SOUTH U.S. -- AT&T finishing 3G expansion in Texas in September

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Are you sure about Laredo getting 3G. I called, emailed, and talked to the sales here in Laredo and they either told me it was last month, this month, end of the year, or were not getting it at all. They should expand along I-35 because some parts outside of San Antonio and along most of 1-35 have it and it would just make sense to expand it to the rest.

 

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Oh okay, thanks. I thought it was too good to be true when I read this. I kinda of figured it would be like that at first because Laredo doesn't have any servers for AT&T's DSL here. I wouldn't doubt many people here even know about 3G, but thanks for the confirmation.

 

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Lol, I'll try giving them a call today, but which one, the East # or the west?

 

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I thought I'd give an update. I saw some guys at one of the cell sites yesterday. It looked like they were on break, but I saw one of their trucks had a trailer with what looked like a coax spool. They better have at least some 3G in by September or I will call in and complain, lol.

 

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No way you live there, I live on the same street, lol. I seen a lot of towers get what looked like either a new T1 line or geting fiber put in. Also, the sites getting what may have been new pannels. I know the tower by Sams had some upgrades on it. Not sure if it had 3G because I had my Blackberry with me. They better hurry up with the launch though, if I see any towers when I go out, I'll post them up.

 

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Yeah, that's the tower I was reffering to, the one next to the fire station. I know Verizon's on it, but AT&T and others could co-locate on it. lol, oh okay, nice. I haven't lived here in laredo to long, so I don't know the streets that good. I know there's another tower by the flea market on gadalupe or however you spell it. But I don't know who's on that one though. Just hope AT&T does turn on 3G by the beginning of September.

 

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Alnandr -

New to Laredo here, and I'll be looking for your future updates on AT&T 3G coverage.

I'm verizon right now, but I want to switch to AT&T and get the Iphone 3G or even better, the HTC Touch Pro, which was just announced for AT&T yesterday as the "Fuze."

Thanks!

 

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Well, I certainly didn't expect an update within the hour!

Good to hear though... glad things are moving.

The HTC Touch Diamond will be released from Sprint within a week or two, and the Touch Pro a month to follow... but I just talked to them in the Sprint store on Springfield today, and they said that the 3G Sprint rollout wouldn't be for around a year! That's re-DONK-ulous... so I will definitely wait for AT&T's HTC offering now.

 

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Thanks for the update... I guess it makes sense.

Again, I'm in no hurry, as AT&T does not yet carry the phone I want.

In regards to your Iphone 3G... are you ready to have worse battery life, once you are permanently on a 3G connection? And doesn't it bother you that you cannot just drop in a new battery? Cut & Paste? Take video? Get SMS the normal way? And the list goes on...

As you can see, I'm not an Apple Fanboy like there seems to be plenty of out there.

 

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Didn't see an editing option...

I meant MMS the normal way.

 

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The iPhone allows for you to turn off the 3G function, and you can in a way get around the MMS function by sending the photo as an email. Not taking video does suck, and cutting and pasting shouldn't be a problem. I usually don't until i get home. That sucks we won't get 3G till next month. I can wait a month while others get their service back up. I'm surprised there are tower engineers that live here because the servers for DSL for AT&T is in San Antonio. I just hope they do turn on the 3G when they say. Not to go off topic, how do you like Sprint? I have some friends where I can be standing next to them and they have no service and I have full bars.

 

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As much as I use data services on my phone... I would never turn off 3G for the Iphone if I had one. And with every phone I've ever had, I've enjoyed having an extra battery charged up and ready to go if I my useage is more than normal.

Yes, I know about the email workaround... lame.

As for how I like sprint - I'd say that as of now, I don't, just because of the same experiences you describe.

See, I'm actually VERIZON, which is the only cell game in town with 3G already operational. That's why it's basically impossible for me to jump ship to Sprint just for a phone, and then hate the service... but it's so tempting...

But, that's why I think I'll wait for the Fuze, which is AT&T's version of the HTC Touch Pro.

You know, 640x480 VGA touch screen, full 5-row keyboard slider, 3.2 MP camera with flash, a powerful browser that with a newly released plugin DOES FLASH in webpages, etc etc etc... I'm sold...even with the drawback of the thickness of the thing.

