Resistance is futile.... Verizon: excellent coverage but expensive. And just remember, when you talk to customer service: if their lips are moving then most likely they are lying.
If anyone finds a GSM company with excellent nationwide coverage, please post. My husband sometimes has to work in Montana and Verizon has coverage there but no else seems to. We will switch from Verizon in a heartbeat when we can get coverage from a GSM company. We would prefer to support open standards and honest dealings with customers, neither of which we find at Verizon. But, if you need to join us here on the Dark Side, then welcome. Don't worry, it only hurts when you breath.... Best regards, Melissa ----- Dr. Melissa Rice, PhD Full Moon Technical Solutions, LLC 14202 60th Ave, NW Stanwood, WA 98292-4808 email: mailto:[email protected] phone: 360-654-0709 cell: 425-923-7713 Sunday, March 20, 2011, 2:00:38 PM, Mike Orr <[email protected]> wrote: MO> This is really funny. You may remember a few months ago I was asking MO> about Android phones and Python-programmable phones. My phone was MO> dying and AT&T has spotty coverage in my current apartment. Less than MO> a month ago I switched to my roommate's T-Mobile account and we got a MO> 3-phone family plan with unlimited texting and more minutes for less MO> than twice my old plan. Then today I wake up to this: MO> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:41 AM, NYTimes.com News Alert MO> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Breaking News Alert >> The New York Times >> Sun, March 20, 2011 -- 2:40 PM ET >> ----- >> AT&T to Buy T-Mobile USA in $39 Billion Deal >> AT&T announced on Sunday that it has agreed to buy T-Mobile >> USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion in cash and stock, >> in one of the biggest mergers since the onset of the >> financial crisis. >> The deal will dramatically bolster AT&T's footprint in the >> country, adding an additional 46.5 million customers. >> Under the terms of the deal, AT&T will pay $25 billion in >> cash and the rest in stock. Deutsche Telekom will in turn >> gain an 8 percent stake in AT&T and a seat on the American >> telecom giant's board. >> Read More: >> http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/att-to-buy-t-mobile-usa-for-39-billion/?emc=na MO> Ha ha ha. For the first time in my life I thought about switching to MO> Verizon. I've always stayed away from non-GSM systems to avoid MO> rewarding companies that don't participate in open standards, but this MO> may end up overriding that. Although I'll wait to see what actually MO> happens before doing anything. MO> By the way, I ended up going with the minimum phone again instead of MO> android. Email and web and OneBusAway everywhere and custom programs MO> would be nice, but it's not quite necessary enough for me yet.
