tracfone vs. virgin mobile

Hello all,
I purchased a brand new tracfone (pre-paid phone)
and so far, the phone works great here in atlanta area.

I haven't ventured outside my local area.

The only problem is that it requires me to buy a card
every 60 days. With virgin mobile, I have to buy a card
every 90 days.

I read about virgin mobile using the sprint network and
was wondering how the two compare in terms
of best coverage and signal strength.

Let me know your experiences.

Thanks

"ap" <corsica@ragingbull.com> wrote in message
> Thanks for replying.
>
> I have a nokia 1100.
>

JoshIII responds: josh3i@hotmail.com

I'm in the upstate of south carolina, but have a cousin that lives in
Cumming, GA (northeast atlanta).

I had my TracFones (Nokia 1100 and 5180i) with me when I visited him.

The 5180i (TracFone) carrier is Verizon. The 1100 (TracFone) carrier is
Cingular GSM.

The 5180i has slightly better coverage than the 1100 in low lying areas
(lots of hills in and around Atlanta). As long as terrain is relatively
flat or near the top of hills, the coverage Cingular GSM provides is
excellent in and around Atlanta.

I have the Nokia 1100 for the single rate (no roaming charge) and the 5180i
(2units/minute roaming rate) for the good coverage carriers, i.e.,
Verizon/Alltel/et.al. The 5180i TracFone roams on several different
networks.

I always take both TracFones with me when I am on the road and out of the
local calling area, just in case I don't have a digital signal with the
Nokia 1100. All GSM cellphones require a digital signal, and have no
provision to fall back to analog like the 5180i (CDMA) model.

JoshIII, 16JAN06
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