I use Verizon, am have always had excellent service!
in particular, they function flawlessly under the many tunnels we have
under the rivers of NYC
I have never failed to a cell signal, when others using AT&T could not
make or receive calls
- iz
Rhhickok wrote:
Verizon has been good to me. Been using them since 1995. A little
advice, forget all the bells and whistles(internet, camera, etc.) and
just go with what a cell phone was intended to be, a cell phone.
Ted Novak
TRA#5512
Rhhickok wrote:
I agree
I used to have internet, text paging, etc. but never made use of it in
practice. I stopped those services three years ago.
GPS for E911 is handy, but I think it is standard in even the cheapest
phones now, so the company can meet its compliance schedule
- iz
nedtovak wrote:
I have Verizon and it works everywhere I've ever gone, except in my
house.......it's kind of annoying but worth it when I go
anywhere.......the guy across the street sells T-mobile, he said get
Verizon. :-) And I much prefer the more fragile flip phone, as I have
this terrrible habit of forgetting to hit the end button......in fact a
guy I was working with had his one piece in his pants pocket an
unbeknownst to him his squeezing in the elevator he had hit the phone
home button along with the send......his wife was listening while he
was putting the moves on a woman on the elevator.......until his pocket
started yelling at him..... :-D
bummer! That's what keypad locks are for, and that's why I never set my
phone to auto-answer.
I was having breakfast at a company outing in Montauk, LI (ritzy place),
and my lawyer 'returns my call' (seems he was on vacation too). I
apparently pressed his programmed number button at some point. Had a
nice chat, but I was worrying how much he was going to charge me for the
call. He didn't though :)
- iz
Chuck Rudy wrote:
I wonder if they got prepaid cell services in the states as well? in taiwan
we have these SIM cards that we can buy at a convience store that has a
number, and voicemail too. You buy the card and it comes with some minutes
on it, and once you're done with those minutes you just buy a recharge
card... of course if you got too many stalkers/threatening calls or whatever
you can just take out the SIM card and throw it in a ditch or something and
get a new one...
My dad used something like that way back in WWII. Something to do with 2
Campbell's soup cans and quite a
bit 'o string. Or was that Bit 'O Honey?
Randy
I used to have Motorolas, but the past three years I've had Audiovox and
have found them to be durable and reliable as well.
One word of advice though - don't buy a cellphone that is hinged
(flip-open).
I challenge everyone who has one to drop it from a six foot height (the
top of your head is close enough) onto concrete, and I do the same with
mine. I have yet to have any takers from the flip-open crowd.
Mine have only had a battery pop out and minor scratches.
- iz
Phil Stein wrote:
Exactly the reason why every cell phone I've gotten I've made sure there
were no moving parts(except the antenna). I also always get a leather
case as well. My current cell is a Kyocera 2135 and considering how
many times I've dropped it there are no scratches whatsoever.
Ted Novak
TRA#5512
Ismaeel Abdur-Rasheed wrote:
F the 6 foot drop challenge. Be a man & throw it against the wall
like I do. Yes it is hinged. I've done this many thimes with many
Motorola phones & haven't broken one yet. I do the 6 foot drop at
least once a week.
Phil Stein
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:07:24 GMT, Ismaeel Abdur-Rasheed
I'm not afraid to test it. I usually need a new phone every 18 months
but, all things considered, that's not bad.
Phil
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:57:38 GMT, Ismaeel Abdur-Rasheed
if you are in a rural area, check to see who has local service.
the traveling execs that come to visit can never get theirs to work in our
area unless they have the same service as the local area
I'd suggest talking to people in your intended usage area, to see how
the coverage is in places you intend to use the phone.
You'd be surprised at where dead spots can crop up. I have Sprint, and
there are a couple of spots in town where I'll drop the signal, every
time. I even spent a year working in a building where the coverage was
horrible, as the local antenna was on the roof of the building!
-Kevin
Good point. My company gives me an AT&T cell phone when I'm on call. From
home, the ONLY place it works is from the corner of pur master beedroom. Any
where else, and I have trouble getting out or answering calls.
My el-cheapo analog emergency use only phone works fine from any where in
the house.
Remember those commericals with the static. Well, that's analog. With
digital, if you can't get a clear perfect signal, you get NOTHING AT ALL.
Take THAT Chris Taylor!
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I use ATT my son uses Verizon. I get service almost anywhere, he has
sporatic service in the outlying areas of Los Angeles. My program is the
same as his, maybe a tad better. We both have Motorola flip phones (much
better than the Nokia crap or any of the other phones IMHO. I got my phone
for free with a rebate, his was $100 with the rebate.
If you live anywhere in the western USA, no one has better coverage than
Verizon. I have checked the coverage maps about every six months, and
Verizon still covers more as local, and takes in most everything else as
roaming, which only costs you minutes on most plans.
However, if you are extremely dollar conscious (as in $10 either way would
make a choice difference) then ATT might have better plans. All the
companies recently changed their plans to be more competitive, so I don't
know who is currently best for minutes vs. $$$ vs. call times/plans. I
would check it out.
Personally, I have been with Verizon for about 3 years, and am a heavy user
($100~$150/month). I used to use the StarTac line (several model
iterations, all out of date, but man have I ammassed a pile of widgets) and
currently an LG-TM510 (can still get parts, but getting old fast). I chose
Verizon because of coverage area. I travel... a lot.
There are certain model phones, however to stay away from, as calls are more
frequently broken and sometimes dropped on some models. Don't just take the
saleperson's word for it... A little research will go a long way to keeping
you happy long term...
~ Duane Phillips.
Depends on what you're buying the phone for. We got a pair, major purpose
was for my wife in case of emergency. We use them very little, maybe a
handful of calls a week. Most of the "big" carriers charge an arm and a leg
for their various plans, and throw in bunches of minutes we don't need.
We found one of the pre-paid phones, TRACFONE, to be the best deal. I buy a
card good for a years activation, 150 minutes (and typically a bonus of an
additional 50-100 minutes on top of that) for just under $100 per year. That
comes out to $8 per month, as long as we don't make too many calls. Minutes
roll over as long as you keep the phone activated. I've used less than 50
minutes in the past 6 months, and hava a balance of 581!
The down side of this deal is that regular minutes are expensive. Depending
on the card you buy, any where from $0.40 to $0.75 per minute. But I've
enver needed to buy extra minutes, and in fact use the extra minutes to make
the few long distance calls I've needed. And in remote locations like
NARAM-44 my phone still worked while my team mate's "major carrier" phone
didn't!
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