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	<title>Comments on: AT&amp;T’s Chicago problem: Why LTE slows down in the Windy City</title>
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		<title>By: UnhappyAtt Customer</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/05/14/atts-chicago-problem-why-lte-slows-down-in-the-windy-city/#comment-857063</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[UnhappyAtt Customer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To Whom It May Concern,

I have been using an iPhone 4 with Att Wireless for the last 22 month. Nothing but trouble, from day one. Att Wireless has been dropping 50% of my calls, or maybe even more. Imagine the constant worry and aggravation of so many dropped calls! Over the course of the contract I have attempted to have the issue resolved with both Apple and Att Wireless. Apple has replaced my device with a brand new one and Att’s solution was to change my sim card. Neither solution worked; in fact the problem has gotten worst over time. My local Apple store where I purchased the phone refuses to replace it saying the problem lies with the service. Att refuses to accept the problem saying it’s a hardware issue and sending me back to Apple. See I am a customer a human being stuck in a contract between this two conglomerates whose faulty
product cost Americans billions of dollars per year.  Last two years I have had to leave my office and walk outside in order to talk on the Att Wireless phone. Sounds like I live in at the edge of the universe well, No! I live in Center City Philadelphia just 2 blocks from City Hall. If Att Wireless doesn’t have good coverage here where does it cover? Att Wireless was charging $138 per month on the unlimited everything plan which over the 24 month contract is well over $3000. Transferred to Tmobile on a prepaid unlimited everything plan for just $60 per month. Now I am surfing at 4g instead of 3g, I speed tested the Tmobile phone at 4-5 Mbps which is much faster than speeds the Iphone 4 3g offers. Best of all I can now talk on the phone without having to walk outside my office and without the constant worry of dropped calls. Still thinking about Att wireless? Save yourself a lot of money and a lot of aggravation and stay away from the horrible service of Att Wireless.

Professionally I am an Internet Marketing expert so I have created this webpage which I am advertising with the Facebook Ad Network in order to promote my horrible experience with Att Wireless. Facebook has targeting options and have set mine to target both Facebook users who are current Att customers as well as anyone who has ‘Liked’ Att Wireless on the Facebook network. I have also moved one of my Filipino outsourced worker from her current task to doing nothing but copying and pasting my story to every review site on the web. We are up to 42 reviews and this is after only one day. I will continue to have my agent review Att Wireless until a resolution is reached. My Facebook ads have displayed 700 hundred times, with 9 clicks to the website. The Facebook ad is attached.

