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In the office where I work - near the Wichita, KS airport - Sprint phones
will ring but when you try to answer it will not connect - VZW phones can
make and receive calls. Both phones have a good signal and work fine
outside the building.
In news:MvGdndOt9sYoUdnfRVn-ow@comcast.com,
Dan Albrich <dalbrich@uoregon.edui> typed:
> Yes, Sprint with F&CA option is *by far and away* superior to Verizon
> for basic voice coverage.
> Likely thousands or even hundreds of thousands of square miles
> included with Sprint where
> Verizon users would pay roaming or have no service.
>
> *** -> But, that doesn't tell the whole story....
>
> CDMA carriers tend to offer a number of services that *only* work
> when on the native system.
> For this reason, it's not clear cut to choose Sprint. For example,
> when you roam with Sprint
> you will not be able to do data, and in some cases this means SMS text
> messaging and even
> simple features like voicemail waiting indication or caller ID are not
> available.
>
> Sprint roams in analog in some locations, which in and of itself
> isn't bad, but battery life is
> terrible on most modern phones when in analog mode, assuming they
> support analog at all.
>
> Cingular actually has good coverage. Not as good as Sprint for basic
> voice coverage
> but close, and note that *all features work* seemlessly even when
> roaming.
> So why choose Verizon? My local area -- where I live and really use
> my phone the most
> has excellent Verizon service with no "all system busy." Cingular in
> my area is basically
> dead-last when it comes to local coverage and system availability
> where I live.
>
> Anyway, the whole thing gets pretty complex. If all I cared is best
> voice coverage (say
> RV traveller) and I did not care one bit about data, then Sprint
> seems to have the best deal.
>
> Once you say you want seemless roaming or access to data on the road,
> Sprint becomes
> less viable as their native coverage is specific to highways and
> cities. Not much rural coverage
> to speak of at all-- at least here in the West. i.e. Data and all
> enchanced services are not available
> when roaming even if you are willing to pay for them.
>
> Verizon, for the moment, provides me with:
> - Excellent specific local coverage
> - Decent national coverage (but not the best)
> - At the moment, I have free access to data (just the cost of
> minutes).
> Rumor mill has it Verizon is removing free data. When that day
> comes, and I actually get billed
> for data (which some say is coming sooner rather than later), then
> I'll switch carriers.
>
> Anyway, It's all about finding the best value for your needs. Each
> carrier has advantages
> to a particular audience. But yes, if you simply mean who can give
> me the *largest* voice
> coverage area at the best price (all other issues ignored), Sprint is
> the answer.
>
> -Dan
>
> PS: Cingular and Verizon can offer a "Digital One Rate" or
> "Single-Rate" plan similar to Sprint's
> F&CA which even allows you to use 100% of your minutes roaming. This is,
> however,
> offered at an extreme price increase. Again, not the best value.
>
> Digital one Rate may or may not be currently available.
>
> SingleRate is currently available as a National Access plan...
>
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>
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>
> "cathy" <cwells21@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:q2d841tjoehfeale44h4crbua89qb7qhuv@4ax.com...
>> Has anyone done any sort of comparison between the coverage areas on
>> the new ACII plan and Sprint's Free and Clear plan (where you pay an
>> extra $5 a month for no roaming anywhere in their system)? Given the
>> restrictions of the ACII plan, I'm curious to see which provider
>> actually has a wider coverage area without roaming.
>>
>> I'm not necessarily looking to switch to Sprint from Verizon, but it
>> seems to me this would be a valuable comparison, for the customer's
>> benefit. (I'll leave it to the experts here in the newsgroup to do
>> the comparison, I'm absolutely hopeless when it comes to reading
>> maps). Thanks!
>> Cathy
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