 

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Lol, sorry, I think i read your post wrong. That's one reason I stayed away from Sprint like the plauge. Same with Verizon and there enemic UI. Yeah, I don't like the iPhone myself either, that's why I'm waiting for the Blackberry Bold But is VZW coverage EV-DO Rev A? I heard it wasn't. Whatever, but I'm willing to guess that we will see fast 3G speeds here in town because not to many people know about 3G. Can't wait till October.

 

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Ahh, a Crackberry fan! I totally understand why you like the Bold... but it's not for me. Good choice, though.

I'm 99% sure VZW is just Rev. 0. But, it's still the best in town, at the moment.

I can stream Youtube flawlessly, and even download videos straight to the SD card in a jiffy. But, my Motorola Q is OLD, and I hate WM5. I especially hate that it's lacking a touchscreen.

 

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Lol, yeah, I'm a crackberry users. I nearly killed my last blackberry from all the typing. But I personally don't like Verizon because of their UI and hearing that they lack some simple features on some phones like OBEX. Can't wait till they turn 3G on, becuase with it raining on sunday, the power in my block went out, but I still had signal. I think they're still doing some testing because one night I saw my phone lose signal and regain it. I couldn't confirm if they were testing 3G since I only have EDGE on my Pearl

 

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Your right alnandr, our city just plain sucks. There's not that many people here who know anything about technology. I went to best buy the other day to get somethings to build my server, big mistake on my part, yet the people had no clue what I was talking about. Yeah, I talked to a AT&T tech and he told me that we are getting 3G next month and hopefully by early next year we'll get Uverse. I highly doubt we will get Fios here. I don't know anyone who has DSL from them. With Sprint, they just plain suck, along with Nextel. I tried Verizon's EV-DO but they're latency is still outrageous. Even with AT&T's Edge I get lower latency. There's somethings to add to your list, even though they don't pertain to tech and not trying to go off topic. There's virtually no good doctors here, the roads are so bad its like you need an off road truck just to drive here, the infrastructure is so old, it breaking down constantly, and everyone seems to only know spanish. That last one might seem mean, but its true. You go to other border towns, like El Paso, I been there a few times, they don't speak spanish in 99% of the city, only if you don't speak english, not just start speaking it. I don't know spanish. I tried to getting summer jobs yet most require spanish. I know a few words of spanish, but I can't speak it to save my life. Also, there's not high end or that many car dealerships period and not that many stores there at the mall. In reality, there's not much to do here in Laredo, execpt go to the mall, which half of laredo will be there, there's no good sporting places, the LEC sucks, no good things come here, there's like one club, not that many good restaurants, the list can go on and on. Sorry for the ranting, but you know its true. Your suggestion is good, but I'm sure half of laredo wouldn't care because either they can't afford it, don't know how how to use it or what it is, or don't care for it. I really do hope that the current mayor cleans up his act or quits. He's not doing anything to help improve our city. I'm sure there's more for us to go on about, but I'll leave it there as to not go too much off topic. I just really do hope we get 3G here in laredo.

 

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I hear ya, I've never been to Laredo, but have been stuck in some other places I didn't fit in or like.

There's at least a hockey team there in Laredo: Laredo Bucks

The season starts soon. Why not go check out some games. Nothing makes me feel more connected to civilization than watching grown men with no teeth skate around and bash each other with sticks :browani: ....maybe there's some local rec leage you can join? I also saw on the map there's a golf course accross the street, but golf sucks ...well, except for that scene in Happy Gilmore with Bob Barker

 

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Geez guys, your complaints about Laredo are SPOT-ON.

I couldn't think of anything to add. Scary, really.

So... I won't add anything.

 

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Lol, yeah we have the Bucks here, but its not as good or fun as watching a Red Wings game or any NHL game. The golf course here suck, one is at the country club and the membership cost a lot, I think around 3k. As to the golf course your refering to, I played on it, and its bad. Lol, yeah, every time I watch that movie, I want to go try and play like he does. As to joining a local team, as far as I know there's none. Yeah kenny, I only lived here 5 years and its been the worst. Just hope AT&T does live up to what they're saying. If not, I'll be dumping their stock and jumping ship to another provider. Haha, jk, I'll stick with AT&T.