 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to ptrowski
Re: Key line.... I'm not going to address all 3 incorrect posts individually, so I will here. Verizon, Alltel (yes, I know they are now one, but they each built their own networks first), and Sprint do have their own robust networks. US Cellular has a few towers, not many, but has a roaming agreement with Verizon/Alltel and Sprint. Talk to them and they'll tell you this outright and provide you a map that shows it.
As far as roaming, I've never been charged a roaming fee in my life. Maybe you are charged roaming on certain plans, but none of the plans I've ever used. Any of the America's Choice calling plans include roaming for free.
So, if you have a CDMA handset, you can roam among Verizon/Alltel, Sprint, and yes, even the few US Cellular towers, probably other regional carriers too. With AT&T you pretty much have AT&T and perhaps T-Mobile if you're lucky. The CDMA network (I'm referring to all carriers collectively here) is much more robust and built-out than the GSM network here in the US.
Hope that clears up any confusion.
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"What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?" - Abraham Lincoln |
| Unless they've changed the PRL's, Verizon (like AT&T) tightly controls who you roam on. That's the job of the PRL (preferred roaming list) so you don't automagically roam on Sprint, Alltel, USC, etc.
The Verizon Lovefest is disgusting. |
