Comparing Sprint PCS vs. GAIT Service ...

I think you don't really know what you are talking about. If there is an
analog signal, I'll roam on it with my Nokia 3588i. Try these maps for
coverage:

http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...alRoaming.html

http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...ogRoaming.html

Within normal cellular parameters I will have service in AR.

Chris

"bamp" <bampatcenturyteldotnet> wrote in message
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> "bamp" <bampatcenturyteldotnet> wrote in message
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>> "bamp" <bampatcenturyteldotnet> wrote in message
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>>> "Central" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:40:45 -0500, bamp wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> able to use my sprintpcs phone.
>>>>>
>>>>> Time ain't plum forgot us, I've got a neighbor just down the road, got
>>>>> a
>>>>> brand new TV. Now we've got something to do on Saturday nights, other
>>>>> than
>>>>> go out with our cousins. I heard they've even got color TV in Little
>>>>> Rock!!
>>>>> Can't wait till we get it out here.
>>>>>
>>>>> bamp
>>>>
>>>> Well I don't confuse "time forgot" with dating cousins and uneducated
>>>> redneck myths. Simple put there are alot of very very small towns that
>>>> are
>>>> just a town, a church, and maybe a general store of some kind. Good
>>>> places just not where you expect to find the best cell/pcs service.
>>>
>>> Along the Interstate system.
>>>
>>> bamp
>>
>> Here's Sprint's coverage map of AR.
>>
>> http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/co...=1096382838481
>>
>> bamp
>
> That link didn't work, but you can get the map from there.
>
> bamp
>
>

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You would have been better off doing some research about the $5/mo America
option giving you the 'whole' USA before dissing SPCS service (SPCS and
roaming) in AR.

Chris

"bamp" <bampatcenturyteldotnet> wrote in message
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> "Chris Russell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I had both the GAIT plan and SPCS F & C America plan. Dropped Cingular
> due
> to the poor voice quality (echoes, low volume, noises) on 850 mhz
> transition
> GSM systems. Have better coverage nationwide with the $5/mo America
> option
> on the SPCS Free & Clear plan. No problems, much of the roaming is on
> digital (Verizon, others)-much happier with just SPCS (and I travel all
> over
> the country in an 18 wheeler).
>
> Chris
>
> Mainly on Interstates??
>
> If you get off the Interstate in AR, you're SOL with Sprint.
>
> bamp
>
>
>
> "Dan Parks" <unlisted> wrote in message
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>> How does Cingular GAIT coverage compare to Sprint coverage using a
>> dual/tri-band phone?
>>
>> I've been happy with Cingular GAIT service, using a Nokia 6340i. Due
>> to work reasons, I'm considering a switch to Sprint service. I know
>> Sprint offers analog roaming (with a compatible phone).
>>
>> How do these two types of service compare?
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Dan Parks
>>
>
>
>
>

"Chris Russell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> You would have been better off doing some research about the $5/mo America
> option giving you the 'whole' USA before dissing SPCS service (SPCS and
> roaming) in AR.
>
> Chris

Can't you read??? I said I stand corrected!!! But you ain't talking on
Sprint PCS off the Interstate system. Your roaming.

I'm used to talking on Cingular ALL over Arkansas.

bamp

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected]am says...
> I think you don't really know what you are talking about. If there is an
> analog signal, I'll roam on it with my Nokia 3588i. Try these maps for
> coverage:
>
> http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...alRoaming.html
>
> http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...ogRoaming.html
>
> Within normal cellular parameters I will have service in AR.
>
> Chris

Now that's odd. That map shows digital coverage (roaming) throughout
all of central TX. Verizon isn't there--SPCS isn't there.
WesternWireless is further west to northwest. I didn't think there was
any CDMA in CenTx away from the big cities. Anybody know what carrier
they could be using or is the map just as wrong as Cingular's GSM one?
--
Jud
Dallas TX USA

This map from Andrew Shepherd
http://people.ku.edu/~cinema/wireless/southwest.html
shows which cellular (800MHz) carriers have the A- and B-side licenses
in Texas. But it doesn't indicate which have CDMA.

This map
http://people.ku.edu/~cinema/wireles...pcs_block.html
shows that Verizon has PCS (1900MHz) licenses over all of Texas (as does
Sprint PCS), but this doesn't mean they've built any of it out.

Many other interesting maps on Andrew's home page at
http://people.cc.ku.edu/~cinema/wireless/main.html


Jud Hardcastle wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected]am says...
>
>>I think you don't really know what you are talking about. If there is an
>>analog signal, I'll roam on it with my Nokia 3588i. Try these maps for
>>coverage:
>>
>>http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...alRoaming.html
>>
>>http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...ogRoaming.html
>>
>>Within normal cellular parameters I will have service in AR.
>>
>>Chris
>
>
> Now that's odd. That map shows digital coverage (roaming) throughout
> all of central TX. Verizon isn't there--SPCS isn't there.
> WesternWireless is further west to northwest. I didn't think there was
> any CDMA in CenTx away from the big cities. Anybody know what carrier
> they could be using or is the map just as wrong as Cingular's GSM one?

--
Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A620

Recently going form Miami to LA in my 18 wheeler, after I left San Antonio
for about 30 mins I had analog roaming then I had digital roaming all the
way to the El Paso Sprint signal about 40 miles from the city. I tried 611,
but the greeting was just "Customer Care"-no carrier designation. The map
wasn't wrong, I just don't know what carrier I was roaming.

Chris

"Jud Hardcastle" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected]am says...
>> I think you don't really know what you are talking about. If there is an
>> analog signal, I'll roam on it with my Nokia 3588i. Try these maps for
>> coverage:
>>
>> http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...alRoaming.html
>>
>> http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...ogRoaming.html
>>
>> Within normal cellular parameters I will have service in AR.
>>
>> Chris
>
> Now that's odd. That map shows digital coverage (roaming) throughout
> all of central TX. Verizon isn't there--SPCS isn't there.
> WesternWireless is further west to northwest. I didn't think there was
> any CDMA in CenTx away from the big cities. Anybody know what carrier
> they could be using or is the map just as wrong as Cingular's GSM one?
> --
> Jud
> Dallas TX USA
>