AT&T Attacks T-Mobile With Full Page Ad in the New York Times

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Posted March 1, 2013 at 10:19pm by Shalom Levytam

AT&T is attacking the T-Mobile over ads that touted the speed and geographic reach of its new 4G network.

The carrier took out a full page ad in the New York Times that reads...

The truth about T-Mobile's network compared to AT&T
2x more dropped calls
2x more failed calls
50% slower download speeds

“T-Mobile’s advertising is a combination of misguided and just plain wrong,” said Mark Siegel, a spokesman for Dallas- based AT&T told Bloomberg. The newspaper ad was “just a friendly reminder of the fact that independent third-party testing says AT&T’s network delivers faster speeds and fewer dropped calls than them.”

T-Mobile's response to the ad? “Wow. Looks like we struck a chord,” Chief Marketing Officer Mike Sievert said. “AT&T doth protest too much. Glad they’re spending their money to print our name.”

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AT&T Attacks T-Mobile With Full Page Ad in the New York Times

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iNistor - March 3, 2013 at 3:13pm

I've managed to trick Tmobilee !! After 2 hrs of testing ... Got my wifi hotspot for free ! And its running amazingly fast ! Without any vpn or other things... How to's: use your pc to connect to phone's modem, create dialup conn without any username or passwd, just dial number *99# use a wifi router to share internet trough wan/ethernet nic ICS, configure wan's router manualy to forward you pc's network card ip, use router as a hotspot ... And you can connect 254 devices trough wifi and browse freely - one more thing .. Setup your PC browser for private browsing ( no need for mobile devices) ...and Tmobile cannot do anything about it, this trick is good to share the 70$ unlimited 4G plan where you cannot activate the hotspot service. Enjoy ...

zeppy - March 3, 2013 at 11:51am

T-Mobile got my business in 2010. Family Plan, which includes a total of 2 iPhones (from AT&T) and 3 HTC One S, Androids from T-Mobile with data plans, unlimited messaging, 1000 min/talk with the monthly bill being $114 a month for these 5 phones on T-Mobile Total including tax and all charges. So Happy with T-Mobile, just love them! I have posted several threads on modmyi.com with how-to instructions for helping huge numbers of users to make the switch from AT&T to T-Mobile. T-Mobiles new coverage areas acquired from AT&T with the faster speeds make T-Mobile better than ever and we are all better off money-wise T-Mobile. The truth is that AT&T has lost millions of subscribers who have moved over to T-Mobile (GSM Handset Networks include AT&T and T-Mobile) After the failed AT&T/Verizon got a US Federal law passed which imposes a $500,000 fine and 5 years in prison (now the law in US) if you get caught unlocking your phone in order to leave the over-priced prison that AT&T has become for so many people.

Culua - March 3, 2013 at 5:44am

Hahah I was there today at disney. Worst data speed ever on tmobile. Oddly strange when i left disney to the parking lot I had more then 5mp d/l speed. Maybe too much cellular activity in disney.

Jaedre - March 3, 2013 at 2:07am

I have AT&T in Providence, RI. LTE gets me 25-35mb/s down and 15-20 up. Cant complain at all. They are expensive tho which sucks but every company is raising prices so cant complain.

Ronaldo - March 2, 2013 at 8:52pm

AT&T? They are fulllll....great company to ripoff customers,that is all AT&T is good RIPOFF.

Jay - March 2, 2013 at 4:48pm

I've had both AT&T and T-Mobile. I've had drop calls with AT&T much more than T-Mobile. AT&T sucks in New York. T-mobile is much better.

daniel house - March 2, 2013 at 3:17pm

i enjoy tmobile, for 50% off my phone bill, id be happy to take a dropped call once in a blue moon, but i rarley do

Culua - March 2, 2013 at 1:17pm

I love tmobile cheap plan with unlimited data no throttle but, only thing I hate about tmobile is terrible customer service and they love to charge people anonymously. They get you to pay extra money if you dont look carefully look into your monthly statement.

chupakbra - March 2, 2013 at 12:57pm

What carrier is that?

Ronaldo Borges - March 2, 2013 at 12:53pm

AT&T and Verizon, only ting I got from this company's was disappointment.when I switch my service to T-MOBILE, my calls and my UNLIMITED,great price, under full people, also I got 2 great phones. T-MOBILE is Number 11111111. I Love T-MOBILE, you have all takes to put this company under you shoes.

JoshvanHulst - March 2, 2013 at 4:46am

I have no empathy for AT&T any longer. They are ridiculous with their prices and the threats they make against tethering

Audi S8 - March 2, 2013 at 4:42am

AT&T sucks, been customer for several years and is getting worse and worse then better, can't wait to switch in couple months, AT&T sucks too, big time............

Dyllon - March 2, 2013 at 3:59am

Good for AT&T, T-mobile's LTE coverage is almost non-existent just to bad they advertise an android phone instead of the iPhone 5. I remember when apple did good ads like this. R.I.P jobs Cook is destroying your company

Eddie - March 2, 2013 at 12:23am

My switch from AT&T to Tmobile was great!!! I'm saving 100 dollars on their "sim only plan" We dont experience any dropped calls or any nonsense this ad is saying. To be fair, I didnt experience any problems with AT&T either, EXCEPT for the fact that their way overpriced.

T - March 2, 2013 at 12:14am

Best switch I ever made from tmohell to AT&T, wayyyyyyyyy better customer service, I've been with AT&T for 2 1/2 yrs and not 1ce did I have a dropped call. I'm in Chicago and from my iph

bleh - March 1, 2013 at 11:54pm

Screw cell phone companies, they can all rot in hell. They are all the same, and as waste of money!

MaddHackerr - March 2, 2013 at 1:18am

So I take it you live in a cave, and communicate via smoke signals?

Dan - March 1, 2013 at 11:05pm

Hahaha!! Att is loosing customers...

Gene - March 1, 2013 at 10:57pm

It all depends on where you are. Some places ATT>Verizon>>>>>>t-mobile. Other places Verizon>>ATT>t-mobile. 3rd place t-mobile>ATT>Verizon, etc. Location, location, location

spec3 - March 1, 2013 at 10:52pm

says the company that once they wanted to buy but couldnt HA !

Clueless Shill - March 2, 2013 at 12:43am

It's not that they "couldn't" buy them...it "wasn't" allowed by the goverment because Verizon cried foul about it.

Says The Clueless Shill - March 4, 2013 at 5:17am

It "was not allowed" therefore they "couldnt"..

Raul - March 1, 2013 at 10:36pm

Looks like tmobile is getting some of at&t's customers to the point that it's pissing them off...

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