If anyone deserves floods of complaints it is Cricket for blacklisting new paying customers (really, Cricket deserves the complaints here, not AT&T as far as I can tell).
I have seen no issues with (Official) AT&T (for over 1/2 year straight). ATT customers who have wrong APN set may be running into a problem.
However, if they get too many complaints I wouldn't be surprised if they took the "whitelist" approach to remove what they will see as a new widespread problem off their table.
Official AT&T is not a problem atm, and is among the most supported for US users I have seen yet (ie: don't poke the bear). I have had nothing but good experiences using a preactivated (from Android) AT&T sim.
I think it may be wiser at this time to instead write personal thank you letters to those at AT&T of influence, from customers who appreciate having working Pinephone options.
This would be my approach.
Complaining about currently working AT&T may speed up any possible blacklist plans (as complaints tie up resources, it becomes easier for them to just "stomp it out"). It may make Pinephone appear to be "too much of a problem."
Hoping ATT appreciates all their new Pinephone customers. Linux phones they could show ATT to show some support for Open Source community.
These are just my thoughts (and hopes). Definitely Cricket deserves to hear from all possible users (even those just considering their service- more the better) if they are indeed blacklisting. They know Pinephone exists, is compatible, and chose to start blacklisting anyway. If it used to work on Cricket, sounds more like blacklisting (whitelisting is the term for public relations).
I have seen no issues with (Official) AT&T (for over 1/2 year straight). ATT customers who have wrong APN set may be running into a problem.
However, if they get too many complaints I wouldn't be surprised if they took the "whitelist" approach to remove what they will see as a new widespread problem off their table.
Official AT&T is not a problem atm, and is among the most supported for US users I have seen yet (ie: don't poke the bear). I have had nothing but good experiences using a preactivated (from Android) AT&T sim.
I think it may be wiser at this time to instead write personal thank you letters to those at AT&T of influence, from customers who appreciate having working Pinephone options.
This would be my approach.
Complaining about currently working AT&T may speed up any possible blacklist plans (as complaints tie up resources, it becomes easier for them to just "stomp it out"). It may make Pinephone appear to be "too much of a problem."
Hoping ATT appreciates all their new Pinephone customers. Linux phones they could show ATT to show some support for Open Source community.
These are just my thoughts (and hopes). Definitely Cricket deserves to hear from all possible users (even those just considering their service- more the better) if they are indeed blacklisting. They know Pinephone exists, is compatible, and chose to start blacklisting anyway. If it used to work on Cricket, sounds more like blacklisting (whitelisting is the term for public relations).
- RTP
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"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few." -Shunryu Suzuki
[ Pinephone Original | Pinetab v1 / v2 Enjoyer ]
Linux Device Privacy / Security Playlist