AT&T loving the iPhone

My wife and I GLADLY gave up the phone aspect of the iPhone to get rid of AT&T. We now treat it as an iPod touch and keep a walmart pay-as-you-go Verizon phone to place phone calls, which are free between the two of us since we're both on Verizon.

I don't care what phone AT&T carries, I'll never do business with them again.

Add another vote to the whole: "I desperately want an iPhone, but I'm not going anywhere near one as long as AT&T is the service provider." ...

I don't think there is any such thing as the "iPhone 2G"... It's either the first generation, or iPhone Edge... a 2G iPhone was never made... unless you're referring to the 2nd generation, "iPhone 3G".

I just wish at&t would work on their network. I see the 'No Service' text more than I see any bars! This happens in several places in Indianapolis. Not on the outskirts, but inside neighborhoods in the city. If I do get a bar or two and actually succeed in making a call, 90% of my calls are dropped. This is the worst phone service I have ever had. I love my iphone, but I wish Apple would have chosen someone like Verizon. I beleive that if Apple chose a company other than at&t, that at&t would be in serious danger.

Apple, if you are listening, please save us from at&t!!

AT&T is abysmal. I never had coverage as poor as I do now. Not too crazy about the iphone either. I've been using apple products since '88 & think the iphone is a real leap foward in tech evolution.

That being said, I miss my blackberry. iphone apps seems geared more to frivolous hipsters than productivity.

Ok at&t you love the iPhone, now where's my Official Tethering?

"Customers who drop AT&T aren't usually those with iPhones" - well, duh. The iPhones been out like 19 months and 95+% are tied down with 24-month contracts. Churn will happen when those contracts expire.

Now if AT&T could just fix the terrible user experience using MMS on the iPhone in the US. I make the case here: http://blog.mcmanus-family.com/2008/09/the-case-for-mms-on-the-iphone.html

I just yesterday canceled my iphone. The device itself is gold and I'll miss many of the features and apps. However, I was paying ATT $40 for 450 minutes of which I only use 250 tops per month. $5 for 200 text messages which is the worst rate of any of the majors. US Cellular offers free incoming,Verizon has unlimited V2V texting plus 250 additional and for $5 Sprint will give you 300 messages. As for data,I'm paying $30 for 3G data I do not get and I was only using 50-100MB's a month since I have wifi at home and at work. I had the bare minimum ATT offers and my bill was $80. Considering my mild cellular needs it was a very costly toy in a time when such expenses are not wise. I've moved to a $25/mo tracfone and an ipod nano. Yeah,it sucks but it was the right thing to do. ATT needs to introduce a base tier of plans for me to ever consider going back for an iphone.

No mention of the G1. If people are so unhappy with AT&T service, try T-Mobile and get a G1.