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Thanks.

I'll go out there this weekend and check it out. Certainly paying the
$150-175 termination fee to AT&T Wireless will be cheaper than
moving.

The funniest part is that she has to drive about four blocks towards
downtown to get coverage and there are other people doing the
same thing, sitting in their cars to make calls that they can't make at
home.

Reminds me of the Steve Wozniak GSM problem. He moved out of
his multi-million dollar house in the Los Gatos Hills because there was
no GSM coverage. See: http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,57594,00.html

"Gumbie" <aknon@mail.com> wrote in message
news:2b47c607.0306040426.40e267aa@posting.google.com...
> Funny you should ask.  I just went back and visited Lafayette for the
> first time in almost 30 years and as I was driving on the frontage
> road just over the hill from Acalanes HS I noticed a really big
> cellular tower that was perfectly placed for downtown and Acalanes HS
> area.  As I was traveling around to all the old haunts I had no
> problem with reception on Verizon.
>
> I would be very surprised if there wasn't great coverage in Lafayette,
> given its socio-economic status.  Lafayette seems only a little behind
> Orinda in terms of wealth and power.  My assumption is that when those
> folks have problems with there cell phone, Verizon makes sure those
> problems don't go unaddressed.  The only reason I would think that
> cellular coverage could be spotty is NIMBY (not in my back yard) in
> terms of placement of cellular towers.  But the tower I saw was big
> and ugly and placed right on a hillside overlooking the frontage road
> and freeway.  Of course, there could have been a backlash to that.  In
> the end, I would be surprised if anywhere in that part of Contra Costa
> County didn't have decent cellular coverage.  I wouldn't even consider
> Moraga to be so isolated.  Maybe if she moved down the road to Canyon
> it might be a problem.
>
> Gumby
>
>
> "Steven M. Scharf" <scharf.steven@linkearth.net> wrote in message
news:<4AfDa.33328$Io.2862101@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
> > My sister-in-law just moved from Moraga to Lafayette. She no longer has
AT&T
> > TDMA coverage in her house. She had good AT&T coverage in her condo in
> > Moraga, which is ironic since Moraga is much more isolated.
> >
> > She is going to have to move if she cannot get coverage in her area.
She's
> > now renting
> > so it's not a big deal to move; her job requires her to be reachable.
> >
> > Anyone have Verizon in Lafayette, especially by Acalanes High School?
I'm
> > going to
> > have to go out there with my phone to check coverage, but I thought that
I'd
> > get an
> > idea of the coverage first.
> >
> > What about AMPS coverage out there? Her Nokia TDMA handset is AMPS
capable
> > but doesn't let you force it to AMPS. Also, isn't AMPS going to incur
> > roaming
> > on AT&T since Verizon operates the AMPS network?
> >
> > She'd even go to GSM if it were any better, but I can't imagine this
being
> > the case
> > given Cingular's horrible reputation in this area.
>