denny80688
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Ok who is everyone using and do you likeit or hate it? I have Nextel right now and hate it. phone is crap, poor service, high bills due to poor plans. Im looking at going to either Verizon or Cingular. Any experiances? thanks!
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nikkoli110
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Yea i have nextel now too, love the direct connect, but other than that, it sucks. My family's trucking company has to buy new phones for the guys at least every 8 or 9 months. They advertise like they are tough, but they really arent. And the plan is pretty expensive. I just got off of Sprint, and I didnt like them either. There customer service sucks, I sent my phone in for a repair, (battery sucked) and somehow while it was away, they canceled my plan, and all of a sudden I got a bill for like $180. So they credited it for me, and it took like 3 months to get straightened out. And then because they sadi there was no way around it, I had to sign another year to get my service back, had to get a new #, and the whole experience sucked. The best company I think is Verizon. My parents, and sister use them, and they are awesome. Even when we're way up in Maine in the sticks, the phone works. I've never been anywhere when they didnt work. There rate plans seem to be average, but they have great service. I would reccomend them, thats who I'm goign to next. 
jal1639
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I sold phones for 4 years, for seven carriers all at one location. All of them suck and all of them are the best. Sprint and Alltel rank DEAD last in customer service!! Nextel and Verizon rank #1 in customer service. Cingular is the largest, since they bought AT&T. I have Nextel now and I like them, the only bad thing is the phone cost. They do have the TOUGHEST phones. If the trucking company had any other handset they would buy new phones every week. And I have seen the way employees treat phones they do not have to buy, I have seen junkyard dogs treated better!!! If you tell your parents to MAKE their employees buy the phones they will last A LOT longer!!! They should also just be swapping them out, not buying them.
Anyway.
Anyway.
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tizzo
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I do know that if you call Nextel and tell them there service sucks and it's not worth what you pay, they will reduce your bill to like... half.
sly
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5 years with Suncom. Like them but only because I'm on an old plan that has roaming minutes included and I get a $10 discount every month for threatening to leave them a long time ago. I wouldn't take them now if I was new since they don't have any plans that including roaming minutes. I like the fact that my bill is the same every month and I don't want that to change.
On a side note, I use VoIP for my home phone now. I left sucky Sprint and went with Packet8. Now I get unlimited US and Canada calling for $20.55/month after taxes...:joy: Now THAT'S a company I really like...
On a side note, I use VoIP for my home phone now. I left sucky Sprint and went with Packet8. Now I get unlimited US and Canada calling for $20.55/month after taxes...:joy: Now THAT'S a company I really like...
denny80688
Member
thanks for all the replys!
nw2sltfsh
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I work for a certain company that spun off its wireless division and had that same spun off company recently aquired by another large carrier
(not to obvious huh) I have had an AT&T phone now for about 12 years. I had verizon for the time that I lived in PA and then switched to AT&T in MA. The merger of Cingular and AT&T makes the network the largest and coverage area second to none. I now have service in places that we complete dead spots in the past.
If you live in an area that has spotty coverage I would consider a Cingular GSM world phone and plan. In most cases you are able to port your number to a new carrier and take a test drive for so many days. The trick is you need to ask for the test drive to get it. This will at least let you see if the coverage area is good.
The rates arent bad either and you cant beat rollover minutes
(not to obvious huh) I have had an AT&T phone now for about 12 years. I had verizon for the time that I lived in PA and then switched to AT&T in MA. The merger of Cingular and AT&T makes the network the largest and coverage area second to none. I now have service in places that we complete dead spots in the past.
If you live in an area that has spotty coverage I would consider a Cingular GSM world phone and plan. In most cases you are able to port your number to a new carrier and take a test drive for so many days. The trick is you need to ask for the test drive to get it. This will at least let you see if the coverage area is good.
The rates arent bad either and you cant beat rollover minutes
jal1639
Member
There are three system, well three basic systems.
TDMA- Time Division Multiple Access
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications
TDMA is used by Cingular and AT&T, which is going away for the use of GSM. Nextel still uses TDMA BUT they use a SIM(Subscriber Identification Module) chip.
Verizon and Sprint use CDMA.
TMobile (THE BOMB), Cingular and AT&T use GSM.
Any other questions let me know.
TDMA- Time Division Multiple Access
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications
TDMA is used by Cingular and AT&T, which is going away for the use of GSM. Nextel still uses TDMA BUT they use a SIM(Subscriber Identification Module) chip.
Verizon and Sprint use CDMA.
TMobile (THE BOMB), Cingular and AT&T use GSM.
Any other questions let me know.