Double Tap wrote:

> The only reason I switched to Cingular was because I was very frustrated by
> a lack of coverage in Virginia when I go to visit relatives that live there.
> I loved the fact the T-Mobile always gave me the unlock code for any phone
> that I owned so I could use local SIM cards when I traveled overseas which
> was quite often.
>
> So far after only 2 months I would rate Cingular a the equal to T-Mobile

AT&T Wireless had big capacity problems in NYC, which Cingular inherited
when they acquired them. Fortunately these problems seem to have been
solved. I was in NYC earlier this year, in Cingular was fine. I was also
in Washington DC where Verizon is still much, much better than Cingular,
with one of the major advantages being coverage in the metro.