On 22 Feb 2007 08:51:59 -0800, KyleDP123@lycos.com wrote:

>I live in Ann Arbor, MI, in a building where Verizon literally doesn't
>work one step into the doorway. Sprint has better coverage right here,
>but I guess if I could roam on Sprint, my phone would work too? So I'm
>guessing Verizon doesn't roam on Sprint? That's unfortunate because
>I'm pretty sure Sprint roams on Verizon. I'm on a current AC plan. Any
>explanation or suggestions?

VZW used to roam on Sprint, but from what I heard, they were charging
VZW too much money. So in most areas Sprint is no longer a roaming
partner.

VZW's favorite roaming partner is Alltel, but in many areas VZW is
building their own towers.

I can drive 35 miles west of where I live and it will still roam on
Alltel since VZW does not (yet) have native coverage.

More and more areas of the country are now native VZW, so they're
cutting back on the roaming agreements. But some of these new areas
are in the 1900 MHz PCS band, which I find to be inferior to the 800
Mhz band.

If you want to see the roaming partners for VZW or any othe CDMA type
carrier, go here:

http://www.rainyday.ca/~dialtone/

Dave