i travel all over the country to install a/v and multimedia systems in museums.. i have NEVER had my signal drop out with verizon, nor have i ever incured roaming charges. some of the museums have been in pretty out of the way places.
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i travel all over the country to install a/v and multimedia systems in museums.. i have NEVER had my signal drop out with verizon, nor have i ever incured roaming charges. some of the museums have been in pretty out of the way places.
I used to say verson was great but then I starting going to Texas Tech. they have next to 0 coverage here. Almost everyone here who has verson is just waiting for there contracts to expire so they can switch over to Sprint or cingelur
wow, you certainly spell differently down there in Texas :) jk its all in good fun. By the way, my stinkin buckeyes play your Red Raiders on Thursday! Go easy on us!Quote:
Originally posted by Timelessblur
I used to say verson was great but then I starting going to Texas Tech. they have next to 0 coverage here. Almost everyone here who has verson is just waiting for there contracts to expire so they can switch over to Sprint or cingelur
I live in NYC/Manhattan and attend school in the DC area.
I use SprintPCS.
The service works extremely well. For the majority of places where I travel to Verizon and Sprint have great coverage in these two cities. Now, in areas where one of them would falrer, it would be Sprint more times than Verizon. Verizon is also iffy in some areas of NYC and DC, and the best way to decide on your provider is by trying them both out or get recommendations from people you know in your area.
ATT, even after the Cingular merger I still dislike their call qualities. My mother has an ATT phone and about once every 3wks when I call her, the calls must be remade...
Nextel, well, 75% of their customers are business oriented (primary through the walkie-talkie service) and they are merging with Sprint PCS soon, but the complete merger wont affect Sprint customers for another 2-3 yrs.
As far as I am concerned, there is no such thing.I work for a company that offers all the carriers and everyone has problems with each individual service in some way. It could be billing or coverage or phone or firmware issues. The list is never ending. I don't think there is one service out there that provides absolute 100% customer satisfaction. So, whic ever service you chose make sure it is right one that fits your needs first:) -MooN-
Where I live, I only have two real options (Sprint and Verison claim that they have service, but anyone that ever uses them in our area is **** out of luck, I've seen it many times with people from out of the area)...
Cellular One and Alltel. Both are comparable service wide, there are some areas that get reception from one and not the other though. For instance, Alltel phones get reception from our camp (which is why alot of my relatives use Alltel) and Cellular One phones do not. Alltel has a better nationwide plan, which I got since I do travel a good deal.
Our area as a whole is terrible for cell reception. If I go outside of a major city, my phone is pretty much useless. And even in alot of cities, the reception is bad (3 bars out of 6 is pretty normal, if I go to a big city like Chicago I get all 6). These companies all claim nationwide service with no holes in their coverage, but there are tons of spots where I get 'No service'.
I just picked up a Motorola V635 (not available in North America) and switched from ATTWS to Cingular. the phone is great with a flash memory card, MP3 player, 1.2M camera, 4 band worldwide use, etc. We'll see how Cingular towers (orange network) compare to the ATTWS towers (blue network).
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I have Sprint PCS and plan on switching to Cingular when my contract expires. their customer service is bad and all my friends are switching
Has anyone tried taking a US cell phone (verizon, spring, tmo, cingular) to Europe? Just wondering what kind of service you might get when traveling.
The only US cell phones that will work in Europe are GSM based phones because Europe does not use CDMA technology. Even then you'll want a 3 or 4 band phone because the US uses 2 bands and Europe uses 2 different bands.
The primary GSM players in the US are Cingular and T-Mobile.
I have a 4 band Motorola V635 GSM phone (not readily available in the US). I can use it virtually anywhere in Europe. By purchasing a prepaid SIM I can even have a local number as I travel. You must have an unlocked phone to use "foreign" SIMs.
I have Cingular service and they have an ~$25/mo unlimited plan for internet access from your phone with no roaming charges. It is a great way to get your email, etc. when traveling around Europe.
Here are a couple of links for more information. The phone finder tool on Phone Scoop is especially helpful.
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Well, although Nextel was not listed in the poll. I feel that I should express my opinion for my cell phone company: Nextel. Besides the expensive monthly bill that I dread to pay... the actual service in my area is fairly good. With Nextel, there are two different possibilities of usage. You can use the cellphone, just like a normal cellphone... dial the number, and talk. And you can also use the Walkie-Talkie(aka Two-Way) type usage. This feature is just like any walkie-talkie anyone would use, except it is built into Nextel phones. I really enjoy using my walkie-talkie, it enables to me to look through my phonebook, find the contact, and... BEEP! Im connected. It makes contact with business partners/friends/family fairly easy.
