AT&T Cell Service and M Life Scam

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I have started this petition to raise awareness of what I consider in my opinion to be blatant false advertising, and to point the finger at AT&T for having the worst cell phone service in the country. I propose gathering enough signatures to file a class action lawsuit against AT&T and possible other cell phone service providers.

There is currently an AT&T television commercial with basketball players tossing a cell phone around and they narrator clearly say NO RAOMING CHARGES as an inducement for you to go and get AT&Ts new Mlife service. No Roaming is not the case when you get this service. They will tell you later that if your cell phone should have to use a competing cell phone companys antenna, then you are charged for that as roaming. You will never know if you phone is doing this until you open your bill.

I think advertisements such as this one are false and do so intentionally to try and win your business.

AT&T has done very little with their billions of dollars that they make in the cell phone arena and are dinosaurs when it comes to technology. There are very high taxes charged to everyone that has a cell phone and those taxes need some explanation as the money does not seem to be going towards advancing the technology so that cities as large as Los Angeles, can get cell service without drop-outs or no reception at all.

On average a person can only stay on a cell call for three minutes in Los Angeles on AT&T service before being dropped.

No other industry charges for such poor service. You would not pay your landline phone bill if your service were as bad as your cell phone service is.

The monthly charges need to be more in proportion to the service that they provide and the taxes that we pay need to be explained as to what they are going towards.

