Re: Bye-Bye to ATT/Cingular, and hello to Sprint High-Speed data

"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.
>
>

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.
>>
>>
>
>

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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"Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message news:labolide-9357BF.18274124012007@news.giganews.com...
> At least he doesn't top post.

I guess we now know what your pet peeve is. ;-)
I say, live and let live. Does wonders for one's blood pressure.
Try it, you'll live longer.

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In article <C7Vth.21373$ZT3.540@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com> ,
"John Richards" <jr70@blackhole.invalid> wrote:

> "Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
> news:labolide-9357BF.18274124012007@news.giganews.com...
> > At least he doesn't top post.
>
> I guess we now know what your pet peeve is. ;-)
> I say, live and let live. Does wonders for one's blood pressure.
> Try it, you'll live longer.

LOL

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