How badly does AT&T suck?

[merhawk]

I have better reception in the middle of the Judean Desert than I can in San Jose. Or Harrisburg. Or DC.

I can switch faster from Airplane mode to full usage in the Judean Desert than I can in Chicago. Or Dallas. Or Nags Head.

Can I take Israeli phone service home with me?

Comments

[rimrunner]

I got better, more consistent cell service in Cambodia than I do in Seattle.

(Okay, Cambodia is mostly flat, and landline infrastructure is basically nonexistent outside Phnom Penh and Siem Reap so everyone who can afford to carries cell phones, but still.)

[skwidly]

Dallas is fine in, say, 85% of the metroplex. But whenever you're passing through that other 15%...ugh...

[merhawk]

I know, right? I really hope that Verizon gets the iPhone come January or so. That way either AT&T's network will improve because people will move off it, or BF & I will move to Verizon as soon as his contract is up next August.

[puppybrother]

I figure it has to do with them being a tiny country and all.

[merhawk]

Heh. Still; awesome cell service in the middle of the Judean desert? Approximately 1 hour or so from Jerusalem? Wasn't expecting that to be so much better than SF.