95 Signatures

  • MATT BLUM
    • Full Name
    • MATT BLUM
    • City & State
    • LOS ANGELES CA
  • Tabetha
    • Full Name
    • Tabetha Yang
    • City & State
    • Beverly Hills, CA
  • Edward J. Rodriguez
    • Full Name
    • Edward J. Rodriguez
    • City & State
    • Los Angeles
  • Pilar DeMann
    • Full Name
    • Pilar DeMann Garofalo
    • City & State
    • Los Angeles, California
  • Victoria Roberts
    • Full Name
    • Victoria Roberts
    • City & State
    • Pasadena, CA
    • Comments
    • К
    • Suggestions
    • К
  • renee
    • Full Name
    • renee larsen
    • City & State
    • 14814 burbank blvd. #11 sherman oaks ca 91411
  • Martin Talty
    • Full Name
    • Martin J Talty Jr
    • City & State
    • Santa Monica, CA
    • Comments
    • I too have poor service and pay on average $125/month for a phone that often does not work.
  • Jeffrey Santoro
    • Full Name
    • Jeffrey Santoro
    • City & State
    • Burbank, CA
    • Comments
    • I am unable to use my phone at home or work.
    • Suggestions
    • Discount service by at least half and also provide the consumer with specific areas where they will be expanding cell sites and specific dates of expansion..
  • Chris Whitman
    • Full Name
    • Christopher Wynne Whitman
    • City & State
    • Los Angeles CA
  • Daniel Thomas Chambers
    • Full Name
    • Daniel Thomas Chambers
    • City & State
    • Hollywood California
    • Comments
    • AT&T is a crooked company... disgusts me.
  • D Studdard
    • Full Name
    • David Studdard
    • City & State
    • Shreveport, LA.
  • hg
    • Full Name
    • hg
    • City & State
    • na
    • Comments
    • Please see the following petition against Scientology. They have hijacked Canada and are holding millions of Canadians hostage. Their internet service providers such as Erthlink, AIBN and Cogeco and are preventing their own customers from accessing Internet and receiving and sending email. They limit Internet access to only certain sites in public libraries, schools etc. They control all communication and delete voice mail and email. Their doctors are vampires in white coats who put anyone who opposes them into their wards and turn them into zombies or worse. See the following link: They are preventing input into this site: http://www.petitiononline.com/cofs1/petition.html
  • Adam
    • Full Name
    • Adam Smith
    • City & State
    • Chicopee, MA
  • c.j. daniels
    • Full Name
    • claudejack daniels
    • City & State
    • sapulpa, ok
  • Jason Blundell
    • Full Name
    • Jason E Blundell
    • City & State
    • Redmond Washington
    • Comments
    • I
    • Suggestions
    • Do away with costly contracts
  • drea jones
    • Full Name
    • Drea Jones
    • City & State
    • Largo, MD
  • Sanford Koplowitz
    • Full Name
    • Sanford Koplowitz
    • City & State
    • Coconut Creek, FL
    • Comments
    • AT&T blatantly lied to us, teling us there would be no roaming charges, and then denied it when we complained about our bill. We offered to compromise, but they won't budge an inch.
  • Sal DeGiorgio
    • Full Name
    • Salvatore R DeGiorgio
    • City & State
    • Coral Springs, Fl. 33071
  • Tori
    • Full Name
    • Victoria Langill
    • City & State
    • Erie, PA
    • Comments
    • I think that is awful, and there is probably no way around it but this!
    • Suggestions
    • While I dislike further gov't intervention (as is evident by the ineffectiveness of their intervention into Cable television costs), I think the only way to crack down on issues such as this is to have Congress involved.
  • JAMES RICHARDSON
    • Full Name
    • JAMES RICHARDSON
    • City & State
    • SOUTH JORDAN UTAH
    • Comments
    • I WAS LIED TO. TOLD THAT I HAD FREE ROAMING IN ALL THE WESTERN STATES WEST OF COLORADO. I WENT TO CALIFORNIA AND CAME BACK WITH $200 IN ROAMING CHARGES. I CALLED THE COMPANY AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. IT IS MY RESPONISIBILITY TO FIND A MAP THAT SHOWS MY COVERAGE. WHEN I MADE CALLS IN CA THEY DID NOT SAY ROAM ON THE PHONE EITHER. I HAVE NEVER DEALT WITH A COMPANY SO UNETHICAL IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
    • Suggestions
    • SUE THE LIVING HELL OUT OF THEM
  • Paul B. Duke
    • Full Name
    • Paul B. Duke
    • City & State
    • Richland, WA
    • Comments
    • I tried to cancel my contract, which required a fee of $175.00. To keep my service through the end of the contract was $175.00. They get you either way. Not to mention their services are twice as expensive as any place else. They lied to me about what services I was receiving and then changed my minutes. I thought I was getting 600 daytime minutes, but found out I was only getting 200 and being charged premium fees for the extra time.
  • william heath
    • Full Name
    • william heath
    • City & State
    • ny,ny
  • Christopher Beattie
    • Full Name
    • Christopher Beattie
    • City & State
    • Venice, CA
  • loc pham
    • Full Name
    • loc pham
    • City & State
    • minneapolis
    • Comments
    • At&T reps misinform the customers
  • robert e stoner
    • Full Name
    • robert e stoner
    • City & State
    • rd 2 box 176
  • lesley
    • Full Name
    • lesley meek
    • City & State
    • metairie,la
  • Deborah Koehler
