[TomW]

In the last few weeks, my AT&T cell service has slowed to a crawl in the Pinellas area. It was always weak but is now unreliable much of the time. I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same degraded performance or if I might have problem with my device? It seems to be the worst in mid-afternoon.

[Sable99]

Originally Posted by TomW

In the last few weeks, my AT&T cell service has slowed to a crawl in the Pinellas area. It was always weak but is now unreliable much of the time. I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same degraded performance or if I might have problem with my device? It seems to be the worst in mid-afternoon.

I don't know about AT&T but I have Sprint and its not working in Sanibel We are only here for two weeks and all of my calls are being dropped on my new iPhone 5s!

Spriint worked okay on my Android when we were here in March and I thought it was the new phone. Maybe not?? I've been using my Mom's TracPhone and it works fine! Go figure!

[Bizdoc]

I'm in South Fernandina (by Hillsborough Trail) and have no problems with my AT&T signal.

[rubicon]

For the past few years complains about ATT&T have been ongoing. Sad

[cquick]

we have Verizon and my calls are very often dropped! I have told my son in California and my mom here in TV to call on the land line. It's frustrating....I am hoping there will be a new cell phone tower buillt south of 46A soon!

[jrandall]

We live in Sanibel and our AT&T services are good.

[MicheleE]

We live in Amelia and I have AT&T. We purchased a "Micro-Cell" from them about 3 years ago before we moved to TV and installed it in our home now. All you need is a router and it plugs right in. Works great, and no dropped calls. AT&T usually discounts it if you have complaints about dropping calls. It was worth every penny!

[princesspat]

We live in Pinellas and the ATT signal is awful. We tested it before we bought and it was always 3 or 4 bars and now its two if you're lucky. We used to only have cell phones and now need a landline. Talked to the ATT store in LSL and they said its because of all the new builds, and they will build a new tower "someday". Thinking about getting a microcell...

[justjim]

Large corporations such as Verizon and AT&T don't seem to be able to react to the phenomenal growth of TV south of 466A. It's the nature of the beast.

[mixsonci]

What's a micro-cell?

[jnieman]

Originally Posted by MicheleE

We live in Amelia and I have AT&T. We purchased a "Micro-Cell" from them about 3 years ago before we moved to TV and installed it in our home now. All you need is a router and it plugs right in. Works great, and no dropped calls. AT&T usually discounts it if you have complaints about dropping calls. It was worth every penny!

We had poor AT&T service in our home in Hadley for the past several years. We purchased a Microcell also and now we have 4 bars all of the time. You may be able to receive a discount by calling AT&T and ask to speak to a supervisor and explain to them that you pay for phone service that you are not receiving. They do not charge us a service fee for using the Microcell. Like the other poster said, it's worth every penny.

[TomW]

Microcell won't work for me because I use the cell's hotspot for Internet connection. No DSL/Cable to the house to connect to the microcell. Also, I hope to avoid yet another communications vendor if possible. I did call AT&T with the issue and they are looking into local cell tower performance. If other AT&T customers contact them, it might push an upgrade along a little faster. My guess is that the resources are overtaxed and, as someone said earlier, they are behind growing with the usage in TV.

[TomW]

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[TomW]

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[mitchbr47]

Originally Posted by mixsonci

What's a micro-cell?

It is a mini tower in your home or office. It boosts the signal.

AT&T 3G MicroCell - Wireless Signal Booster - Wireless from AT&T