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1/19 T-Mobile coverage in the bay area. Good? No?
\_ T-Mobile uses GSM, so they have the exact same
coverage as Cingular(SBC/PacBell), and share the same
towers.
\_ I wish SprintPCS will have same coverage as
Verizon by virtue of both of them using CDMA.
\_ They each can roam onto each others networks, but I don't think
Verizon has any need. There's very few extra places they would
gain reach to, they'd be taking on a bunch of extra traffic at
a lower (to them) price per minute, and they'd nix their single
biggest competitive advantage, which is that their network is
better than everyone else's.
\_ tmobile piggybacks on cingular in some areas, but have
been deploying their own network on their own towers or
their own antennas on someone elses towers
\_ I'm clueless about cellphones. What provider and what type
(GSM vs CDMA) should I go for to have the best coverage (south
bay, SF and Berkeley) and not have a lot of roaming charges?
\_ Coverage is less dependent on technology and based more
on how much your provider is willing to spend on building
dense networks. Sprint sucks. Verizon and AT&T are relatively
good and Cingular tends to oversubscribe. I personally like
GSM because of the removable SIM card which allows you to
take your phone overseas and use a local calling card.
But just to summarize the local providers:
Sprint: CDMA
Verizon: CDMA
AT&T: GSM, non-GSM TDMA
TMobile: GSM
Cingular: GSM
Nextel: iDEN?
\_ What about Japan?
\_ Cingular, DIE DIE DIE!!! Dropped calls (oversubscribe) in densely
populated place, and no signal in some suburbs. DIE DIE DIE!!!!!
I've tried AT&T (GSM) and it's the same shit. I've also tried AT&T
(TDMA) and it's pretty decent. Right now I'm using Verizon. Costs
a lot but it's worth it. |
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