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Looks like I'll be traveling very soon to Southern Louisiana. At
present I know that Sprint PCS (the carrier I'm with) covers New
Orleans, Lafayette, and Houma rather well, but LaRose, LA is dead. Not
even Verizon seems to have native coverage here (someone correct me if
I'm wrong).
Last time I was down there, the roaming carrier my phone defaulted to
was Cingular in analog mode, and having the Free & Clear America roaming
option on my plan, this worked out fine for me.
This time however, I'm using a different Sprint phone, a Treo 650. It
doesn't have an analog option and will only roam on CDMA carriers.
Near as I can tell, the other CDMA carrier in that area is Alltel. Has
anyone used Alltel in LaRose? Their coverage maps show the whole state
as solidly covered, but I have my reservations, so if anyone has had
success using them there, I'd appreciate knowing.
Also, do any Sprint users know if we can roam on Alltel? Clearly they
don't seem to be the preferred carrier, and I'm wondering if I'm going
to have problems even if they're the only carrier my phone will connect to.
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Looks like I'll be traveling very soon to Southern Louisiana. At
present I know that Sprint PCS (the carrier I'm with) covers New
Orleans, Lafayette, and Houma rather well, but LaRose, LA is dead. Not
even Verizon seems to have native coverage here (someone correct me if
I'm wrong).
Last time I was down there, the roaming carrier my phone defaulted to
was Cingular in analog mode, and having the Free & Clear America roaming
option on my plan, this worked out fine for me.
This time however, I'm using a different Sprint phone, a Treo 650. It
doesn't have an analog option and will only roam on CDMA carriers.
Near as I can tell, the other CDMA carrier in that area is Alltel. Has
anyone used Alltel in LaRose? Their coverage maps show the whole state
as solidly covered, but I have my reservations, so if anyone has had
success using them there, I'd appreciate knowing.
Also, do any Sprint users know if we can roam on Alltel? Clearly they
don't seem to be the preferred carrier, and I'm wondering if I'm going
to have problems even if they're the only carrier my phone will connect to.
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