I am up for renewal with AT&T and have no gripes with them. Their coverage
in Gainesville, FL is okay but could be better. As far as I know most fees
are about the same so I guess it comes down to coverage & customer service.
Any suggestions?
In news:LjK1j.393$so3.218@newsfe18.lga,
Fred <none@none.com> typed:
> I am up for renewal with AT&T and have no gripes with them. Their
> coverage in Gainesville, FL is okay but could be better. As far as I
> know most fees are about the same so I guess it comes down to coverage &
> customer service. Any suggestions?
Talk to your friends, relatives, neighbors, coworkers, etc and ask them what
phone they use and which provider they have and how it works for them.
Borrow a phone if possible to check it out for yourself - Then go with the
phone and service that seems to be the best.
That much I could figure out. I was hoping to draw on the experiences of
others who have been with Verizon. The reason newsgroups exist are to
provide this type of help.
Fred
"IMHO IIRC" <NOSPAM@NOSPAM.NOSPAM> wrote in message
news:YGK1j.397$so3.127@newsfe18.lga...
> In news:LjK1j.393$so3.218@newsfe18.lga,
> Fred <none@none.com> typed:
>> I am up for renewal with AT&T and have no gripes with them. Their
>> coverage in Gainesville, FL is okay but could be better. As far as I
>> know most fees are about the same so I guess it comes down to coverage &
>> customer service. Any suggestions?
>
>
> Talk to your friends, relatives, neighbors, coworkers, etc and ask them
> what phone they use and which provider they have and how it works for
> them.
>
> Borrow a phone if possible to check it out for yourself - Then go with the
> phone and service that seems to be the best.
>
>
FYI-----I have had verizon for about 4 years.....had alltel, cingular and
nextel before. Haven't had any problems with service with verizon. My
husband and 2 of my kids have at&t. I always have coverage anywhere I go,
where theirs is spotty sometimes. My husband said last night that he is
considering going to verizon when his contract is up.
"Fred" <none@none.com> wrote in message news:fJL1j.35$_%4.12@newsfe15.lga...
> That much I could figure out. I was hoping to draw on the experiences of
> others who have been with Verizon. The reason newsgroups exist are to
> provide this type of help.
>
> Fred
>
> "IMHO IIRC" <NOSPAM@NOSPAM.NOSPAM> wrote in message
> news:YGK1j.397$so3.127@newsfe18.lga...
>> In news:LjK1j.393$so3.218@newsfe18.lga,
>> Fred <none@none.com> typed:
>>> I am up for renewal with AT&T and have no gripes with them. Their
>>> coverage in Gainesville, FL is okay but could be better. As far as I
>>> know most fees are about the same so I guess it comes down to coverage &
>>> customer service. Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>> Talk to your friends, relatives, neighbors, coworkers, etc and ask them
>> what phone they use and which provider they have and how it works for
>> them.
>>
>> Borrow a phone if possible to check it out for yourself - Then go with
>> the phone and service that seems to be the best.
>>
>>
>
Fred wrote:
> I am up for renewal with AT&T and have no gripes with them. Their
> coverage in Gainesville, FL is okay but could be better. As far as I
> know most fees are about the same so I guess it comes down to coverage &
> customer service. Any suggestions?
>
I've had Verizon since 2000. We lived in an RV and traveled all over the
US. There were many, many times when I had coverage and neighboring
RVers with other service in the same campground did not. Generally
speaking, we noticed that CDMA carriers had better service than
TDMA/GSM carriers. Verizon had the best CDMA coverage away from the main
highways.
With the exception of one call in 2002, I have had excellent support and
service from them. I also like the IN calling feature that allows me to
call anyone with Verizon IN service and not have the minutes count. Our
kids and grandkids are all on Verizon as are many of our friends, so we
can use the basic 450 minutes per month plan and still have minutes left
over at the end of the month.
I do not use my phone for anything other than making phone calls. It is
capable of playing music and TV shows. It has a GPS navagation feature
that can be turned on, it takes pictures and heaven knows what other
things it can do. It was given to me for free by Verizon (I have yet to
pay for a phone in over 7 years) and it gets a strong signal to make and
receive calls. That's all I want or need, so I can't be of any
assistance to you if you are interested in trick phones. I hope I've
helped you when it comes to making and receiving calls.