    • Full Name
    • Deborah Jean Koehler
    • City & State
    • Tucson, AZ
  • Tammy Sluder
    • Full Name
    • Tammy M Sluder
    • City & State
    • Granby MO
    • Comments
    • att needs alot of work
  • william mcmullan
    • Full Name
    • william jonathan mcmullan
    • City & State
    • florence, alabama
    • Comments
    • no service, no pay, no liability to customer or obligation for services rendered of said contract.
    • Suggestions
    • if service is not delivered, you should not have to pay and you should have the right to cancel at any time without any recourse by the cell phone provider.
  • Michele Upton
    • Full Name
    • Michele Upton
    • City & State
    • Orange County, California
    • Comments
    • AT&T flat out told me prior to 2 recent trips to NY that I would not incur roaming charges. This was of course false as I discovered when I received a whopping $300+ bill. When I called customer service they were only willing to credit half of the charges stating that I should be aware I am in a roaming area....how does one know this when the phone does not state roaming? They gave me no answer. Plus the fact that the GSM service is so poor in this area that I can hardly use my phone.
    • Suggestions
    • Be honest about roaming costs and PLEASE provide better coverage....you're not the only player in the game AT&T.
  • DAMAND JACKSON
    • Full Name
    • damand jackson
    • City & State
    • copperton utah
  • michelle marquart
    • Full Name
    • michelle april marquart
    • City & State
    • chicago, illinios
    • Comments
    • this is the worst service i've ever had
  • kim rezac
    • Full Name
    • kimberly rezac
    • City & State
    • fountain valley, ca
    • Comments
    • I also have been hit with roaming charges in an AT &T service area
  • Kyle Albanese
    • Full Name
    • Kyle Albanese
    • City & State
    • Morris Plains New Jersey
    • Comments
    • WORST SERVICE EVER
    • Suggestions
    • BUILD TOWERS
  • Michael E Twaddell
    • Full Name
    • Michael E Twaddell
    • City & State
    • Evanston IL
  • Sophia H. Twaddell
    • Full Name
    • Sophia H. Twaddell
    • City & State
    • Evanston, IL
    • Comments
    • My son had roaming charges from his bedroom. When we switched him back to standard digital service, AT&T charged us $175 cancellation fee.
  • Amy Dembrosky
    • Full Name
    • Amy Dembrosky
    • City & State
    • New York, NY
    • Comments
    • AT&T is the worst cell-phone provider
    • Suggestions
    • Please help get back the money they stole
  • Lourdes M. Amato
    • Full Name
    • Lourdes Amato
    • City & State
    • Miami, Florida 33157
  • Robert Anstey
    • Full Name
    • Robert Anstey
    • City & State
    • New York, NY
    • Comments
    • It is a shame that I must pay to break my contract with this joke of an organization.
  • Roger Aston
    • Full Name
    • Roger Aston
    • City & State
    • Carmel Valley, CA
  • krisztina
    • Full Name
    • Krisztina Kallai
    • City & State
    • Largo, Fl
    • Comments
    • CSRs are bad they don't care they just want our money
  • Patrick J. Knauf
    • Full Name
    • Patrick J. Knauf
    • City & State
    • Largo, Fl
    • Comments
    • I was an att customer for three years. Att dropped my cell service when they would not work with me on my bill. Then they are trying to charge me for getting no service at all. I've called them many times to arrange a payment plan and they refused evry time.
    • Suggestions
    • We need to regulate these vultures and pay back the individuals who have lost money on this racket.
  • Skye Hoff
    • Full Name
    • Skye Tacy Hoff
    • City & State
    • Citrus Hights, CA
  • brian
    • Full Name
    • brian thompson
    • City & State
    • portland, or
    • Comments
    • "roam" did not appear on ph, still hit with $130 in roaming charges
  • Wesley Swingley
    • Full Name
    • Wesley Douglas Swingley
    • City & State
    • Chandler, AZ
    • Comments
    • Was charged horrendous fee for unintentional "roaming" as I had no way of knowing whether my cell was doing such
  • Richard Arena
    • Full Name
    • Richard Arena
    • City & State
    • Lincoln, NE
    • Comments
    • AT&T pushed the market but can not live up to promises with the tech capabilities.
    • Suggestions
    • Class Action Suit should be claimed.
  • GEORGE
    • Full Name
    • KALARAS
    • City & State
    • LODI CA
  • Pat Salecki
    • Full Name
    • Patricia R. Salecki
    • City & State
    • Summit, Illinois
    • Comments
    • AT&T has prevented me from using the cell phone I bought and paid for outside of their plan because the cell phone has their logo on it. I paid for the motorola phone not and AT&T manufactured phone. I was told I could use the phone with any service provider. AT&T prevented me from doing so because they refused to give me the unlock code to operate my phone. AT&T phone service is the worst.
    • Suggestions
    • Make AT&T give me the unlock code so I can use my phone as I see fit. Not as they see fit.
  • Sivakumar
    • Full Name
    • Sivakumar Kuttuva
    • City & State
    • Orlando, Florida
    • Suggestions
    • i have been charged $1504 in roaming charges
  • Dave
    • Full Name
    • David Dryman
    • City & State
    • Newbury Park CA