Best Provider

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I've heard it said in this and other forums that Verizon with all its
faults has the best national coverage. Just in case they terminally
piss me off, and they are getting close, who in your opinion has the
SECOND best national coverage.

Bob, who believes in spreading the joy, but has never used anyone but
Verizon

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Current email at:
bobgiddings0 at yahoo dot com

 

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"Bob Giddings" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:kfpfa0tvq1j9rlrdn3qagsr8hegu697e4q@4ax.com...
> I've heard it said in this and other forums that Verizon with all its
> faults has the best national coverage. Just in case they terminally
> piss me off, and they are getting close, who in your opinion has the
> SECOND best national coverage.
>

The Best Provider depends on what you want provided:

ATT has the most extensive Analog network but is coming on strong with its
EDGE 1xRTT digital.

Sprint has the largest All Digital network but has to buy analog roaming
from other providers.

Verizon has the biggest total network but is a mix of Analog and various
different Digital formats.

What is best depends on what you want and what kind of DEAL you can make
with them when signing up.

Evad

 

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"Evad" <evad@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
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> ATT has the most extensive Analog network but is coming on strong with its
> EDGE 1xRTT digital.

Just a clairifying note- ATT has two networks, their old network (TDMA) and
their new network (GSM). 1xRTT is a CDMA technology (i.e. used by Verizon,
Sprint, Alltel, etc...).

> Sprint has the largest All Digital network but has to buy analog roaming
> from other providers.

Yes, Sprint has the largest "All Digital" network, but I would contend this
is not as great a thing as they make it out to be. Just because Verizon has
a very small percentage of analog cell towers way out in the boonies does
not mean their core 1X digital network in the major metropolatin areas is
not better than Sprint's. Now I will agree that because of the way Verizon
was formed by purchasing a large number of smaller networks there are some
technology issues combining them together, but these are becoming less and
less as Verizion moves them all to the same equipment and billing systems.

It is also worth noting that Sprint claims PCS is better than Cellular,
especially the part about not having static... Well as I said before, I
would say at least 95% of Verizon's network (most of which is 800mhz
cellular) is 1X digital (just like Sprints), except that the 800mhz signal
penetrates buildings better than Sprints 1900mhz PCS signal.

> Verizon has the biggest total network but is a mix of Analog and various
> different Digital formats.

As I said before, there is very little analog left (or at least areas
covered by analog that are not also covered by digital), and as far as their
digital service goes, I am not aware of any Verizon owned digital equipment
that has not been upgraded to 1X (please feel free to correct me here).

> What is best depends on what you want and what kind of DEAL you can make
> with them when signing up.

Price is only one factor. If it does not *WORK* where you need it to work
then who cares what you are paying?

-Eric

 

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Evad wrote:
>
> "Bob Giddings" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:kfpfa0tvq1j9rlrdn3qagsr8hegu697e4q@4ax.com...
> > I've heard it said in this and other forums that Verizon with all its
> > faults has the best national coverage. Just in case they terminally
> > piss me off, and they are getting close, who in your opinion has the
> > SECOND best national coverage.
> >
>
> The Best Provider depends on what you want provided:
>
> ATT has the most extensive Analog network but is coming on strong with its
> EDGE 1xRTT digital.
>
> Sprint has the largest All Digital network but has to buy analog roaming
> from other providers.
>
> Verizon has the biggest total network but is a mix of Analog and various
> different Digital formats.
>
> What is best depends on what you want and what kind of DEAL you can make
> with them when signing up.

The best provider is the one that gives you coverage when/where you need it.

Everything else takes a back seat.

Larry

 

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The only cavaet to this is when you are on Verizon and you use a
Verizon partner's network (extended network) which is analog only (or
non-CDMA). There are a number of times you may go on to a non-CDMA
system (usually they are using TDMA for their digital side) and you'll
be analog. But its better than roaming charges.

Dave



On Sun, 16 May 2004 23:47:58 -0700, "Eric Rosenberry"
<erics@R3MOVErosenberry.org> wrote:

>"Evad" <evad@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
>news:2gqjqaF5hgtvU1@uni-berlin.de...
>
>> ATT has the most extensive Analog network but is coming on strong with its
>> EDGE 1xRTT digital.
>
>Just a clairifying note- ATT has two networks, their old network (TDMA) and
>their new network (GSM). 1xRTT is a CDMA technology (i.e. used by Verizon,
>Sprint, Alltel, etc...).
>
>> Sprint has the largest All Digital network but has to buy analog roaming
>> from other providers.
>
>Yes, Sprint has the largest "All Digital" network, but I would contend this
>is not as great a thing as they make it out to be. Just because Verizon has
>a very small percentage of analog cell towers way out in the boonies does
>not mean their core 1X digital network in the major metropolatin areas is
>not better than Sprint's. Now I will agree that because of the way Verizon
>was formed by purchasing a large number of smaller networks there are some
>technology issues combining them together, but these are becoming less and
>less as Verizion moves them all to the same equipment and billing systems.
>
>It is also worth noting that Sprint claims PCS is better than Cellular,
>especially the part about not having static... Well as I said before, I
>would say at least 95% of Verizon's network (most of which is 800mhz
>cellular) is 1X digital (just like Sprints), except that the 800mhz signal
>penetrates buildings better than Sprints 1900mhz PCS signal.
>
>> Verizon has the biggest total network but is a mix of Analog and various
>> different Digital formats.
>
>As I said before, there is very little analog left (or at least areas
>covered by analog that are not also covered by digital), and as far as their
>digital service goes, I am not aware of any Verizon owned digital equipment
>that has not been upgraded to 1X (please feel free to correct me here).
>
>> What is best depends on what you want and what kind of DEAL you can make
>> with them when signing up.
>
>Price is only one factor. If it does not *WORK* where you need it to work
>then who cares what you are paying?
>
>-Eric
>