Probably not. Cell towers have an effective radius limited by the
terrain and their power, and some companies simply have more towers in
an area than do other companies.
A friend of mine went with Sprint and discovered it didn't work near
his home. He went with Sprint because that company claimed better
coverage than ATT/Cingular/ATT, which I had, and mine didn't work where
he lived.
Alas, ATT installed another tower, Sprint didn't, and now my phone
works and his doesn't.
I went to ATT, by the way, because the company I was with kept
promising to fill in the holes where I live and work and I got tired of
waiting.
There are places where, depending on the company, the darn things
won't work. I suggest anyone thinking of getting a cell phone or
changing carriers talk to people in the primary use area and see who
they are with and how they like the service.
It would be nice if the companies would allow new customers to test
the service. Unfortunately, although I've known some users to get such a
test, VZW seems to be the only one doing that as a matter of company policy.
srivaths srinivasan wrote:
> Is the Cingular/AT&T network not as comprehensive as VZW. My new 680p
> doesn't seem to work from home (no n/w coverage) while I had no problems
> with VZW. Any thing I can do?
>
>
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table." /
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anniversary of the start of World War Two. 8/31/64)
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