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  1. #1
    Bruce
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    I am thinking of switching carriers. Can you tell me how the GSM coverage
    is in Gainesville & North Florida in general? Are you satisfied with the
    company in general?

    Thanks in advance... Bruce





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  2. #2
    About Dakota
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    Re: Gainesville, FL coverage?



    Bruce wrote:
    > I am thinking of switching carriers. Can you tell me how the GSM coverage
    > is in Gainesville & North Florida in general? Are you satisfied with the
    > company in general?
    >
    > Thanks in advance... Bruce
    >
    >


    I have a Preferred Nation TDMA plan, and I have had great service with
    it. I've never experienced dropped calls (other than when deep inside a
    building, or underground in Disney World when the signal is weak). I've
    had good luck with customer service, when I said my phone wasn't
    charging correctly, they replaced the charger without question. Lately,
    I've been experiencing dropped call in North Dakota (roaming on Western
    Wireless), but that is a network problem of Western Wireless, not
    Cingular. Coverage has been good, and I upgraded to a Sony Ericsson
    T62u, and it's been great.

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  3. #3
    crazyharry
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruce
    I am thinking of switching carriers. Can you tell me how the GSM coverage
    is in Gainesville & North Florida in general? Are you satisfied with the
    company in general?

    Thanks in advance... Bruce
    i have two friends that had former at&t (now cingular) and they have NOTHING but problems!
    they rarely get signal indoors or even on porches
    their favorite phrase goes something like this: "wow! 5 new voice mails and no missed calls! fantastic!!"

    i actually just got cingular (REAL cingular, and a V3 razr) after graduating (my 5 years in college i had sprint pcs and loved it) and now i'm living in miami (where sprint seems to be alot worse than in gainesville for some reason), but i was up in gainesville just a few weeks ago for a few weeks visiting friends and had nothing but problems!
    i found myself cursing cingular while i was in gainesville, when cingular has always worked very well for me in miami and los angeles

    my one friend (who had at&t, i don't know if that has anything to do with it but his problem is so severe that it's worth note) has such a horrible problem that NOBODY can EVER get thru to him, i mean seroiusly, i tried to call this guy once for 30 straight minutes and i got thru once

    his girlfriend CONSTNATLY complains that she can NEVER get thru to him (seriously it's literally like 10% of the time, she's practically about ready to leave him because of it)

    i dunno if it's because of the fact they were former at&t customers and maybe cingular is trying to phase them out by pissing them off enough... or if it's a cingular wide problem
    all i do know is that i was really hating life with my lack of signal when i was in gainesville, especially indoors

    i dunno, i think cingular is unmatched for traveling (my friend always gets singnal in random places like between mountains that i didn't when i was with sprint) but in gainesville... well... maybe you can try it for a month and decide



  4. #4
    Tropical Haven
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    Re: Gainesville, FL coverage?


    Wow, that is exactly the opposite of what I experience here in
    Gainesville. I have an AT&T GSM plan. I live near Glen Springs and
    work in Haile Plantation. Overall I am very happy. I am the only one
    who has been able to make a phone call inside the building where I work,
    everybody else (Verizon, Sprint PCS, Nextel, Alltel, or T-Mobile) have
    to go outside. Best thing would be to borrow a friend's phone and try
    it where you use your phone the most (testing calls, not just looking at
    signal bars). As for North Florida in general, I can't answer that
    because I don't usually leave Gainesville, and when I do I am either on
    an airplane or driving the interstate. I've had no problems whatsoever.




  5. #5
    Steve
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    Re: Gainesville, FL coverage?

    The problem seems to be in Gainesville in areas South of Archer, south of
    exit 384 from I75.

    Center of city is great but the south area is horrible. Even with five bars,
    many calls go right to voice mail.
    Have personally experienced this when visiting the area.

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    Steve
    "Tropical Haven" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:Mf9ff.25101$0l5.10344@dukeread06...
    >
    > Wow, that is exactly the opposite of what I experience here in
    > Gainesville. I have an AT&T GSM plan. I live near Glen Springs and work
    > in Haile Plantation. Overall I am very happy. I am the only one who has
    > been able to make a phone call inside the building where I work, everybody
    > else (Verizon, Sprint PCS, Nextel, Alltel, or T-Mobile) have to go
    > outside. Best thing would be to borrow a friend's phone and try it where
    > you use your phone the most (testing calls, not just looking at signal
    > bars). As for North Florida in general, I can't answer that because I
    > don't usually leave Gainesville, and when I do I am either on an airplane
    > or driving the interstate. I've had no problems whatsoever.
    >






  6. #6
    John Navas
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    Re: Gainesville, FL coverage?

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Fri, 18 Nov 2005
    03:01:30 GMT, "Steve" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >... Even with five bars,
    >many calls go right to voice mail.
    >Have personally experienced this when visiting the area.


    That sounds like a network problem. Call Customer Care and ask for Technical
    Support to report it.

    --
    Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS
    John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
    MY HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>



  7. #7
    Steve
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    Re: Gainesville, FL coverage?

    Of course it's a network problem.
    Dozens of students at the University there have complained and no matter
    what the standard answer is "we aren't getting any other complaints. Did you
    power your phone on and off?".


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    Steve
    "John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
    >
    > In <[email protected]> on Fri, 18 Nov
    > 2005
    > 03:01:30 GMT, "Steve" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >>... Even with five bars,
    >>many calls go right to voice mail.
    >>Have personally experienced this when visiting the area.

    >
    > That sounds like a network problem. Call Customer Care and ask for
    > Technical
    > Support to report it.
    >
    > --
    > Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS
    > John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
    > MY HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    > <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>






  8. #8
    John Navas
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    Re: Gainesville, FL coverage?

    Report it to *Technical Support*, not Customer Care.

    p.s. Please don't switch posting styles (top vs bottom) in mid-thread -- it's
    confusing, and considered a bit rude. Thanks.

    In <[email protected]> on Fri, 18 Nov 2005
    19:54:27 GMT, "Steve" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Of course it's a network problem.
    >Dozens of students at the University there have complained and no matter
    >what the standard answer is "we aren't getting any other complaints. Did you
    >power your phone on and off?".


    >"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected]...
    >>
    >> In <[email protected]> on Fri, 18 Nov
    >> 2005
    >> 03:01:30 GMT, "Steve" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >>>... Even with five bars,
    >>>many calls go right to voice mail.
    >>>Have personally experienced this when visiting the area.

    >>
    >> That sounds like a network problem. Call Customer Care and ask for
    >> Technical
    >> Support to report it.


    --
    Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS
    John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
    MY HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>



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