AT&T became a major player in the cell phone market in South Dakota in the last year when they bought Alltel, and split some service areas with Verizon. There were numerous complaints about coverage and dropped calls as AT&T moved users to their system. Now, that system should be matching up with demand. AT&T Spokesman Alex Carey says they have added much more capacity to their system…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/03/Alex-Carey-306a.mp3|titles=Alex Carey 306a]Carey says those new carriers will expand broadband capacity across their system…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/03/Alex-Carey-306b.mp3|titles=Alex Carey 306b]Carey says they added five new cells towers in the state to expand coverage and their investments will continue…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/03/Alex-Carey-306c.mp3|titles=Alex Carey 306c]Carey says they found as they improved coverage, demand increased to the point that they needed to expand the number of carriers in service.