John Navas (or any others that might know): how to get Cingular to add coverage?

My wife and I have Cingular phones (v180 and v551) and we have a dead spot
in the housing development around our house. I called and had my wife
switched to "blue" since they thought that might get better coverage, but it
just takes her from no signal to one bar (sometimes). They acknowledge that
seems to be a dead spot and the local sales people all know about it as well
(although they don't say anything about it until later). There is a tower
which they could use not far from us.

I could live with the increased coverage since I use my landline from home
anyway, but I am also on the Planning Commission for my city, and we are
approving more development in that area. I think it would be good business
for them to get coverage in this area, as well as good for the city
development, and wonder who I should contact about it. There is a tower
just sitting there for them to lease space on (unless they can't do it for
some reason).

Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

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"VBM" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My wife and I have Cingular phones (v180 and v551) and we have a dead spot
> in the housing development around our house. I called and had my wife
> switched to "blue" since they thought that might get better coverage, but
it
> just takes her from no signal to one bar (sometimes). They acknowledge
that
> seems to be a dead spot and the local sales people all know about it as
well
> (although they don't say anything about it until later). There is a tower
> which they could use not far from us.
>
> I could live with the increased coverage since I use my landline from home
> anyway, but I am also on the Planning Commission for my city, and we are
> approving more development in that area. I think it would be good
business
> for them to get coverage in this area, as well as good for the city
> development, and wonder who I should contact about it. There is a tower
> just sitting there for them to lease space on (unless they can't do it for
> some reason).
>
> Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
>
>

If its a small dead spot, then it's north worth their investment to lease
space on a tower. In addition to the multiple directional antennas req'd,
there's expensive equipment, telco lines, battery backup and then of course,
the monthly lease.

They probably did the math and lose a few thousand dollars a month by losing
some community or spend over $1m equipment cost plus $5k/month lease to
serve a few folks.


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Steve
"VBM" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My wife and I have Cingular phones (v180 and v551) and we have a dead spot
> in the housing development around our house. I called and had my wife
> switched to "blue" since they thought that might get better coverage, but
> it
> just takes her from no signal to one bar (sometimes). They acknowledge
> that
> seems to be a dead spot and the local sales people all know about it as
> well
> (although they don't say anything about it until later). There is a tower
> which they could use not far from us.
>
> I could live with the increased coverage since I use my landline from home
> anyway, but I am also on the Planning Commission for my city, and we are
> approving more development in that area. I think it would be good
> business
> for them to get coverage in this area, as well as good for the city
> development, and wonder who I should contact about it. There is a tower
> just sitting there for them to lease space on (unless they can't do it for
> some reason).
>
> Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
>
>

Makes sense. I will have to test out how big of a dead spot it is and see
if it would be worth their while.

"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> If its a small dead spot, then it's north worth their investment to lease
> space on a tower. In addition to the multiple directional antennas req'd,
> there's expensive equipment, telco lines, battery backup and then of
course,
> the monthly lease.
>
> They probably did the math and lose a few thousand dollars a month by
losing
> some community or spend over $1m equipment cost plus $5k/month lease to
> serve a few folks.
>
>
> --
> Steve
> "VBM" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > My wife and I have Cingular phones (v180 and v551) and we have a dead
spot
> > in the housing development around our house. I called and had my wife
> > switched to "blue" since they thought that might get better coverage,
but
> > it
> > just takes her from no signal to one bar (sometimes). They acknowledge
> > that
> > seems to be a dead spot and the local sales people all know about it as
> > well
> > (although they don't say anything about it until later). There is a
tower
> > which they could use not far from us.
> >
> > I could live with the increased coverage since I use my landline from
home
> > anyway, but I am also on the Planning Commission for my city, and we are
> > approving more development in that area. I think it would be good
> > business
> > for them to get coverage in this area, as well as good for the city
> > development, and wonder who I should contact about it. There is a tower
> > just sitting there for them to lease space on (unless they can't do it
for
> > some reason).
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
> >
> >
>
>