I was drawn to Nextel mainly because of the walkie-talkie feature. And I find that it is quite an asset to making contact with people, and its ease of use.
Pros: Walkie-talkie features, chicks dig Nextel(honestly), good durable phones, fairly good service.
Cons: Expensive, two-way service tends to decline at times.
here, they closed my last topic about Texting too but i did find this for the one up there ^^^ that mentioned this, just dont be the dork and send you girlfriend Valentines day txts here is the article http://www.nbc24.com/Global/story.asp?S=4316008
I happen to find my V pretty good. Cingular, before it, was not great. But I honestly think that might have been an issue of phones more than anything else. I just like free in system calling from V.
According to Consumer Reports, Verizon is the best in every part of the US, save for Chicago where it comes in #2 behind some local company. I use them but I'm not overly happy. I think every cellular service is far from perfect.
Good service depends somewhat on what part of the country you are in. Recently Consumer Reports did a article on this. Verizon scored number one in the Northern VA area, so switched from Sprint and have been happier for it. I got to keep my original numbers, have better reception and no longer have roaming charges. I also got 200 more minutes for $10 less a month.
On another note, I must say I find walkie-talkie phones to be the most annoying. Few things are worse than sitting in restaurant, the bus or subway having to listen to the BLEEP BLEEP and 2 way conversation of these phones.
The major drawback to Verizon is that their handsets don't work when traveling outside of North America. For that you need a GSM handset. GSM service is offered nationally in the US by T-Mobile and Cingular.
GSM rules. That is, as long as you're not heading to Korea or Japan....
I actually thought everyone was on the GSM bandwagon by now...
Cingular is by far the best!
you mean AT&T right? since they just got bought out by AT&T.... lameQuote:
Originally Posted by snapplekid13
how does this happen? cingular buys at&t wireless then at&t buys it back..... kinda like a bankrupt kmart buying out sears, w t f ?
Not exactly.
AT&T Wireless was a different company that AT&T.
Cingular is a 60/40 partnership between AT&T and Bell South.
Today, At&T who was SBC last year bought Bell South thus reuniting four of the seven companies created by the government breakup of AT&T in 1984.
Confusing? Yup! It's just like trying to figure out blood lines between cousins in the south because they inter-marry so much.
I just read that today. Messed up. Didn't Cingular technically buy AT&T Wireless, but stake a 60% claim in Cingular? And then didn't SBC techincally buy AT&T, but keep the AT&T name because it was more well known?Quote:
Originally Posted by ua549
It's just a matter of time before we see only two companies, AT&T and Verizon. They are the only two strong enough to stand on their own.
It's going to be even more as a drawback as everyone moves to quad-band GSM/WCDMA/UMTS phones while Verizon sticks out with CDMA/EV-DO.Quote:
Originally Posted by ua549
Nokia is releasing a bunch of phones pretty soon that are UMTS and support GSM 900/1800/1900 AND WCDMA. I can't wait to get my hands on an E70. Not only is it quad-band, but it also supports WLAN and Bluetooth. Connects to everything!
Cingular was an SBC and Bell South partnership that was formed in 2001, the same year AT&T Corp. spun off AT&T Wireless as an independent company.
Cingular purchased AT&T Wireless in 2004.
SBC purchased AT&T Corp. in 2005 then changed its name to AT&T Inc. SBC was the surviving company.
The new AT&T Inc. reached an agreement to purchase Bell South in 2006.
It is important to realize that AT&T Corp., At&T Inc. and AT&T Wireless are/were totally different companies.
Ahh. I see. That clears that up. I had no idea the original Cingular was an SBC/BellSouth creation. I thought it was just BellSouth.Quote:
Originally Posted by ua549
Rules at what? There's a reason Verizon consistently scores higher than all the GSM providers. GSM offers better battery life and that's about it. Voice quality is worse, signal quality is worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by rock
Cingular has more towers than any other provider and yet they still can't manage to finish much higher than 4th every year in the CR studies.
CDMA might be a band-aid for an aging technology, but it's still better than GSM. 3G is probably better than CDMA but the US is so far behind in cell phone technology it's scary.