I see, so I need to pay you even MORE for it to work right.

I don’t know where to begin on all the reasons why this makes my blood boil. First off, why do I need to pay another $150 for good coverage? If the coverage isn’t good, shouldn’t AT&T be paying me to put a cell tower in my living room and then using my bandwidth to support it? If the network is overstressed (and no, it isn’t my fault) why not just enable better VOIP calling integration? That way I don’t have to pay AT&T more money to make my phone to at least meet my expectations; which is apparently where the problem lies.

AT&T 3G MicroCell acts like a mini cellular tower in your home or small business environment. It connects to AT&T’s network via your existing broadband Internet service (such as DSL or cable) and is designed to support up to four simultaneous users in a home or small business setting. With AT&T 3G MicroCell, you receive improved cellular signal performance for both voice calls and cellular data applications like picture messaging and surfing the Web.

Perhaps a lengthy op-ed piece is a better outlet for this frustration, but I just cannot believe Apple hasn’t broke their exclusive arrangement with AT&T. Someone at Apple must have forgotten to tell AT&T, “almost forgot, it needs to work too.”

In case you didn’t know: Blackberry on Verizon works the way you wish your iPhone did, it just isn’t as pretty and lacks an iFart application (I think).

via Mashable, AT&T 3G MicroCell™

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