No Dropped Calls...We'll See About That By Monica Cruz on - Updated Oct 15, 2011
I have always been a T-Mobile customer, but when AT&T acquired the iPhone and my T-Mobile contract had just finished...well, I switched because I took the Apple and ate it! (Apple iPhone, get it?)
Anyway, I had always thought T-Mobile was excellent- good reception, good coverage, affordable plans, and the like. I had 1000 anytime minutes, 400 text messages, unlimited nights/weekends for $39.99 No complaints.
I switched to AT&T and got the 450 anytime minutes, 200 text messages, 5000 night/weekend minutes, and unlimited M2M calling for $59.99, with rollover minutes. I have not come close to using nearly 1000 night/weekend minutes much less 5000.
You would think I would like the T-Mobile plan better- well I do and I don't. With T-Mobile any call I made used minutes. With AT&T, any call I make to an AT&T customer doesn't use any minutes which is great when you have a mom, best friend, and fiance all on AT&T. I can talk away to any of them knowing that my anytime minutes are not being used up. That's awesome!!
Where AT&T really fails is there whole dropped call business. Technically I guess, they are right because it never makes the call to begin with, so if there's no call, there's no dropped call. So many times I have tried to make calls repeatedly with no luck! Once it took me (no kidding) 32 attempts to make a phone call to Time Warner Cable. (a whole different review)
So while AT&T offers more flexibility than T-Mobile with how you use your minutes, I still don't think the customer service nor coverage area is on par with that of T-Mobile. If it wasn't for the iPhone, I more than likely would not have switched over. However, for the unlimited e-mail and web browsing on the iPhone Data Plan, this price is quite good. For Road Runner Internet at home I pay $54.95, while I can use my iPhone to do the same thing and make phone calls for $59.99!!
In conclusion, I guess a dropped call is all in the ear of the beholder.
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AT&T 450 Minutes, Unlimited Data Plan Purchased at: AT&T Price: 59.99
You must have an awful lot of patience to attempt 32 times to make a call! If I was still very active I would definitely want one of those iPhones!
The absolute worst coverage is near one of the "More Bars / Fewer dropped calls" billboards. I swear they put those in the three consistent dead spots in Austin. Go figure!