 bigunkGort, Klattu Birada Nikto
join:2001-02-10
USA | reply to fifty nine
Re: T-Mobile is good I have found there are some holes in the T-Mobile coverage. Truth be told, switching from one carrier to another means exchanging one set of headaches for another. I don't stress over it. Call gets dropped, I call back or wait for the other end to call me once I'm back in range.
I was with VZW for what ended up to be 15 years. Starting back in the PacTel Mobile Access days, through AirTouch, then VZW. Problem with VZW is they started acting like they were entitled to my business and didn;t have to put forth any effort to keep it. I switched to T-Mobile and, while their network isn't quite as built out, their customer service is stellar. AT&T hold no appeal for me, and Sprint...well let's wait and see if they survive.
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There is not a man in the country that can't make a living for himself and family. But he can't make a living for them AND his government, the way his government is living. What the government has got to do is live as cheap as the people.
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| I've rarely ever had to use VZW customer service. Everything I need to do is done online on their website.
The only annoyance I had was the resetting of the 2yr contract when we switched to my wife's 20% discount through her work.
I think when the contract is up we're going to switch to pre-paid or something. Page Plus is looking pretty good about now. |
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bigunkGort, Klattu Birada Nikto
join:2001-02-10
USA | I did have to use them. A lot. Problem was I carried a pager that I had set up with VZW to page me anytime someone left a voicemail. This was for when I was in areas where the cellphone wouldn't work, but the pager was scary reliable. About once a month, the pager would go off about 30 times per incoming voicemail. A call to VZW would be a wild goose chase through layers of stupidity, with some incompetence and idiocy thrown in for texture. They would tell me the biggest lines of BS just to get me off the phone. Finally, the contract was up and I tried TM. Actually, I had turned up TM first and ported my number over from VZW. Pager worked flawlessly, customer service was the bomb. I really like them, and will wait for them to build their network out some more.
Oh, and VZW customer service pissed my wife off over something small and stupid. She switched to TM as well. Never been happier.
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There is not a man in the country that can't make a living for himself and family. But he can't make a living for them AND his government, the way his government is living. What the government has got to do is live as cheap as the people.
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said by bigunk:I was with VZW for what ended up to be 15 years. Starting back in the PacTel Mobile Access days, through AirTouch, then VZW. Problem with VZW is they started acting like they were entitled to my business and didn;t have to put forth any effort to keep it. I started out with Bell Atlantic Mobile. They were good at first. Then they switched to Verizon and I kept them for a while. During this time, my girlfriend at the time got a Sprint Spectrum phone. They were idiots to deal with and they finally ditched that whole service.
New girlfriend also had Verizon and we decided to go on one account to save money. When we tried to do the new every 2, they didn't tell us that only the phone on the $39.95 plan (or higher) was eligible. So I decided to let my girlfriend have the newer phone. Nope, because someone at Verizon made her number the secondary and mine the primary and the ONLY way to change it was to sign both of us up for 2 year contracts and pay extra. When I said we only have 6 more months on the contract, they told me it was my prerogative to switch to another carrier...which we did. They called continuously for 2 weeks trying to get us back but refused to acknowledge they made a mistake or fix it.
Went with Nextel and they were great to deal with...until Sprint took them over and gave us monthly sales calls on the cell phones.
Went with T-Mobile and started off with Sidekick 3 phones and now have the G1s. They are always great to deal with and, so far, coverage is good.
Verizon, in my opinion, has this attitude that their network is better so you have no choice but to take their phones and their service otherwise, no one will hear you.  |
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bigunkGort, Klattu Birada Nikto
join:2001-02-10
USA | My sentiments exactly. What do you think of the G1? I find it intruiging, but I need to sync with Outlook, Exchange, etc. Once they get that going, I'll give it a second look. |
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| said by bigunk:My sentiments exactly. What do you think of the G1? I find it intruiging, but I need to sync with Outlook, Exchange, etc. Once they get that going, I'll give it a second look. I like it. They are having an issue right now with multiple programs using your location and slowing the system down. I got rid of LOOPT and that took a large load off.
I was looking for it to sync with Exchange and Outlook but have only been giving it back burner look see.
The newer MyTouch is what I want to play with. |
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 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to bigunk
Here in Santa Clarita/Valencia, both are pretty good.
T-Mobile - poor coverage in Stevensons Ranch
AT&T - poor coverage in Seco Canyon/Plum Canyon
Sprint - Good coverage around Santa Clarita (extra buildout onto Nextel sites), few known holes
VZW - well, lets just say I have had issues with them in the past, and like your statement states, elitist attitude. |
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en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to bigunk
How's your T-Mobile 3G coverage in your part of Santa Clarita... I know it just went live recently.
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There are apps for the G1 that can add outlook/exchange support. they cost money but the developers have to get paid somehow.
but out of the box its not there...... yet.
overall I love the G1. I just wish that I would've been able to wait for the MyTouch3g. The g1 doesn't have much internal storage for apps so your pretty limited with that. i think its something like 72mb. You can use an SD card for more app storage if your into rooting it and getting a custom firmware. I don't suggest that because then it will become a bit more unstable.
Overall its a great phone if your patient to wait for apps to support what you need it to do. Android is young, very young compared to iPhone or BlackBerry.
I think its grown a lot in the short time that it has been around. it will be coming up on its first birthday in November I think. |
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