A) This isn’t some sort of discussion forum.

and

B) You’re just embarrassing yourself.

See? I can use profanity too.

Sigh…

I’ll try to explain this to you like a small child, since you’re obviously incapable of getting the gods damned point. No one is attempting to claim that AT&T doesn’t have network problems in some areas. On the other hand, trying to claim that AT&T releasing an app to gather data in the hopes of fixing the problem is a bad thing, LIKE THE FUCKING ARTICLE THAT I’M COMMENTING ON DOES, is dipshit blogger link-bait.

And, again since you obviously need things pointed out to you like a blind man in an art gallery:

Here’s a hint…what you can tell from the phone: signal strength S/N start/stop times for transmissions Length of transmissions Type of transmission, (EDGE, 3G, WIFI, etc.) If you get draconian, (no, not dressing like Princess Ardala), and use actual phone call data, you might be able to add: Was the call dropped or hung up, but that isn’t really reliable. What it wont’ do crap for is when you can’t download a web page unless you’re doing content monitoring, (Who wants AT&T doing that? Right) It won’t tell you what the audio quality of the call was. (just because signal strength is low doesn’t mean the call quality sucked, nor does high strength or good S/N mean the call quality was high. Carrier and Content, 2 different things). Do you really want your phone communicating to AT&T all the time like that? No? Then fucking think a goddamned minute and realize this is the best way to get this information, because you also get a better idea of what locations are having the problems that affect the most people, and that’s not something that signal strength is going to tell you. Jesus.

Now, I’m glad that you apparently live in some technological utopia where your carrier (who you’ve conveniently neglected to identify) can somehow gather more information than that…possibly by way of unicorn farts…but from the rest of us who want AT&T to actually upgrade their shit…sod off.

Here’s a hint…what you can tell from the phone:

signal strength
S/N
start/stop times for transmissions
Length of transmissions
Type of transmission, (EDGE, 3G, WIFI, etc.)

If you get draconian, (no, not dressing like Princess Ardala), and use actual phone call data, you might be able to add:

Was the call dropped or hung up, but that isn’t really reliable.

What it wont’ do crap for is when you can’t download a web page unless you’re doing content monitoring, (Who wants AT&T doing that? Right) It won’t tell you what the audio quality of the call was. (just because signal strength is low doesn’t mean the call quality sucked, nor does high strength or good S/N mean the call quality was high. Carrier and Content, 2 different things).

Do you really want your phone communicating to AT&T all the time like that? No? Then fucking think a goddamned minute and realize this is the best way to get this information, because you also get a better idea of what locations are having the problems that affect the most people, and that’s not something that signal strength is going to tell you. Jesus.

Now, I’m glad that you apparently live in some technological utopia where your carrier (who you’ve conveniently neglected to identify) can somehow gather more information than that…possibly by way of unicorn farts…but from the rest of us who want AT&T to actually upgrade their shit…sod off.