Is US Cellular ever going to upgrade thier data speeds?

I was just wondering bwcause they will be the last of the larger carriers to do so, and frankly I am tired of roaming on them with 56k internet lol.

So my question is does anyone think they will be upgrading anytime soon?

Chris
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Here is my 2 cents

I believe USCC considers themselves a regional provider with excellent service where they exist. They have very satisfied existing customer & are probably not in too much of a hurry to go EVDO.

Having said that, they did buy a lot of frequency spectrum at the last auction in my area, so maybe they are in an expansion mode.

Hopefully they will prove me to be a liar & annouce a data speed upgrade soon for your sake & all other USCC customers.
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thankfully i am not a USCC customer, just an unhappy roamer LOL!

lol, I am not either but I was a happy roamer since the reception on USCC was much better than Verizon from my house. I actually forced my Verizon phones to roam on USCC when at home.
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I think you will see them upgrade. It is just a matter of making sure their ducks are in a row. I have heard they are a good company if you are fortunate enough to have them in your area.

I used to have them, they are the last on my list for customer service...
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Originally Posted by chrisoverly

I used to have them, they are the last on my list for customer service...
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Ah!, So you had problems with their CS. Sorry to hear that. I have no experience with that ofcource but the people at the corporate store in here were always willing to help.
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Put it this way, if I repeated what the customer service people did and told me, I would no longer be a member of this forum. I also had many problems with text messaging and especially at the time had a major problem finding a decent phone (their phone selection was less than most carriers).

uscc is installing the evdo equipment as fast as they can now and it will be in 40% of uscc markets by the end of this year and the rest will be upgraded as fast as they can. i know nortel and i thing Motorola got some of the contracts but it is finely coming and this is according to their CEO john Rooney.

I talked to a US Cellular employee who was just in a meeting regarding US Cellulars EVDO coverage.

He said that Milwaukee has been online for some time now and that Chicagoland was going to be on this Monday, October 27, 2008.

I live in Peoria, IL so this doesn't help me but he did say that it takes about 12 months to install the equipment in all the towers in downstate IL so it will be at least a year for EVDO for me.

Anyone know the speed of US Cellular's 1X network in kbps? I know they say dial up speeds but is it faster then 56k?

1x actually runs from 40-58 or so Kbps.....

at least in my area... it can do more, but they just don't have it set up that way for USCC.

Chris

uscc is rolling out evdo market by market just wait a little longer it will be in most markets this year so just hold on if you like their coverage which is the best in eastern , north carolina.

Any idea if there going to add EVDO to there Pacific North West market? If they are any time when it will be complete? I feel like up here were US Cellulars step headed sister.

Originally Posted by dylanp

Any idea if there going to add EVDO to there Pacific North West market? If they are any time when it will be complete? I feel like up here were US Cellulars step headed sister.

we don't have it here either but i am staying with uscc when i got my house i had Alltel and i couldn't use the phone in the house and then uscc put a tower about a 1/4 mile from the house. i can stand in my back yard and see a uscc tower thats how uscc does they will put a tower in a rural area if needed and Alltel still has not put a tower out here. uscc is putting evdo in all of their markets and they are trying to get it done this year. hang tight its coming.

It was released to US Cell customers (And probably missed because it came with a bill) that expected coverage for EVDO will be completed 3rd and 4th quarter this year