Re: The solution for the bad CS experiences

AL wrote:
>
> I live in Southern Indiana, Sprint covers I-65 as does T-Mobile. But one
> mile out and T-Mobile is no more. Sprint gets spotty, but could provide
> service. Five miles out and Sprint is no more.

The difference is that (in an emergency) your Sprint phone can roam on AMPS,
even beyond that few miles digital range, while GSM users are SOL if they're
further out than a mile or two from the tower.
My original reason for getting my wife (and I) cell phones in the first place
was for safety in case one's car died out in the boonies.

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Frank Harris wrote:

> Good luck, Steve. It's been nice having you here in the a.c.s. ng.

I'm not going anywhere. Y'all just won't be able to make PCS to PCS calls to
me.

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O/Siris wrote:

> Sorry to hear that Sprint is losing you, Steve. As you've reported,
> it's really a great network, but that customer service...

I have to tell you...

Look up Waalew Road, Apple Valley, CA 92307. It's a back road that runs by
the Apple Valley Airport. I take Waalew frequently to get home from
Victorville and Adelanto.

Between Corwin and Central, T-Mobile doesn't have much coverage (it's good
after you pass Navajo Road, but between the hill on Corwin and Navajo, I
dropped a call two or three times today).

I wouldn't expect anyone to have solid coverage out there - it's hilly and
rural. T-Mobile's is ok. Verizon's was nonexistent. Sprint's, however, is
complete (except on the hill on Corwin, where I dropped calls with Sprint...
and I also dropped calls with Verizon there, and apparently I also drop
calls with T-Mobile there).

Amazingly, Sprint has a tower out here on the "back forty" - right by the
Central/Waalew intersection. I'm going to miss that tower.


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Mij Adyaw wrote:
> I would assume that if I travel on HWY 395 that I will be roaming on
> Verizon's digital network. I live in Southern California and in the very
> rare instance that I do not get a Sprint signal, my phone will roam on
> Verizon's digital network.

Digital?

Last time I roamed in this area, I roamed analog. Not sure where I was
roaming, didn't want to pay for a call to find out. Was between Victorville
and Barstow on National Trails Highway (old US 66).


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