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2004/8/13-15 [Consumer/CellPhone] UID:32892 Activity:moderate
8/13    periodic motd poll.  Bay Area mobile phone companies
        who do you use, do they suck/rule?
        \_ Verizon:  Great signal, lousy price and phone selection
           Customer service is pretty good, and EV-DO (400kbit) service should
           be rolled out around Christmas.
           \_ Will it be a low flat fee like Sprint and T-Mobile?  More info
              please
        \_ AT&T: Great phones, decent prices, signal is hit or miss.
           New GSM system will give you whichever is the stronger of
           AT&T or Cingular.  Haven't seen the old Cingular GSM problem
           yet where you couldn't get a line out.  Old AT&T TDMA system
           gets progressively worse and worse as they shift resources.
           \_ Agreed.  Also, their customer service is now back to average
              after several months of being useless.
           \_ Same here.  Great phone, great price, lousy signal.  Seems like
              it's the opposite of Verizon.
        \_ Any experience with T-Mobile in the Bay Area?
           \_ Yeah, I used it for a year and switched back to Verizon.
              I couldn't get a signal at all at the office in the
              Financial District and had to stand on the porch to
              make a phone call at home (in Noe Valley). -ausman
           \_ My wife and I switched from AT&T TDMA to T-M early this year.
              Great plans, nice phones, and pretty good coverage, we've
              found (in the Berkeley area).
              \_ How good is T-M coverage on campus?  Specifically, around
                 Tolman?  Thanks.
                 \_ seemed ok driving by on Hearst, but I'm not in that area
                    often.  Can check next week if you like.  It's so-so on
                    5th floor cory - mds
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