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- 04-25-2006, 01:01 PM #1Guest
Sorry if this has been covered; I haven't seen a recent post about it.
I'm moving back to DC soon. I had Verizon before, which was great, but
I hate how they are hijacking their phones, so I'm considering moving
to Cingular.
My question: what can you tell me about the coverage in the DC area?
Any plans for Cingular to work in the Metro? And how is the coverage
between DC out to the beaches?
Thanks!
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- 04-25-2006, 02:57 PM #2SMSGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
[email protected] wrote:
> Sorry if this has been covered; I haven't seen a recent post about it.
>
> I'm moving back to DC soon. I had Verizon before, which was great, but
> I hate how they are hijacking their phones, so I'm considering moving
> to Cingular.
>
> My question: what can you tell me about the coverage in the DC area?
> Any plans for Cingular to work in the Metro? And how is the coverage
> between DC out to the beaches?
Other than the lack of coverage in the Metro, Cingular is okay in DC.
Verizon is much better of course, as evidenced by both the JD Power and
Consumer Reports surveys.
- 04-25-2006, 04:53 PM #3John NavasGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
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In <[email protected]> on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:57:28
-0700, SMS <[email protected]> wrote:
>[email protected] wrote:
>> Sorry if this has been covered; I haven't seen a recent post about it.
>>
>> I'm moving back to DC soon. I had Verizon before, which was great, but
>> I hate how they are hijacking their phones, so I'm considering moving
>> to Cingular.
>>
>> My question: what can you tell me about the coverage in the DC area?
>> Any plans for Cingular to work in the Metro? And how is the coverage
>> between DC out to the beaches?
>
>Other than the lack of coverage in the Metro, Cingular is okay in DC.
>
>Verizon is much better of course, as evidenced by both the JD Power and
>Consumer Reports surveys.
Not true. Differences between carriers are small.
--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
- 04-25-2006, 09:01 PM #4pltrgystGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:53:30 GMT, John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I'm moving back to DC soon. I had Verizon before, which was great, but
>>> I hate how they are hijacking their phones, so I'm considering moving
>>> to Cingular.
>>>
>>> My question: what can you tell me about the coverage in the DC area?
>>> Any plans for Cingular to work in the Metro? And how is the coverage
>>> between DC out to the beaches?
>>
>>Other than the lack of coverage in the Metro, Cingular is okay in DC.
>>
>>Verizon is much better of course, as evidenced by both the JD Power and
>>Consumer Reports surveys.
>
>Not true. Differences between carriers are small.
I live in Alexandria, inside the DC beltway, and have both. I find essentially
no difference between them anywhere inside and around the DC beltway, up to and
in Baltimore, or over past Annapolis to the Delaware beaches.
What we do notice is when we travel -- the Verizon phone works much, much better
in most major cities that we visit, including San Francisco, Atlanta, and
Denver.
-- Larry
- 04-25-2006, 09:08 PM #5SMSGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
pltrgyst wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:53:30 GMT, John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>> I'm moving back to DC soon. I had Verizon before, which was great, but
>>>> I hate how they are hijacking their phones, so I'm considering moving
>>>> to Cingular.
>>>>
>>>> My question: what can you tell me about the coverage in the DC area?
>>>> Any plans for Cingular to work in the Metro? And how is the coverage
>>>> between DC out to the beaches?
>>> Other than the lack of coverage in the Metro, Cingular is okay in DC.
>>>
>>> Verizon is much better of course, as evidenced by both the JD Power and
>>> Consumer Reports surveys.
>> Not true. Differences between carriers are small.
>
> I live in Alexandria, inside the DC beltway, and have both. I find essentially
> no difference between them anywhere inside and around the DC beltway, up to and
> in Baltimore, or over past Annapolis to the Delaware beaches.
I was in that area in February, including Alexandria. The Cingular phone
worked fine, except in the Metro, which I was using a lot.
> What we do notice is when we travel -- the Verizon phone works much, much better
> in most major cities that we visit, including San Francisco, Atlanta, and
> Denver.
I haven't been to Denver in a while, but in Atlanta and the SF Bay Area,
you're correct about Verizon being much better. All the surveys show the
same thing.
- 04-25-2006, 09:55 PM #6John NavasGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
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In <[email protected]> on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:08:39
-0700, SMS <[email protected]> wrote:
>I haven't been to Denver in a while, but in Atlanta and the SF Bay Area,
>you're correct about Verizon being much better. All the surveys show the
>same thing.
Nope.
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Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
- 04-25-2006, 11:49 PM #7SMSGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
[email protected] wrote:
> Any plans for Cingular to work in the Metro?
See
"http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2006/02/20/story1.html?page=2"
Within a year or two, you might be able to use Cingular in the Metro. I
found it very useful to be able to call from the Metro, as I was often
meeting people in the area, and wanted to coordinate where and when to meet.
I agree that it sucks regarding what Verizon does to its phones, but are
you sure that you are mad enough about this to sacrifice the coverage
that Verizon provides?
