48 pm, "Ted Edwards" <ted.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I left AT&T several years ago because their coverage and quality in > Westchester County, NY (about 25 miles north of mid-town Manhattan) was How long ago is several years? I used to live in Port Chester (just across the border from Greenwich, CT; exit 21 off I-95 in NY). I never had a serious coverage problem in White Plains, Port Chester, various parts of CT, etc, though while on TDMA I did have fairly spotty in- building coverage in some areas. I signed up as an ATTWS TDMA subscriber in mid-1999 and migrated to GSM in 2002-ish. Never had any coverage issues on GSM except now, years later, because the building in which I work (Long Island) was built with RF shielding integral to the structure - some kind of avionics test facility. They actually installed a microcell in the ceiling as it's cheaper than rebuilding the walls. I like and work in Armonk and recently got a Blackberry Pearl with AT&T service. I've been pleasantly surprised how good the coverage is. (Of course, there is no cell service at my house - I've tried VZW, ATT, Sprint and T-Mobile!!) but in most other areas I've had no problem. >I left AT&T several years ago because their coverage and quality in >Westchester County, NY (about 25 miles north of mid-town Manhattan) was [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >try a phone that has similar attributes to the IPhone, but on a basic >level)? |
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