Do I need a better phone or provider?

marx404 wrote:
> Need some intelligent input to help with connectivity issue here. (so Navas,
> be nice, k?) The wife and I have Moto V557 phones. We live in NE South
> Carolina, 32 mi. N of Florence, SC. My wife can call me and get thru most of
> the time, but if I call her, it most of the time goes straight to VM even
> though she has the phone on.

Sounds like the tower where she is located does not have sufficient
capacity so the calls go to voice mail. When she's initiating the call,
she gets dibs on a slot for an outgoing call.

> My 2 yr contract ends in Nov. and I am deciding on what I need to do. If the
> problem IS our phones, what is the best full-featured phone that I can get
> when (and if) I upgrade my phone to fix all these problems? TIA

A different handset isn't going to make a lot of difference.

You're probably better off on Alltel, even without AMPS. The AMPS helps
in rural areas, but will likely be turned off in urban and suburban
areas as soon as the law allows. Alltel is a very highly rated carrier,
often as good as Verizon.

What I worry about is whether the carriers will turn off all the AMPS in
2008, even when there is no digital to take its place.

You can see a good example of what AMPS buys you in places in California:

GSM coverage:
"http://i16.tinypic.com/6faifso.jpg"

CDMA/AMPS coverage (tri-mode phone):
"http://i19.tinypic.com/5xg52x5.jpg".

There are similar types of maps all over Northern California, including
some rural parts of the Bay Area counties


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Geezuz, my frikken scroll wheel is wearing out! Is it because of short term
memory that you guys always post the OP and all replies in your reply? Oh
well, had to rant, it took me 10 min this morn. to scroll, scroll, scroll
thru this post. :-)


Thanks for the all the good replies. I will be checking out Altell when my
contract runs out, talking to locals in both counties here (above and below
the Darlington Racetrack) Cingular is iffy at best and virtually no
connectivity issues with Altell.

In conclusion, what a shame that now Cingular is the new "att" service
hasn't improved. As a former AT&T Wireless customer and employee I am quite
dissapointed. Thanks again.


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marx404

On Thu, 31 May 2007 07:30:05 -0400, "marx404" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Geezuz, my frikken scroll wheel is wearing out! Is it because of short term
>memory that you guys always post the OP and all replies in your reply? Oh
>well, had to rant, it took me 10 min this morn. to scroll, scroll, scroll
>thru this post. :-)
>
>
>Thanks for the all the good replies. I will be checking out Altell when my
>contract runs out, talking to locals in both counties here (above and below
>the Darlington Racetrack) Cingular is iffy at best and virtually no
>connectivity issues with Altell.
>

Again why stay with Cingular. If they are not providing service, you
should get out of your contract, people do it for free EVERY DAY,
you just need to stand up for yourself.

>In conclusion, what a shame that now Cingular is the new "att" service
>hasn't improved. As a former AT&T Wireless customer and employee I am quite
>dissapointed. Thanks again.

I agree, if Cingy is giving you a hard time, or you don't care for them,
then change, and this isn't ment as a pert answer, I have heard bad and good
about all US providers, my brother in law had a bad time with Cingular, and
went to VW and he's happy. I had just the opposite.

Recently I went to Sprint for mobile broadband, with the provided corporate
discount and EVDO-A it came to $15 less per month over what Cingy was going
to charge me, and there isn't 3g service where I live. (YET). If they do
provide it, and its hsdpa by me, and they match or come close to Sprints
rates, I may switch, even if it costs me a termination fee if the service is
significantly better.

On Thu, 31 May 2007 07:30:05 -0400, "marx404" <[email protected]> wrote in
<[email protected]>:

>In conclusion, what a shame that now Cingular is the new "att" service
>hasn't improved.

It actually has in many areas.

>As a former AT&T Wireless customer and employee I am quite
>dissapointed. Thanks again.

What does that have to do with it? Should they build a tower just for
you?

No one carrier is best or even good in all areas. It's simply not
possible. So go with whatever carrier gives you the best combination of
coverage and service in areas you care about most.

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Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>