# AT&T Customers, Step Inside **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 14, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823 "2009-10-14T07:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/21 "2009-10-14T08:47:30Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > I got my 3g at the apple store in the mall ONLY because they AT&T stores didn’t have any stock (3 days after 3g launch). > > And yeah, it was creepy. “Would you like a genius to help you activate your new iPhone and introduce you to iLife?”. What I heard was, “Would you like a genius to give you a lobotomy ensuring you will be camped out on the sidewalk for days at every new Apple product launch, salivating over Steve Job’s latest table scraps?”. > [@Fry](#): > > I bought my wife a mac book there. It was creepy. It was more of an indoctrination than a transaction. The thought the skinny old sales dude was going to hug me. > > You can get iphones at AT&T stores right? The pretentious level at Apple stores is always off the charts. Got my iPhone 3g on launch day… wife and I went to ATT Store on Delaware and Sheridan, they got like 5 phones total, needless to say we didn’t get them there. After work went to Apple Store and yes you guessed I stood in line there from 4:30 until about 8pm when I finally had both our phones purchased and activated. I am such a Apple whore ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/22 "2009-10-14T08:51:01Z")
I don’t know if I’ve ever stood in a line for that long. If I ever did it would have to be a free virgin with big tits and freckles giveaway or something. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/23 "2009-10-14T09:35:06Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > One more AT&T oddity. When I first got my iphone I had to banish it to the farthest corner of my desk because every 15-20 minutes or so it would send out some ping on the GSM/edge frequency that would peg my computer speakers like crazy. Now I can leave it sitting right in front my keyboard directly between the two speakers and it never causes so much as a tick from the speakers. This wasn’t an overnight change; it slowly got better over time. I’m assuming they made considerable improvements on their 3g coverage. Still happens with me on 3Gs at my office computer. I hear that and know there is a text coming in or going out. I like ATT service. It’s been pretty good coverage. About the same as what I had with Sprint, but a bit better signal. And just go to the ATT store to purchase the phone. Skip the Apple store. And if you are buying an Apple, you know you should come to me instead! ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/24 "2009-10-14T11:25:06Z")
My girl has it, its slightly better than cricket, but places I have steady service she drops on and off. AT+T is shit in my eyes, if you ask me, they are glorified tmobile and both horrible, verizon if your going to pay big dollars to limit your minutes. ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/25 "2009-10-14T11:45:14Z")
I’ve never had much of an issue with AT&T however VZWs coverage does trounce AT&Ts in the North East though… :shrug: I’ve had AT&T for over 5 years. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/26 "2009-10-14T14:26:56Z")
I voted I have it and it sucks because I switched back to Verizon due to quality issues. I also switched our entire company to Verizon due to the issues we had with signal and sound quality. Signal coverage was good, however quality was bad. ---
**Author:** ![Carbonfiberhooded](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carbonfiberhooded/32/7608_2.png) [@Carbonfiberhooded](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carbonfiberhooded)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/27 "2009-10-14T17:43:43Z")
> [@walter](#): > > I’ve never had much of an issue with AT&T however VZWs coverage does trounce AT&Ts in the North East though… :shrug: > > I’ve had AT&T for over 5 years. I agree with this 100% My personal phone is through AT&T. My work phone is through Verizon. I work all over WNY from Lake Ontario down into Warren and Kane counties in PA. My Verizon always has signal. AT&T on the other hand, not so much. Only really a problem in remote areas though. I would go with AT&T just for the iphone though. It’s freaking awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Since\_1983](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/since_1983/32/5362_2.png) [@Since\_1983](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Since_1983)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/28 "2009-10-14T23:17:21Z")
it has been rumored (my gf works for verizon wireless) that vzw will have the iphone available after december… ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/29 "2009-10-15T05:17:32Z")
^ and then that rumor is proven false ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/30 "2009-10-15T05:27:31Z")
> [@Since 1983](#): > > it has been rumored (my gf works for verizon wireless) that vzw will have the iphone available after december… That, “the iphone is going to be on Verizon in a couple months” rumor has been going on for 2 or 3 years. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/31 "2009-10-15T05:35:15Z")
If Verizon had a chance of getting the iphone soon do you really think they’d have made their current ad campaign mocking Apple’s? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/32 "2009-10-15T05:39:05Z")
also, they just committed to a partnership with google to create android phones…they also went low-key on the announcement that they would be supporting open platforms. Most people probably missed that second one. ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/33 "2009-10-15T07:58:10Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > I’m feeling pretty good about switching to the **dark side**. ---
**Author:** ![bpipe95](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bpipe95/32/7294_2.png) [@bpipe95](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bpipe95)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823/34 "2009-10-15T10:23:21Z")
I have never had problem with coverage with ATT, I am a rep and used to cover most of WNY. Has always worked great. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-customers-step-inside/74823.md?page=1)