On 25 Feb 2007 19:04:14 -0800, "planetx" <planetx@gmail.com> wrote:

>I have been on Verizon for about 4 years. I have never had problems
>with coverage or dropped calls. I have only had to deal with customer
>service about 4 times during that time. Each time of course I was lied
>to that changing my plan would not extend my contract(But I personally
>do not judge a carrier by customer service----every company will
>employ some jerks who don't give a shit).
>
>The reason I am considering switching is half my friends and family
>are on Cingular, the other half on Sprint. So I have to get a hefty
>plan for all those minutes. I would like to at least get M2M with half
>of them.
>
>My primary, or only concern I should say, is coverage. I very rarely
>travel to "rural" areas. I live in Atlanta, but whenever I travel
>outside it is usually to another major city. Occasionally I travel up
>and down the PCH.
>
>So am I looking for trouble wanting to switch to either Sprint or
>Cingular? I was only Sprint many, many years ago when they only
>offered "metro" coverage. I have no idea what they offer now. I was
>ATT customer for a year, and a Cingular customer for a year as well.
>It seems I remember Cingular having bad voice quality, but again this
>was years ago.
>
>So I am fishing for any comments.

Have you considered Alltel? You could put 10 of those friends and/or
family in your "circle" and calls to and from those numbers would
always be free. That'll keep you on a CDMA network with the potential
to roam on Sprint or VZW in areas where there is no native Alltel
signal.