Originally Posted by
pdxer
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?
Ok - fine. It's is AT&T's fault. My Blackberry works better than your iPhone on AT&T's network by
magic. That blog looks like more fanboy crud to me, and he doesn't seem to be citing any actual data. Just casual observations that when you poll people on consumer reports, many of whom have iPhones, they may respond that the network sucks because they don't know, or care to know, the difference. I'm sticking with nimbus of infallibility.
