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Bye Verizon! Town Of Century Switching To AT&T
May 5, 2022
The Town of Century has used Verizon for the past decade or so for their employee cell phones. But now, citing poor service, the town is switching to AT&T.
“At the present time, Verizon’s signal is inadequate and it is often difficult to reach our employees in the field or inside the maintenance hop. Verizon has advised… they do not plan to add additional cell signal in our area and will not be attaching to Diamond Towers cell tower,” Mayor Ben Boutwell said.
Diamond Towers constructed a tower at Century’s Anthony Pleasant Park and makes a monthly payment of $1,500 to the town. AT&T became the first provider on the tower in late 2021.
Century will switch to AT&T FirstNet service that provides priority access for government agencies.
The town will activate 12 mobile hotspots at $35 per month for unlimited data and 17 smartphones at $40 per month for unlimited talk, text and data — a total of $1,100 per month for service. The phones and hotspots will cost the town 99 cents each. With rebates totaling $4,300 ($200 per phone, $75 per hotspot), Century officials expect to see a net bill credit of about $3,371.
The smartphones –most of which will be iPhone 12s — will go to town employees, some of which are currently using Verizon flip phones provided by the town.
“We’ve still got flip phones?” council member James Smith asked. “That’s scary.”
The hotspots will be used at the town hall, maintenance shop, wastewater treatment plant, community centers and other locations, and at least one will be used for administrative travel. Each of the five council members will also receive a hotspot for the purpose of accessing council agendas and conducting other town business at their homes.
The town will be under a month to month agreement with no cancellation fees.
NorthEscambia.com file photo.
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14 Responses to “Bye Verizon! Town Of Century Switching To AT&T”
At&,t is just as bad signal has steadily gotten worse over the last two years . At my house used to be perfect reception now you have to walk the yard to find that spot.
HA! Century deserves AT&T.
I’ve had verizon for 25 years and only started having problems about 2 yrs ago. Called Verizon and their saying the problem is over use of the lines and trees. So who’s the best I want to change.
my at&t service is fine. have a landline and cell service. the landline is cheaper than the cell service and always works.
If using iPhone 12’s, why is a hotspot needed? iPhone 12 is certainly hot spot capable. Sounds like flip phone technology all over again..
I used to love At&t their service, and their customer service, but over the last year and a half there customer service is absolutely
Love my service, no issues. AT&T has made a lot improvements. FirstNet is they way to go.
At&t has never failed us. We have had them for over 10 years, and in Jay, and Century area, we notice no difference from being in other cities. Great coverage area. Much better than what Verizon offers.
I had Verizon for years in Bristol Park and then Wind Song. Their towers are not keeping up with the population growth. In the end, their towers were so busy that when people called me my phone would not ring. Instead the calls would go straight to the answering machine on the phone. A number of calls were important business calls. Several neighbors had the same problem. Mostly we would have a signal of 1 bar. Even though, I liked them, I had to switch to AT&T.
Sue ,Verizon says to bad to well !!!
Nothing they plan on doing about it.
Why the hotspot. Let the phones do that. Combine devices. Doesn’t make sense unless not the same group of people.
Does no good for those of us who have to travel 2 miles to get cell service.
Century need cell service…..It is a dead spot. Cant use phone to look anything up.
Keep documentation how many times you have to go outside to use your AT&T phone. You can’t make a call if inside a building/home with a metal roof. AT&T will say it’s probably the trees.