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spillblood · 02-28-2005, 08:01 PM

bell canada and i m going to leave soon rogers has a much better plan

vinaur · 03-01-2005, 05:42 AM

I have t-mobile family plan (4 lines). 1000 whenever minutes, unlimited nights and weekends, unlimited mobile-to-mobile. All of this for $100. The coverage is alright, I expect it to grow since it's a relativelly new company in US. I always wandered, though, why does US have like the worst coverage ever compared to the European companies. Even in Lithuania (that's where I am originally from), which is definitelly not the richest country in the world, you get like 99% coverage. I mean sure the area that they have to cover is much smaller, but then again US can afford to spend way more. I find it odd that a lot of people in the US don't even have cell phones.

FloydianOne · 03-01-2005, 08:58 PM

Im in Atlanta, GA and have Verizon Wireless... Ive gone all around the southeast and have yet to drop signal. We used to have sprint and had both for awhile (while sprint contract ran out) and it was amazing the places that sprint would drop and verizon would have 4 bars... even though if you look at verizon vs. sprint's coverage maps in South they are very similar. Ive got the Motorola V265.

pinoychink790 · 03-01-2005, 09:01 PM

Cingular. I like the service. It's pretty good with my high-tech cellphone and everything. The phone is great! it has snake!

hambone · 03-01-2005, 09:05 PM

Verizon here. In network makes me smile

tres · 03-03-2005, 07:05 AM

I've run through the gamet of companies myself, I started out with MCIWorldorder..uh I mean worldcom..

After months of billing issues with them, I switched to sprint for a while, I had a good service with them, but could never got a good plan and never got signal in my house, switched to Verizon V60 and thought that was awsome, but then got a job, and switched to Nextel. Nextel direct connect was awsome,, but the phone service sucked...badly..... Eventually returned to verizon, currently have the Family plan with 1200 shared min peak. nights and weekends. the "IN" pland and Love the service. I get signal almost anywhere.. Although, being in the Fire Department I wish I had a direct connect service. We shall see what the sprint/nextel merger does. If they take the sprint voice and put it with the nextel direct connect that should be a really sweet service. Once this is rolled out, I'll give that a try. With the number portability now, you really can't lose.

Bratwurst · 03-03-2005, 12:27 PM

I'm using Nextel right now. I have a Blackberry 7510, one of the blue ones with a color screen. I really like it, I used to use it for work and I had a crew of guys with the same device. It was great since we would use direct connect for work. but now I don't know anyone else with a nextel phone that I would direct connect so that feature is kind of worthless for me now. If I had to get a new phone i would probably switch to Verizon since they supposedly have the best coverage in DC. Their phones work underground in the metro, no other provider's do. I think thats an unfair business advantage!

Grasshopper Green · 03-06-2005, 06:18 PM

I just switched from Sprint to Cingular and I love it so far. I have an LG 1440 phone. I had a piece of crap LG with Sprint that they wouldn't trade in because they said I hadn't been with them for 18 months....this coming after I'd been with them for 2 years. Also, when I moved from NC to UT and wanted to change my number, I had to sign another year long contract. My sister has nightmare customer service issues with them. I hate Sprint.

edit: three months later and I'm still loving Cingular. Have never had a problem getting a connection, and our plan is so much better than the piece of shit one I had with Sprint.

TexanAvenger · 03-06-2005, 07:09 PM

I'm with Cingular, and I'm really likin' them. Coverage is good, plan is reasonable, etc.

I've got a Nokia 6590i... the one apparently so crappy that whenever I've gone into a phone store looking for a new faceplate (I'm rough with these things...) the associates've never even heard of it. And it's bite-size... However, it both makes and receives calls, I don't really ask for much more.

pan6467 · 07-05-2005, 08:13 PM

I'm with T-Mobile and just upgraded from a samsung r225 to a Siemens CF62T flip phone.

My signal isn't bad excpt in my apartment complex area and everyone I talk to has problems regardless of their carrier.

I am disappointed in the fact that T-Mobile wouldn't just add the price to my contract and bill me extra each month, I gladly would have bought a more expensive phone that way. Instead I have to pay $55 and then once I get the phone I get a $20 or $25 mail in rebate.

