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Very untrue statement.

Don't take my word for it, pick up a coverage map for both companies
when you are in cali next...

Verizon has nearly 3 times as much coverage.

-- 
Verizon customer/ formerly Cingular user/ formerly Sprint PCS user


hoebow435@hotmail.com (al sams) wrote in article
<vds33cdv9i2p53@corp.supernews.com>:
> Don't get verizon they suck ass.
> Get Nextel they work alot better in CA
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> "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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