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Article #40Re: Recommendations for cellphone
From: Stanley Cline
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 23:05
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 23:05
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On 02 Apr 2001 09:38:31 -0400, Andrew Hobson <ahobson@infloop.com> wrote: >I've been thinking about switching to Verizon from Powertel. How's >their coverage in Atlanta? I had heard bad things about Air Touch in Overall, Verizon's coverage is better than AT&T and Powertel (I don't understand why Powertel still has the dead spots on I-75 and Holcomb Bridge; I know I'm not the only one who has complained about those two), but not as good as Cingular and Sprint. In particular, indoor coverage can be a bit irritating, but is not "bad" by any means. I have had a few dropped calls with Verizon, mostly in Buckhead and one or two at home in Dunwoody, but I've had more dropped calls in more places with Powertel. Most of the complaints I've heard about the old AirTouch are about customer service and billing and having an overall very "arrogant" attitude; I have had no billing issues and the one or two times I've called CS (seriously! I've had to *hound* other carriers), they've been knowledgeable and helpful. I think that Verizon (Bell Atlantic and GTE)'s people have made the AirTouch people clean up their act. -SC -- Stanley Cline -- sc1 at roamer1 dot org -- http://www.roamer1.org/ ... "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time." -/usr/games/fortune
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