Re: Tracfone: only uses own towers/network ??

Frank wrote:
> I called the Tracfone cust. service number today to get some details
> on coverage areas. She insisted that Tracfone uses only its own
> towers, etc.

As far as I know, Tracfone doesn't own its own network, so that'd be difficult.

>Their coverage map of the Richmond, VA area shows much
> more complete coverage than Verizon - especially in the sparse rural
> areas.

Well, maybe they use Cingular or Alltel or someone else in central VA - they
don't use the same carrier everywhere, except for their Net10 prepaid
service which exclusively uses Cingular GSM.

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