🚀 go-pugleaf

Don't get verizon they suck ass.
Get Nextel they work alot better in CA






"Steven M. Scharf" <scharf.steven@linkearth.net> wrote in article
<3RnDa.33750$Io.2914371@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>:
> 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.
> >
> 
> 

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