Tracfone users on ATT Towers Pay attention

GordonThree wrote:
Something else to look at if ATT is your preferred tower choice... Google FI. An MVNO using ATT, Sprint and T-Mobile towers. A few friends at work have it, they indicate being happy with the coverage, and this is a rural area.

Umm, yeah right..

NO not happening, absolutely NO Sprint OR T-mobile towers/service at my home or DWs company which is only 8 miles from our home.

You see there IS websites that SHOW where the towers are and who owns the towers and what services are on the towers (just do a search using "cell towers near me" and you will find lots of websites which map out the towers). Pretty much do not need to guess, if there is no tower within 4-5 miles of your location depending on the terrain then your area has no service.

You must be within line of sight of towers.. DWs company happens to be on the backside of a pretty high hillside from Verizons and ATTs towers, but ATTs tower happens to be only 2 miles from her company and thus gets good signal from ATT.

And Gorden for your first question you could have done a quick search using "tracfone and att" in the search and find information that corroborates my first post in this thread..

HERE is one of the results from my search which dates back to Jan 25, 2013..

"In a situation that has been developing since early this afternoon, Tracfone has begun removing references to AT&T in its BYOD service pages and related products, which include SIM cards and APN settings, potentially signalling the end of Tracfone’s network agreement with the carrier.

Currently the only options offered for BYOD SIM cards available via Net10, Telecel America and StraightTalk are powered by T-Mobile and AT&T SIM card options have been removed from sale along with any explicit references to the carrier. In fact, those customers in markets that are not even served by T-Mobile are being served up order pages for T-Mobile SIM cards with no option for AT&T SIMs being available as an alternative.

As far as Tracfone-branded devices are concerned, AT&T-powered devices are still being offered for the time being, but smartphones are randomly appearing and disappearing from product sale listings, again suggesting that Tracfone has suddenly lost the right to offer service via AT&T with other options being unaffected. Currently, the removal is affecting all of Tracfone’s brands with no word on whether the removal is temporary and the result of a system malfunction, lack of stock, as is being speculated, or is indeed a permanent change.

As AT&T service formed the backbone for the majority of Tracfone’s offerings through Net10 and StraightTalk over the past 24 months, the potential loss of AT&T as a service offering deals a big blow to both Tracfone-branded devices powered by AT&T and the BYOD program as well as to those looking to purchase AT&T-powered smart devices, as many feature pre-installed SIM cards which can be used on other devices.

What is also not known at this time is whether those that already have AT&T powered devices and SIM cards will have their service negatively impacted, as the elimination of AT&T from sales pages is leading many to come to the conclusion that Tracfone will not be able to continue offering service to those with devices and SIM cards that are already activated. As representatives for Tracfone are known for being guarded and secretive, the chances of receiving a statement are slim to none, though this situation certainly merits a public statement of some sort.

As this story is developing, more updates will be filed as more information is received and confirmed. As an alternative for the time being, StraightTalk AT&T SIM cards are still being sold through Walmart online pending available stock, with some locations carrying BYOD kits with AT&T SIM cards as well."

Granted that was back in 2013 that they started drop ATT towers, it has taken some time to thin out all of the inventory of phones which had ATT SIMs.

You can NO LONGER BY TRACFONES WITH ATT SIMS, PERIOD unless it extremely "NOS" (New Old Stock) and I can assure you you do not want those phones, they will be Android 7 or lower..

You can NO LONGER REQUEST ATT SIMS FROM TRAC SUPPORT, NOT HAPPENING.

You cannot "trade" Trac SIMs, they are locked to the phone they were activated on (we tried that also) so don't bother giving me that line either.

Just trying to warn folks so they are not blind sided when they buy a new Tracfone and were using ATT towers that their coverage may change..