What happened to the August 29th Rumer?
But guess what? Verizon doesn't have Rollover. So what do you take if both Cingular and Verizon get coverage in the same area? Verizon if you are a moron. Cingular if you like keeping the minutes you pay for.
Plus, our phones rule.
And so what if Verizon gets sweet coverage in butt****, idaho. Only 3 people live there anyways, and Cingular will eventually be putting up just as much coverage as Verizon offers. 6 BILLION dollars into network expansion for 2006.
Either way, the amount of money a company puts into their network has no bearing on the quality of the service.
It's a huge company and it takes time to change... everyone isn't going to wake up tomorrow morning and see 100% satisfaction with any company, especially one that is as far flung as Cingular or Verizon.
Coverage will be better by the end of Oct if the tower switchover remains on schedule... lets see what the coverage looks like later this year and then we can have a discussion about that.
True they "bought" the customers, but they are keeping them.
I do condone the fact that Verizon is a very strong company with great service to offer. I also do condone the fact that Cingular is one too. I have used both services in my area and Cingular works better, even if it is a slight difference, than Verizon. So what, by me stating that the amount of money spent on a company's network holds no bearing on quality of service, makes me a fanboy?
I like Verizon. I don't like you.
Done deal...
I guess I just don't know how a company has about 51.6 million customers that all have phones that don't work! Maybe we will never know. Not to mention they let me sign a 2 year agreement when I am 15 years old! This company really sucks!
Verizon (the bright red is their own CDMA coverage):
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/cardprepayp ... »
Cingular:
http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/ ... »
RUFF1415 said:
The best representation of a company's own coverage is their prepaid maps.
Verizon (the bright red is their own CDMA coverage):
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/cardprepayp ... »
Cingular:
http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/ ... »
as much as i'd love to defend this, the Pick your Plan map includes some roaming partners, not all though. the pay as you go is the most realistic, but again, all features work in all areas of our regular coverage map as well. 😉
RUFF1415 said:
The best representation of a company's own coverage is their prepaid maps.
Verizon (the bright red is their own CDMA coverage):
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/cardprepayp ... »
Cingular:
http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/ ... »
I checked Verizon's link, and their website was down. I guess that means they have no coverage of their own, right? cingular's is their coverage map for two years ago.
-Z
Verizon's was their "pay-as-you-go national map and cities list" and Cingular's was their "GoPhone pick-your-plan national map". Both recent, working links, especially considering Cingular has never offered GoPhone until this year.
You can take a look at Jinx's response to my original post to know that those were correct and properly working links.
I guess links change? I don't know why, but they are no longer properly working.
In any case, if the information is of that much interest to you, you can look for it yourself. You will see that Cingular and Verizon's native coverage are pretty even
But the second part of my point is that it doesn't matter - if you are on postpaid we STILL have 1 map, not multiple like VZW. Our services don't ONLY work on the company owned network, but ALL roaming partners as well.
maverick96 said:
I would have to say most of there network is theres
lie - cingular OWNS roughly DOUBLE the towers that VZW does.
maverick96 said:
then again all features work everywhere on there network,
lie - according to THEIR OWN WEBSITE, they don't.
maverick96 said:
plus they are the most reliable and without static!!!
lie - their most reliable "claim" is based on their OWN INTERNAL STUDIES.(readt he fine print at the bottom of the ad) Of course they are going to say they're the best.
and if you are getting "static" on a GSM phone, it's an equipment issue, not a service issue:
analog = hiss/static
digital = no sound/cho...
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JD Power actually has T-Mobile ranked as the overall best carrier in the nation. Dont just look at one region, look at every ranking and every region and T-Mobile more often than not is ranked higher or tied with Verizon.
But to be honest, it frankly doesnt matter who you think is better, it is to every person who has their cell phone. I get 40% of my customers comming in and complaining about Verizon service, then when they leave only a handful tell me they want to go back.
In my area I have Sprint and it works as go...
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AshDizzle said:
And so what if Verizon gets sweet coverage in butt****, idaho. Only 3 people live there anyways, and Cingular will eventually be putting up just as much coverage as Verizon offers. 6 BILLION dollars into network expansion for 2006.
Since when did 48 Million people live in Butt***, Idaho????
As for the 6 Billion dollars in expansion... quite honestly they need it.
And funny, I don't remember saying all Verizon customers live in the boonies.
And yeah, Cingular needs it. Oh wait, no they don't. What was I thinking? Why would any cell phone company want to spend money to expand? That's so stupid! They should just donate the 6 billion to the national spelling bee association! Then we can spell rumor.