Jim Dubya wrote:

> The purpose of my posts is to hopefully get folks off their high-horse
> regarding Verizon.

That may be your purpose, but to be successful you'll have to present
some actual evidence!

> It is all marketing and Verizon has done a great job and
> I congratulate them. In many areas, Sprint is better, Cingular is better, or
> T-Mobile is better.

The surveys by non-profit entities like Consumer Reports and Consumer
Checkbook, as well as by for-profit entities like J.D. Power are not
marketing by Verizon. These surveys simply confirm what Verizon claims.

> in my area of Orange County California or at myt office in Carlsbad
> California. Sprint provides full signal in those locations and Congular is
> also pretty good. It is interesting that Verizon is so weak in this

Verizon is the best carrier in Orange County. It evolved from GTE
Mobilnet as one of the original carriers, since Orange County was a GTE
local phone service area.

1900 Mhz is at a severe disadvantage when it comes to in-building
coverage. It can compete, but at the expense of about 4x the necessary
number of cells. Often there are areas where cells are not permitted,
and users must rely on cells that are fairly distant. As long as you can
force your phone to roam onto Verizon 800 MHz you'll be okay.

What's happening is that you're likely roaming onto Verizon a great deal
but you don't realize it.