On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:25:42 GMT, John Navas
<spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:

>Steven Scharf (aka SMS) repeatedly claims (trolls) that Verizon has much
>better coverage than Cingular in the San Francisco Bay Area by virtue of
>AMPS (which will likely be going away in a year in any event).
>
>For the facts, see Verizon coverage maps at
><http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/CoverageLocatorController?requesttype=NEWREQUEST>
>
>Plug in ZIP 95070 for the hills near his home where he claims to only
>get AMPS service, and we find (a) no AMPS-only areas and (b) huge areas
>of no coverage.
>
>The only noticeable places where Verizon shows AMPS-only coverage are a
>few small areas in West Marin County -- plug in ZIP 94950 to see them.

As of 02/2007, AMPS coverage is a superset of digital cellular/PCS
coverage. IOW, there are no places that have digital cellular/PCS
voice but no AMPS service.

Sorry, that's just the facts.