Re: Interesting Results in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r17373595 en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:24:05 EDT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:24:05 EDT Re: Interesting Results http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17378413 AmeritecTech : But the benefit of Sprint is twofold. Good coverage AND good policies. If your engineer friend starts doing remote broadcasts, Verizon may cut him off.
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said by ifarrell See Profile :

BTW, the reason Cingular has the fewest dropped calls is because you can't drop a call you can't make :D
So true. I had AT&T Wireless free2go prepaid analog service which worked quite well even in rural areas. After Cingular brought AT&T Wireless they replaced that service with their digital GO phone service.

Since I was an existing customer I was able to stay with the AT&T service until my phone died. So the new phone ended up with the Cingular prepaid Go service which was supposed to be the same but totally sucks.

It shows on the map that it is supposed to work in Orange County, NY but does not work anywhere north of Rockland county.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17374321 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:22:50 EDT Re: Interesting Results http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17373831 ifarrell :
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said by ke4pym See Profile :

I agree with you, Sphincter. Sprint is horrible in this market too.
The test seems to count out Cingular all together and gets a tie for Sprint and Verizon on coverage, but Sprint wins the "Unlimited" test.

So, Sprint it is, unless their coverage sucks in the areas you want service in.
I have to say that I am also surprised Sprint got top honors.
I can see why Cingular came last especially in Rural areas as the Service sucks (I can speak from personal experience having seen and used Cingular Nationwide from Miami, FL to Timbuktoo, MT).
Verizon needs to stop advertising "Unlimited" when it isn't.
If it wasn't for that fact Verizon should have beat Sprint by far.
Don't get me wrong, I am a Sprint user (Voice only) and it works pretty good for the price I am paying.
Given the choice though, I'd take Verizon for Wireless Broadband.

BTW, the reason Cingular has the fewest dropped calls is because you can't drop a call you can't make :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17373831 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:16:36 EDT Re: Interesting Results http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17373595 Michieru2 : I can confirm this as well as although I don't have a Rev A card I get speeds of around 500Kbps/76Kbps and sometimes much less. By the way the carrier I am referring to is Sprint. But I am in SE Florida.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17373595 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:46:27 EDT Re: Interesting Results http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17373522 TKJunkMail :
said by ke4pym See Profile :

I agree with you, Sphincter. Sprint is horrible in this market too.
The test seems to count out Cingular all together and gets a tie for Sprint and Verizon on coverage, but Sprint wins the "Unlimited" test.

So, Sprint it is, unless their coverage sucks in the areas you want service in.
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