Sprint coverage in L.A. & S. CA

Virgin Mobile, which uses Sprint for connection has wonderful coverage in N.
Texas where I am, but a friend who lives in Palm Springs is unsure if the
coverage there would be comparable to the great coverage that Cingular
offers there. So... just how good is Sprint in S. CA? thanks

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Sprint rules southern California. Sprint and Verizon are about equal here.
If for some reason you don't have Sprint coverage in Kaulifournia, you will
roam on Verizon and therefore you have the best of both worlds.

"X-Zone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Virgin Mobile, which uses Sprint for connection has wonderful coverage in
> N. Texas where I am, but a friend who lives in Palm Springs is unsure if
> the coverage there would be comparable to the great coverage that Cingular
> offers there. So... just how good is Sprint in S. CA? thanks
>

It's been mentioned here before but try out the interactive, zoomable map at

http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/co...twideNetwk.jsp

Enter in your target zip code and start clicking away. I tested four
locations I've used the phone recently, including the LA area, and I found
the maps to be pretty accurate with respect to signal strength.

"Mij Adyaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Li8Zg.1023$zf3.774@fed1read03...
> Sprint rules southern California. Sprint and Verizon are about equal here.
> If for some reason you don't have Sprint coverage in Kaulifournia, you
> will roam on Verizon and therefore you have the best of both worlds.
>
> "X-Zone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news[email protected]...
>> Virgin Mobile, which uses Sprint for connection has wonderful coverage in
>> N. Texas where I am, but a friend who lives in Palm Springs is unsure if
>> the coverage there would be comparable to the great coverage that
>> Cingular offers there. So... just how good is Sprint in S. CA? thanks
>>
>
>

In article <[email protected]>, X-Zone wrote:
> Virgin Mobile, which uses Sprint for connection has wonderful coverage in N.
> Texas where I am, but a friend who lives in Palm Springs is unsure if the
> coverage there would be comparable to the great coverage that Cingular
> offers there. So... just how good is Sprint in S. CA? thanks

Really depends on what part.

Specifically where are you talking about?

Out in the outlying areas of Orange County, you can pretty much bank on
what Mij tells you. I live up in the High Desert and can give you data on
the Inland Empire, in particular up here and down in San Bernardino.

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At 17 Oct 2006 10:21:47 -0700 Mij Adyaw wrote:
> Sprint rules southern California. Sprint and Verizon are about equal
here.
> If for some reason you don't have Sprint coverage in Kaulifournia, you
will
> roam on Verizon and therefore you have the best of both worlds.

Not with Virgin Mobile (which was the subject of the OP's post,) you won't.
IIRC, they use native Sprint coverage
only.



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X-Zone wrote:
> Virgin Mobile, which uses Sprint for connection has wonderful coverage in N.
> Texas where I am, but a friend who lives in Palm Springs is unsure if the
> coverage there would be comparable to the great coverage that Cingular
> offers there. So... just how good is Sprint in S. CA? thanks

I live in Palm Springs and I can tell you that the sprint coverage
spans the whole valley. There is a dead spot near edom hill, but all
cells except nextel drop signal there. I dont have a powervision phone
so i cant tell you how that is, but my non PV phone can keep a 100kps
video stream with out hickups.

Specifically where are you talking about?

I'm talking about the zone ranging between Indio and San Bernadino.

Good to know... thanks
"creeper" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> X-Zone wrote:
>> Virgin Mobile, which uses Sprint for connection has wonderful coverage in
>> N.
>> Texas where I am, but a friend who lives in Palm Springs is unsure if the
>> coverage there would be comparable to the great coverage that Cingular
>> offers there. So... just how good is Sprint in S. CA? thanks
>
> I live in Palm Springs and I can tell you that the sprint coverage
> spans the whole valley. There is a dead spot near edom hill, but all
> cells except nextel drop signal there. I dont have a powervision phone
> so i cant tell you how that is, but my non PV phone can keep a 100kps
> video stream with out hickups.
>

X-Zone wrote:
> Specifically where are you talking about?
>
> I'm talking about the zone ranging between Indio and San Bernadino.

Coverage is fine along there. I don't think you'd be disappointed.

"X-Zone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> Virgin Mobile, which uses Sprint for connection has wonderful coverage in
> N. Texas where I am, but a friend who lives in Palm Springs is unsure if
> the coverage there would be comparable to the great coverage that Cingular
> offers there. So... just how good is Sprint in S. CA? thanks

I realize I'm piping in late here, but you or your friend ought to check out
Sprint's on line coverage maps as someone else suggested. They have really
improved the coverage maps to breakdown types of coverage in each
neighborhood. Pretty impressive ...

Bob

Sprint isn't so hot in SoCal, I have been here a year now and service
is spotty at best.
In many cases, the only place where I can consistently receive and make
calls is on
the highways. I've been a Sprint/Nextel Customer for over a decade and
a mobile user
for nearly as long and this is the most dissatisfied I have ever been.
In my previous locale
of Chicago, Sprint worked fine.

On Oct 17, 9:50 am, "X-Zone" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Virgin Mobile, which uses Sprint for connection has wonderful coverage in N.
> Texas where I am, but a friend who lives in Palm Springs is unsure if the
> coverage there would be comparable to the great coverage that Cingular
> offers there. So... just how good is Sprint in S. CA? thanks

"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Sprint isn't so hot in SoCal, I have been here a year now and service
> is spotty at best.
> In many cases, the only place where I can consistently receive and
> make calls is on
> the highways. I've been a Sprint/Nextel Customer for over a decade and
> a mobile user
> for nearly as long and this is the most dissatisfied I have ever been.
> In my previous locale
> of Chicago, Sprint worked fine.
>
> On Oct 17, 9:50 am, "X-Zone" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Virgin Mobile, which uses Sprint for connection has wonderful
>> coverage in N. Texas where I am, but a friend who lives in Palm
>> Springs is unsure if the coverage there would be comparable to the
>> great coverage that Cingular offers there. So... just how good is
>> Sprint in S. CA? thanks
>
>
We use out phones for emergancy use pretty much all the time. We are on the
west side and . We usually are at the Sony Studios or Paramount. In any
case I know of no dead spots at all. Please let me knnow where they are

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
> Sprint isn't so hot in SoCal, I have been here a year now and service
> is spotty at best.

Which part of SoCal?

> In many cases, the only place where I can consistently receive and make
> calls is on
> the highways.

Which part of SoCal?

> a mobile user
> for nearly as long and this is the most dissatisfied I have ever been.
> In my previous locale
> of Chicago, Sprint worked fine.

Again... there are plenty of places where Sprint works fine in Southern
California. There may be some where Sprint doesn't work fine, but for you
to say the coverage sucks means nothing unless you let us know where it sucks.

For example, in my area of SoCal which is half(ish) rural and half(ish)
"suburban", up in the High Desert, Verizon has better coverage way out in
the sticks, north of Victorville between there and Barstow. Sprint has none.
East, going towards Lucerne, Sprint has coverage way out past the edge of
Verizon's coverage (except that Verizon has coverage on Highway 18 between
Apple Valley and Lucerne Valley).

So, it all depends on your specific location.

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