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- 10-26-2003, 09:41 PM #1Andy M --Tampa Bay--Guest
i'm looking to switch to sprint PCS once LNP comes into effect. i'm in
gainesville, florida. Would appreciate feedback regarding call quality,
signal strengths, customer service, coverage, dropped calls, network issues,
etc.
also, if u could recommend a good cheap phone (i'm a student and don't need
any fancy stuff, a non-color display phone will do). dual-band would be
useful.
thanks
daudi
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- 10-28-2003, 09:56 AM #2mcdgiGuest
Re: coverage in gainesville, FL
"Andy M --Tampa Bay--" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> i'm looking to switch to sprint PCS once LNP comes into effect. i'm in
> gainesville, florida. Would appreciate feedback regarding call quality,
> signal strengths, customer service, coverage, dropped calls, network
issues,
> etc.
I work midway between Gainesville and Tampa, go all over Florida.
Generally, I am pretty happy with Sprint coverage, including the
Gainseville area. I used to have ATT which would roam in Gainesville, not
always successfully, and ATTs data package never worked more than a few
miles north of Ocala. Sprint both phone and the vision data package seemed
to work pretty well on my trips through and around Gainesville. Overall,
Sprint has been a positive experience, the only downside I see to them is
that customer service is prone to giving out misinformation, but to be fair,
is not universally so. I have seen significant improvement in C/S ,
getting through to a tech takes less and less time, and usually, the ones I
reach are a little sharper then what I remember they were when I had to call
when I first signed up in July. I think in July they had people in India
trying to answer C/S calls . Ok if you speak Indian I suppose. But that it
sounded like to me. In any event, as time goes by, I have less and less need
to interact with them anyway except for oddball stuff that comes up.
There are some deadspots of relatively short length north of Gainesville on
I75, I think north of Alachua High Springs, as you get into the hill
country midway between Lake City and Gainesville.
Coverage statewide - and I go all over the state, Pensacola to Jax to the
keys - is pretty dang good, actually superior to ATT which I had before.
Some dead spots in the Ocala national forest, along I-10 midway between
Tally and Pensi, but that was true of ATT. Seems to work better in upper
keys than ATT. Data coverage outstanding by comparison statewide. One or
two dead spots on I-75 around Brooksville, also same as ATT.
Dropped calls are infrequent but do happen. I think they happen more often
than I remember it happening on ATT. I also see "network busy" errors from
time to time, but they are transient, simply redial and they go away.
Nuisance yes but a minor one.
I use a the 5300, wife the 8100. These phones have the camera feature
(which has proven to be extremely useful for work) and both have analog
capability. You don't want a phone that can't go analog when the digital
signal fades
Best plan for heavy use is Free and Clear America, not to be confused Free
and Clear, and often is. Difference is likelihood of getting hit with
roaming charges. There are lots of places you can get hit with roaming
charges if you travel alot and you need to be protected from that - if your
usage pattern supports it.
Hope that helps
- 10-28-2003, 10:22 PM #3Andy M --Tampa Bay--Guest
Re: coverage in gainesville, FL
hey thanks a lot...
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| "Andy M --Tampa Bay--" <[email protected]> wrote in message
| news:[email protected]...
| > i'm looking to switch to sprint PCS once LNP comes into effect. i'm in
| > gainesville, florida. Would appreciate feedback regarding call quality,
| > signal strengths, customer service, coverage, dropped calls, network
| issues,
| > etc.
|
| I work midway between Gainesville and Tampa, go all over Florida.
| Generally, I am pretty happy with Sprint coverage, including the
| Gainseville area. I used to have ATT which would roam in Gainesville, not
| always successfully, and ATTs data package never worked more than a few
| miles north of Ocala. Sprint both phone and the vision data package
seemed
| to work pretty well on my trips through and around Gainesville. Overall,
| Sprint has been a positive experience, the only downside I see to them is
| that customer service is prone to giving out misinformation, but to be
fair,
| is not universally so. I have seen significant improvement in C/S ,
| getting through to a tech takes less and less time, and usually, the ones
I
| reach are a little sharper then what I remember they were when I had to
call
| when I first signed up in July. I think in July they had people in India
| trying to answer C/S calls . Ok if you speak Indian I suppose. But that
it
| sounded like to me. In any event, as time goes by, I have less and less
need
| to interact with them anyway except for oddball stuff that comes up.
|
| There are some deadspots of relatively short length north of Gainesville
on
| I75, I think north of Alachua High Springs, as you get into the hill
| country midway between Lake City and Gainesville.
|
| Coverage statewide - and I go all over the state, Pensacola to Jax to the
| keys - is pretty dang good, actually superior to ATT which I had before.
| Some dead spots in the Ocala national forest, along I-10 midway between
| Tally and Pensi, but that was true of ATT. Seems to work better in upper
| keys than ATT. Data coverage outstanding by comparison statewide. One
or
| two dead spots on I-75 around Brooksville, also same as ATT.
|
| Dropped calls are infrequent but do happen. I think they happen more often
| than I remember it happening on ATT. I also see "network busy" errors from
| time to time, but they are transient, simply redial and they go away.
| Nuisance yes but a minor one.
|
| I use a the 5300, wife the 8100. These phones have the camera feature
| (which has proven to be extremely useful for work) and both have analog
| capability. You don't want a phone that can't go analog when the digital
| signal fades
|
| Best plan for heavy use is Free and Clear America, not to be confused Free
| and Clear, and often is. Difference is likelihood of getting hit with
| roaming charges. There are lots of places you can get hit with roaming
| charges if you travel alot and you need to be protected from that - if
your
| usage pattern supports it.
|
| Hope that helps
|
|
|
|
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|
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