As far as dropped calls, if you are on the Sprint CDMA network, you may be
surprised. Here is some research on drop call rates...
http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...8/1008/allnews


"planetx" <planetx@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>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.
>