In article <4MqdnbRlWcISZyrYnZ2dnUVZ_vyunZ2d@comcast.com>,
"Ben Skversky" <bskv19114@comcast.net> wrote:

> And the purpose of your post is?
>
> "Mij Adyaw" <mij@SpamBucket.com> wrote in message
> news:6oath.30096$Go.24837@newsfe12.phx...
> >
> > "Mij Adyaw" <mij@SpamBucket.com> wrote in message news:...
> >> SMS,
> >>
> >> You seem to need some education in this area: (Listen carefully and
> >> learn):
> >>
> >> I live in Laguna Niguel in Southern California and had been a Verizon
> >> customer for about 10 years back to the days when it was Airtouch
> >> Cellular. I moved to a new area of Laguna Niguel where Verizon did not
> >> have coverage. They sent a technician to my home and about a week later
> >> they had a report that the signal was not usable at my home and that
> >> there would be no new cell sites installed to cover that area in the near
> >> future. Cingular and T-Mobile also do not function in my area since it is
> >> surrounded by hills. Sprint happens to have a cell on a building about
> >> 1/2 mile down the street and I get full signal here. Verizon cancelled my
> >> contract due to lack of ability to provide coverage and I switched to
> >> Sprint. I have been with Sprint for the past several years and have been
> >> very satisfied with coverage in SoCal and throughout my travels within
> >> the US. BTW, Sprint will roam on Verizon in Southern California. I can
> >> fore roaming now and I will have a Verizon SID. The opposite is not true
> >> for Verizon. Verizon cannot roam on Sprint in SoCal as Verizon removed
> >> this option about three years ago. If you cannot get a Verizon signal in
> >> SoCal then you are out-of-luck because there is no other CDMA roaming
> >> partner to roam on, even if Sprint has a usable signal, it is not
> >> possible to use it.
> >>
> >> You can thank me later, but if you need anymore remedial education,
> >> please let me know. :-)
> >>
> >> -mij
> >>
> >>
> >> "SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:45b3e5d0$0$68957$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
> >>> Mij Adyaw wrote:
> >>>> With all of the CDMA roaming agreements that Sprint has, they have much
> >>>> better voice and data coverage.
> >>>
> >>> The problem with Sprint is that they don't allow roaming onto the
> >>> Verizon network if they have their own network for that area, even if
> >>> their own coverage is poor. This is the situation in California. There
> >>> are many areas where the native Sprint coverage is very poor, mainly due
> >>> to their late entry, fewer towers, and 1900 MHz spectrum. They even let
> >>> my last boss out of his contract with no termination fee when their
> >>> service didn't work at his home in Fremont. Another colleague of mine
> >>> had Sprint for years with no service at her house in Cupertino, she only
> >>> switched to another carrier when she actually wanted coverage at her
> >>> house, in order to have mobile to mobile free calls with her kids that
> >>> went off to college.
> >>>
> >>> It's ironic that the best Sprint coverage is where they have no network
> >>> at all, so you can roam onto Verizon.
> >>>
> >>> Now Sprint has done away with its "Fair and Flexible" pricing plans,
> >>> eliminating another reason to choose them. They are hemorrhaging
> >>> customers like AT&T Wireless was doing prior to their meltdown and
> >>> takeover.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >

At least he doesn't top post.

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