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1 total messages Started by mgrant Tue, 31 Mar 1987 02:04
Re: cellular phone experiences in Balt-Wash
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Author: mgrant
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1987 02:04
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I use Cellular 1 in the Baltimore Washington area.  The service is
very reasonably priced at .60/.15 (peek/ofpeek) +100 offpeek minutes
per month for $10.00.  (standard rate plan is .46/.24 for $40.00 a month)
Custom Calling is no extra charge per month, except you pay 2X-airtime for
3-way-calls and call-waiting-calls, and you pay airtime rates to forward
your calls.

The quality of the service is pretty good.  There are certain areas where
I wish there were more cells.  Sound quality is pretty good as well.
every now and again I get a bad connection.  The avarage call dosn't
sound any worse than your average AT&T long distance call.  Since they
are sectorizing their cells in this area, (spliting their cells up into
pie slices), handoffs while using VOX mode has not been working very
well.

I give their customer service reps an A+ rating.  They are by far the
friendliest, helpful reps I've ever delt with.  If you want to speak
with a techi, they give you absolutly no hassle!

The system is a Motorola EMX-2500.  When a caller calls you, they hear
clicking until the system finds your mobil, then a ring.  I'm not sure
if I find this annoying or not.
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