Really Starting to Hate AT&T

After reading all of the news this week about the new iPhone coming out soon, I’m really starting to hate AT&T.  I’ve been with AT&T ever since I got my first cellphone over 5 years ago.  I haven’t really had any trouble with service, but there are a few things lately that have really started to tick me off.

First of all, why do loyal customers who have a contract already have to pay a lot more to upgrade their phone.  I’m not sure if other cellphone companies do this too, but I know AT&T loves to add on an extra fee if you decide to upgrade early.  I probably wouldn’t upgrade to the new iPhone anyways, but if I wanted to, I’d have to pay hundreds of dollars extra… that’s how a loyal customer gets treated over new customers?

Secondly, AT&T has had months to prepare for the new iPhone OS release, but they don’t have MMS ready for the iPhone.  Seriously???  Even cheap non-smart phones have MMS… and when the iPhone decides to have it, AT&T isn’t ready.  If some other cellphone company legally supported the iPhone without having to unlock it, I’d switch in a heartbeat.

Also, and I’m not sure if this is AT&T’s fault or the iPhone’s, but lately I’ve been having some serious trouble getting messages on time.  It took me 3 days to get a voicemail this past weekend.  It also took me a couple of hours to get a text message one time a couple of weeks ago.

However, on a more positive note, I decided to take the risk and download the iPhone OS 3.0 from torrent.  It installed great, and is running very smoothly.  The search feature has to be my favorite, followed by horizontal SMS and email.  Copy and Paste is great, but I never really felt like I needed it… although I know a lot of other people who feel differently.  Now, I just can’t wait for Beejive to update for Push Notifications.