I’m feeling more and more cool that I don’t have an iPhone, because apparently, AT&T is now having problems with iPhone users all over the East Coast. Are you having issues?
Check out this twitter post:
I am really surprised that bloggers and MSM are not covering the AT&T outage. Affects iPhones only (EDGE and 3G) up and down east coast
If you recall, we had major AT&T outages in Central Virginia in early July and the AT&T didn’t formally acknowledge it. Now, let’s run a little poll for Charlottesville iPhone users…
Are you having trouble with your AT&T service on your iPhone?
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Popularity: 17% [?]
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What is the problem? I’m not receiving texts, but the phone is working.
Oh, full disclosure: I’m using a Razr, not an iPhone.
How in the hell don’t we have 3g here yet?
@3 because charlottesville is small.
I don’t like 3G anyway.. it drains battery too fast.
Charlottesville is too small for 3g as Chad said….3G isn’t that heavily available yet. Jokes on you. There is a 3G map floating around on the internet you could take a look at.
The only problems I’ve had are with service out in the country. I thought AT&T had a new tower out near Greenwood/Nellysford somewheres, and right after I heard that, I got phone service in places I never had before, but then recently, service went back down to zero out there.
Maybe someone ran over the tower with their tractor or something.
AT&T’s service outage started in the NE but has gone nationwide, according to Gizmodo’s post about it today. It apparently affects all Edge and 3G data phones, not just iPhones, and AT&T is saying that they’ve “fixed the glitch” but people are still reporting problems. I don’t use data on my AT&T phone (cheapskate) and haven’t noticed any issues with voice calling.
my HTML-Fu is weak, so here’s a text link: http://gizmodo.com/5044755/att-data-network-knocked-out-in-northeast
Well, according to the local roadmap, AT&T is expecting buildout of the 29-south corridor (and most of Nelson/Lovingston/Amherst surroundings) by Q1 of 2009. It WAS supposed to happen Q4 of this year, but I’ve heard of… drawbacks. Not enough trunklines or something. I dunno. I nearly cried when I didn’t get service on m y JesusPhone in Belmont for two solid days.
@7 26 world…. that comment was very farmist.
/where are the moderators?.
Oh and I have it on the best authority that the problem with iPhones is directly related to how shiny you keep them. Fingerprints, general smudges and any bodily fluids that dull that ‘just new’ look deflect the signal and repel text messages. Polish those bad boys up and you will be fine.
@10 the moderators will only come out if she had said it was hit be a rouge ATV. (because that would have been wrong)
Buy the cheapest damn phone they’ve got, no camera, video, texting or any of that crap, use it when you’re not driving and give up all this other @#$% that you don’t need. It’s a phone, damnit, not an entertainment center.
Now excuse me while I take some valium and wipe the foam from my lips. G-Mac
Incorrect! It’s a mobile communications device, a portable music player, a dynamic information bank, an entertainment console, a lawnmower, a juicer, an on-call chef, a prostitute, a liquor store, a big crack rock, AND a worthless piece of crap.
@13 garrett…. do you by any chance avoid the ocean because of the possibility of a whale attack?
@10 I was actually referring to my parents (who live out that way) and their huge lawnmower, potentially, but I get your drift.
@10… Farmist? Good grief. That probably should become a euphemism for the elitist richies who all have “farms” south of town to avoid paying as much in property taxes.
@11 Flooz- Wrong U R! My iPhone is covered with bodily fluids and still works fine. Except for yesterday when it didn’t work. Becuz AT&T sux.
Jay laTit ….. OMFG…. I didn’t realize they gave you probation…. I assume the bodily fluids on your iPhone are due to your early release.
I love my iphone, except it sucks as a phone. It doesn’t work in my house. I would think I would be madder. . . .
“you are matter.”
-parlie, ca. tonight
that’s what happens when somebody serves up a belmont yo joke that cannot be delivered upon because belmont yo is not here. fucking parlie picks it up. low rent, motherfucking parlie.
I think these devices are synonymous with having an utterly gorgeous but frigid girlfriend that you parade around to make your friends envious. You could get a slightly plainer one that would bang you senseless, but something makes you want to keep the shiny hot one….
/Billy…. you need to rename yours the icantfuckingPhone™. Get another regular phone to call your friends from home, and tell them that you can’t call them right now because you have no signal.
@22 … Admittedly, I got a BlackBerry just so I could get a clearer signal in my house for things like conference calls and those pesky long-distance calls to family members that last for an hour. My iPhone will drop ‘em after a few minutes unless I stand on the back porch or stay sitting lotus-style on my bed.
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