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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 6:52 am
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pdxer
 
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Originally Posted by elCheapoDeluxe
Everyone is quick to blame AT&T, but I'm on AT&T and not convinced. Try reading this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/bu...=stross&st=cse
then read this about that randall stross article:
http://daringfireball.net/2009/12/stross_lying_eyes

Stross’s primary source is Paul Carter, the president of Global Wireless Solutions, a network testing firm. Carter acknowledges that AT&T is one of his company’s clients, and Verizon is not. I mean, come on.
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Consumer Reports’s rankings, which put AT&T last and Verizon first, were based on actual customer surveys. Actual customers reporting their actual experiences.

If it’s the iPhone’s fault, not AT&T’s, why aren’t iPhone users around the world having the same problems as those here in the U.S.? How come iPhone carriers in Europe and Canada turned on tethering support as soon as iPhone OS 3.0 was released, and AT&T still, seven months later, has not?
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If it’s the iPhone’s fault, why have iPhone/AT&T reception problems gotten worse over time?
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