patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to Matt
Re: Key line.... said by Matt:Verizon, Sprint, Alltel, US Cellular, etc ... you can roam on all those networks. A. Verizon rarely if ever roams on Sprint.
heres a list of never roam
* MTA008B - Boston, MA-RI-VT-NH-ME
* MTA001B - New York City, NY-NJ-PA-CT-VT
* MTA009B - Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD
* MTA002A - Los Angeles, CA-NV-AZ
* MTA027B - Phoenix, AZ
* MTA004A - San Francisco, CA-NV
* MTA036B - Salt Lake City, UT-ID-WY-NV-OR
* MTA022A - Denver, CO-WY-SD-NE-KS-UT
* MTA007B - Dallas, TX-LA-AR-OK-NM
* BTA027C - Austin, TX
* MTA048B - Tulsa, OK-KS
* MTA014D - Houston, TX-LA
* BTA059A - Bryan-College Station, TX
* BTA196E - Houston, TX
* BTA238F - Lake Charles, LA
* MTA044D - Knoxville, TN-VA-KY
* BTA229E - Kingsport, TN-Johnson City, TN-Bristol, VA-TN
* BTA295E - Middlesboro-Harlan, KY
* MTA023D - Richmond, VA-NC
* BTA324C - Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News-Hampton, VA
* BTA374C - Richmond-Petersburg, VA
* MTA032B - Des Moines, IA-IL-MO-NE-SD-WI
* MTA045B - Omaha, NE-IA-KS
* MTA034A - Kansas City, MO-KS-OK
* MTA019B - St. Louis, MO-IL-AR
* MTA046B - Wichita, KS-OK
* MTA015A - Miami, FL
* MTA020A - Milwaukee, WI-MI-MN-IA
* MTA003D - Chicago, IL-IN-OH-MI-WI
* BTA071A - Champaign-Urbana, IL
* BTA078E - Chicago, IL
* BTA103E - Danville, IL
* BTA225E - Kankakee, IL
* BTA243E - La Salle-Peru-Ottawa-Streator, IL
* BTA380A - Rockford, IL
* MTA031A - Indianapolis, IN-IL
* MTA035A - Buffalo, NY-PA
* MTA005B - Detroit, MI-OH
* MTA021A - Pittsburgh, PA-WV-OH
* MTA016D - Cleveland, OH-PA
* BTA084B - Cleveland-Akron, OH
* MTA010A - Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
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* MTA018D - Cincinnati, OH-WV-VA-KY-IN
* BTA035E - Beckley, WV
* BTA048E - Bluefield, WV
* BTA073E - Charleston, WV
* BTA081C - Cincinnati, OH
* BTA106C - Dayton-Springfield, OH
* BTA197E - Huntington, WV-Ashland, KY
* BTA259E - Logan, WV
* BTA359E - Portsmouth, OH
* BTA474E - Williamson, WV-Pikeville, KY
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* MTA038D - Columbus, OH-WV
* MTA038E - Columbus, OH-WV
* BTA095C - Columbus, OH
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* MTA011D - Atlanta, GA-SC-AL-TN
* MTA039D - El Paso, TX-NM-AZ-UT-CO
* BTA008B - Albuquerque, NM
* BTA022A - Athens, GA
* BTA024A - Atlanta, GA
* BTA128E - El Paso, TX
* BTA139B - Farmington, NM-Durango, CO
* BTA162E - Gallup, NM
* BTA244C - Las Cruces, NM
* BTA386F - Roswell, NM
* BTA407B - Santa Fe, NM
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* MTA006D - Charlotte, NC-SC-GA
* BTA074A - Charlotte-Gastonia, NC
* BTA141A - Fayetteville-Lumberton, NC
* BTA174A - Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC
* BTA174C - Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC
* BTA368A - Raleigh-Durham, NC
Verizon does roam onto Sprint in the following
* MTA030B - Portland, OR-WA-CA
* MTA024B - Seattle, WA
* BTA413C - Seattle-Tacoma, WA
* MTA042B - Spokane, WA-OR-ID-MT-WY
* MTA041B - Oklahoma City, OK
* MTA017A - New Orleans, LA-MS-AL-FL
* MTA033A - San Antonio, TX
* BTA268C - McAllen, TX
* MTA040B - Little Rock, AR-OK
* MTA037D - Jacksonville, FL-GA
* BTA159A - Gainesville, FL
* BTA212A - Jacksonville, FL
* BTA439A - Tallahassee, FL
* MTA013D - Tampa, FL
* BTA107A - Daytona Beach, FL
* BTA239C - Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
* BTA289C - Melbourne-Titusville, FL
* BTA336A - Orlando, FL
* BTA336C - Orlando, FL
* BTA408A - Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
* BTA440A - Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
* MTA026B - Louisville, KY-IL-IN
I left out some minor or duplicate areas. This list was hand made, errors exist I'm sure.
sources:
»www.howardforums.com/archive/top···8-1.html
»www.roamingzone.com/prl/prl_51248.shtml
But in general, Verizon almost NEVER in-market roams onto Sprint unless Verizon is a PCS/1900 only in that area (Florida was the most famous VZ-PCS only example (East Florida both 800s belong to AT&T, West Florida, one 800 belongs to Alltel (now VZW), the other belongs to AT&T).
Not to mention, to "roam" off your carrier, means having "no service" with your carrier. So if Verizon has 0 (with service) or 1 bar, the Verizon phone will not switch to Sprint or US Cellular even if Sprint or US Cellular has 5 bars at that location. Have fun with your phone never ringing or no sound when you answer it, then a drop a few seconds later.
I'm less experienced with GSM, but GSM roaming is by tower by tower (no concept of cellular area codes (AMPS/TDMA/CDMA SID/NID system)), the roam carrier's tower asks the home carrier if its OK to permit your GSM phone on such and such located roam carrier tower, home carrier can say no roam, and then your phone says no service, or returns to the home carrier tower. AT&T rarely if ever roams onto Tmobile, Tmobile roams onto AT&T only in very rural areas, forcing roaming doesn't ever work, the roam tower will reject your phone based on instructions from your home carrier when your phone attempts to log on. |