I was with Verizon before (started pre-pay then joined with wife) and they weren't bad, very few drops but I get a much better coverage area with T-Mobile. My Ex wife had Sprint before we got married and she said it was just horrid. My mother has Alltel and my stepfather has Nextel through his company and neither offer as good a coverage as I have and they seem to get dropped my often than I do.

I started with T-Mobile because of bad credit. It was either them or Cingular from the multi-carrier dealer and even though he said he made more selling Cingular he recommended for my needs T-Mobile. (Needless to say the dealer is no longer in business.) T-Mobile was cheaper, offered more minutes, has a better coverage area, and the phone offered was better quality.

I have read the reviews on here and as far as T-Mobile and credit.... I lost my credit card and had to get a new one, in doing so T-Mobile wasn't able to do the auto bill. They called me about 2 weeks after my bill was due and told me I had exceded my credit and needed to pay. I appologized profusely and paid and had no disruption of service or any other calls or hate mail..... nor any credit bad ratings. If anything T-Mobile has truly helped my credit rating.

Like I said, the biggest problem I have with them is I would have liked a better upgrade and would have even gladly paid more on my monthly bill for one, but they are very cheap on upgrades and for me at least, had me pay immediately.

Overall experiences with cell phone carriers:

T-Mobile = despite the phone upgrade issues, by far the best I or anyone in my family has dealt with.

Verizon = not bad, gave me an extremely cheap phone to start with and with analog service not very clear. Although Free-it-up is a great and the cheapest pay per use out there.... or was when I first started.

Alltel and Nextel = poor coverage areas, good selection of phones but have to have excellent credit to get them and they are expensive.

Sprint = very expensive for my ex., poor buyout rates, bad coverage at that time, and again very cheap with phones and demanding of better credit ratings to accept you.

Just my opinion..... everyone seems to have different experiences with companies and everyone seems to have their preferences.... which is good otherwise we'd all have the same phones and the same service and outrageous bills because there would be no competition.

tres · 07-06-2005, 03:43 AM

The funny thing about cell phones and companies.... is #1 Is an ever changing world.... #2 It DOES make a difference weather you get the $20 phone or the $100 phone #3 No matter what company you are will, none of them will be 100% all the time... not yet anyway....

My first company was MCI Worldcom back in 2000, and at the time.. its blew... we all know how that ended..... then was Sprint in 2001-2002 at the time, it was the best out there... with Verizon very close... Never did AT&T ever appeal to me... After I ditched my Sprint I went with Verizon since in 2002 they upped their services big time... I think Spirnt is a decent service currently, but Verizon is still top.. I know now that At&T getting there... but personally, still not a fan... As far as nextel goes.... all they really have going for them was the two way... other than that the cell service is by far the most in need of improvement...

catback · 07-08-2005, 08:31 AM

Started with Sprint in early '99 when service was great and had 3 phones from them until they turned massively popular and went to shit and I dumped them in dec '01. Got my next phone from AT&T in jan of '03, and service was awesome up until a few months after cingular took over. After cingular took over, all good things went to hell. Decided to dump them for making my service shitty and got my current service from nextel. Coverage area from nextel leaves room for improvement but I'm happy I'm not roaming in the middle of a strong coverage area like I did after cingular took over AT&T.

keyshawn · 07-11-2005, 08:43 AM

My parents have been with verizon, since 1997....a very long time in the world of cell phones ^_^
[My dad got one for his business]

Looks like I'm going to go with them too, getting my first phone tonight !

catcha back on the flipside,
will.

msf518 · 07-12-2005, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rdr4evr

I am with Verizon, have been since I've had a cell. I have the LG VX 4400. Normally Verizon has exceptional service, but lately I have been having shit for service, I think it is time for a new phone.

Exactly my phone and situation recently with Verizon. Had this phone 2 years so its about time for a new one.

