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- 09-18-2003, 06:41 AM #1ALGuest
I received some comments about my possibly going to Cingular GSM.
Cingular in in Indiana has better coverage than Verizon, especially in my
are and the areas I travel.
Several times going to Louisville KY at night results in my not being able
to use Verizon in Kentucky after 9 PM
Also, I like being able to find a Cingular store within fifteen minutes
travel. If I travel forty-five minutes I can find several stores, and they
have real technicians. Verizon has one technician 60-70 miles away in pone
direction, and another in about 100 miles the other direction.
Cingular seems to be doing a better job here than Verizon, and I currently
have both, though my TDMA service has been degrading a little, but that just
means GSM is probably working better on the level that TDMA used to work.
Verizon makes excuses about coverage issues, when they have adequate
coverage, but echoes and dropped calls don't seem to cause any action.
AL
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- 09-18-2003, 03:19 PM #2TSGuest
Re: Cingular GSM in Indiana
I haven't had any issues going from Louisville to Indy and back on Verizon.
There are a couple of spots where the area code divider line occurs that
will normally drop calls - but other then that it seems solid.
I know they use different A vs B sides on analog - but digital should make
this a non-issue.
"AL" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:bKhab.8533$3%[email protected]...
> I received some comments about my possibly going to Cingular GSM.
> Cingular in in Indiana has better coverage than Verizon, especially in my
> are and the areas I travel.
> Several times going to Louisville KY at night results in my not being able
> to use Verizon in Kentucky after 9 PM
>
> Also, I like being able to find a Cingular store within fifteen minutes
> travel. If I travel forty-five minutes I can find several stores, and they
> have real technicians. Verizon has one technician 60-70 miles away in pone
> direction, and another in about 100 miles the other direction.
>
> Cingular seems to be doing a better job here than Verizon, and I currently
> have both, though my TDMA service has been degrading a little, but that
just
> means GSM is probably working better on the level that TDMA used to work.
> Verizon makes excuses about coverage issues, when they have adequate
> coverage, but echoes and dropped calls don't seem to cause any action.
>
> AL
>
>
- 09-18-2003, 03:34 PM #3ALGuest
Re: Cingular GSM in Indiana
I don't have a problem on I-65 either, actually it's covered with Verizon,
Cingular, Nextel, T-Mobile, and Sprint. It's when you go off the beaten path
it becomes a problem.
The County line between Scott and Clark county Verizon goes from "B" system
to "A" system in the Louisville market. That's why it drops, and I'm not
sure it can be fixed. When I have a call drop in that area, and try to call
back immediately, my phone always roams to Sprint. It is something they need
to fix in my opinion.
AL
"TS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I haven't had any issues going from Louisville to Indy and back on
Verizon.
> There are a couple of spots where the area code divider line occurs that
> will normally drop calls - but other then that it seems solid.
>
>
> I know they use different A vs B sides on analog - but digital should make
> this a non-issue.
- 09-18-2003, 04:28 PM #4William BrayGuest
Re: Cingular GSM in Indiana
I'm in Washington, so my response really wont' effect you. It is my
impression that the eastern states have a more contorted cell phone
system. Get off the beaten path? Is your cell phone coverage is more
closely restricted to the highways?
"AL" <[email protected]> wrote in article
<bKhab.8533$3%[email protected]>:
> I received some comments about my possibly going to Cingular GSM.
> Cingular in in Indiana has better coverage than Verizon, especially in my
> are and the areas I travel.
> Several times going to Louisville KY at night results in my not being able
> to use Verizon in Kentucky after 9 PM
>
> Also, I like being able to find a Cingular store within fifteen minutes
> travel. If I travel forty-five minutes I can find several stores, and they
> have real technicians. Verizon has one technician 60-70 miles away in pone
> direction, and another in about 100 miles the other direction.
>
> Cingular seems to be doing a better job here than Verizon, and I currently
> have both, though my TDMA service has been degrading a little, but that just
> means GSM is probably working better on the level that TDMA used to work.
> Verizon makes excuses about coverage issues, when they have adequate
> coverage, but echoes and dropped calls don't seem to cause any action.
>
> AL
>
>
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- 09-18-2003, 04:59 PM #5Steven J SobolGuest
Re: Cingular GSM in Indiana
In alt.cellular AL <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't have a problem on I-65 either, actually it's covered with Verizon,
> Cingular, Nextel, T-Mobile, and Sprint. It's when you go off the beaten path
> it becomes a problem.
>
> The County line between Scott and Clark county Verizon goes from "B" system
> to "A" system in the Louisville market. That's why it drops, and I'm not
> sure it can be fixed. When I have a call drop in that area, and try to call
> back immediately, my phone always roams to Sprint. It is something they need
> to fix in my opinion.
"B" versus "A" shouldn't matter.
You're moving from one SID to another. I don't know if cellular calls
are guaranteed to work across SIDs with any carrier - but someone with
more technical expertise in CDMA should probably address that point.
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- 09-18-2003, 05:16 PM #6jeffGuest
Re: Cingular GSM in Indiana
In article <bKhab.8533$3%[email protected]>, "AL" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I received some comments about my possibly going to Cingular GSM.
>Cingular in in Indiana has better coverage than Verizon, especially in my
>are and the areas I travel.
>Several times going to Louisville KY at night results in my not being able
>to use Verizon in Kentucky after 9 PM
>
>Also, I like being able to find a Cingular store within fifteen minutes
>travel. If I travel forty-five minutes I can find several stores, and they
>have real technicians. Verizon has one technician 60-70 miles away in pone
>direction, and another in about 100 miles the other direction.
>
>Cingular seems to be doing a better job here than Verizon, and I currently
>have both, though my TDMA service has been degrading a little, but that just
>means GSM is probably working better on the level that TDMA used to work.
>Verizon makes excuses about coverage issues, when they have adequate
>coverage, but echoes and dropped calls don't seem to cause any action.
>
>AL
>Not in ZEvansville was with CING for several yeasr best thing I did was go VERIZON that I can say for metero EVV area.
Jeff
>
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