--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life
In my part of California, the Cingular flavor of AT&T had serious coverage
gaps. Verizon does not. My parents' TDMA phones were forced out by AT&T,
and AT&T changed their calling plan along with the phone replacement. This
was contrary to what the rep quoted. So, I had my elderly parents leave
AT&T and added them to my Verizon service on a family plan.
On a recent cruise along Mexico my parents had coverage both on shipboard
and ashore (for a price).
Verizon reps and technical support are in the US (not India) and do a great
job. On a call, a few weeks ago, where I sought advice to help my dad with
a problem, the tech support rep volunteered to call my dad directly. He
actually made the call and talked my dad through it.
Verizon is known for crippling features on their phones and charging extra
to enable the features, if they are available at all. My parents and I
don't need anything fancy, so this was not an issue for us.
"Fred" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:LjK1j.393$so3.218@newsfe18.lga...
>I am up for renewal with AT&T and have no gripes with them. Their coverage
>in Gainesville, FL is okay but could be better. As far as I know most fees
>are about the same so I guess it comes down to coverage & customer service.
>Any suggestions?
>
> --
> Thanks in advance... Fred
On Nov 23, 7:33 pm, "Fred" <n...@none.com> wrote:
> I am up for renewal with AT&T and have no gripes with them. Their coverage
> in Gainesville, FL is okay but could be better. As far as I know most fees
> are about the same so I guess it comes down to coverage & customer service.
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> Thanks in advance... Fred
After a glitchy year with Verizon on the second year of my contract, I
signed up again with them. They are fast becoming the pariahs of the
cellphone industry, however, imho.
I have discussed it elsewhere in this forum. But here's another
problem, aside from the Nokia/Pantech phone going haywire and beeping
all night long so that I had to take the battery out of it to get some
sleep because it won't turn off.
I got some mysterious charges from Verizon, over $131 when my monthly
bill has always been around $70, so I went to verizonwireless.com to
find out WTH they were all about. I logged into my account and got
the same message I have been getting for weeks: "Account information
unavailable at this time. Try again later." I called and spent hours
yesterday morning trying to speak with someone with Verizon who can
speak and understand English. Finally a nice lady came on who called
herself Emma. She said I needed to re-register, so we went through
that process. The next popup message from Verizon then said I was
already registered. Which put me right back into the Twilight Zone
with those incompetents. This morning I tried to log on, and the
message came onscreen that I was "already logged on."
So, yesterday afternoon early, Emma said she was going to do some
research, solve my problem, and call me back in 15 minutes. I waited
all afternoon at the land line for her to call. She didn't call back
as she said she would. Now that's just a little of the misery and
frustration you will get dealing with Verizon.
On Nov 23, 10:43 pm, "Cubit" <n...@not.not> wrote:
> In my part of California, the Cingular flavor of AT&T had serious coverage
> gaps. Verizon does not. My parents' TDMA phones were forced out by AT&T,
> and AT&T changed their calling plan along with the phone replacement. This
> was contrary to what the rep quoted. So, I had my elderly parents leave
> AT&T and added them to my Verizon service on a family plan.
>
> On a recent cruise along Mexico my parents had coverage both on shipboard
> and ashore (for a price).
>
> Verizon reps and technical support are in the US (not India) and do a great
> job.
I don't believe that. Twice yesterday I talked to Verizon agents at
their toll-free number. Both of these men could barely speak English,
and I had to ask them to repeat themselves several times, their
accents were so heavy. In each instance they said they were in the
USA, but it sure is mysterious that English is obviously a foreign
language to them and they articulate it so poorly.
Folks, watch out for Verizon toadies, or paid shills, pretending to be
satisfied customers.
Log onto my account if you don't believe what I'm telling you about
Verizon's problem either concealing information, or incompetence. Log-
on name is JAMESEL. Password is blivit75.
On a call, a few weeks ago, where I sought advice to help my dad with
> a problem, the tech support rep volunteered to call my dad directly. He
> actually made the call and talked my dad through it.
>
> Verizon is known for crippling features on their phones and charging extra
> to enable the features, if they are available at all. My parents and I
> don't need anything fancy, so this was not an issue for us.
>
> "Fred" <n...@none.com> wrote in message
>
> news:LjK1j.393$so3.218@newsfe18.lga...
>
>
>
> >I am up for renewal with AT&T and have no gripes with them. Their coverage
> >in Gainesville, FL is okay but could be better. As far as I know most fees
> >are about the same so I guess it comes down to coverage & customer service.
