Cingular V. Verizon Albany, NY

My contract is expiring with Verizon and I am thinking about switching to
Cingular. I live in the Albany, NY area and mainly use my phone in the
northeast. Any comments on coverage? Thanks.
-Phil

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In <uISDd.136492$AL5.123138@twister.nyroc.rr.com> on Sat, 08 Jan 2005 15:09:14
GMT, "Philip Sternklar" <psternkl@nycap.rr.com> wrote:

>My contract is expiring with Verizon and I am thinking about switching to
>Cingular. I live in the Albany, NY area and mainly use my phone in the
>northeast. Any comments on coverage? Thanks.

Your best bet is to sign up for a new phone and try it. You have 30 days to
cancel without penalty.

--
Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
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> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <uISDd.136492$AL5.123138@twister.nyroc.rr.com> on Sat, 08 Jan 2005
15:09:14
> GMT, "Philip Sternklar" <psternkl@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >My contract is expiring with Verizon and I am thinking about switching to
> >Cingular. I live in the Albany, NY area and mainly use my phone in the
> >northeast. Any comments on coverage? Thanks.
>
> Your best bet is to sign up for a new phone and try it. You have 30 days
to
> cancel without penalty.
>
> --
> Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
> John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

John,

Stop telling everyone they have 30 days free. They don't. They have 30 days
or 30 minutes of call time, whichever comes first.

> Stop telling everyone they have 30 days free. They don't. They have 30
> days
> or 30 minutes of call time, whichever comes first.

Not according to the Cingular Terms of Service; it explains it quite
clearly.
http://www.cingular.com/download/Cin...%20Service.pdf

>>Your best bet is to sign up for a new phone and try it. You have 30 days
>
> to
>
>>cancel without penalty.
>>
>>--
>>Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
>>John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>
>
>
> John,
>
> Stop telling everyone they have 30 days free. They don't. They have 30 days
> or 30 minutes of call time, whichever comes first.

You don't get 30 days FREE. You get thirty days to cancel WITHOUT early
termination fees. There is a difference. You pay activation, and for
whatever features you used (including roaming, if applicable) for the
time period in which you had the phone.

TH

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In <34bctnF46gkp4U1@individual.net> on Sat, 8 Jan 2005 19:38:55 -0500, "Alan"
<not.me@rcn.com> wrote:

>"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>newsOUDd.774$m31.8557@typhoon.sonic.net...

>> Your best bet is to sign up for a new phone and try it. You have 30 days to
>> cancel without penalty.

>Stop telling everyone they have 30 days free. They don't. ...

They do.

--
Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

John Navas wrote:
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> In <34bctnF46gkp4U1@individual.net> on Sat, 8 Jan 2005 19:38:55 -0500, "Alan"
> <not.me@rcn.com> wrote:
>
>
>>"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>>newsOUDd.774$m31.8557@typhoon.sonic.net...
>
>
>>>Your best bet is to sign up for a new phone and try it. You have 30 days to
>>>cancel without penalty.
>
>
>>Stop telling everyone they have 30 days free. They don't. ...
>
>
> They do.
>
Both of you are correct, so stop argueing over the verbage.

Chip

Cingular is very good in Albany NY. In my experience coverage is
even better than Verizon, just make sure your phone support 850 and
1900 bands


On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 15:09:14 GMT, "Philip Sternklar"
<psternkl@nycap.rr.com> wrote:

>My contract is expiring with Verizon and I am thinking about switching to
>Cingular. I live in the Albany, NY area and mainly use my phone in the
>northeast. Any comments on coverage? Thanks.
>-Phil
>

In article <10u59a4evtn4qcc@corp.supernews.com>,
Ralph Blach <rblach@NOSPAMintrex..XXXnet> wrote:

> John Navas wrote:
> > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
> >
> > In <34bctnF46gkp4U1@individual.net> on Sat, 8 Jan 2005 19:38:55 -0500,
> > "Alan"
> > <not.me@rcn.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
> >>newsOUDd.774$m31.8557@typhoon.sonic.net...
> >
> >
> >>>Your best bet is to sign up for a new phone and try it. You have 30 days
> >>>to
> >>>cancel without penalty.
> >
> >
> >>Stop telling everyone they have 30 days free. They don't. ...
> >
> >
> > They do.
> >
> Both of you are correct, so stop argueing over the verbage.

It'll cost them about a $100 with a typical $39 plan to try out a pphone
for 30 days.

Jack Zwick wrote:
> In article <10u59a4evtn4qcc@corp.supernews.com>,
> Ralph Blach <rblach@NOSPAMintrex..XXXnet> wrote:
>
>
>>John Navas wrote:
>>

> It'll cost them about a $100 with a typical $39 plan to try out a pphone
> for 30 days.

And it'll cost them an extra $200 to try it out for 31 days instead of 30.

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In <jzwick3-83B8B3.12291510012005@news1.west.earthlink.net> on Mon, 10 Jan
2005 18:30:46 GMT, Jack "FUDMEISTER" Zwick <jzwick3@mindspring.com> wrote:

>It'll cost them about a $100 with a typical $39 plan to try out a pphone
>for 30 days.

Nope.

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Best regards,
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/>

"A little learning is a dangerous thing." [Alexander Pope]
"It is better to sit in silence and appear ignorant,
than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." [Mark Twain]

Oh, that was fun... I use it here (Albany area) as well, and like the
coverage...was AT&T and the use anyones cell tower with no roaming charge is
a great feature...UT OH the Verbage POLICE are coming... I better add (with
the national calling plan at 39.99 or 59.99 plan only) heh heh Marci Dam was
a Verizon only location fyi, not that cell coverage should have been there
anyway, but it was with one of the 2 Verizon phones last summer...
"Philip Sternklar" <psternkl@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:uISDd.136492$AL5.123138@twister.nyroc.rr.com. ..
> My contract is expiring with Verizon and I am thinking about switching to
> Cingular. I live in the Albany, NY area and mainly use my phone in the
> northeast. Any comments on coverage? Thanks.
> -Phil
>

You will also benefit if you wait till your contract has fully expired, as
the online deals regularly feature free fones reduced activations and even
pay you money for using them (wirefly, inphonic, etc)
"Philip Sternklar" <psternkl@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:uISDd.136492$AL5.123138@twister.nyroc.rr.com. ..
> My contract is expiring with Verizon and I am thinking about switching to
> Cingular. I live in the Albany, NY area and mainly use my phone in the
> northeast. Any comments on coverage? Thanks.
> -Phil
>