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Where's Your 'D-Spot?'

Posted by timothy on from the can-at-least-now-use-cingular dept.

John Hering writes "The battle between cellular carriers in the U.S has become especially fierce within major metropolitan areas. The focus of this battle clearly revolves around issues of quality of service (QoS). In an effort to demonstrate superior QoS, AT&T Wireless has just released the results of the Top 10 "D-Spots" in Chicago from a survey conducted online with a random sample of 520 Chicago men and women. Although AT&T touts improved coverage throughout these metropolitan areas now, the vice president of AT&T Wireless, Greg Slemons, has publicly admitted to serious problems with dropped calls. " I have yet to see really detailed coverage maps for cellular provided by the providers themselves; in cities especially a one-block difference can mean 3 bars of reception or none.

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  1. fuck38 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    rules to follow is the worst off AS THE PREMIERE say I'm packing If you move a table filed countersuit, on baby...don't

  2. Because those are FAGGOT cities. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The AIDS has decimated the potential cell phone buying market there.

  3. What a bunch of whiners... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Here in Canada, a dropped call is almost unheard of in our major cities, (all 3 of them :) Understandably, the infrastructure in the US is significantly outdated compared to prettty much everywhere else in the world, but that should be no excuse for such sloppy service.

  4. Re:report = load of crap. by mister_jpeg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    so you're the tard heading through the S-turn on LSD jabbering on your cell? Thanks for cutting me off this morning, bud.

    To get back on-topic, the report does suck. Union Station is mostly fucking underground, so of course there's going to be shitty cell coverage. 5 sites listed aren't even in Chicago, and the two airports? c'mon, I've never been in an airport in North America with good coverage.

    I can say that T-Mobile coverage was great for me on the near NW side. I just jumped to Cingular and it has disappointed so far. Fuzzy connections on the north side (East Village and downtown) to downright unusable on the near South Side.

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    -jpeg
  5. YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL GRASP OF THE OBVIOUS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The sex reference was already in the title of the article. Thanks for ruining the joke you tard.