> >Any suggestions?
>
> > --
> > Thanks in advance... Fred- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
On Nov 23, 7:33 pm, "Fred" <n...@none.com> wrote:
> I am up for renewal with AT&T and have no gripes with them. Their coverage
> in Gainesville, FL is okay but could be better. As far as I know most fees
> are about the same so I guess it comes down to coverage & customer service.
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> Thanks in advance... Fred
I have been a Verizon wireless customer since 1996. During this time
I have lived in:
-- NE Tennessee near VA border
-- MIssissippi Gulf Coast, until Hurricane Katrina destoyed everything
I owned
-- Knoxville, TN
-- Virginia Northern Neck
I have never had a serious problem with my Verizon service. Yes,
there have been times when I was in deep rural areas in SW VA,
Southern WV, SE KY where there was no coverage or coverage was spotty
-- but no one else had coverage in those areas.
For the past year I have used Verizon's wireless National Broadband
for Internet access while on the road -- same story -- occasionally
I'll hit a spot where coverage is spotty but that's usually in deep
rural areas where all coverage is spotty.
I am now settled into a very rural area on the Northern Neck of VA
(find the town of Heathsville, VA). Sometimes I get only 1 or 2 bars
but the phone works. Also, I am planning to upgrade my PC card to a
Verizon USB727 modem for Internet access rather than go with satellite
access thru HughesNet.
Never had a problem with Verizon customer support, either in person,
over the phone, or online.
Of course, I use my phone as a phone -- I am not into downloading ring
tones, pictures, games, and all that other juvenile ****. And, when I
have a problem, I call tech support and calmly explain my problem and
don't start off raving and threatening to take my service elsewhere.
>
>
> I don't believe that. Twice yesterday I talked to Verizon agents at
> their toll-free number. Both of these men could barely speak English,
> and I had to ask them to repeat themselves several times, their
> accents were so heavy. In each instance they said they were in the
> USA, but it sure is mysterious that English is obviously a foreign
> language to them and they articulate it so poorly.
>
> Folks, watch out for Verizon toadies, or paid shills, pretending to be
> satisfied customers.
>
> Log onto my account if you don't believe what I'm telling you about
> Verizon's problem either concealing information, or incompetence. Log-
> on name is JAMESEL. Password is blivit75.
>
>
No one would ever give account logon information out like that. Now you
have confirmed you are either a complete moron or a troll that is still
in diapers.
On Nov 24, 8:07 am, George <geo...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> jl wrote:
>
> > I don't believe that. Twice yesterday I talked to Verizon agents at
> > their toll-free number. Both of these men could barely speak English,
> > and I had to ask them to repeat themselves several times, their
> > accents were so heavy. In each instance they said they were in the
> > USA, but it sure is mysterious that English is obviously a foreign
> > language to them and they articulate it so poorly.
>
> > Folks, watch out for Verizon toadies, or paid shills, pretending to be
> > satisfied customers.
>
> > Log onto my account if you don't believe what I'm telling you about
> > Verizon's problem either concealing information, or incompetence. Log-
> > on name is JAMESEL. Password is blivit75.
>
> No one would ever give account logon information out like that.
But I just did, for a very good reason-- to expose Verizon for what
they are.
Now you
> have confirmed you are either a complete moron or a troll that is still
> in diapers.- Hide quoted text -
You are just another whore shilling for Verizon. I gave out the
account information to prove that the account is worthless for weeks
now to show me in businesslike detail what my bill is, and is evidence
for everyone else to see that Verizon is either incompetent,
dishonest, or both. They are both dishonest and incompetent in my
experience and duly considered opinion. The paper bill I got in the
mail is unitemized. The bill I got by dialing 611 is also unitemized,
when during the two years I had a contract with Verizon, they did
furnish itemized bills, although they liked to add on items which I
did not owe and during the last year and against my specific wishes
zapped the useful software I had on my phone and replaced it with
their grimy spam.
> No one would ever give account logon information out like that.
> Now you have confirmed you are either a complete moron or a troll
> that is still in diapers.
Neither, he's just a liar.
--
XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
"jl" <jls1016@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:0198c599-6e53-466f-8288-e369fe38adc9@r31g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On Nov 23, 10:43 pm, "Cubit" <n...@not.not> wrote:
>
> Folks, watch out for Verizon toadies, or paid shills, pretending to be
> satisfied customers.
