Virgin Mobile (Sprint) Coverage in Greenwich, CT and NYC Areas

Hi All,
I may start using Virgin Mobile soon but wanted to try to get an idea
of their coverage in my area and if other customers are happy w/the
service. I was looking into other prepaid (no contract) services and
liked Virgin's pricing best. I'd only be using the phone for
emergengies, maybe light casual use. I understand Virgin uses Sprints
network. I live in the Greenwich, CT area and would also be using the
phone in NYC. Thanks for any info.

Dan
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Dan-
You are correct. Virgin uses Sprint PCS's native 1900MhZ network. As such,
your coverage would be the exact same as a Sprint user on a Free and Clear
plan. I have been to Greenwich and the phone worked ok. In NYC, I had
major problems trying to make calls during rush hour. Constant circuit busy
messages and dropped calls. This was a year ago though and I am sure things
have improved.

Regards,
Cole

"Dan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
> I may start using Virgin Mobile soon but wanted to try to get an idea
> of their coverage in my area and if other customers are happy w/the
> service. I was looking into other prepaid (no contract) services and
> liked Virgin's pricing best. I'd only be using the phone for
> emergengies, maybe light casual use. I understand Virgin uses Sprints
> network. I live in the Greenwich, CT area and would also be using the
> phone in NYC. Thanks for any info.
>
> Dan
> [email protected]
> Remove NOSPAM from address when replying

I live in NYC and never have problems making calls. Well, that's not
completely true, the other night about 11:00pm or midnight I was talking to
someone and the call dropped. When I tried to call back it said circuits
were busy, then I tried to call again right away and I got popped into my
friends voice mail. He's also on Sprint and lives in NYC but where he lives
he never really gets a good signal anyway, Starat City in Brooklyn. This is
only one of the maybe handful on times I've had problems in the two years
(exactly) I've been with them. I mean there's always the "signal loss or bad
signal in certain locations" but that can't be avoided, even this there
wasn't too many though.

"CK" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:QnOzb.23573$o9.23288@fed1read07...
> Dan-
> You are correct. Virgin uses Sprint PCS's native 1900MhZ network. As
such,
> your coverage would be the exact same as a Sprint user on a Free and Clear
> plan. I have been to Greenwich and the phone worked ok. In NYC, I had
> major problems trying to make calls during rush hour. Constant circuit
busy
> messages and dropped calls. This was a year ago though and I am sure
things
> have improved.
>
> Regards,
> Cole
>
> "Dan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi All,
> > I may start using Virgin Mobile soon but wanted to try to get an idea
> > of their coverage in my area and if other customers are happy w/the
> > service. I was looking into other prepaid (no contract) services and
> > liked Virgin's pricing best. I'd only be using the phone for
> > emergengies, maybe light casual use. I understand Virgin uses Sprints
> > network. I live in the Greenwich, CT area and would also be using the
> > phone in NYC. Thanks for any info.
> >
> > Dan
> > [email protected]
> > Remove NOSPAM from address when replying
>
>