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Obama: "Where do you guys get these ringtones? I'm just curious."

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U.S. govt asks Twitter to delay upgrade

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Senate wonders if carriers are ripping off the public

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White House briefing interrupted by lame cell phone users

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By Adriana Lee - May 15 8:15 AM 1 comments

Re: Re: AT&T amends lawsuit, demands that Verizon drops latest round of commercials

that could simply just be the processor on your phone i have the droid now on verizons 3g and it is only a tad slower than my iphone 3gs was on att main difference is i have that slightly slower coverage 100% of the time rather that 60% of the time

By AVID526 - Nov 18 12:45 AM add a comment

Re: Re: AT&T amends lawsuit, demands that Verizon drops latest round of commercials

Thanks Travis for that link. i am an ATT customer and I appreciated their overview of their coverage compared to Verison

By RicoATT - Nov 17 11:38 AM add a comment

Re: Re: AT&T amends lawsuit, demands that Verizon drops latest round of commercials

they don't have to mention the iphone in the ad because it's obvious that meant to be the iphone

By kevikev312 - Nov 16 3:38 PM add a comment

Re: AT&T amends lawsuit, demands that Verizon drops latest round of commercials

verizon is using solid facts about coverage, if AT&T can't handle it then they need to step up their game instead of firing off lawsuits because the big bad bully picked on them....boohoo verizon has the best network, period. as for the "attacks"...

By EdgeMaster191 - Nov 16 3:35 PM add a comment

Re: Re: AT&T amends lawsuit, demands that Verizon drops latest round of commercials

@frank: actually in fact you DO have data even in a 1X only area on VZW (and sprint for that matter), not as fast as 3G no but you do have data....i wish people would stop defending AT&T just because you have an iphone, give it a year and VZW will...

By EdgeMaster191 - Nov 16 3:25 PM add a comment

Re: AT&T amends lawsuit, demands that Verizon drops latest round of commercials

i wish at&t was actually able to win this lawsuit. im so sick of verizon and dealing with them but im stuck with their 2 year contract. just because they have "3G" everywhere doesnt mean its good. its really not all that fast...

By spdivr1122 - Nov 15 1:06 PM add a comment

Re: Re: AT&T amends lawsuit, demands that Verizon drops latest round of commercials

Their wording is also very tricky. it says 303 million people- or roughly 97% of US population would lead people to think 97% of america is on ATT. It's 303 million customers is talking about worldwide coverage. notice it says the nations fastest,...

By trowa51 - Nov 14 2:47 AM add a comment

Re: AT&T amends lawsuit, demands that Verizon drops latest round of commercials

Has anyone noticed that the phone on the Island of Misfit Toys is not an iPhone, but a mock iPhone. Also, nowhere in the ad is the iPhone ever mentioned by name.

By wolverineguy55 - Nov 13 9:58 PM add a comment

Re: AT&T amends lawsuit, demands that Verizon drops latest round of commercials

It's just amazing how much AT&T will go just to try to blatently lie about their services and hide behind the Iphone. They talk about their services and boast about soo many apps they have and 96% coverage with everything. 1) Who really writes...

By DaLgDare - Nov 13 9:23 PM add a comment

Re: AT&T amends lawsuit, demands that Verizon drops latest round of commercials

Well I'm pretty sure verizons map is fibbing a little bit also, I live in PA, and All my friends that have Verizon phones hardly ever get service let alone 3G.

By Giners77 - Nov 13 3:00 PM add a comment

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