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On 2008-01-21, Pegleg <Pegleg@usnavyret.mil> wrote:

> You are obviously always near major metro areas where the cell site
> density is higher!

I think that theory used to be true of Sprint and T-Mo but is not as true
these days.

Examples: In the Cleveland Market, VoiceStream launched late (2001-2002), as
T-Mobile, much later than most of their other markets (they only had a few
demo units branded with the VoiceStream logo, they'd mostly switched over
already). But to make up for that, they had coverage EVERYWHERE east of
Cleveland, including my parents' house in Montville Township, Ohio. The
nearest county seats, Painesville (Lake County) and Chardon (Geauga County),
are both 10-13 miles away and are both small towns, and that part of Northeast
Ohio is completely rural. T-Mo was even able to give my kid brother a phone
with a number local to Montville when they launched.

Here, in the Victor Valley, Sprint has coverage at my old house on the edge
of town, just past the end of Verizon's coverage. The tower is in a spot
in the northeast corner of town where I'd be surprised if ANYONE lives (maybe
1,000 people?) T-Mo has coverage out there too.

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