Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-20 Thread Chipshead
:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless All of my users east of the Mississippi had Verizon but just switched to ATT.  Verizon doesn ’t work out for my East Coast people. From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12

Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:27 AM, chipsh...@comcast.net wrote: I'm in New Hampshire and Verizon dramatically out performs both ATT and Sprint as far as available coverage. Just to illustrate the point I was making in my last message in this thread: I too live in NH, and generally find VZW is

Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-20 Thread Len Hammond
It's all about the tower placement and how close you are to them. In the areas I spend the most time ATT is very good and the local VZW folks I know seem to be pretty happy. My sister is in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the best up there is AllTel but at their house I get ATT coverage but my

Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-20 Thread RAY ZORZ
In AZ, Verizon seems to have the best coverage. I have 2 brothers-in-law that are truckers, and they each gave up their ATT phones because of their spotty coverage. Our local neighborhood website periodically has this same discussion, and Verizon still seems to be the best bet here. Len

Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Personally, I wouldnt use a provider that didnt have phones with removable SIMs. But, I've been European like that for decades. -- ME2 On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote: We are currently an ATT wireless customer. I have 400+ lines spread across most of the

RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Rod Trent
Verizon has a couple World phones that now have interchangeable SIMs. In our area, ATT is horrid in both support and service. From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs

RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Sam Cayze
[mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless Personally, I wouldnt use a provider that didnt have phones with removable SIMs. But, I've been European like that for decades. -- ME2 On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3

RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Rod Trent
Support = coverage, btw. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless Verizon has a couple World phones that now have interchangeable SIMs. In our area, ATT is horrid

RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Sam Cayze
: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless Personally, I wouldnt use a provider that didnt have phones with removable SIMs. But, I've been European like that for decades. -- ME2 On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote: We are currently an ATT wireless customer. I have

RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless In our area, ATT is horrid in both support and service. By 'your area', you mean USA, right ;)Sorry, couldn't resist! From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Tuesday

RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Rod Trent
, May 19, 2009 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless In our area, ATT is horrid in both support and service. By 'your area', you mean USA, right ;)Sorry, couldn't resist! _ From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent

Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Lee Douglas
on that. TVK *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:31 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless In our area, ATT is horrid in both support and service. By 'your area', you mean USA, right

RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Don Guyer
...@prufoxroach.com From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless Pretty much hit-and-miss with any carrier, really, but I've found Verizon to work the best here. Traveling overseas

RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Jimmy Tran
All of my users east of the Mississippi had Verizon but just switched to ATT. Verizon doesn't work out for my East Coast people. From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT

RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Rod Trent
Yep.depends on the area, direction of wind, etc., etc. From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless Here in S.E. Pennsylvania, I've been with ATT since the early 90s

Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Charles Whitby
to ATT. Verizon doesn’t work out for my East Coast people. *From:* Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:54 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless Here in S.E. Pennsylvania, I’ve been with ATT since

RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Don Guyer
: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless Yep...depends on the area, direction of wind, etc., etc. From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless Here in S.E. Pennsylvania

RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Murray Freeman
I agree, but I heard from Verizon that some new things are coming, like CDMA with sim capability. Murray From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Verizon

Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Jon Harris
out for my East Coast people. *From:* Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:54 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless Here in S.E. Pennsylvania, I’ve been with ATT since the early 90s and their service

RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Rod Trent
Already available. And, the world phones automatically switch between CDMA and GSM. From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless I agree, but I heard from Verizon

Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote: Verizon just came and gave me their pitch.  I currently have no real reason to move, but Verizon may make the recurring cost savings worth the effort. In my experience at a small company (around 30 mobile devices): * VZW has

Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Verizon has a couple “World phones” that now have interchangeable SIMs. For everything I've seen, with VZW, SIMs are used only to provide service (billing account) for the GSM radio. They're not used to store contacts,

Re: OT: Verizon wireless Vs. ATT wireless

2009-05-19 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Pretty much hit-and-miss with any carrier, really ... The above is an apt observation. With *any* carrier, you will have bad spots. What I've come to realize is that when people ask about coverage, they really don't