[SML] Since we've been talking about cell networks ...

[JIM VOGEL]

I’ve had AT&T for several decades now, and overall, I’m very satisfied with the coverage, cost, and service.
Their stores are staffed by friendly, knowledgeable people, they answer their phones when I need to call them, and I seldom have any outages.
I have 3 cells (partner, daughter, me), land line, not basic cable, high speed internet, and they host my website.
I’m lucky in that I have the ‘grandfathered’ unlimited data, (never noticed any throttling on it), which is good because I use a lot of data (video’s, streaming music, etc).
We all use a fair amount of texting, and calling, but little international. The times I have traveled overseas, it’s been easy to switch my plan so I can make/receive international calls at a reasonable rate.

I have not gone with their new “rent your phone” plan, as in the long run, it’s cheaper to buy the phone outright from Apple.
So, overall, I’m a happy AT&T customer.



From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Pat Kight via Stagecraft
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 12:29 AM
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Subject: [SML] Since we've been talking about cell networks ...

... does anyone have anything good, bad or indifferent to say about AT&T?

I'm about to break down and upgrade from my voice-and-text-only TracFone* to an iPhone, and the local Mac Store sells them only with AT&T accounts. The pricing is pretty good for the minimal servicesI require, except for the fact that you're essentially renting the phone (they assume you'll want to upgrade within the 2-year-life of the contract.) however, I can pay off the phone at any point and it will be mine.

I've been reading up and it seems as if GSM networks such as AT&T's have some real advantages over the CDMA networks used by Sprint and Verizon.

*What can I say? I'm a selective technophile, and to date all I've needed from a phone was voice and texting capability. However, I just bought a SmartFor2 electric car, and I really need to be able to (a) talk to the car and (b) locate charging stations - of which there are many in Oregon - and find out if they're free, out of service, etc. AT&T appears to have good coverage in the region where I expect to be driving in the foreseeable future. For long trips, I can take the train or rent a car.

I don't need a big-assed data plan. I'm not gonna watch movies, listen to music or store a ton of photos on my phone - I have better-for-my-aging eyesight options for those things.

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Pat Kight
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