It was just 2 years ago I put in all new 3G/4G AT&T cellular Communicators for over 100 customers and they for most part have been nothing but headaches to maintain.
Because AT&T never fully implemented 4G-HPSA and the 3G band is overcrowded causing signals to drop all the time. I get daily over a dozen or more fail reports. from AT&T communicators and with Verizon hardly ever.
To make matters worse AT&T has been shutting down 4G- HPSA Bands on towers to implement 4G-LTE forcing all the communicators down on the overcrowded 3G band its so bad I have had to upgrade early to 4G -LTE because 3G/4G cellular communicators because AT&T towers are so overcrowded in some areas.,and 3G/4G will be shut down on Feb 1 2022 so I am ahead of the game to start replacing them now.
But I am not installing AT&T communicators I am installing all Verizon 4G-LTE
Communicator because I am tired of the lies and deceit from AT&T and absolutely horrendous coverage. I have a 4G-LTE cell phone and can hardly use it due to the poor coverage in the tri state
This is ridiculous ,some of my customers have now had to change for the 3rd time they're communicators in a 11 year period.
First it was Analog was being shut down for Digital then its 2G digital is being shut down and now 3G and 4G HPSA being shut down each time it has cost my customers $100.00 plus for the communicator plus my labor . Time spent and wasted which could be put to better use assisting customers and doing installs instead of consonantly chasing Cell Phone issues caused by AT&T because even the early Verizon units I have installed and will have to change in 2022 I have had no issues.
Of course this leaves Honeywell, Napco, Telguard and Uplink stuck with thousands of unusable communicators they still have sitting on the shelves brand new with worthless stock and every time AT&T or Verizon advance cell technology the amount of electronic waste is incredible
Because no one is recycling these old communicators and their boards .
Electronic Waste or E Waste as it is known is a very huge problem in this country and what recycling is done is small and expensive to do.
But instead of working on and improving existing technology its just faster and cheaper for Cell company's to just completely ditch it and bring out a new product. same bull shit thats gone on with the 2 way radio re farming plan.
Shame on you AT&T for being deceitful to all when you said these new 3G/4g communicators would last for a good while and be future of communication and its not even 5 years .
