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If you have had At&t how is At&t's coverage?

Before I had the Nokia Lumia Icon I had a Galaxy S4. The Galaxy S4 would always drop calls at certain locations close to where I live. Within days of getting my Lumia Icon I was able to realize that my calls were not dropped at those locations. From that I have gained that your coverage is partially due to your phone as well as of course if a carrier has towers near you.

At&t has had the cyan update out for a while now and I haven't heard of any bad relationships between At&t and Microsoft like I have heard people stating about Verizon and Microsoft. So since At&t has the cyan update I am thinking of going to their network. So setting aside the fact that the phone plays a partial roll in coverage, for anyone who has had At&t recently how much worse or better was the coverage for you?

Thanks,

vzwenduser

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Tidbits

You should let people know what area you are in. You should also go to AT&T forums and ask there. I could go by my experiences but it wouldn't help you because coverage is different and based on location.

In Hawaii on all islands

1. Verizon(thanks to the GTE buyout)

2. AT&T (still poor in a lot of areas)

3. T-Mobile growing but very slowly.

4. Unless you live in Major areas on Oahu you will get 3G only and it barely breaks 20kbps in a lot of locations. That's slower than all the other carriers 2G networks.

So your area can be completely different.

Yes I have Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T service all at the same time. Had Sprint too but after the Nextel Merger they pissed of the company I work for. Since then we've refused to get service from them. Even more so since they retired WiMax and haven't rolled LTE here.

unknown

Tiny Bubbles in the wine, make me happy-make me feel fine

The other issue is the original poster if they port to AT&T will have to purchase a brand new windows phone on that carrier.

Then of course after they leave Verizon the update may come to the windows phone owners. Quite a chance and expense to leave.

But a person has to do what they have to do.

Don Ho

B33

All 3 services at the same time.!!! Tidbits.. Cool I'm moving to your house:smileyhappy: just kidding

And Big E I like ol Don Ho..

Tidbits

My job pays for 2 of them. Certain areas require a certain company because reception is needed and there are a few spots where AT&T has the service where Verizon doesn't even if they have the best overall.

The Nexus 6 I am going to be all over. 1 device for all carriers. Simply switching the Sim. Makes my life easier. I don't have to make sure all my devices have the same "content".

B33

That's a Good Job.! I can kind just imagine as were your location is..

unknown

Any answer anyone gives you will not be relevant to you. Even within your area the coverage would vary.

if you move to at&t plan on getting an at&t version of the Icon? If not you might not get the update since the phone is a Verizon branded version.

unknown

Yea, I am eyeing the Lumia 930. http://amzn.com/B00LND0AL2 I may have to take a slight hit from the ETF at Verizon, but it is almost coming down to principle. I may hold out, haven't made up my mind yet.

photojoc

I live in the NE Atlanta Metro area, and I had better coverage with AT&T. I will probably switch back to them when my agreement is up. A friend of mine and I both had Samsung Galaxy S3s. Mine from Verizon, and hers from AT&T. (She stayed with them). In the main places that we went, she had a stronger signal. In one location, I had one bar and my data connection was 1x. She had 3 bars of LTE. Granted that I may have had a bad phone because my Lumia gets much better reception, but I am still not able to get a signal in several places that I did with AT&T.

jharris326

Depends on where you live for the most part and cell tower coverage. You would need to do some online searches to find out where there is good coverage in your area. You can sometimes find out the cell tower placement directly from the company (AT&T/Verizon/etc.) but for the most part they like simple coverage maps with little meaning to them. Verizon is really good at this trick. They don't tell you where the coverage is spotty only that there is coverage in the area. As for the responses from the trolls ignore them both have proven they know less than most people!

unknown

Ha ha same weak arguments huh? Labeling again?

You have proven absolutely nothing. You know less than most as far as I can tell, other than being a complainer.

How's that big shot at the FCC or Microsoft doing for you? Where is those updates?

Tidbits

Can you point to where my post are trollish? If you read my first post it's more in depth than what you said. Seems like you don't bother reading the context and assume things.

You think AT&T or any other carrier around the world don't do the same thing. You know those maps are set up by 3rd party walking around without actually devices(which actually greatly changes reception as mentioned by the OP). They use a measuring tool...

B33

For me I'm happy were I'm at, I like it because I Know if I stray away from the big city & go into a rural area I will still have coverage it may not be 4G but it's still enough that I can still count on my phone when I may need it most..

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