Comments on: UPDATE: AT&T improves indoor cell signal … for some of O.C.

By: cp modem

cp modem — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:49:51 +0000

I’ north (of) OC (sfv). Signal inside my house went from 0-1 bars, to 5 bars of 3G, over night.

By: jane

jane — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:00:05 +0000

I live in Irvine next to the Spectrum and I still cannot use my AT&T cell in my apartment. I get about 2 bars and most of my calls get dropped. I pay an extra $25/month for a landline! Please bring a tower over here! Other than my apartment I get service almost everywhere else.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:50:32 +0000

Placentia/North OC – signal is poor to moderate with some 3G areas. But, there is little signal to none indoors. Nice iphone brick I’m holding in my house.

AT&T – Please continue to add more bars in more places.

Thank you.

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By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:20:13 +0000

depends where you are…can’t get any signal inside south coast plaza…but if you step out, signal is ok…can’t get any consistent signal in irvine…you have to walk around until you get something sporadic…

By: Rodney King

Rodney King — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:02:37 +0000

I live in Lake Forest and my AT&T service it terrible. In the house it is consistently ZERO bars and if I walk outside to use my phone the reception is very sporadic. If it wasn’t a company phone I’d have switched long ago. My kids have Verizon and it works great in the house. My 2 cents!

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By: robinlynda

robinlynda — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:43:22 +0000

Wondering if there has been any improvement since this was announced 9/5, and we are now at 10/5…really want an iphone but if the at&t service in irvine homes and businesses is not good, then that isn’t smart buy.

By: Jim Champlin

Jim Champlin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:58:09 +0000

AT and T service indoors is a big problem. Our company made the decision to explore iPhones for all executives and had to cancel teh switch due to AT and T not being able to get a strong signal into our building. AT and T just kept responding that we were in a dead zone and they had no immediate resolution to our service problem.

Sorry Apple, we had to go to Verizon and Blackberry

By: Gadgetress

Gadgetress — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:32:17 +0000

DugKnight — According to AT&T, outside the Orange Curtain, AT&T has so far improved indoor service in cities in Kern County (Bakersfield), Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Santa Barbara County and Ventura County. — Gadgetress

By: DugKnight

DugKnight — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:56:33 +0000

Where can I find a list of cities north of the OC curtain? The article mentions LA County, but I don’t see which cities. I get terrible service at home (in the house), which is in Long Beach.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:04:58 +0000

Signal is still bad in Aliso Viejo around Chase And Pacific Park

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:25:52 +0000

I get incredible service here in Laguna Niguel. San Clemente is another story- as you get near the State Park anywhere on the south side of the freeway is a dead zone. Don’t blame iPhone. It works great when there is a signal for it. Complain loudly to ATT if your service is subpar in your area. That is the only way they will do anything about it. They promise to address all complaints.

By: safedriver

safedriver — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:01:31 +0000

Gadgetress, you are correct. I just want to post the technical details of what AT&T “supposedly” announced. They still have a ways to go to reach the coverage that legacy Cingular had before they disolved their partnership with T-Mobile and assumed the old AT&T network. For those of you wondering about the whole AT&T to Cingular to AT&T scenario…once upon a time AT&T Wireless was its own company. Cingular and T-Mobile were a joint venture partner in their CA, NV, and NY networks. When Cingular bought AT&T Wireless, the feds made Cingular divest network assets in the many markets including our market. Cingular opted to keep the legacy AT&T network due to the masive amount of spectrum they held, and had T-Mobile buy out Cingular’s portion of the joint venture. There’s no question that the T-Mobile network (old Cingular network) is built out well. AT&T customer’s really got the short end of the stick, especially when AT&T discontinued roaming on most T-Mobile sites (there are exceptions such as UCI).

For those that not only have poor coverage from AT&T but other carriers are typically in an area that is NIMBY (not in my back yard) or have major real estate/zoning issues. In that case, there’s not much any carrier can do other than play the games which can take years before a site is appoved and built out.

-Safedriver

By: Gadgetress

Gadgetress — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:03:44 +0000

Safedriver — If you read the post again, it does say that 850 frequency has been around since the 1980s, but the companies have been tweaking the technology all along. Turning it back on with new & improved (?) technology is what AT&T announced this week. But, apparently, it hasn’t helped the signal strength for many readers. Hopefully, AT&T will continue to address concerns. — Gadgetress

By: Binoman

Binoman — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:04:18 +0000

Same lousy service here in Laguna Niguel…A T & T should be ashamed of themselves advertising about what great coverage they have! Not only is there bad service in my area but they spent an hour having me turn off and on my phone as if that would actually improve something….then the technician spent another few minutes pounding on his keyboard (for my benefit I’m sure) and told me he had “fixed” the problem. Guess what…it’s the same terrible service it’s always been folks!

By: Figgins

Figgins — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:00:42 +0000

Saddleback College area: still 1 to 2 bars, often dropping to zero, and my phone tells me it’s connected to a 3G tower.

AT&T phones are not the only phones to have trouble in the area. Everybody has trouble in this area (Verizon, T Mobile, AT&T, Nextel). The real culprit may be the power lines.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:28:26 +0000

I live in Aliso Viejo. I still get no signal inside or outside. I’m getting sick of it.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:49:36 +0000

I live in Talega in San Clemente and my service stinks!!!! No bars at all. Could just be this lousy iphone I guess

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:05:23 +0000

Mission Viejo – Marguerite & El Toro no difference, still unusable inside my office.

By: jackie ladd

jackie ladd — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:30:06 +0000

Mission Viejo – Oso & Felipe…..no change to signal – which is pretty much ZERO bars inside the house…and 1 bar outside the house. Texting BARELY works….and I can’t switch cell carriers due to a contract. HORRIBLE

By: Gadgetress

Gadgetress — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:57:08 +0000

I just updated the post with cities. Please continue to keep me posted on service so I can continue to nag AT&T. – Gadgetress