Loyal reader SL has it:
Word is in…
” I am showing 3G towers to be activated on 10/28/2009. That is if mother nature is kind to us. Also I am showing additional towers to be switched on as well. A couple of those towers will be switched on late November – early December. Just hang in there.”
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AVL finally got 3G as of last night! Apparently 400 sq miles of coverage in central AVL and areas towards Hendersonville/ I-26.
Asheville is a Blue town (read liberal). Ain’t no way the right wing Rush Limbaugh doodle sucking fat cats at AT&T are going to bring 3G here. The rest of the country will have 4G and we’ll still be plodding along with Edge. Droid, here I come ….
Oct. 30th and still no 3G! What gives?
Well, so much for that.
bruce,
Yes there is Edge service in most parts of Asheville. I know for a fact that in Beaverdam, however, there is no AT&T service, as I tried to move out there recently but couldn’t for that reason. I have a 3Gs iPhone and love it except for the Edge service, which works very slowly, and only 25% of the time.
I REALLY hope this October 28 rumor is true. I’ve been hearing rumors since July. and so far, no luck.
I’ve heard this one before… I’ll believe it when I see it.
I’m still waiting for my refund – I’ve been paying the same price as 3G customers for the past year, with less-than 3G service.
I didn’t think AT&T even had 2G in Asheville. Does anyone in Asheville have an iPhone that works? I was visiting in August, and my iPhone didn’t work at all where I was staying in Beaverdam, but even downtown I could not get a data signal – not even a fall back to EDGE (2G). Voice worked OK but not great. Best service I had during that trip to WNC was standing on the peak of Mt Mitchell. If I still lived there, I wouldn’t have an iPhone.
Great – the rest of the country is going to 4G, but we at least will be up-to-date soon with 3G.