how is att coverage with your iphone usage?

[Deedubau]

For me it works in most areas, but my home!! AS much as I love my iphone, i'm going to eventually want/need a more reliable service. It's not like I live in the woods in the middle of nowhere, just a normal neighborhood which should work fine. Eventually I'm going to want to use my cell phone at home and I don't know if att is going to cut it, how is your coverage?

[KNK]

Originally Posted by Deedubau

For me it works in most areas, but my home!! AS much as I love my iphone, i'm going to eventually want/need a more reliable service. It's not like I live in the woods in the middle of nowhere, just a normal neighborhood which should work fine. Eventually I'm going to want to use my cell phone at home and I don't know if att is going to cut it, how is your coverage?

You need to get a router for your home so that you are wireless. And that means your phone will have faster access without being on the EDGE. I have this as well as many other people here on the forum

[Deedubau]

I never said I didn't have a router, the point I was trying to make is that I need to be able use my phone 100 percent of the time and it almost never works at home

[Lincoln]

Here in Boston, I have 5 bars everywhere, and I do mean everywhere, I go. We have full 3G coverage as well.

- John

[Deedubau]

yeah i work near boston and it works great there it seems like the small areas get worst coverage

[neon0107]

I am in round rock texas which is just outside austin and we have good coverage and 3G. Better than the coverage we had with verizon before I made the switch two months ago. Although last night I was at the car dealership getting a new car (end of year clearance sales !!! ) and I had five bars and was trying to make a long distance call and it kept saying called failed. I tried about 10 times before it went through. That is the first time I have had a problem like that.

[JoeT]

Originally Posted by Deedubau

yeah i work near boston and it works great there it seems like the small areas get worst coverage

That's by design; more people live/work in/near cities, so they get more attention since there is more usage.

I'm on the extreme edge of Tampa and I have spotty coverage in the house. But then, I had the same spotty coverage with Sprint, so nothing has changed.

What I did is to sign up with Grand Central (which is by invite only at the moment but is free). They give you a local phone number that can ring multiple numbers at once - so when someone calls that number, it can ring your iPhone, home phone, and even a softphone like Gizmo all at the same time. You can answer on any of them and even switch seamlessly between them - so if you take a call in the car on the iPhone and get home, you can switch to your home phone without the other party being aware of the switch.

[KNK]

Originally Posted by JoeT

That's by design; more people live/work in/near cities, so they get more attention since there is more usage.

I'm on the extreme edge of Tampa and I have spotty coverage in the house. But then, I had the same spotty coverage with Sprint, so nothing has changed.

What I did is to sign up with Grand Central (which is by invite only at the moment but is free). They give you a local phone number that can ring multiple numbers at once - so when someone calls that number, it can ring your iPhone, home phone, and even a softphone like Gizmo all at the same time. You can answer on any of them and even switch seamlessly between them - so if you take a call in the car on the iPhone and get home, you can switch to your home phone without the other party being aware of the switch.

Is that for just the Tampa area?

[BD997]

im in Boston... no problems and plenty of 3G coverage when it comes to iPhone

[lman]

When getting the iphone one of my main concerns was service and it i was surprised to see the service i am actually getting. I almost always have service and more often the not its 5 bars. With verizon, i would never get service in my room and definently not in the basement. Now in my room i get 4 to 5 bars, and 2 or so in the basement. I am very happy