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On Sun, 01 Apr 2001 13:02:18 -0400, EE Lab <gt0445a@prism.gatech.edu>
wrote:

>  Can anyone give me advise on a good cellphone & plan for the atlanta
>area. If you are having good experience with a particular provider

I've been with all the local carriers except Nextel (and Southern
Linc, who doesn't market to individuals) so I should be more than able
to answer your question.  :)  However, your question is hard to answer
without some additional information.  

Do you travel very much, and if so, exactly where do you travel?

Also, where in the metro Atlanta area do you plan to use your phone?
(If you need your phone in Newnan you want to skip Cingular; if you
plan to use your phone in the north GA mountains you're probably best
off with Cingular [but Verizon is acceptable, and is excellent in the
northEAST GA mountains], if you need coverage in Rome skip Powertel,
etc.)

That said, I personally recommend against going with AT&T unless you
want prepaid service or are outside of the Atlanta area more than
you're in it, mainly because of bad coverage.  If you stay mostly
within the Perimeter and near Northside suburbs, any other carrier
should serve you well.  Personally, I've found that Cingular and
Sprint have the best *quality* coverage in the immediate Atlanta area,
with Verizon not too far behind.  (Powertel still has too many dead
zones, including I-75 between Wade Green and GA 92 and one on Holcomb
Bridge just east of the old Wal*Mart, and AT&T just plain sucks.)  On
the Southside, Verizon and Cingular have far better coverage than the
rest.  If you need coverage in outlying areas, it gets more tricky.

As for me -- I currently use Verizon's SingleRate plan, which includes
all roaming and long distance anywhere in the US (600 mins for $75/mo;
plans with fewer and more minutes are available.)  Other than the fact
that caller ID doesn't work when outside of north GA, I'm quite happy
with them.

-SC
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