OK, this one isn’t related to any live events or downtown happenings like most of the posts on this page, but I’m just so excited I had to post it anyway.
I’ve had an iPhone for over a year now, and during that time I’ve grown… let’s say disgruntled… at AT&T due to their weak service in the Asheville area. I have been pretty PO’ed for a while now at the fact that I’ve been paying for a crappy and practically unusable data plan, while users in Charlotte are paying the SAME AMOUNT per month for 3G. I’ve repeatedly called AT&T to try to get an answer as to 1) why my plan costs the same as a 3G plan and 2) when 3G will be coming to Asheville, but the answers have always consisted of script-reading or stonewalling.
Well it took a long time and a full-frontal assault by Verizon (via the “Map for That” campaign), but AT&T has FINALLY turned on 3G in Asheville! I haven’t roamed around the city limits to determine the extents of the 3G coverage, but I get excellent 3G reception downtown and in West Asheville, where I live. I’ve also heard reports that 3G coverage is pretty thorough throughout Asheville.
So let me finally say (for perhaps the first time): AT&T, good on ya!
