Gainesville, FL coverage?

I am thinking of switching carriers. Can you tell me how the GSM coverage
is in Gainesville & North Florida in general? Are you satisfied with the
company in general?

Thanks in advance... Bruce

Bruce wrote:
> I am thinking of switching carriers. Can you tell me how the GSM coverage
> is in Gainesville & North Florida in general? Are you satisfied with the
> company in general?
>
> Thanks in advance... Bruce
>
>

I have a Preferred Nation TDMA plan, and I have had great service with
it. I've never experienced dropped calls (other than when deep inside a
building, or underground in Disney World when the signal is weak). I've
had good luck with customer service, when I said my phone wasn't
charging correctly, they replaced the charger without question. Lately,
I've been experiencing dropped call in North Dakota (roaming on Western
Wireless), but that is a network problem of Western Wireless, not
Cingular. Coverage has been good, and I upgraded to a Sony Ericsson
T62u, and it's been great.

AD

i have two friends that had former at&t (now cingular) and they have NOTHING but problems!
they rarely get signal indoors or even on porches
their favorite phrase goes something like this: "wow! 5 new voice mails and no missed calls! fantastic!!"

i actually just got cingular (REAL cingular, and a V3 razr) after graduating (my 5 years in college i had sprint pcs and loved it) and now i'm living in miami (where sprint seems to be alot worse than in gainesville for some reason), but i was up in gainesville just a few weeks ago for a few weeks visiting friends and had nothing but problems!
i found myself cursing cingular while i was in gainesville, when cingular has always worked very well for me in miami and los angeles

my one friend (who had at&t, i don't know if that has anything to do with it but his problem is so severe that it's worth note) has such a horrible problem that NOBODY can EVER get thru to him, i mean seroiusly, i tried to call this guy once for 30 straight minutes and i got thru once

his girlfriend CONSTNATLY complains that she can NEVER get thru to him (seriously it's literally like 10% of the time, she's practically about ready to leave him because of it)

i dunno if it's because of the fact they were former at&t customers and maybe cingular is trying to phase them out by pissing them off enough... or if it's a cingular wide problem
all i do know is that i was really hating life with my lack of signal when i was in gainesville, especially indoors

i dunno, i think cingular is unmatched for traveling (my friend always gets singnal in random places like between mountains that i didn't when i was with sprint) but in gainesville... well... maybe you can try it for a month and decide

Wow, that is exactly the opposite of what I experience here in
Gainesville. I have an AT&T GSM plan. I live near Glen Springs and
work in Haile Plantation. Overall I am very happy. I am the only one
who has been able to make a phone call inside the building where I work,
everybody else (Verizon, Sprint PCS, Nextel, Alltel, or T-Mobile) have
to go outside. Best thing would be to borrow a friend's phone and try
it where you use your phone the most (testing calls, not just looking at
signal bars). As for North Florida in general, I can't answer that
because I don't usually leave Gainesville, and when I do I am either on
an airplane or driving the interstate. I've had no problems whatsoever.

The problem seems to be in Gainesville in areas South of Archer, south of
exit 384 from I75.

Center of city is great but the south area is horrible. Even with five bars,
many calls go right to voice mail.
Have personally experienced this when visiting the area.

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Steve
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>
> Wow, that is exactly the opposite of what I experience here in
> Gainesville. I have an AT&T GSM plan. I live near Glen Springs and work
> in Haile Plantation. Overall I am very happy. I am the only one who has
> been able to make a phone call inside the building where I work, everybody
> else (Verizon, Sprint PCS, Nextel, Alltel, or T-Mobile) have to go
> outside. Best thing would be to borrow a friend's phone and try it where
> you use your phone the most (testing calls, not just looking at signal
> bars). As for North Florida in general, I can't answer that because I
> don't usually leave Gainesville, and when I do I am either on an airplane
> or driving the interstate. I've had no problems whatsoever.
>

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In <eubff.1473$wf.1338@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.n et> on Fri, 18 Nov 2005
03:01:30 GMT, "Steve" <nr4p@NOJUNKearthlink.net> wrote:

>... Even with five bars,
>many calls go right to voice mail.
>Have personally experienced this when visiting the area.

That sounds like a network problem. Call Customer Care and ask for Technical
Support to report it.

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Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
MY HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
<http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

Of course it's a network problem.
Dozens of students at the University there have complained and no matter
what the standard answer is "we aren't getting any other complaints. Did you
power your phone on and off?".


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Steve
"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
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> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <eubff.1473$wf.1338@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.n et> on Fri, 18 Nov
> 2005
> 03:01:30 GMT, "Steve" <nr4p@NOJUNKearthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>... Even with five bars,
>>many calls go right to voice mail.
>>Have personally experienced this when visiting the area.
>
> That sounds like a network problem. Call Customer Care and ask for
> Technical
> Support to report it.
>
> --
> Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS
> John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
> MY HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
> <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

Report it to *Technical Support*, not Customer Care.

p.s. Please don't switch posting styles (top vs bottom) in mid-thread -- it's
confusing, and considered a bit rude. Thanks.

In <Tjqff.10066$2y.7416@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink. net> on Fri, 18 Nov 2005
19:54:27 GMT, "Steve" <nr4p@NOJUNKearthlink.net> wrote:

> Of course it's a network problem.
>Dozens of students at the University there have complained and no matter
>what the standard answer is "we aren't getting any other complaints. Did you
>power your phone on and off?".

>"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>news:aAnff.123575$zb5.38153@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>
>> In <eubff.1473$wf.1338@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.n et> on Fri, 18 Nov
>> 2005
>> 03:01:30 GMT, "Steve" <nr4p@NOJUNKearthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>... Even with five bars,
>>>many calls go right to voice mail.
>>>Have personally experienced this when visiting the area.
>>
>> That sounds like a network problem. Call Customer Care and ask for
>> Technical
>> Support to report it.

--
Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
MY HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
<http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>