Consumer Reports: AT&T still ranks as worst US carrier

[lothar]

No problems with AT&T service from Straight Talk.

Verizon is clearly better(except their 3G speeds), but I'd say AT&T is 2nd place here above T-Mobile and Sprint.

My experience:
T-Mobile from Fall 2004-Dec 2008; Verizon Dec 2008-Oct 2011; Straight Talk(an AT&T pre-paid MVNO) Oct 2011-Present.

 

[MrX8503]

The microcell is garbage. It may give you more bars, but the calls take 4x as long to connect.

 

[lothar]

AT&T charges an additional 20$ per month for "Unlimited" MicroCell calling that uses your broadband......

Also, any data you use while connected to a MicroCell counts against your data limit. Of course if you're in an area with a MicroCell you'd be connected to WiFi anyway, but still.

I'm fine with Sprint. Their 3G is pretty dang slow but they're still cheaper than Verizon and AT&T. What I don't understand is why people are so unhappy about losing Premiere. A mere $75 discount off of inflated unsubsidized prices after one year is completely overrated. I remember the first time I got a notification that I qualified for a 12-month upgrade, but everything was way too expensive.

Absolutely ridiculous. That's highway robbery.

 

[Deeko]

No problems with AT&T service from Straight Talk.

Verizon is clearly better(except their 3G speeds), but I'd say AT&T is 2nd place here above T-Mobile and Sprint.

My experience:
T-Mobile from Fall 2004-Dec 2008; Verizon Dec 2008-Oct 2011; Straight Talk(an AT&T pre-paid MVNO) Oct 2011-Present.

Well, if you're in an area with good coverage from both, 3G speeds can be apretty convincing factor. When I temporarily switched to Verizon, EV-DO was just painful. Thank God for LTE....

 

[zsdersw]

I liked the Airave from Sprint... it worked quite well, except every once in a while when an SMS would look, from the phone, like it hadn't been sent but the recipient was actually getting a copy of it 15-20 times in the span of a minute.

 

[Trader05]

It really depends on location. I have better service with ATT then I ever did with Sprint. FTL Tmobile in my area is atrocious.