SMS wrote:
> klugja@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> 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.
>> I am switching from Cingular Analog/TDMA, because of poor GSM coverage
>> in places where I normally roam off their network. I decided to try
>> Sprint first because the current AC plan has no coverage at our cabin
>> (national single rate shows analog), and Sprint shows analog coverage.
>> So if you don't pay for national single rate, is there really any
>> analog coverage, except maybe on Verizon at long distances from their
>> towers?
>>
>> I just got a Sprint phone, set it up, and am waiting for an antenna
>> adapter, and then I activate and try for two weeks.
>
> It sucks what Verizon did with AC2. They did it because of complaints
> about off-extended-network roaming charges, but surely they could have
> made such roaming an option that subscribers had to call to have
> enabled, expressly agreeing (again) to pay the roaming charges. Of
> course this might look bad in terms of their marketing.

I know a few people who got no objections when they renewed and asked
that their plan be kept on AC1.