03-01-2005, 09:05 PM	#85 (permalink)
hambone Zeroed In Location: CA	Verizon here. In network makes me smile __________________ "Like liquid white from fallen glass, Nothing to cry over"

03-03-2005, 12:27 PM	#87 (permalink)
Bratwurst Insane Location: La la land	I'm using Nextel right now. I have a Blackberry 7510, one of the blue ones with a color screen. I really like it, I used to use it for work and I had a crew of guys with the same device. It was great since we would use direct connect for work. but now I don't know anyone else with a nextel phone that I would direct connect so that feature is kind of worthless for me now. If I had to get a new phone i would probably switch to Verizon since they supposedly have the best coverage in DC. Their phones work underground in the metro, no other provider's do. I think thats an unfair business advantage! __________________ 40

03-06-2005, 06:18 PM	#88 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	I just switched from Sprint to Cingular and I love it so far. I have an LG 1440 phone. I had a piece of crap LG with Sprint that they wouldn't trade in because they said I hadn't been with them for 18 months....this coming after I'd been with them for 2 years. Also, when I moved from NC to UT and wanted to change my number, I had to sign another year long contract. My sister has nightmare customer service issues with them. I hate Sprint. edit: three months later and I'm still loving Cingular. Have never had a problem getting a connection, and our plan is so much better than the piece of shit one I had with Sprint. __________________ "They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king" Formerly Medusa Last edited by Grasshopper Green; 07-11-2005 at 09:41 AM.. Reason: adding more info

07-05-2005, 08:13 PM	#90 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	I'm with T-Mobile and just upgraded from a samsung r225 to a Siemens CF62T flip phone. My signal isn't bad excpt in my apartment complex area and everyone I talk to has problems regardless of their carrier. I am disappointed in the fact that T-Mobile wouldn't just add the price to my contract and bill me extra each month, I gladly would have bought a more expensive phone that way. Instead I have to pay $55 and then once I get the phone I get a $20 or $25 mail in rebate. I was with Verizon before (started pre-pay then joined with wife) and they weren't bad, very few drops but I get a much better coverage area with T-Mobile. My Ex wife had Sprint before we got married and she said it was just horrid. My mother has Alltel and my stepfather has Nextel through his company and neither offer as good a coverage as I have and they seem to get dropped my often than I do. I started with T-Mobile because of bad credit. It was either them or Cingular from the multi-carrier dealer and even though he said he made more selling Cingular he recommended for my needs T-Mobile. (Needless to say the dealer is no longer in business.) T-Mobile was cheaper, offered more minutes, has a better coverage area, and the phone offered was better quality. I have read the reviews on here and as far as T-Mobile and credit.... I lost my credit card and had to get a new one, in doing so T-Mobile wasn't able to do the auto bill. They called me about 2 weeks after my bill was due and told me I had exceded my credit and needed to pay. I appologized profusely and paid and had no disruption of service or any other calls or hate mail..... nor any credit bad ratings. If anything T-Mobile has truly helped my credit rating. Like I said, the biggest problem I have with them is I would have liked a better upgrade and would have even gladly paid more on my monthly bill for one, but they are very cheap on upgrades and for me at least, had me pay immediately. Overall experiences with cell phone carriers: T-Mobile = despite the phone upgrade issues, by far the best I or anyone in my family has dealt with. Verizon = not bad, gave me an extremely cheap phone to start with and with analog service not very clear. Although Free-it-up is a great and the cheapest pay per use out there.... or was when I first started. Alltel and Nextel = poor coverage areas, good selection of phones but have to have excellent credit to get them and they are expensive. Sprint = very expensive for my ex., poor buyout rates, bad coverage at that time, and again very cheap with phones and demanding of better credit ratings to accept you. Just my opinion..... everyone seems to have different experiences with companies and everyone seems to have their preferences.... which is good otherwise we'd all have the same phones and the same service and outrageous bills because there would be no competition. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"

