AT&T Yanks 'Fewest Dropped Calls' Campaign

In my opinion, NO carrier can claim "fewest dropped calls". I've had service with each of the big 4 and have experienced dropped calls with ALL of them. No one fewer than the other.

 

:highclap: Alright! It's about time.

 

That's so true. But what about Verizon? They should pull their RELIABLE billboards from the highways as well.

 

It's about time these stupid ads are done with.

As for Verizon and their RELIABLE billboards and ads, I almost kinda agree with them on that one. Their network is very reliable and built very well. Almost all Verizon sites I have seen have a backup generator on site, most other carriers cant say that.

 

Why??? We all know they are the MOST reliable.

Sorry, couldn't help it...:browani:

 

Every carrier deploys backup generators at almost every cell site.

There's a reason why Verizon pulled the word "MOST" from their ads. Remember? Now, they only say "RELIABLE". If that's the case, I would say most carriers are reliable*

* As long as you have good signal and their network has enough capacity to handle your calls.

 

Oh? I know Sprint uses backup generator batteries at all of their So. Cal sites.

 

I guess now...



Although we have to remember that they also pulled the "Raising the Bar" campaign, which also contained the "More bars in more places" tag line, which got many alcoholics excited.

This may just be a marketing campaign phase-out. The "Fewest Dropped Calls" was already worn out and getting old. About time!

 

I actually think I have never dropped a call on my end.
But a new advertising campaign is nice too.

 

I think the whole marketing thing about dropped calls, more bars and 'can you hear me now' is old and time for a change. Those things were more of an issue 3 or 4 years ago but wireless service has improved a lot since then. Now it's time to start promoting other things like who has the best phone offerings and features, fastest data, customer service etc.

 

That may be the case by you, but very few sites, if any, have backup power of any form around here. All the have are those little terminal ports to plug in a generator.

 

Here in SoCal most sites do not have onsite generators. They only have battery backup with generator lug boxes to allow a portable generator deployment.

 

How long can the batteries last if needed?

 

LOL cause you dont have any room for any there.

 

Depends on the load, a busy site will deplete the batteries faster. We hope for roughly four-six hours.

 

Considering most power outages are less than 2 hours I think that's usually sufficient.

 

I agree Mike, I think until they have their networks fully deployed to give coverage everywhere & with the needed capacities that every carrier will have dropped calls somewhere in this vast Country of ours, and even then things can happen to anyones network to cause calls to drop at least at this stage of the game.

Hopefully in the future this won't be a concern for us consumers, but till then we just have to accept the fact it can & will happen with all carriers.

I think it gave them more headaches then it was worth anyhow & I also agree with others it's time to move on with some of these adds that keep going & going like that stupid energizer bunny.

 

Fire, I also think that calls NEVER being dropped is about as possible as people literally being perfect...Ain't gonna happen. There are so many invisible factors that make a cell call work that it's amazing we've come this far with the technology.

I will say human ingenuity is amazing.

 

I agree, and I have said before to many people, servicecan vary from one block to another so one provider can serve me best at my location while another is better one block away. But with allthe advertisments takingplaceand allthe claims that are going on, I realy think that a correction of those is in line and that goes to all providers.

 

It just seems like a waste to me to not have onsite backup power that is realy do go at a moments notice. In most events, such as the regional blackout of 2003, and random storms and affect wide areas, the cell network as a whole becomes useless because carriers do not have on-site power ready to go. It is impractical to have to roll out generators to each site individually and set them up, if they can get to the site at all. By the time this is done, odds are that power will be returned anyway.

 

SO concurred, good buddy!!!

 

i'll give you some of mine i have plenty to go around

 

Yeah maybe but I don't ever remember having a power outage here that caused my cell service to go dead.

 

With all of the high Santa Ana windstorms, earthquakes, and wild winters of the past, I have to agree I don't remember a time when this happened either in SoCal.

 

I've seen a few sites go down with T'1 flooding when it rained but never because of a power outage.

 

One thing I have to agree with Cingular/AT&T's advertising on is the "More bars in more places". In my area, AT&T is constantly full bars versus T-Mobile and Verizon. With the exception of occasional call quality issues with AT&T, they are very strong here. Though VZW & T-Mo are no slouch either. I just notice more signal fluctuation, with those two, than with AT&T. I was pleasantly surprised by AT&T's solid signal. It has improved greatly than what it was in the past.

 

That's really strange. In NJ even the oldest towers have battery backup so if the power goes out momentarily, cell service doesn't. And that goes for every carrier. Now if the power goes out for more than a few hours, then you start to see towers drop little by little and your signal bars drop as your phone has to fallback on towers that are more distant. Not all sites have generators but many of them do.

 

I still see a lot of "fewest dropped calls" billbords around the Atlatna area. Often, they will choose billboards right next to a Sprint or Verizon store's parking lot.