Nick Danger wrote:
> "Lena" <lenagainster@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1152561231.800103.164110@p79g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
>>> So you're basing your decision on less than one day
>>> with Verizon?
>> Didn't you mention that Cingular had NO coverage for
>> half of your 25 mile commute?
>>
>> Both Cingular and Verizon coverage maps show solid
>> coverage from the Bronx to Danbury. Make sure you are
>> calling someone on a landline (not a cellphone and not
>> VOIP) to make sure any problems are your phone and not
>> their phone.
>
> No - I'm basing my previous post on less than one day
> with Verizon. I'll base my decision on my experience when it's time to
> send
> one set of phones back. Yes, it's true that Cingular had NO coverage for
> half of my commute. I'll go that route again this week and see what kind
> of
> results I get with Verizon. Since my last post, I made some calls from my
> home and Cingular came out way ahead - but still not a perfect signal. In
> one low corner of my yard, I got no Verizon service at all.
>
> The online coverage maps are pretty close to useless. The
> only map I've been able to find for Cingular is at
> http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cel...familytalk.gif
> - which covers the whole country. Verizon has a similar
> map, as well as local maps which show a little bit more detail. T-Mobile
> has
> maps that let you zoom in enough to pick out the location where your house
> is. Their maps don't just show coverage/no coverage; they show how many
> bars you can expect.
>
> I started this experiment with a strong bias in favor of
> Verizon. I was disappointed with all the dead zones I saw with Cingular,
> I had testimonials from numerous friends that they never have a problem
> anywhere with Verizon, I've even had people tell me that they never got a
> signal
> with AT&T at my home, but they get a good strong signal with Verizon. I
> have more friends than I can keep track of who have Verizon service and
> are
> perfectly satisfied with it. I only know a couple people with
> Cingular, and they give unenthusiastic endorsements,
> saying that the rollover minutes are a nice feature. I even made time in
> my schedule to stop by UPS
> on Thursday to return the Cingular phones. I assumed that would be
> plenty of time to verify that Verizon is better. The results still might
> change
> with further testing, but it's been a big disappointment so far. I
> recognize
> that there is some value in getting a poor quality connection rather than
> no
> connection, but in too many places, I'm seeing no connection at all with
> Verizon.
> Even the phones themselves have produced a mixed
> reaction. The V3M seems more refined than the V3. Volume is much louder,
> which is
> a welcome improvement. Yet I always seem to know how and where to
> find what I'm looking for on the V3 while I have to hunt around on the
> V3M. But all the nice features and functions of the V3M require the use of
> a paid service, which I don't want to pay for.

Something else to consider if you are very tight for minutes is
that most everybody you seem to know is on VZW and that
would all be IN calling (unlimited). This would be one of my
last considerations but could be a tie breaker.

-Quick