07-06-2005, 03:43 AM	#91 (permalink)
tres Insane Location: Long Island, NY	The funny thing about cell phones and companies.... is #1 Is an ever changing world.... #2 It DOES make a difference weather you get the $20 phone or the $100 phone #3 No matter what company you are will, none of them will be 100% all the time... not yet anyway.... My first company was MCI Worldcom back in 2000, and at the time.. its blew... we all know how that ended..... then was Sprint in 2001-2002 at the time, it was the best out there... with Verizon very close... Never did AT&T ever appeal to me... After I ditched my Sprint I went with Verizon since in 2002 they upped their services big time... I think Spirnt is a decent service currently, but Verizon is still top.. I know now that At&T getting there... but personally, still not a fan... As far as nextel goes.... all they really have going for them was the two way... other than that the cell service is by far the most in need of improvement... __________________ "Its better to be hated for who you are, then loved for what your not" --Van Zant "Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

02-28-2005, 08:01 PM	#81 (permalink)
spillblood Tilted	bell canada and i m going to leave soon rogers has a much better plan

03-01-2005, 05:42 AM	#82 (permalink)
vinaur Insane	I have t-mobile family plan (4 lines). 1000 whenever minutes, unlimited nights and weekends, unlimited mobile-to-mobile. All of this for $100. The coverage is alright, I expect it to grow since it's a relativelly new company in US. I always wandered, though, why does US have like the worst coverage ever compared to the European companies. Even in Lithuania (that's where I am originally from), which is definitelly not the richest country in the world, you get like 99% coverage. I mean sure the area that they have to cover is much smaller, but then again US can afford to spend way more. I find it odd that a lot of people in the US don't even have cell phones.

03-01-2005, 08:58 PM	#83 (permalink)
FloydianOne Crazy	Im in Atlanta, GA and have Verizon Wireless... Ive gone all around the southeast and have yet to drop signal. We used to have sprint and had both for awhile (while sprint contract ran out) and it was amazing the places that sprint would drop and verizon would have 4 bars... even though if you look at verizon vs. sprint's coverage maps in South they are very similar. Ive got the Motorola V265.

03-01-2005, 09:01 PM	#84 (permalink)
pinoychink790 Loser Location: McDonald's Playland	Cingular. I like the service. It's pretty good with my high-tech cellphone and everything. The phone is great! it has snake!

03-03-2005, 07:05 AM	#86 (permalink)
tres Insane Location: Long Island, NY	I've run through the gamet of companies myself, I started out with MCIWorldorder..uh I mean worldcom.. After months of billing issues with them, I switched to sprint for a while, I had a good service with them, but could never got a good plan and never got signal in my house, switched to Verizon V60 and thought that was awsome, but then got a job, and switched to Nextel. Nextel direct connect was awsome,, but the phone service sucked...badly..... Eventually returned to verizon, currently have the Family plan with 1200 shared min peak. nights and weekends. the "IN" pland and Love the service. I get signal almost anywhere.. Although, being in the Fire Department I wish I had a direct connect service. We shall see what the sprint/nextel merger does. If they take the sprint voice and put it with the nextel direct connect that should be a really sweet service. Once this is rolled out, I'll give that a try. With the number portability now, you really can't lose.

03-06-2005, 07:09 PM	#89 (permalink)
TexanAvenger Born-Again New Guy Location: Unfound.	I'm with Cingular, and I'm really likin' them. Coverage is good, plan is reasonable, etc. I've got a Nokia 6590i... the one apparently so crappy that whenever I've gone into a phone store looking for a new faceplate (I'm rough with these things...) the associates've never even heard of it. And it's bite-size... However, it both makes and receives calls, I don't really ask for much more.

07-08-2005, 08:31 AM	#92 (permalink)
catback Psycho Location: North America	Started with Sprint in early '99 when service was great and had 3 phones from them until they turned massively popular and went to shit and I dumped them in dec '01. Got my next phone from AT&T in jan of '03, and service was awesome up until a few months after cingular took over. After cingular took over, all good things went to hell. Decided to dump them for making my service shitty and got my current service from nextel. Coverage area from nextel leaves room for improvement but I'm happy I'm not roaming in the middle of a strong coverage area like I did after cingular took over AT&T.

07-11-2005, 08:43 AM	#93 (permalink)
keyshawn Psycho	My parents have been with verizon, since 1997....a very long time in the world of cell phones ^_^ [My dad got one for his business] Looks like I'm going to go with them too, getting my first phone tonight ! catcha back on the flipside, will. __________________ currently reading: currently playing :