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Originally Posted by Serenoa
AT&T putting up a new tower would have NO effect on your Verizon reception, unless Verizon installed their own antennas on AT&T's tower. And I really doubt that AT&T actually developed & built a new tower site in the area. They probably just co-located on an existing tower. New sites are increasingly difficult to get through zoning approvals these days, it can take YEARS. Everyone wants great cell reception, but no one wants the towers in their "backyard". Also, very few tower sites are actually owned or leased by the phone companies themselves these days. Companies like American Tower & Crown-Castle own the leases from the actual property owners & then lease space on the towers & ground to the phone companies like Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile etc. The actual phone companies really prefer not to be in the real estate business.
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Boy, isn't that the truth (the highlighted sentence)!!! From the comments, it sounds like AT&T service has improved recently, but when I had a contract with them, it was THE worst! The day the contract ended, I turned off the service with much delight!!!
I now use Tracfone based on local recommendations. My service is excellent, and I've never had a "dropped call." Since I have a land line, I use the cell phone only to make and receive calls when away from home. As a result, the service is incredibly reasonable; I figured out, using a phone that gives TRIPLE minutes (that is, buy one and get three), I spend less than $10/month. What an improvement over AT&T not just in service quality but in cost, even with no "free nights and weekends"!