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AT&T continues to lose market share

If TV allowed cell towers to be installed all the carriers would work just fine. It's obvious there is a problem. I've been using AT&T for years without any issues. But in TV I get weak coverage.

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Originally Posted by geofitz13 (Post 1466942)

We were in TV for a week this month. Both my wife and I have Verizon service. I have IPhone 5, she has a brand new (about a week old) Motorola. We were staying in Pennecamp. We were relying on the phones to use the Villages App for navigation. My iPhone worked fine, but the battery kept running out. Her Motorola would sometimes connect with the Villages app, but would lose the connection almost immediately. This happened all over the Villages. We are going to go to the Verizon store to see if there something wrong in the settings on her phone.

For some reason The Villages App kills the battery on our 2 iPhones as well. I looked at "battery usage" and even when not using it it sucked up over 50% of battery usage in a 12hr period. Once we deleted it battery life improved markedly. Something up with that app even with it disabled for background use.

Use Google Maps WALKING directions for 95% accuracy or check out the Villages GPS which is very weird in it's own way but does work (but it cost $7). I have it but use Google Maps 99% of the time with no problem.

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Originally Posted by New Englander (Post 1466955)

If TV allowed cell towers to be installed all the carriers would work just fine. It's obvious there is a problem. I've been using AT&T for years without any issues. But in TV I get weak coverage.

Do what I did and switch to Verizon. Around here you won't regret it. I'd prefer ATT but coverage where I live is non-existant and just lousy in many other areas.

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Originally Posted by Toymeister (Post 1466934)

Why AT&T at all? Why ANY service that only uses ONE carrier? Why not double your chances with Google's phone service? They use Sprint T mobile and wifi. It is even cheaper. Google Fi, Google it for info, pun intended. Yes it works wonderful south of 466a, north of it and in Fenny or anywhere that I have been in the US it works internationally as well

I'd gladly go with Google but wouldn't ever use Sprint so that kills that. :) T-Mo coverage around here is worse than AT&T and wi-fi only works when you have it and outside your own secure home router is very unsafe.

AT&T has worked absolutely great for us!

We are south of 466A but has had ZERO problems with AT&T.
We haven’t needed a booster or micro cell or any extra gizmos
Our home is frame and that may make a difference. But we also use WIFI all the time.
Don’t know why AT&T is given so many people problems. We have never considered changing because our service is excellent. We do have Centurylink fiber optic WiFi. Maybe that’s the difference!
I just want people to know that not all AT&T customers have problems!

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Originally Posted by dotti105 (Post 1467047)

In Pinellas, I get one bar on my phones signal meter. Sometimes calls drop and texts take a long time to be recieved. WIFI is not a cell signal.

Does anyone near Fish Hawk Rec Center in Buttonwood have AT&T Mobile? If so, is the signal strength adequate?