Re: [PLUG] Cell Phones & Computers /Nokia/Cingular?

["M. Jackson Wilkinson" <jackw@jounce.net>]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 11:05:38PM -0500, Charles Stack wrote:
> Cingular has dead spots in Montgomery and Bucks Co (Between Doylestown and
> Pottstown).  Additionally, signal is erratic in Doylestown (I'll have 5/5
> one minute...walk three feet and have a 1/5...take as step to left...3/5).
> Overall, I've lost calls while on Cingular or simply could not get through.
> Voicemail is attrocious with some messages take days to show up on my cell
> phone (literally).

Wow, I'm in Warrington, and go to school at CB West in Doylestown, and am in
town all the time and never have any issues with coverage except when in the
area of school under the clock tower and a few other places where FM is an
issue as well.  
 
> Cellular service was much better when operated by Comcast/Metrophone or even
> Cellular One.

I was going to say that it's improved in this area.

> cjs
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
> [mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Paul J. Andrel, Jr
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 1:16 PM
> To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Cell Phones & Computers /Nokia/Cingular?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Overall I'm pretty impressed with the Sprint stuff, their on-line account
> >maintenance is a breeze and the minutes usage is accurate and upto date
> >and their coverage in the metropolitan areas is good. I haven't dropped
> >off their network at all yet.
> >
> >Mike
> 
> My main complaint about sprint is dead-zones in Chester  and Montgomery
> County, They were fine in Delaware County and CC. I'm with cingular now and
> have no complaints and I had no complaints about AT&T's Digital One Rate.
> Only down sides is to take a 8860 from AT&T to Cingular you have to get it
> reprogrammed by cingular which has to be done in Georgia cause AT%T has
> there phones programmed to search different band's first.
> 
> -Paul Andrel
> 
> 
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M. Jackson Wilkinson <jackw@jounce.net>
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