>
Where is my shill check?
No, I want cash in an envelope!
On Nov 24, 10:51 am, XS11E <xs...@mailinator.com> wrote:
> George <geo...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> > No one would ever give account logon information out like that.
> > Now you have confirmed you are either a complete moron or a troll
> > that is still in diapers.
>
> Neither, he's just a liar.
Ah, my particularly scurvy Verizon shill, please state in detail the
lie or lies you claim to have been told, or be yourself classified as
a rather transparent little liar in your own right.
> On Nov 24, 10:51 am, XS11E <xs...@mailinator.com> wrote:
>> George <geo...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> > No one would ever give account logon information out like that.
>> > Now you have confirmed you are either a complete moron or a troll
>> > that is still in diapers.
>>
>> Neither, he's just a liar.
>
> Ah, my particularly scurvy Verizon shill, please state in detail the
> lie or lies you claim to have been told, or be yourself classified as
> a rather transparent little liar in your own right.
>
Oh look- a real-life *****y troll. How cute.
Yo, stupid- if I remember your orginal post, your biggest ***** is that
somebody in your family used your crdity information to add phone and port
phones. Did you have a fraud alert or identity theft alert filed with the
credit bureaus. What's that- you didn't? Can you prove that Verizon gave
this information to your family member? What's that- you can't? Sorry- I
hate corporate america as much as you apparently do, but they are not
responsible for counteracting the stupidity of the american consumer.
I would suppose that if you manage to not stream video (never install a
flash player and such) that one could keep usage within the limits allowed.
You might be violating the terms of service, but if the desktop PC has usage
consistent with a busy cellphone internet user, I would bet you would be OK.
"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99F27A051CADFnoonehomecom@208.49.80.253...
> "Kickin' *** and Takin' Names" <PopUlist349@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:7a7081f6-a9f8-4c80-85c1-d02187a1484b@j44g2000hsj.googlegroups.com:
>
>> Also, I am planning to upgrade my PC card to a
>> Verizon USB727 modem for Internet access rather than go with satellite
>> access thru HughesNet.
>>
>
> Forbidden in your agreement. Read it. You cannot use VZW's mobile
> internet as a replacement for home internet service. They got that
> covered, too.
>
>
>
> Larry
> --
> Xterm IS the ultimate video game...(c;
jl wrote:
> On Nov 24, 8:07 am, George <geo...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> jl wrote:
>>
>>> I don't believe that. Twice yesterday I talked to Verizon agents at
>>> their toll-free number. Both of these men could barely speak English,
>>> and I had to ask them to repeat themselves several times, their
>>> accents were so heavy. In each instance they said they were in the
>>> USA, but it sure is mysterious that English is obviously a foreign
>>> language to them and they articulate it so poorly.
>>> Folks, watch out for Verizon toadies, or paid shills, pretending to be
>>> satisfied customers.
>>> Log onto my account if you don't believe what I'm telling you about
>>> Verizon's problem either concealing information, or incompetence. Log-
>>> on name is JAMESEL. Password is blivit75.
>> No one would ever give account logon information out like that.
>
> But I just did, for a very good reason-- to expose Verizon for what
> they are.
>
> Now you
>> have confirmed you are either a complete moron or a troll that is still
>> in diapers.- Hide quoted text -
>
> You are just another whore shilling for Verizon. I gave out the
> account information to prove that the account is worthless for weeks
> now to show me in businesslike detail what my bill is, and is evidence
> for everyone else to see that Verizon is either incompetent,
> dishonest, or both. They are both dishonest and incompetent in my
> experience and duly considered opinion. The paper bill I got in the
> mail is unitemized. The bill I got by dialing 611 is also unitemized,
> when during the two years I had a contract with Verizon, they did
> furnish itemized bills, although they liked to add on items which I
> did not owe and during the last year and against my specific wishes
> zapped the useful software I had on my phone and replaced it with
> their grimy spam.
>
Evidently you did something to piss them off <vbg> I had one problem
with my VZW on line account and that was when I was changing credit
cards for auto-billing. I got on the land line and they were extremely
helpful.
My late mother had a saying: "pretty is as pretty does." Just the fact
that you think your Verizon phone has a sim card leads me, and others,
to believe that you are a troll looking for attention. Try Internet
dating, maybe you'll get more positive results.