My requested resolution is to receive every penny I had ever paid to Att Wirless over the last 22 Month as well as a sincere apology from a senior manager for my troubles. I can be reached at disgruntledattclient@yahoo.com.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Whom It May Concern,</p>
<p>I have been using an iPhone 4 with Att Wireless for the last 22 month. Nothing but trouble, from day one. Att Wireless has been dropping 50% of my calls, or maybe even more. Imagine the constant worry and aggravation of so many dropped calls! Over the course of the contract I have attempted to have the issue resolved with both Apple and Att Wireless. Apple has replaced my device with a brand new one and Att’s solution was to change my sim card. Neither solution worked; in fact the problem has gotten worst over time. My local Apple store where I purchased the phone refuses to replace it saying the problem lies with the service. Att refuses to accept the problem saying it’s a hardware issue and sending me back to Apple. See I am a customer a human being stuck in a contract between this two conglomerates whose faulty<br />
product cost Americans billions of dollars per year.  Last two years I have had to leave my office and walk outside in order to talk on the Att Wireless phone. Sounds like I live in at the edge of the universe well, No! I live in Center City Philadelphia just 2 blocks from City Hall. If Att Wireless doesn’t have good coverage here where does it cover? Att Wireless was charging $138 per month on the unlimited everything plan which over the 24 month contract is well over $3000. Transferred to Tmobile on a prepaid unlimited everything plan for just $60 per month. Now I am surfing at 4g instead of 3g, I speed tested the Tmobile phone at 4-5 Mbps which is much faster than speeds the Iphone 4 3g offers. Best of all I can now talk on the phone without having to walk outside my office and without the constant worry of dropped calls. Still thinking about Att wireless? Save yourself a lot of money and a lot of aggravation and stay away from the horrible service of Att Wireless.</p>
<p>Professionally I am an Internet Marketing expert so I have created this webpage which I am advertising with the Facebook Ad Network in order to promote my horrible experience with Att Wireless. Facebook has targeting options and have set mine to target both Facebook users who are current Att customers as well as anyone who has ‘Liked’ Att Wireless on the Facebook network. I have also moved one of my Filipino outsourced worker from her current task to doing nothing but copying and pasting my story to every review site on the web. We are up to 42 reviews and this is after only one day. I will continue to have my agent review Att Wireless until a resolution is reached. My Facebook ads have displayed 700 hundred times, with 9 clicks to the website. The Facebook ad is attached.</p>
<p>My requested resolution is to receive every penny I had ever paid to Att Wirless over the last 22 Month as well as a sincere apology from a senior manager for my troubles. I can be reached at <a href="mailto:disgruntledattclient@yahoo.com">disgruntledattclient@yahoo.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob Egan</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/05/14/atts-chicago-problem-why-lte-slows-down-in-the-windy-city/#comment-841408</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Egan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i thought Chicago was one of the trade-off&#039;s benefiting VZ when Cing bought T last decade. My mistake.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i thought Chicago was one of the trade-off&#8217;s benefiting VZ when Cing bought T last decade. My mistake.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin Fitchard</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/05/14/atts-chicago-problem-why-lte-slows-down-in-the-windy-city/#comment-841356</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Bob, that could be a factor in the future in some eastern markets, but it can&#039;t be the reason in Chicago. AT&amp;T is the incumbent there.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Bob, that could be a factor in the future in some eastern markets, but it can&#8217;t be the reason in Chicago. AT&amp;T is the incumbent there.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob Egan</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/05/14/atts-chicago-problem-why-lte-slows-down-in-the-windy-city/#comment-841246</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Egan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 04:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i wonder how much this may be related to AT&amp;T&#039;s ability to acquire backhaul from the incumbent LEC (which appears to be Verizon) in many of these markets (as opposed to spectrum limitations and lots of LTE devices on the network)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i wonder how much this may be related to AT&amp;T&#8217;s ability to acquire backhaul from the incumbent LEC (which appears to be Verizon) in many of these markets (as opposed to spectrum limitations and lots of LTE devices on the network)</p>
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		<title>By: Paul Allen</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/05/14/atts-chicago-problem-why-lte-slows-down-in-the-windy-city/#comment-841180</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congestion relief is what micro-cells are for.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congestion relief is what micro-cells are for.</p>
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		<title>By: Nicholas</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/05/14/atts-chicago-problem-why-lte-slows-down-in-the-windy-city/#comment-841170</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can’t say that I’m surprised! I remember demoing apps to a record label near downtown, and being unable to check my email. Sad.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can’t say that I’m surprised! I remember demoing apps to a record label near downtown, and being unable to check my email. Sad.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin Fitchard</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/05/14/atts-chicago-problem-why-lte-slows-down-in-the-windy-city/#comment-841148</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi JCB,

They do have 12 MHz but they have to deploy it as 5x5 MHz carrier. Verizon&#039;s in the same boat. It has 22 MHz in the upper C-block, but uses its as 10x10. As for the Qualcomm spectrum, AT&amp;T has to wait until carrier aggregation is on the LTE menu before it can start adding that capacity to its network.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi JCB,</p>
<p>They do have 12 MHz but they have to deploy it as 5&#215;5 MHz carrier. Verizon&#8217;s in the same boat. It has 22 MHz in the upper C-block, but uses its as 10&#215;10. As for the Qualcomm spectrum, AT&amp;T has to wait until carrier aggregation is on the LTE menu before it can start adding that capacity to its network.</p>
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		<title>By: jcb</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/05/14/atts-chicago-problem-why-lte-slows-down-in-the-windy-city/#comment-841141</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jcb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doesn&#039;t AT&amp;T have 12 MHZ that they picked up from Aloha partners, as well as 6 MHz that was a result of purchasing Qualcomm&#039;s MediaFlo?  Just curious to see what the answer is.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Doesn&#8217;t AT&amp;T have 12 MHZ that they picked up from Aloha partners, as well as 6 MHz that was a result of purchasing Qualcomm&#8217;s MediaFlo?  Just curious to see what the answer is.</p>
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