Thank goodness...

Competition = good
Monopoly = bad

Dean


<theguy@whatever.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:34:35 -0500, Diamond Dave
> <dmine45.NOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:32:13 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>That's pretty much been proved to have no basis in fact. They won't
>>>release the survey results, and Consumer Reports found that they were no
>>>better than other carriers in terms of dropped calls. Actually, where I
>>>live, I think I believe the "fewest dropped calls" claim, but only
>>>because the coverage is such that you can't complete a lot of calls in
>>>the first place. I've been to many places just in the past few weeks,
>>>where there is no Cingular GSM coverage at all, but where you get
>>>coverage on Verizon.
>>
>>I also like the fact that Verizon still supports analog. I have had
>>analog coverage where neither popular digital cell phone standard
>>(CDMA or GSM) will work. My V60s and V325 can make calls in the
>>strangest places sometimes.
>>
>>Its the network that matters, not the gimicks. VZW stands far taller
>>than the rest. Its not perfect, but better than any other network,
>>IMHO.
>>
>>Dave
>>
>
> seems to depend on where you live. in the pacific northwest, cingular
> is a ton better than verizon. not even close. out here, people are
> leaving verizon wireless by the droves and the best coverage is with
> cingular. verizon wireless has very very poor coverage in the west
> and their customer non support is worthless.