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itguy05
join:2005-06-17
Camp Hill, PA
| Re: Distracted Drivers quote:
Cingular's EDGE is very fast, but it's very limited in scale. Sprint's network is fast, and many times because not as many are on it, but it's also not nearly as far reaching as Verizon. If I'm deep in a Data Center, 9 times out of 10, Verizon phones and cards will have connection/signal when others don't.
Cingular has a bigger native footprint than Verizon and, IIRC is EDGE in most markets. Not to mention I can point you many areas where Verizon is nonexistant and my Cingular phone just chugs away, including inside data centers. | |
|  CMoore2004
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join:2003-02-06
Jonesville, MI
| Re: Distracted Drivers Cingular's EDGE is less then mediocre at best. EDGE has reasonable speeds with a good signal, but with Sprint's 1xRTT network I can always get at least 64kbit even with a signal of about -110dBm. I recently tried a few data cards and found that the Cingular card doesn't roam-AT ALL. Nationwide coverage, yes, but don't look at their partner coverage. I'm not sure about Verizon's footprint being larger than Sprint's, seeing as they roam on eachother, and Sprint roams on Alltel (not sure if Verizon also does). Cingular's HSDPA was laughable, and spotty within the cities that it was offered. Driving through the heart of Columbus, I should never lose my signal, but it repeatedly dropped back to EDGE. Your phone showing Cingular doesn't mean it's really Cingular towers you're using, so the data coverage won't be what you might expect.
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| jpetty
join:2005-08-31
Burlington, KY | yep, so the bottom line is you have to look at where you travel/work the most, and then scour the telco's coverage maps for the best fit | |
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