On a somewhat more useful note:
Sprint: their new "Fair and Flexible" plans are really nice (in fact,
they really are "fair and flexible" compared to most other plans). Of
course, this is only if you can stand the dropped calls and paying in
person (or if you can stand wearing out the buttons on your phone as you
navigate through endless automated menus and are bombarded with
advertising selling you what you already bought until eventually you
give up and wait a full billing cycle while your call is routed to India
where a person won't understand what you want anyway). Their coverage
is decent (i.e. you can always make and receive calls), but that won't
prevent you from being disconnected mid-call anyway for no apparent
reason.
Verizon: great coverage. Don't know much else about them. My ex-gf had
them and she got coverage *everywhere*.
T-Mobile: Laura had them and they seem to suffer dead-spots in coverage.
Other than that she liked them.
Cliff
On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 03:39 -0800, Cliff Wells wrote:
> Josh,
>
> Is it the phone or the provider that makes you sound like your tonsils
> are being attacked by bees?
>
> Cliff
>
>
> On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 15:12 -0800, Joshua Schmidlkofer wrote:
> > Jonathan Daugherty wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I'm going to lose my employer-provided cell phone soon and I'll need
> > > to find a provider and plan. I've used Cingular on the east coast
> > > (which has now crept its way out here) and my current cell phone is
> > > with T-Mobile.
> > >
> > > I'm looking to get two cell phones (one for me, one for my wife), and
> > > ideally the plan I get will allow me to talk to my wife for free.
> > > Instant messages are not required but useful, but I don't want to pay
> > > too much for them. I only need 500 minutes per month or so. Good
> > > service (coverage area), sound quality, and decent phone selection are
> > > important. I'm not interested in a phone that can take pictures,
> > > record movies, send faxes, record voice notes, or allow me to watch a
> > > DVD rip while playing Duke Nukem 3D on the MAX.
> >
> > I would recommend the Motorola E815. Good call coverage. Can be paired
> > with a nice BlueTooth Headset (Motorola HS850). The text support has a
> > good quick typing mode, and it has a camera, etc, etc, etc. It supports
> > all the horrible full motion video crap, but that is pretty much useless.
> >
> > The real hotness is that you can upload new SEEM files, and enable all the
> > good features on the phone. (File Transfer bia BT, local TransFlash<->Phone
> > copy/move. etc.) The camera is nice to have, but nothing to write home
> > about. For a two phone deal, you can usually get them as part of a 2 year
> > contract.
> >
> > I have had very good luck with reception from here to the coast, and using
> > the Werb browser with an open WAP proxy has been cool.
> >
> > I use Verizon. They are no worse than anyone else, and from some I hear
> > significantly better then Sprint or Cingular/AT&T. {Isn't Cingular like an
> > anti-herpes drug or something?}
> >
> > >
> > > I guess many (if not all) of the people on this list have cell phones,
> > > and I understand this is an issue of notable religious significance.
> > > So, please chime in; what do you recommend? What is your experience?
> > >
> >
> > WWJU? Who Would Jesus Use?
> >
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