- 04-26-2006, 08:28 AM #8wpbearGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
I like the rollover, but it would be nice for it to work in the metro.
Frustrated to see a verizon caller when I have no service. The other
advantage is the deal they give with a voice plan for their pc card
data plan. They have excellent coverage on their high speed data and
with voice it is only $59.95. Same deal as cingular but better
coverage with the Verizon for the data. Above ground the voice coerage
in DC is the same as Verizon, in my experince.
--
wpbear
- 04-26-2006, 09:06 AM #9SMSGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
wpbear wrote:
> I like the rollover, but it would be nice for it to work in the metro.
> Frustrated to see a verizon caller when I have no service. The other
> advantage is the deal they give with a voice plan for their pc card
> data plan. They have excellent coverage on their high speed data and
> with voice it is only $59.95. Same deal as cingular but better
> coverage with the Verizon for the data. Above ground the voice coerage
> in DC is the same as Verizon, in my experince.
In my short time there in February, I found the same. Having coverage in
the Metro can be a big plus for some people (including tourists). It
looks like that the other carriers will eventually have coverage in the
Metro, because Verizon will be forced to lease space on its "towers" to
other carriers that want to cover the Metro.
The other advantage of the Verizon data service, besides having far more
coverage (EV-DO versus HSPDPA) is that it is higher speed than what
Cingular offers.
- 04-26-2006, 07:06 PM #10wpbearGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
SMS Wrote:
>
> In my short time there in February, I found the same. Having coverage
> in
> the Metro can be a big plus for some people (including tourists). It
> looks like that the other carriers will eventually have coverage in
> the
> Metro, because Verizon will be forced to lease space on its "towers"
> to
> other carriers that want to cover the Metro.
>
> The other advantage of the Verizon data service, besides having far
> more
> coverage (EV-DO versus HSPDPA) is that it is higher speed than what
> Cingular offers.
Excatly you just said it much better than I did!
--
wpbear
- 04-27-2006, 03:41 PM #11tom glaabGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
> I live in Alexandria, inside the DC beltway, and have both. I find essentially
> no difference between them anywhere inside and around the DC beltway, up to and
> in Baltimore, or over past Annapolis to the Delaware beaches.
Inside the Beltway I've seen comparable coverage from VZW and Cingular.
However I've gotten a lot more fast-busy signals on VZW and had to use
my Cingular phone to actually make a call.
When you head south you'll find a lot of areas that are covered by
"partner" networks. If you're on a national plan that only covers
native VZW networks you may get hit with roaming bills. I love
Cingular's national plans because if you have a signal, it's a "free"
call.
> What we do notice is when we travel -- the Verizon phone works much, much better
> in most major cities that we visit, including San Francisco, Atlanta, and
> Denver.
I just can't stand the CDMA voice quality, but that might just be the
crappy VZW-hijacked phone.
tg.
- 04-27-2006, 04:04 PM #12SMSGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
tom glaab wrote:
> When you head south you'll find a lot of areas that are covered by
> "partner" networks. If you're on a national plan that only covers
> native VZW networks you may get hit with roaming bills.
Verizon does not offer any plans that allow roaming, you can only use
partner networks.
Whether this is bad or good, for either carrier, is open to debate, as
it means that in some areas you get no coverage at all, even though
there is a compatible network.
> I love
> Cingular's national plans because if you have a signal, it's a "free"
> call.
Same with Verizon. For better or for worse.
> I just can't stand the CDMA voice quality, but that might just be the
> crappy VZW-hijacked phone.
I'm sure it is, since every test has shown that CDMA voice quality is
better than GSM voice quality.
- 05-01-2006, 11:32 PM #13John NavasGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
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In <[email protected]> on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:04:22
-0700, SMS <[email protected]> wrote:
>tom glaab wrote:
>> I just can't stand the CDMA voice quality, but that might just be the
>> crappy VZW-hijacked phone.
>
>I'm sure it is, since every test has shown that CDMA voice quality is
>better than GSM voice quality.
Actually just the opposite.
--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
- 05-01-2006, 11:33 PM #14John NavasGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
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In <[email protected]> on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:06:01
-0700, SMS <[email protected]> wrote:
>The other advantage of the Verizon data service, besides having far more
>coverage (EV-DO versus HSPDPA) is that it is higher speed than what
>Cingular offers.
Not true. In addition, Cingular has a $20/month unlimited package that's far
less expensive than Verizon.
--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
- 05-03-2006, 08:24 AM #15Bill KearneyGuest
Re: Cingular in DC area
> I agree that it sucks regarding what Verizon does to its phones, but are
> you sure that you are mad enough about this to sacrifice the coverage
> that Verizon provides?
Yes, and their all-around disregard for customer use of services is enough
to tell them to **** off. They cripple the phones, block IP ports, throttle
services and nickel-and-dime you for every least-little add-on feature. NO
THANKS.
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