--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:03:44 -0800 (PST), "Kickin' *** and Takin'
Names" <PopUlist349@hotmail.com> wrote:
>-- Virginia Northern Neck
>I am now settled into a very rural area on the Northern Neck of VA
>(find the town of Heathsville, VA). Sometimes I get only 1 or 2 bars
>but the phone works. Also, I am planning to upgrade my PC card to a
>Verizon USB727 modem for Internet access rather than go with satellite
>access thru HughesNet.
Verizon has very good coverage in Virginia except for a few rural
places, or NIMBY places (Faquier county US 50/US 17 comes to mind).
Other than that, I've had very good luck with Verizon.
However, I wish they'd put up a few more towers in the former Shentel
area near Winchester. They converted them to CDMA a few years ago, but
sometimes you just wish you had a little better singal strength.
I've found that former Bell Atlantic areas are better than non BA
areas for Verizon.
At work, most of the employer-supplied gear is Sprint/Nextel, because the
bosses like to be able to DC you to yell at you.
Consequently, most of the employees have to carry TWO phones; the company
phone, and also
a Verizon phone (self-paid-for) for when they actually NEED to make or
receive a call.
It's almost a daily event for someone to borrow a Verizon phone to get a
call through. Literally can't tell you how many times I've heard someone
yell, "anybody got a Verizon here?"...
I echo the experience of those who don't text their 6th-grade friends all
day, nor need to check e-mail once an hour. If you put phones from all the
carriers on a table, and needed to pick one to depend on, nearly everyone I
know, including the Nextel, Sprint, T-Mo, and ATTWS customers, will pick up
the Verizon phone.
As far as Customer Service, Verizon has come a long way. It's been years
since I've had a problem with them.
....And every time I call, I seem to "coincidentally" get a rep who speaks
English without an accent. Usually they are in NY or SC.
Yeah, their phone selection is a little cheesy, there are occasional
software issues between Moto and VZW (the LG's, custom-made for VZW, are
rock-solid though), and no question, VZW disables features for their own
benefit, but hands-down, making phone calls?? No comparison.
Dean
"Fred" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:LjK1j.393$so3.218@newsfe18.lga...
>I am up for renewal with AT&T and have no gripes with them. Their coverage
>in Gainesville, FL is okay but could be better. As far as I know most fees
>are about the same so I guess it comes down to coverage & customer service.
>Any suggestions?
>
> --
> Thanks in advance... Fred
Just stay within the limit - and do whatever you want.
They don't monitor traffic/ports, etc - just the total amount
"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99F27A051CADFnoonehomecom@208.49.80.253...
>>
>
> Forbidden in your agreement. Read it. You cannot use VZW's mobile
> internet as a replacement for home internet service. They got that
> covered, too.
>
>
>
> Larry
> --
> Xterm IS the ultimate video game...(c;
On Nov 24, 11:58 am, Larry <no...@home.com> wrote:
> "Kickin' *** and Takin' Names" <PopUlist...@hotmail.com> wrote innews:7a7081f6-a9f8-4c80-85c1-d02187a1484b@j44g2000hsj.googlegroups.com:
>
> > Also, I am planning to upgrade my PC card to a
> > Verizon USB727 modem for Internet access rather than go with satellite
> > access thru HughesNet.
>
> Forbidden in your agreement. Read it. You cannot use VZW's mobile
> internet as a replacement for home internet service. They got that
> covered, too.
>
> Larry
> --
> Xterm IS the ultimate video game...(c;
And I suppose Verizon is going to check to see if I'm sitting at my
home PC or on a laptop in a motel room??
When I signed up for the Verizon wireless internet, I was living in an
apartment but spending most of my time at my mother's home where she
was dying of cancer. I told the Verizon folks that this would be used
at home and they said they really don't care where it's used just so
they get their $59.99 a month.
On Nov 23, 7:33 pm, "Fred" <n...@none.com> wrote:
> I am up for renewal with AT&T and have no gripes with them. Their coverage
> in Gainesville, FL is okay but could be better. As far as I know most fees
> are about the same so I guess it comes down to coverage & customer service.
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> Thanks in advance... Fred
Last post from me, honest injun. Switch from AT&T to
Verizonwireless? Out of the frying pan and into the fire. I just
tried out an AT&T cellphone in the counties and cities and airports
where I use mobile the most. It worked fine. So for me it's out of
the fire and into the frying pan. Switch from stagnant VZW to fresh
AT&T.
Switch from AT&T? 
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